Dragon (monster attribute)
Dragon is a monster attribute in some variants of NetHack that indicates when a monster is considered draconic in nature, even if it is not a part of the dragon monster class.
Across the variants that it appears in, the dragon attribute generally determines which monsters can and cannot be affected by artifacts that target dragons in addition to any other variant-specific properties.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, dragon monsters are denoted with the MA_DRAGON flag.
The half-dragon race of hero has draconic and human ancestry.
List of dNetHack monsters
The monsters listed below are considered to be dragons:
- k winged kobold
- A ki-rin
- D all dragons
- M half-dragon mummy
- Z crow-winged half-dragon
EvilHack
In EvilHack, dragon monsters are denoted with the MH_DRAGON flag.
Dragonbane is an artifact that sears dragons on contact, and causes all dragons that see it to become hostile.
List of EvilHack monsters
All monsters of the dragon monster class in EvilHack are considered dragons except for the following:
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