Gremlin (monster class)
The gremlin is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by the lowercase g glyph (g). Gremlins are designated internally by the macro S_GREMLIN.[1]
The class contains the following monsters:[2]
- g gremlin
- g gargoyle
- g winged gargoyle
Contents
Common traits
The monsters in the gremlin monster class share very few traits that are common between all three: they are chaotic humanoids that are intelligent and inediate, and attack using claws and bites.
History
The gremlin first appears in NetHack 2.3e, where it shares the G glyph with the gnome. The gremlin monster class is established in NetHack 3.0.0, and the gremlin is moved to its own glyph at g. The gargoyle and winged gargoyle are added to the monster class in NetHack 3.2.0.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds one new monster to the monster class, with two deferred monsters that are also part of the monster class:
- g statue gargoyle
- Deferred:
dNetHack
dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack add three monsters to the monster class:
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds one new monster to the monster class:
- g telamon
EvilHack
EvilHack adds one new monster to the monster class:
GnollHack
In GnollHack, the gnome monster class is merged into this monster class to make room for the gnoll monster class, which occupies the gnomes' former glyph at G. All gnomes and gremlin monsters are retained from vanilla NetHack.
SlashTHEM
SlashTHEM retains the monsters added from SLASH'EM and enables deferred additions, while adding two other new monsters to the monster class:
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds five monsters to the monster class from other variants:
- g jermlaine
- g telamon
- g statue gargoyle
- g galltrit
- g lava gremlin
