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The monk is one of the player classes in NetHack. Monk are always human, lawful, neutral or chaotic.
Starting Equipment
- +2 leather gloves
- +1 robe
- blessed spellbook, which can be either healing, protection or sleep
- random scroll
- 3 potions of healing
- food rations, apples, oranges and fortune cookies
- 20% chance of a magic marker, or if not, then 10% chance of an oil lamp.
Gained Intrinsics
Because of the penalty for eating non-vegetarian food, monks gain their resistances and intrinsics every other level through 17.
- XL 1: Speed, sleep, see invisible
- XL 3: Poison resistance
- XL 5: Stealth
- XL 7: Warning
- XL 9: Searching
- XL 11: Fire resistance
- XL 13: Cold resistance
- XL 15: Shock resistance
- XL 17: Teleport control
Unsorted
Monks know all nonmagical armors from the start. Their special spell is restore ability.
Monks receive a bonus when fighting unarmed and acquire most resistances as they level up. They are penalized for wearing body armor or eating non-vegetarian food.
There is a Monk FAQ.
