Wizard (player monster)
@ wizard 
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| Difficulty | 12 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 1d6 physical |
| Base level | 10 |
| Base experience | 216 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 10 |
| Base MR | 3 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Only if hero is a Wizard |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | medium |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A wizard:
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| Reference | NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 2823 |
A wizard, @, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The wizard is a neutral player monster corresponding to a Wizard hero, and will have the role's appropriate rank title for their monster level. Wizards will seek out magical items to pick up in addition to other objects.
A wizard has a single weapon attack.
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Generation
Wizards are not generated randomly, and are normally created as peaceful towards neutral heroes before specific adjustments are made. They are only a valid form for doppelgangers to normally polymorph into, and can only be targeted for genocide if a Wizard hero reads a scroll of genocide.[1]
A peaceful wizard named Newt is generated asleep on the Wizard quest goal level, where he is one of the prisoners placed within the Dark One's dungeon at level creation.[2] An apprentice can grow up into a wizard.[3]
Wizard corpses can generate in graveyards and within the Valley of the Dead.[4][5][6] Wizard statues can generate in cockatrice nests and on Medusa's Island.[4][7][8] A Wizard hero killed by HP damage from a cockatrice or chickatrice, or else killed by any form of stoning, will leave a named player monster statue behind instead of a named ghost and named corpse if a bones file is created.
Inventory
A wizard is always generated with 1-3 random offensive items, 1-3 random defensive items, and 1-3 random miscellaneous items, and is eligible for the normal chance of an item of each type.[9][10][11] If generated on the Astral Plane, they are also given a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor, 0-999 gold pieces, 0-9 random items, a 1⁄15 chance of a luckstone, a 1⁄30 chance of a loadstone if they are not given a luckstone, and some valuable gems.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Wizards always generate with a weapon, which can be a quarterstaff (3⁄8 chance), an athame (3⁄8 chance), a long sword (1⁄8 chance) or a randomly chosen melee weapon (1⁄8 chance):[19][20] the enchantment ranges from a random value between +4 and +8 if the monster is generated on the Astral Plane, and otherwise ranges from a random value between +0 and +3;[21] if generated on the Astral Plane, the weapon has a 1⁄2 chance of being made into any applicable artifact, with Magicbane being given an enchantment from +0 to +4 if created this way;[22][23] and finally, there is a 1⁄3 chance of the weapon(s) being erosion-proofed, and a 1⁄2 chance (effectively 1⁄3 total) of the weapon(s) being greased if they are not erosion-proofed.[24][25]
Wizards generated on the Astral Plane will have the following non-shield armor:[26]
- a 1⁄2 chance of either black dragon scale mail or silver dragon scale mail with equal probability, and a random color of dragon scale mail otherwise;[28][29][30]
- a 1⁄2 chance of a cloak of magic resistance, and otherwise a 7⁄8 chance of a random cloak;[32][33][29]
- a 3⁄4 chance of a helm of brilliance, and otherwise a 7⁄8 chance of a random helm;[35][36][37]
- a pair of gauntlets of power if their weapon is a war hammer, and otherwise a 7⁄8 chance of a random pair of gloves[39]
- a 7⁄8 chance of a random pair of boots[41]
Armor generated this way has a 1⁄3 chance of being erosion-proofed, a separate 1⁄3 chance of being blessed, and a separate 1⁄3 chance of being cursed.[42] The armor's enchantment has a 3⁄5 chance of ranging from +0 to +4, a 3⁄10 chance of ranging +4 to +7, and will otherwise range from -1 to -3.[43]
Strategy
Like other player monsters on the Astral Plane, wizards have a chance of generating with a long sword that is turned into Vorpal Blade if it has not yet generated, which can result in an unexpected and unceremonious end to your run.
History
The wizard player monster is introduced in NetHack 3.0.0.
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Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, The Guild of Disgruntled Adventurers generates two hostile wizards in the main room at level creation.
References
- ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 3493: select_newcham_form function governs random polymorph for shapechangers
- ↑ dat/Wizard.des in NetHack 3.6.7, line 369
- ↑ src/mondata.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 src/mkobj.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1667: mk_tt_object function
- ↑ src/mkroom.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 366
- ↑ dat/gehennom.des in NetHack 3.6.7, line 75
- ↑ src/mkroom.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 385
- ↑ src/sp_lev.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1985: The code is very cryptic but fortunately has comments
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 309
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 312
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 315
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 149: per a comment above this line: "that's why they are "stuck" in the endgame :-)"
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 282: special boolean is true for Astral Plane generation
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 283
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 299: 1⁄3 chance of 0-15 gems or 0-2 gems otherwise
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 304
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 305
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 138-L292
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 155: Default weapons are chosen from range of spear to bullwhip, using standard random generation probabilities[18]
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 246
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 265
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 270
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 277: "mplayers knew better than to overenchant Magicbane"
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 266
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 268
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 255: no shield for Wizards
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 378-L389
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 156: DSM is chosen from all available colors with equal probability of each[27]
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 248: cloak of MR is accompanied by either black or silver DSM
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 285
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 454-L474
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 157: chosen from range of oilskin cloak to cloak of displacement, using standard random generation probabilities[31]
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 286
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 339-L363
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 159: chosen from range of elven leather helm to helm of telepathy, using the standard random generation probabilities[34]
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 287
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 253
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 497-L504
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 289: chosen from range of leather gloves to gauntlets of dexterity, using the standard random generation probabilities[38]
- ↑ src/objects.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 507-L528
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 294: chosen from range of low boots to levitation boots, using the standard random generation probabilities[40]
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 105
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 115: enchantment is independent of beatitude; as the comment above in the code clarifies, cursed positively enchanted armor can occur from run ins with other monsters
