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Some spheres pick up [[object]]s, others do not. At least so the [[bug#C343-138|bug list]] claims. | Some spheres pick up [[object]]s, others do not. At least so the [[bug#C343-138|bug list]] claims. | ||
− | In [[SLASH'EM]], flame and freezing spheres can be summoned by | + | In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Pet|tame]] flame and freezing spheres can be summoned by spells of {{spell of|flame sphere}} and {{spell of|freeze sphere}} respectively. A monster attacked by one of your spheres is treated as if you had attacked it directly: peaceful monsters are angered, XP is awarded to you for a kill, etc. They are, of course, useless if the opposing monsters resist fire or cold. Too much use can also cause swift extinction of the species. |
==Body parts== | ==Body parts== |
Revision as of 15:29, 7 February 2020
e flaming sphere | |
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Difficulty | 8 |
Attacks |
Explode 4d6 fire |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 91 |
Speed | 13 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 10 |
Nutritional value | 10 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | fire |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A flaming sphere:
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Reference | monst.c#line318 |
e freezing sphere | |
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Difficulty | 8 |
Attacks |
Explode 4d6 cold |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 91 |
Speed | 13 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 10 |
Nutritional value | 10 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | cold |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A freezing sphere:
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Reference | monst.c#line310 |
e shocking sphere | |
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Difficulty | 8 |
Attacks |
Explode 4d6 shock |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 91 |
Speed | 13 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 10 |
Nutritional value | 10 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | shock |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A shocking sphere:
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Reference | monst.c#line325 |
Spheres, e, are a class of monster in NetHack. This class is made up of monsters that act like "living mines", with the ability to self-destruct and cause damage. Dextrous players can sometimes dodge the explosions partially or completely, while players with the correct resistance might not be harmed by the blast.
Monsters in this class:
Flaming, freezing, and shocking spheres will actively seek you out and explode when next to you. If you manage to kill them before they can do this, they will not explode. The explosion does not affect other nearby creatures. Items in your inventory are not damaged.
Gas spores (e) are different in that they will never attack you and explode only if killed. However, gas spores explosions cover 3-by-3 square, thus even if a character survives the blast, other monsters might be killed. If you caused the explosion, it will count as you attacking them, so caution is advised in the case of pets. As a result of that, peaceful creatures caught in the blast become hostile, and monsters killed by the blast give you experience.
e Floating eyes are represented by the same character as spheres, but their behavior is significantly different. Floating eyes do not self-destruct.
y Black lights and y yellow lights are not spheres, but they self-destruct in a similar manner.
Some spheres pick up objects, others do not. At least so the bug list claims.
In SLASH'EM, tame flame and freezing spheres can be summoned by spells of flame sphere and freeze sphere respectively. A monster attacked by one of your spheres is treated as if you had attacked it directly: peaceful monsters are angered, XP is awarded to you for a kill, etc. They are, of course, useless if the opposing monsters resist fire or cold. Too much use can also cause swift extinction of the species.
Body parts
Sphere also refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of bulbous entities. It affects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows:[1]
Bodypart[2] | Description |
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Arm | Appendage |
Eye | Optic nerve (cornea for floating eyes) |
Face | Body |
Finger | Tentacle |
Fingertip | Tentacle tip |
Foot | Lower appendage |
Hand | Tentacle |
Handed | Tentacled |
Head | Body |
Leg | Lower tentacle |
Light Headed | Rotational |
Neck | Equator |
Spine | Body |
Toe | Lower tentacle tip |
Hair | Cilia |
Blood | Life force |
Lung | Retina |
Nose | Olfactory nerve |
Stomach | Interior |
From these descriptions, spheres are almost perfectly round (references to geometric properties of spheres) but have long tentacles as "limbs", small cilia as hair and rather than internal organs, they refer to retina and nerves alone. Strange creatures indeed.
Encyclopedia entry
The attack by those who want to die -- this is the attack
against which you cannot prepare a perfect defense.
--Human aphorism
References
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