Retriever

' retriever
Difficulty	25
Attacks	Claw 2d8 physical, Claw 2d8 Amulet theft, Single-target (active) gaze attack 4d8 random element, Claw 1d8 abduction

' retriever
Difficulty	25
Attacks	Claw 2d8 physical, Claw 2d8 Amulet theft, Single-target (active) gaze attack 4d8 random element, Claw 1d8 abduction
Base level	20
Base experience	681
Speed	10
Base AC	0
Base MR	80
Alignment	-6 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	No
Weight	3000
Nutritional value	0
Size	large
Resistances	fire, cold, sleep, shock, poison, petrification
A retriever: can survive underwater. does not breathe. is mindless. has a thick hide. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is a demon. is normally generated hostile. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. wants the Amulet of Yendor. wants your quest artifact. wants the Amulet of Yendor, the Bell of Opening, the Book of the Dead, the Candelabrum of Invocation, and your quest artifact. has infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic. may turn against you when tame. does not naturally regenerate HP.

A retriever, ', is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The retriever is a demonic and chaotic type of golem that is covetous and capable of warping, and will seek out the quest artifact of the hero's current role to pick up if it is left on the ground - it has the standard golem traits also, including being amphibious and unable to regenerate HP, as well as being strong, thick-skinned, possessing infravision, and seeking out weapons and other items to collect. Tame retrievers may turn traitor.

Retrievers possess four attacks: two melee claw attacks, the second of which uses the offhand and can steal the Amulet of Yendor or any of the invocation items; a single-target gaze attack that deals one of fire, cold or shock damage at random, with equal probability of each damage type; and a third claw attack that teleports the target to a random spot on the level while ignoring teleport control or no-teleport restrictions. Because it is demonic, its melee attacks may also gate in additional retrievers.

A retriever is poisonous to consume, which primarily comes up if it is digested by another monster.

Generation

Randomly generated retrievers are always created hostile, and are only created normally in Gehennom. Retrievers are always generated with 120 HP.

In dNetHack only, a retriever named "Warmachine" is always generated asleep in the southeastern-most room of the Air Temple within the Chaos Temple Quest at level creation.

Retrievers do not leave a corpse upon death.

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