Brownie
n brownie 
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| Difficulty | 11 |
| Attacks |
Claw 0d0 steal item, Spell-casting 0d0 mage |
| Base level | 8 |
| Base experience | 126 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | 3 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 60 |
| Nutritional value | 30 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | causes teleportitis (80%) |
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A brownie:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1115 |
- For the monster of the same name in the biodiversity patch, see biodiversity patch.
A brownie, n, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. The brownie is a tiny nymph-like creature that shares its glyph with the mountain nymph, and has similar traits as other nymphs: they can be seen via infravision, will teleport randomly, and will seek out gold and magical items to pick up.
A brownie has a claw attack that deals no damage, but can steal items and teleport them away after a successful theft, and can cast one mage monster spell during each of their turns.
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Generation
Randomly generated brownies are always created hostile, and are not normally generated in Gehennom.
Brownies are generated asleep 4⁄5 of the time unless the hero has the Amulet of Yendor, in which case they will always be generated awake.
Brownies may be among the nymphs that are generated on the nymph level.
One brownie is generated in the Lawful Quest within the forest where Nightmare dwells at level creation.
Brownies appear among the random n that are part of the first quest monster class for Rogues and make up 24⁄175 of the monsters randomly generated on the Rogue quest.
Brownies have a 1⁄2 chance of being generated with a mirror, and an independent 1⁄2 chance of generating with a potion of object detection.[1]
SlashTHEM
In SlashTHEM, one brownie is generated asleep within the village of the Town branch.
Strategy
Brownies are especially dangerous when awake: they move at a fast 15 speed and possess spells such as destroy armor and curse items, on top of being able to steal items and teleport away. They also have many more hit dice than the typical nymph, although they only have one seduction attack.
While not a particularly damaging threat, they are annoying and generally not worth the risk of a cursed inventory, stolen items or even destroyed armor. It is well worth to check if that n is a brownie or a mountain nymph before engaging it —if you decide not to avoid them altogether using stealth or other methods, be prepared to get rid of them quickly. Brownies can be dispatched most safely using available ranged weapons and/or Elbereth, but remember that even with magic resistance, allowing the brownie to get within melee range may lead to them whisking the source of the property off your person.
