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There are two types of '''shirt''' in [[NetHack]]: the '''T-shirt''' and the '''Hawaiian shirt'''. Both are the innermost piece of [[armor]] and are mostly identical.
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A '''shirt''' is a type of [[armor]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'' and is generally worn underneath body armor.
  
==T-shirt==
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==Generation==
{{armor
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Shirts make up 1% of all randomly generated armor.
  |color=white
 
  |name=T-shirt
 
  |slot=shirt
 
  |ac=0
 
  |special=<ul><li>[[read]]able</li><li>[[shop]] markup</li></ul>
 
  |cost=2
 
  |weight=5
 
  |material=cloth
 
}}
 
  
A '''T-shirt''' is the first of the two shirts. T-shirts can be [[read]]. If you go shopping when wearing a T-shirt and the [[shopkeeper]] sees it (i.e., there is no [[body armor]] or [[cloak]] over it), he will charge an extra 1/3 markup and buy things for 1/3 of the base price.
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==List of shirts==
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There are two types of shirt in ''NetHack'':
  
=== Reading T-shirts ===
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{|class="prettytable sortable"
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! Name
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! Cost
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! Weight
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! [[Armor class|AC]]
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! Weight/AC
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! Material
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! [[Magic cancellation|MC]]
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! Appearance
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|-
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|[[T-shirt]]        ||  2 ||  5 || 0 || 0 || cloth || 0 || &mdash;
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|-
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|[[Hawaiian shirt]]  ||  3 ||  5 || 0 || 0 || cloth || 0 || &mdash;
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|-
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|}
  
Reading a T-shirt will display a message. The message is dependent on the item's object ID, so it should remain consistent for any one T-shirt.{{refsrc|read.c|87}} If the shirt is [[erosion|eroded]], some of the text might be altered, just as an [[engraving]] would be.{{refsrc|read.c|89}}
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==Strategy==
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Shirts confer no base [[AC]] on their own, but can be [[scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] into a lightweight source of extra AC - they are most valuable for this purpose once a character has obtained [[magic resistance]] or [[unchanging]] to protect them from [[polymorph trap]]s, since polymorphing into a large form will destroy torso armor. In the early game, it may be better to enchant other armor such as a [[helm]], [[boots]] or [[gloves]]; in the later stages, they are a somewhat common form of [[wish]] used to complete late-game and [[ascension kit]]s by topping off a character's AC.
  
Reading a T-shirt breaks the illiterate [[conduct]].
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Shirts are a popular target for [[polypiling]] since they are non-magical, making them fairly easy to obtain by [[polymorph]]ing a large pile of armor - the [[Castle]] and [[Fort Ludios]] in particular always guarantee a sufficient amount of armor, and the Castle's armor storeroom has a significant 13.13% chance of containing a shirt. The random general store items in [[Orcus Town]] may also have a shirt among them.
  
The possible messages are:{{refsrc|read.c|79|nethack=3.6.1}}
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The table below contains a breakdown of the probabilities of success for polypiling a shirt:
  
* "I explored the Dungeons of Doom and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!"
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{|class="prettytable"
* "Is that [[Mjollnir]] in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
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!Confidence !!25%!!50%!!75%!!95%
* "It's not the size of your sword, it's how #enhance'd you are with it."
 
* "Madame Elvira's House O' [[succubus|Succubi]] Lifetime Customer"
 
* "Madame Elvira's House O' Succubi Employee of the Month"
 
* "[[Fort Ludios|Ludios]] [[Vault]] Guards Do It In Small, Dark Rooms"
 
* "Yendor Military [[Soldier]]s Do It In Large Groups"
 
* "I survived Yendor Military Boot Camp"
 
* "Ludios Accounting School Intra-Mural Lacrosse Team"
 
* "[[Oracle]](TM) Fountains 10th Annual Wet T-Shirt Contest"
 
* "Hey, [[black dragon]]! Disintegrate THIS!"
 
* "I'm With Stupid -->"
 
* "Don't blame me, I voted for [[Izchak]]!"
 
* "Don't Panic"
 
* "Furinkan High School Athletic Dept."
 
* "Hel-LOOO, [[Nurse]]!"
 
