Aleax
A Aleax 
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| Difficulty | 12 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 1d6 physical, weapon 1d6 physical, kick 1d4 physical |
| Base level | 10 |
| Base experience | 298 |
| Speed | 8 |
| Base AC | 0 |
| Base MR | 30 |
| Alignment | 7 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | Cold, shock, sleep, poison |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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An Aleax:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1078 |
An Aleax, A, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The Aleax is a medium-sized humanoid angelic being that can see invisible, picks up weapons and food, has infravision, can be seen via infravision, and can follow a hero to other levels if they are adjacent.
An Aleax has two weapon attacks and a kick attack, and possesses cold resistance, sleep resistance, shock resistance, and poison resistance.
Chatting to an Aleax causes it to imitate the hero.
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Generation
Randomly generated Aleaxes will be peaceful towards lawful characters with a non-negative alignment record, and hostile Aleaxes may also appear as minions of a angered lawful god. Aleaxes are the only angelic beings to be valid forms for polymorph, and like other angels they are never randomly generated in Gehennom.
An Aleax is always generated with a blessed erodeproof long sword that has an enchantment ranging from +0 to +3, and has a 1⁄20 chance of being made into either Demonbane or Sunsword (with an equal probability of each if neither artifact has been generated).[1] They are also always generated with an uncursed erodeproof +0 shield, which is a shield of reflection 1⁄4 of the time and a large shield otherwise.[2]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.
Aleaxes can only receive Sunsword, as Demonbane's base item is changed to a mace.Strategy
Aleaxes possess a decent AC of 0, and their MR score of 30 grants significant resistance to some spells and wands - however, they move at a slow 8 speed, and usually are not too dangerous for a character deep enough in the dungeon to encounter one. Even so, an Aleax should be handled with some caution, especially if a hostile one generates with a shield of reflection.
History
The Aleax first appears in NetHack 3.1.0.
Origin
In Dungeons & Dragons, an Aleax is an avatar of a deity sent to punish a specific mortal. Dungeons & Dragons pluralizes the being's name as Aleaxi[3] - NetHack instead pluralizes their name as Aleaxes.[4]
The Aleax takes on the target's exact appearance and carries identical equipment, which is why the Aleax of NetHack imitates you when spoken to.
Messages
- <The Aleax> imitates you.
- You chatted to an Aleax.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the Aleax's difficulty is raised to 15, and requires a +2 weapon or better to be hit, while implicitly hitting as a +2 weapon.
Aleaxes and Angels are the only angelic beings that cannot be gifted as minions to lawful characters via sacrifice or prayer.
All of the above information also applies to SlashTHEM.
GruntHack
In GruntHack, the Aleax's difficulty is lowered to 11.
SporkHack
In SporkHack, the Aleax's weapon attacks are buffed to 2d6.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, the Aleax uses the A glyph.
A randomly generated Aleax is created with erodeproof +0 copies of all of the player's equipment and weapons being worn at the time of its generation, with any artifacts converted to their base items. This behavior is adapted from Dungeons & Dragons, as described above.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, the Aleax is a lawful angel that uses the 7 glyph. Their difficulty is raised to 13, their 10 points of AC are all from divine protection, and they are made invalid forms for polymorph - their two weapon attacks are changed to "mirror" attacks with the same dice that use a copy of the target's current weapon.
Three hostile Aleaxes appear within a room in the lair of Demogorgon if his dwelling appears as the third Abyss level.
Encyclopedia entry
Said to be a doppelganger sent to inflict divine punishment for alignment violations.
References
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 329
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 340
- ↑ David "Zeb" Cook (1994). Planescape Campaign Setting, Monstrous Supplement. Edited by David Wise. (TSR, Inc), pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1560768340.
- ↑ src/mondata.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 760
