Miner

@ miner
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Weapon 1d8 physical

@ miner
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Weapon 1d8 physical
Base level	2
Base experience	22
Speed	6
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	4 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	medium
A miner: can tunnel through walls. needs a pick-axe to tunnel through walls. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is carnivorous. is herbivorous. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision.

The miner is a monster added in the Convict patch. Miners are tunneling monsters that need an item of the pick-axe class to work. They are never randomly generated, and only appear in the Convict quest.

Eight miners are generated on each lower filler level of the quest. When you first enter these levels, you get the message "This appears to be a prison level that is still under construction", making the miners the construction crews that are excavating the new levels.

The miners are generated peaceful, and do not seem to care about the escaped convict wandering through their workplace.

References

Reference: Karl Garrison's Convict Patch