* "=^.^=",
 
* "100% goblin hair - do not wash"
 
* "Aberzombie and Fitch"
 
* "cK -- Cockatrice touches the Kop"
 
* "Don't ask me, I only adventure here"
 
* "Down with pants!"
 
* "d, your dog or a killer?"
 
* "FREE PUG AND NEWT!"
 
* "Go team ant!"
 
* "Got newt?"
 
* "Hello, my darlings!"
 
* "Hey!  Nymphs!  Steal This T-Shirt!"
 
* "I <3 Dungeon of Doom"
 
* "I <3 Maud"
 
* "I am a Valkyrie.  If you see me running, try to keep up."
 
* "I am not a pack rat - I am a collector"
 
* "I bounced off a rubber tree"
 
* "Plunder Island Brimstone Beach Club"
 
* "If you can read this, I can hit you with my polearm"
 
* "I'm confused!"
 
* "I scored with the princess"
 
* "I want to live forever or die in the attempt."
 
* "Lichen Park"
 
* "LOST IN THOUGHT - please send search party"
 
* "Meat is Mordor"
 
* "Minetown Better Business Bureau"
 
* "Minetown Watch"
 
* "Ms. Palm's House of Negotiable Affection -- A Very Reputable House Of Disrepute"
 
* "Protection Racketeer"
 
* "Real men love Crom"
 
* "Somebody stole my Mojo!"
 
* "The Hellhound Gang"
 
* "The Werewolves"
 
* "They Might Be Storm Giants"
 
* "Weapons don't kill people, I kill people"
 
* "White Zombie"
 
* "You're killing me!"
 
* "Anhur State University - Home of the Fighting Fire Ants!"
 
* "FREE HUGS"
 
* "Serial Ascender"
 
* "Real men are valkyries"
 
* "Young Men's Cavedigging Association"
 
* "Occupy Fort Ludios"
 
* "I couldn't afford this T-shirt so I stole it!"
 
* "Mind flayers suck"
 
* "I'm not wearing any pants"
 
* "Down with the living!"
 
* "Pudding farmer"
 
* "Vegetarian"
 
* "Hello, I'm War!"
 
* "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"
 
* "It is easier to curse the darkness than to light a candle"
 
* "rock--paper--scissors--lizard--Spock!"
 
* "/Valar morghulis/ -- /Valar dohaeris/"
 
 
 
===History===
 
 
 
The extra T-shirt messages were added in [[NetHack 3.4.0]] from a [http://www.killerbunnies.org/nethack/3.3.1/tshirt.diff patch by Scott Bigham]. Previously, the only messages were:{{refsrc|read.c|86|version=NetHack 3.3.0}}
 
 
 
{{message|"I explored the Dungeons of Doom, and never did any laundry..."|if hallucinating and currently wearing the T-shirt}}
 
{{message|"I explored the Dungeons of Doom, and couldn't find my way out"|if hallucinating and not currently wearing the T-shirt}}
 
{{message|"I explored the Dungeons of Doom, but all I got was this lousy T-shirt"|otherwise}}
 
 
 
Pasi Kallinen and Pat Rankin added more messages in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] and [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
 
 
 
==Hawaiian shirt==
 
{{armor
 
  |color=magenta
 
  |name=Hawaiian shirt
 
  |slot=shirt
 
  |ac=0
 
  |special=<ul><li>[[shop]] markup</li></ul>
 
  |cost=3
 
  |weight=5
 
  |material=cloth
 
}}
 
 
 
All [[Tourist]]s start with a +0 Hawaiian shirt.
 
 
 
If you go shopping when wearing a Hawaiian shirt and the [[shopkeeper]] sees it (i.e., there is no [[body armor]] or [[cloak]] over it), he will charge an extra 1/3 markup and buy things for 1/3 of the base price.
 
 
 
==Generation==
 
 
 
T-shirts comprise 0.2% of all randomly generated armor items, while Hawaiian shirts are 0.8%.
 
