User:Umbire the Phantom/NetHack is not real life

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The hero

The hero is one of the more "obvious" beneficiaries of the fact that NetHack is not real life: otherwise, an adventurer being caught in a bear trap would almost invariably die from their injury, especially since nurses will not be generated until much later in the game; hydration would be a necessity and also cumbersome to deal with, most (if not all) sources of food do not come with water, and water from fountains and sinks is not properly treated (on top of being hazardous for many other reasons); and any adventurer that trips a rolling boulder trap would be crushed and killed instantly from the impact of the boulder rolling over them, to speak nothing of any boulders thrown by giants.

The setting

The setting of NetHack, such as it is, can be loosely termed as "kitchen sink fantasy": a player can find dragons, trolls, vampires, and demons coexisting alongside Tolkienian elves, elves, hobbits and orcs... as well as archeologists, doctors, samurai, viking-like warriors, and tourists in possibly-tacky Hawaiian shirts. Many items and objects also work on pun-based logic or are derived from specific fantasy works, e.g. a magic marker can write magical scrolls and spellbooks with its ink, while an expensive camera can be broken to release a Discworld-style "picture painting demon".

This does not at all preclude NetHack from including mundane weapons, creatures or objects, but such inclusions are not remotely guaranteed, and fantasic creatures and items are similarly not obligated as additions by virtue of the setting's seeming "inconsistency". NetHack and its variants do try to curate and maintain a distinct sort of "flavor" to the game world, even if it is not always a major priority.

Examples

In this section, cite YANIs and suggestions real or otherwise that would elicit the response "NetHack is not real life".