Human or elf

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The human or elf is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by the at sign glyph (@). Human or elf-like monsters are designated internally by the macro S_HUMAN.[1]

The class contains the following monsters:[2]

The hero appears as @ if the showrace option is toggled off—if the option is toggled on, the hero will appear as @ while playing as a human or elf, or if they are polymorphed into one of the above monsters.

Common traits

All members of the human or elf monster class are primarily either human or elven, with the exception of Medusa, and they are all naturally humanoid as well.

Genocide of the human or elf monster class from reading a blessed scroll of genocide will always kill the hero, regardless of their own race.

Heroes polymorphed into the form of any vampire are warned of any human or elf monsters on the current level.[3][4]

Generation

Human or elf-like monsters vary widely in generation traits. Humans within the monster class are not valid polymorph forms.

An inaccessible closet will contain the aged corpse of a human or elf monster that can be randomly generated normally.[5]

History

In Hack for PDP-11, which is based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, shopkeepers and treasurers use the @ glyph as well as the hero. In Hack 1.0, shopkeepers and guards use the @ glyph.

Variants

NetHack variants that add new roles will also add corresponding player monsters, as well as quest guardians, leaders and nemeses, that often use the @ glyph. NetHack variants with racial monsters will have those monsters use a glyph that matches their race—humans, elves and other applicable races will appear as @.

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, the drow, doppelganger and lycanthrope are playable races that appear as @, and many new human or elf-like monsters are added to the monster class.

GruntHack

In GruntHack, human and elven racial monsters use the @ glyph.

UnNetHack

UnNetHack adds several new human or elf-like monsters to the monster class:

dNetHack

In dNetHack, the drow and incantifier are playable races that appear as @.

More than a hundred new human or elf-like monsters are added to the monster class:

The human or elf monster class is the first quest monster class for Binders, and makes up 24⁄175 of the monsters that are randomly generated on the Binder quest.

xNetHack

In xNetHack, elves are split off into the Quendi monster class, Q.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, the drow is a playable race, and human, elven and drow racial monsters use the @ glyph.

EvilHack adds several new human or elf-like monsters to the monster class:

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References

  1. ↑ include/monsym.h in NetHack 3.6.7, line 67
  2. ↑ src/monst.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2112
  3. ↑ src/polyself.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1867
  4. ↑ src/end.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 517
  5. ↑ src/mklev.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 531-L534
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