 
 
==Strategy==
 
{|class="prettytable" align="left"
 
!Confidence !!Base Chance!!25%!!50%!!75%!!95%
 
 
|-
 
|-
!Polymorphs !!1 in 100
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!Polymorphs
 
|28.62
 
|28.62
 
|68.97
 
|68.97
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|298.07
 
|298.07
 
|-
 
|-
!Armors needed (blessed) !!—
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!Armors needed (blessed)
 
|3.59
 
|3.59
 
|8.66
 
|8.66
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|37.41
 
|37.41
 
|-
 
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!Armors needed (uncursed) !!—
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!Armors needed (uncursed)
 
|5.51
 
|5.51
 
|13.29
 
|13.29
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|57.42
 
|57.42
 
|}
 
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Neither shirt confers any [[AC]] bonus unless enchanted, but since each can be safely enchanted up to +5 (reading a blessed scroll of enchant armor with the shirt at +3), there is no disadvantage to wearing them, and hence they are excellent [[ascension kit]] items.
 
 
Since they are comparatively rare, a shirt may even be worth wishing for, simply for something to hang the extra +5 AC bonus on. Those not averse to [[polypiling]] should also note that a shirt is non-magical and as such are fairly easy to obtain by [[polymorph]]ing a large pile of [[armor]] objects (try [[The Castle]] or [[Fort Ludios]]). Many players are even known to ascend with a +7 t-shirt through polymorphing elven armor.[http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&p=nethack+%2B7+NEAR+shirt+NEAR+being+NEAR+worn&fr=yfp-t-892&dups=1]
 
 
The armor store in the [[Castle]] level, which has fourteen randomly selected armors, makes for a significant 13.13% chance of having either a Hawaiian or normal t-shirt. The forty general store items in [[Orcus Town]], assuming there are no mimics, also has nontrivial ~8% chance of having a shirt spawned.
 
<!--
 
Castle    = 13.125418723%
 
Orcus town = 7.695759857%
 
-->
 
 
A Hawaiian shirt in a [[bones]] pile is a strong indicator that the deceased was a Tourist.
 
 
==[[SLASH'EM]]==
 
In SLASH'EM, if [[the Guild of Disgruntled Adventurers]] is generated (50%), then it has a guaranteed two Hawaiian shirts, from the two guaranteed [[Tourist (player monster)|tourists]].
 
 
==Other shirts==
 
Other [[variant]]s add new types of shirts, besides the T-shirt and Hawaiian shirt, that form part of the starting inventory of new roles:
 
 
* '''[[striped shirt]]''': worn by [[Convict]]s, present in [[UnNetHack]], [[DynaHack]], [[dNetHack]], [[Slash'EM Extended]], [[SLASHTHEM]]
 
* '''ruffled shirt''': worn by standard [[Noble]]men, in dNetHack, Slash'EM Extended, and SLASHTHEM
 
* '''Victorian underwear''': worn by standard [[Noble]]women
 
* '''[[User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Underclothes|black dress]]''': worn by (female) [[Noble#dNethack Female Drow Noble|Drow Noble]]s in dNetHack
 
* '''[[Anachrononaut#Bodyglove|bodyglove]]''': [[Anachrononaut#Future tech|future tech]], worn by some [[Anachrononaut]]s in dNetHack
 
* '''[[expensive suit]]''': worn by [[Undertaker]]s in SLASHTHEM (from the obsolete variant [[NetHack--]])
 
 
===Ruffled shirt and Victorian underwear===
 
The [[Noble|Noble role]], introduced in [[dNetHack]] and incorporated into [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SLASHTHEM]], features new gender-specific starting shirts for Nobles: the '''ruffled shirt''' for Noblemen and '''Victorian underwear''' for Noblewomen.
 
  
The exact behaviour of these new shirts differs between variants.
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==Variants==
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[[Variant]]s of ''NetHack'' often add new types of shirts.
  
====dNetHack====
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Variants that incorporate the [[Convict]] role add the [[striped shirt]], which all Convicts start the game with.
  
