abil-343.txt Last edited 2003-12-17 for NetHack 3.4.3 Class- and race-dependent abilities and gained intrinsics in NetHack 3.4 Compiled by Dylan O'Donnell <psmith@spod-central.org>. This spoiler doesn't attempt to list the various class and racial modifiers to game activities; just the abilities peculiar to each. Archeologist ~~~~~~~~~~~~ XL 1 : Stealth XL 1 : Speed XL 10: Searching Can use two-weapon combat. Can use uncursed touchstones as blessed. Barbarian ~~~~~~~~~ XL 1 : Poison resistance XL 7 : Speed XL 15: Stealth Can use two-weapon combat. Cave(wo)man ~~~~~~~~~~~ XL 7 : Speed XL 15: Warning Exempt from penalties for cannibalism and eating domestic animals. Healer ~~~~~~ XL 1 : Poison resistance XL 15: Warning Knight ~~~~~~ XL 7 : Speed Can jump as chess knight. Can #turn undead. Can use two-weapon combat. Monk ~~~~ XL 1 : Speed XL 1 : Sleep resistance XL 1 : See invisible XL 3 : Poison resistance XL 5 : Stealth XL 7 : Warning XL 9 : Searching XL 11: Fire resistance XL 13: Cold resistance XL 15: Shock resistance XL 17: Teleport control Exercise wisdom by fasting. Priest(ess) ~~~~~~~~~~~ XL 15: Warning XL 20: Fire resistance Can see objects' blessed/uncursed/cursed status. Can #turn undead. Ranger ~~~~~~ XL 1 : Searching XL 7 : Stealth XL 15: See invisible Rogue ~~~~~ XL 1 : Stealth XL 10: Searching Can use two-weapon combat. Samurai ~~~~~~~ XL 1 : Speed XL 15: Stealth Can use two-weapon combat. Tourist ~~~~~~~ XL 10: Searching XL 20: Poison resistance Can use two-weapon combat. Valkyrie ~~~~~~~~ XL 1 : Cold resistance XL 1 : Stealth XL 7 : Speed A thrown Mjollnir (requires strength 25) will usually return to the hand. Can use two-weapon combat. Wizard ~~~~~~ XL 15: Warning XL 17: Teleport control Gets bonuses rather than penalties for wearing cornuthaums. Warned before reading uncursed spellbooks with possibility of failure. dwarf ~~~~~ XL 1 : Infravision elf ~~~ XL 1 : Infravision XL 4 : Sleep resistance gnome ~~~~~ XL 1 : Infravision Can use uncursed touchstones as blessed. orc ~~~ XL 1 : Infravision XL 1 : Poison resistance Exempt from penalties for cannibalism and eating domestic animals. Acknowledgements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corrections and clarifications provided by nyra.