Robe (SLASH'EM item)
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|---|---|
| Appearance | randomized |
| Slot | body armor |
| AC | 1 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 25 zm |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | leather |
A robe is a type of body armor that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM, and is the basis for the robe cloak later introduced in NetHack. It is made of leather, and has the randomized appearance of a "colored robe" when unidentified.
Generation
Monks start the game with a +1 robe, while Priests start the game with a +0 robe.[1][2]
Several monsters can generate with a robe:
- Wraiths have a 1⁄2 chance of generating with a robe.[3]
- Aligned priests, high priests, the Arch Priest, and player monster priests may also generate with a robe.[4][5]
- Mind flayers have a 1⁄2 chance of generating with a robe, while master mind flayers have a 4⁄5 chance of generating with a robe.[6][7]
- The Grand Master and Master Kaen have a 10⁄11 chance of generating with a robe.[8]
Description
While worn, a robe confers 1 base AC.
Strategy
Robes are lighter than leather armor and do not interfere with spellcasting (unlike most other types of body armor in these variants) or a Monk's melee abilities and AC bonuses, though it will negate the AC bonuses specific to doppelganger characters. They can be trivially distinguished via price identification due to their base cost of 25zm (where all other robes have a base cost of 50), and are much more common compared to other robes.
Encyclopedia entry
Robes are the only garments, apart from Shirts, ever to have sleeves. They have three uses:
1. As the official uniform of Priests, Priestesses, Monks, Nuns (see Nunnery), and Wizards. The OMT [ Official Management Term ] prescribed for the Robes of Priests and Nuns is that they _fall in severe folds_; of Priestesses that they _float_; and of Wizards that they _swirl_. You can thus see who you are dealing with.
2. For Kings. The OMT here is _falling in stately folds_.
3. As the garb of Desert Nomads. [...]
References
- ↑ u_init.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 119
- ↑ u_init.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 152
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 1099
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 530
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 1066
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 776
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 781
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 1076
