Sanctuary

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A sanctuary is a co-aligned[1] temple.[2] You will receive sanctuary from its priest[3] if the priest is peacefully[4] tending the altar and your alignment is greater than -4.[5] This means monsters will not enter the temple,[6] and any monsters currently within will not attack you in melee and flee as if you were standing on a respected Elbereth square[7] (though they can still use ranged attacks). Unlike Elbereth, only the following monsters ignore sanctuary:

References

  1. ↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 600
  2. ↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 595
  3. ↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 597
  4. ↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 601
  5. ↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 592
  6. ↑ mon.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1134
  7. ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 267
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 589: is_minion is true only for high priests and ​A
  9. ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 266
  10. ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 890
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