In [[dNetHack]], the [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Items#Ruffled shirt|ruffled shirt]] grants a +1 bonus to [[charisma]] and can be enchanted to raise [[AC]] like any other shirt. [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Items#Victorian underwear|Victorian underwear]] grants a charisma bonus of +2 and [[MC]] 3 (maximum magic cancellation), at the cost of a -2 penalty to AC and reduction of the AC bonus from [[dexterity]].
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===dNetHack===
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[[dNetHack]] adds several shirts with distinct effects:
  
====Slash'EM Extended====
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* [[Ruffled shirt]]s, which grant a +1 bonus to [[charisma]]
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* [[Victorian underwear]], which grant a charisma bonus of +2 and [[MC]]3, at the cost of a -2 penalty to AC and reduction of [[dexterity]] bonuses
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* [[Anachrononaut#Bodyglove|Bodygloves]], which are [[Anachrononaut#Future tech|future tech]] available to [[Anachrononaut]]s
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* [[User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Underclothes|Black dresses]], which are worn primarily by female [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] [[Noble]]s
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* [[Plain dress]]es, which can be found on certain monsters such as [[Witch (dNetHack)|witches]]
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* [[Ichcahuipilli]]
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* Striped shirts, which Convicts start the game with
  
In versions v45 and later of [[Slash'EM Extended]], a cursed ruffled shirt or Victorian underwear grants a 25% chance of [[life saving]] on death.
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===SpliceHack===
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[[SpliceHack]] adds a few shirt-type items:
  
====SLASHTHEM====
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* [[Dress]]es
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* [[Gown]]s
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* [[Tuxedo]]s
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* Striped shirts
  
In SLASHTHEM, the ruffled shirt behaves as an ordinary shirt, with no unusual bonuses or penalties. The Victorian underwear grants MC3&mdash;making it the "shirt" with the highest MC in the game&mdash;at the cost of an AC penalty.
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===SlashTHEM===
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[[SlashTHEM]] adds the following shirts:
  
== References ==
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* Ruffled shirts from dNetHack, which behave as ordinary shirts
<references />
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* Victorian underwear from dNetHack, which still grants MC3 at the cost of an AC penalty
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* [[Expensive suit]]s from the [[NetHack--]] series, which [[Undertaker]]s start with
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* Striped shirts, which Convicts start the game with
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{{nethack-367}}
 
[[Category:Armor]]
 
[[Category:Armor]]
[[Category:DNethack]]
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[[Category:Shirts]]
[[Category:Slash'EM]]
 
[[Category:Slash'EM Extended]]
 
{{nethack-343}}
 

Latest revision as of 15:04, 9 March 2024

A shirt is a type of armor that appears in NetHack and is generally worn underneath body armor.

Generation

Shirts make up 1% of all randomly generated armor.

List of shirts

There are two types of shirt in NetHack:

Name Cost Weight AC Weight/AC Material MC Appearance
T-shirt 2 5 0 0 cloth 0
Hawaiian shirt 3 5 0 0 cloth 0

Strategy

Shirts confer no base AC on their own, but can be enchanted into a lightweight source of extra AC - they are most valuable for this purpose once a character has obtained magic resistance or unchanging to protect them from polymorph traps, since polymorphing into a large form will destroy torso armor. In the early game, it may be better to enchant other armor such as a helm, boots or gloves; in the later stages, they are a somewhat common form of wish used to complete late-game and ascension kits by topping off a character's AC.

Shirts are a popular target for polypiling since they are non-magical, making them fairly easy to obtain by polymorphing a large pile of armor - the Castle and Fort Ludios in particular always guarantee a sufficient amount of armor, and the Castle's armor storeroom has a significant 13.13% chance of containing a shirt. The random general store items in Orcus Town may also have a shirt among them.

The table below contains a breakdown of the probabilities of success for polypiling a shirt:

Confidence 25% 50% 75% 95%
Polymorphs 28.62 68.97 137.94 298.07
Armors needed (blessed) 3.59 8.66 17.32 37.41
Armors needed (uncursed) 5.51 13.29 26.58 57.42

Variants

Variants of NetHack often add new types of shirts.

Variants that incorporate the Convict role add the striped shirt, which all Convicts start the game with.

dNetHack

dNetHack adds several shirts with distinct effects:

SpliceHack

SpliceHack adds a few shirt-type items:

SlashTHEM

SlashTHEM adds the following shirts:

  • Ruffled shirts from dNetHack, which behave as ordinary shirts
  • Victorian underwear from dNetHack, which still grants MC3 at the cost of an AC penalty
  • Expensive suits from the NetHack-- series, which Undertakers start with
  • Striped shirts, which Convicts start the game with