Amorphous
Some monsters are considered amorphous, meaning they have no fixed shape or form. Such monsters are identified by the macro amorphous(ptr), which checks for the flag M1_AMORPHOUS.[1]
Effects
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Amorphous monster cannot be caught in bear traps[2][3] or webs.[4][5]. They are also not harmed by rocks or boulders from a scroll of earth[6][7], nor by the beheading effect of a Vorpal Blade.[8][9]. If amorphous, you cannot be effectively punished,[10] and polyselfing into an amorphous monster undoes any punishment.[11]
Amorphous monsters may "ooze" (or, in the case of yellow lights and fog clouds, "flow"[12]) under a door, if not carrying too much.[13]
Amorphous monsters may be created on the Plane of Air.[14]
List of amorphous monsters
The following monsters are amorphous:
- b acid blob
- all j jellies:
- all m mimics:
- v fog cloud
- both y lights:
- all P puddings and oozes:
- & Juiblex
References
- ↑ mondata.h in NetHack 3.4.3, line 34
- ↑ trap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1791
- ↑ trap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 749
- ↑ trap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 966
- ↑ trap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 2005
- ↑ read.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1191
- ↑ read.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1243
- ↑ artifact.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1089
- ↑ artifact.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1107
- ↑ read.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1743
- ↑ polyself.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 543
- ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1063
- ↑ can ooze in monmove.c
- ↑ makemon.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 72
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