D
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In NetHack, the letter D serves the following purposes:
- d represents a dog or other canine:
- d jackal
- d fox
- d coyote
- d werejackal
- d little dog
- d dog
- d large dog
- d dingo
- d wolf
- d werewolf
- d warg
- d winter wolf cub
- d winter wolf
- d hell hound pup
- d hell hound
- D represents a dragon:
- D baby gray dragon
- D baby silver dragon
- D baby red dragon
- D baby white dragon
- D baby orange dragon
- D baby black dragon
- D baby blue dragon
- D baby green dragon
- D baby yellow dragon
- D gray dragon
- D silver dragon
- D red dragon
- D white dragon
- D orange dragon
- D black dragon
- D blue dragon
- D green dragon
- D yellow dragon
- Two quest nemeses are dragons:
- D Chromatic Dragon the Caveman nemesis
- D Ixoth the Knight nemesis
- A quantity in D notation, such as 3d6, specifies a random number produced by rolling (virtual) dice.
Historical uses
In Hack 1.21, which is based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, the demon uses the d glyph, while the dragon uses the D glyph. The dragon retains its glyph in Hack for PDP-11 and Hack 1.0, while the d glyph is given to the little dog and its growth stages - the demon is moved to the ampersand glyph, &. All these monsters use their glyphs from these releases to NetHack 2.2a.
In NetHack 2.3e, the dragon monster is differentiated into its several types to form the dragon monster class, while NetHack 3.0.0, adds the dog or other canine monster class and introduces the baby dragons.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the d and D glyphs:
- d canine:
- d pit bull
- d dingo puppy
- d large dingo
- d death dog
- d rabid wolf
- d wolverine
- d shadow wolf
- d mist wolf
- D dragon:
UnNetHack
UnNetHack introduces randomized dragons with types corresponding to the dragons of NetHack, and adds new monsters that use the D glyph:
