Gauntlets (dNetHack)
| [ gauntlets | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | gauntlets |
| Slot | suit |
| Base size | medium |
| Body armor type | light |
| AC | 2 |
| DR | 4 |
| MC | 1 |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties | |
| Base price | 10 zm |
| Default weight | 25 |
| Base material | iron |
- For the item in EvilHack and Hack'EM, see Gauntlets (EvilHack).
- For the various types of 'gauntlets' that have secondary effects when worn, see gloves.
Gauntlets are a type of gloves that appear in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. They have a base material of iron, and always display their current material regardless of identification.
Generation
Half-dragon Anachrononauts start the game with an uncursed +0 pair of copper gauntlets. Samurai start the game with a non-cursed +0 pair of iron gauntlets. Chiropteran heroes in roles that start with high boots (i.e. Barbarians and Rangers) will instead be given leather gauntlets of the same beatitude and enchantment.
Gauntlets make up 1⁄250 (0.4%) of all armor randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can also stock gauntlets.
Locations
A pair of gauntlets is generated on the Drow Healer quest goal level during level creation, where it is randomly placed outside the walls of the central area.
Three sets of gauntlets are placed randomly on the Knight quest home level during level creation.
A large +5 pair of silver gauntlets is generated on the locate level of the female Half-Dragon Noble quest, where it is among the belongings placed beneath the crow-winged half-dragon's corpse during level creation.
A pair of gauntlets is generated on the Samurai quest home level, where it is placed among the full complement of samurai equipment within the chest inside the eastern storeroom of the Taro Clan's castle during level creation.
An uncursed +1 pair of iron gauntlets is generated within the chest on the Elvish Racial quest goal level during level creation.
The piles of wreckage found in the Law Quest may each contain three pairs of copper gauntlets.
In the Mordor variant of the Chaos Quest, one of the chests in the northwestern room that is hidden behind the throne of the Mordor marshal by a secret door contains specific types of gauntlets:
- a black-colored +4 pair of iron gauntlets with the "unholy weapon" and "unholy armor" object properties
- a blessed and fixed pair of iron gauntlets
- a wrathful +3 pair of diamond gauntlets with the "holy weapon" and "holy armor" object properties
Gauntlets can be generated in the magic item vaults that appear within the Avatar of Lolth's lair during level creation if it appears as the second Abyss level.
Monster starting inventory
Many monsters can be generated with gauntlets:
- Legion devil sergeants and legion devil captains always generate with gauntlets.
- Doom knights always generate with gray-colored gauntlets.
- Hedrow blademasters always generate with gauntlets made of shadowsteel.
- A mercenary that is not a Yendorian army fighter being created in the Law Quest will have an effective 1⁄6 chance of being generated with gauntlets whose base AC counts towards their total target AC.
- The ogre emperor always generates with gauntlets.
- Center of All is always generated with a large concordant pair of leather gauntlets.
- Vlad the Impaler always generates with gauntlets.
- Horned devils that are either generated in Gehennom or slated for good equipment are created with gauntlets.
- Deepest ones created in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest) are generated with a huge pair of +5 golden gauntlets.
- Master mind flayers created in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut and Android quests) are generated with a cursed large +4 pair of obsidian gauntlets.
- Sir Aljanor, one of the Drow Healer quest leaders, always generates with blessed gauntlets that are at least +3.
- Justice Archons outside of the Drow Healer quest and Shield Archons are always generated with gauntlets.
- Duergar stoneguards always generate with gauntlets.
- Alliance vanguards always generate with gauntlets.
- Blibdoolpoolp's mindgraven champion is always generated with a pair of iron gauntlets.
- The militant cleric of the enemy party that serves as the default Noble quest nemeses always generates with gauntlets.
- Ashikaga Takauji is generated a rustproof +4 pair of iron gauntlets.
- Fallen angels have an effective 3⁄20 chance of being given an armor set that includes a silver pair of gauntlets.
- Some player monsters and related monsters can be generated with kite shields:
- Knights and samurai are always generated with gauntlets.
- The tame knight accompanying a Drow Healer hero at the start of the game is generated with uncursed +0 iron gauntlets.
- Valkyries, awakened valkyries and transcendent valkyries that are slated for "good" equipment will be given a set of armor that includes gauntlets.
- Except for the Drow Healer's tame knight, each pair of gauntlets has a 1⁄3 chance of being erosion-proofed, and otherwise there is a 1⁄2 chance (effectively 1⁄3 total) of them being greased. They have a 1⁄3 chance of being cursed followed by a 1⁄3 chance of being blessed, and will otherwise be uncursed. The gauntlets' enchantment has a 3⁄5 chance of ranging from +0 to +4, a 3⁄10 chance of ranging +4 to +7, and will otherwise range from -1 to -3.
- Knights and samurai are always generated with gauntlets.
Description
While worn, gauntlets grant 2 base AC, 4 DR and MC1. Wearing or removing gauntlets takes two actions to perform.
Unarmed attacks performed using worn gauntlets and either bare hands or martial arts will apply any relevant bonuses from material hatred, e.g. silver gauntlets deal +1d20 damage against major demons and vampires among other monsters.
Origin
A gauntlet (much less commonly spelled "gantlet") is a type of glove that protects the hand, wrist and sometimes the forearms of a combatant. They are not to be confused with bracers, which cover the wrists and forearms but not the hands—"gauntlets" in Western women's fashion can refer to an extended cuff with little or no hand covering that are sometimes worn as elements of an evening gown or by brides at weddings, and these are closer to bracers than gauntlets in design and appearance. In the Roman Catholic Church, the full-fingered gloves traditionally worn by the pope or other bishops are also known as 'gauntlets' or episcopal gloves, though their use has largely been relaxed since Paul VI.
Gauntlets as armor originate in the early 14th century alongside fully-articulated plate mail. In the 12th century, chain mail shirts began to feature longer and narrower sleeves that occasionally included chain mail mittens or "muffs" resembling fingerless gloves: these mittens also featured a pocket for the thumb, though some had complete fingers as well. The mittens attached to the armor at the lower edge of the sleeve and protected the wearer's hands from cuts and lacerations during combat, but offered no protection against crushing blows. The designing of fully-articulated plate armor brought with it the development of hand protection in the form of gauntlets made of overlapping plates of steel.
These early gauntlets were created both in the fingerless "mitten" style–which offered plate armor protection and allowed the fingers to share heat, but limited the wearer's ability to move those fingers–as well as the fully fingered "glove" style, which was still ungainly and less comfortable in cold weather but permitted full use of all fingers. A variety of gauntlet called a "demi-gauntlet" or "demi-gaunt" also came into use around this time, which only protects the back of the hand and the wrist and are worn with gloves made from chain mail or padded leather. Demi-gauntlets allow better dexterity and are lighter than a full set of gauntlets, but the fingers are not as well protected.
Modern protective gloves called "gauntlets" continue to be worn in various professions: metal workers and welders use heat-insulated gauntlets that lack metal plates, and similar varieties are worn by automotive technicians to protect their hands when handling car components; meat and fishery butchers often wear chain mail gauntlets to protect their hands from the sharp edges of knives; motorcyclists wear leather gauntlets to protect their hands from abrasion; snowmobile drivers wear fingerless nylon gauntlets to protect their hands from wind and cold temperatures; falconers wear leather gauntlets to protect their hands from the sharp claws of the birds of prey that they handle; and lastly, modern fencers (particularly those competing with the épée) routinely wear fingered gauntlets to protect their hands from their opponents' weapons.
