Talk:Disintegrator

Since I don't know how to do wizard mode I sacrificed Cleaver for the sake of science to see if a Disintergrator could dissolve artifacts. They can. They also can eat gloves. I put on a junk ring to test and it did not dissolve after I attacked with bare hands. Can anyone confirm whether or not rings are unaffected by the things? Also every dart i used to attack the disintegrator disappeared. Anyone know if projectiles as a rule dissolve?Ndwolfwood (talk) 10:24, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

What variant are these from? It's not mentioned in the article.

And yes, it would not surprise at all if these monsters always disintegrated projectiles; not only would that be thematic, but it would also be consistent with the behavior of disenchanters' passive attack, which also affects thrown projectiles. -Ion frigate (talk) 20:34, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I am playing UnNethack and apparently they are from the Biodiversity Patch that UnNethack ported overNdwolfwood (talk) 22:26, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Every time I hit one it gives me the message "Vip!" ie the second dart hits the disintergrator Vip so I think that Vip indicates the dart is dissolved. Ndwolfwood (talk) 22:26, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I was field testing this during the course of a regular game while I was disintergration resistant thank god. As such I didn't catch that you died if you struck one with your bare hand. WOuldn't they make one of the best pets ever if that attack works on monsters? Only a handful of monsters are disintegration resistant and unlike a cockatrice they have relatively high hit points.

ALso am I right in believing that they would retain their disintegration ablity unlike a black dragon? It seems like they'd be one of the best charecter in the game what are the cons? I am to late into my game to get a pet in order to try it out this timeNdwolfwood (talk) 22:03, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Provided that the biodiversity patch actually codes monster-monster disintegration melee attacks, it seems like they would be. Actually it seems like taming would be a good way to deal with them in general, whether or not their attacks are useful once tamed - only 20 MR means they won't resist very much. -Ion frigate (talk) 19:13, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

I ran into one and tamed it. A tamed disintegrator retains its disintegration attack. Ndwolfwood (talk) 08:50, 16 June 2012 (UTC)