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* GatewaySeries: The game is a common entry point into the world of roguelikes.
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* SequelDisplacement: The game's predecessor, the now-lost ''Hack'', is comparatively obscure.
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** Vlad has been buffed in 3.6x however.
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** Go team ant![[labelnote:Explanation]]Ants, represented by a lowercase "a", collectively have one of the highest player kill counts of all monster classes. It's a running joke on the nethack.alt.org chatroom to cheer them on whenever chatbot Rodney reports an NAO player killed by one of them.[[/labelnote]]
** Vladsbane[[labelnote:Explanation]]Vlad the Impaler is absurdly underpowered for his place in the game, but facing him is mandatory because he carries a vital PlotCoupon. To style on him, players will kill him with the weakest and most useless ImprovisedWeapon they can scrounge up -- food rations, thoroughly rusty tin openers, worthless pieces of glass -- and name it "Vladsbane".[[/labelnote]]
** Stocking up for the demigod bar[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since winning the game ascends your player character to demigodhood, players like to joke that after [[NintendoHard finally managing that herculean task]] they'll likely want to kick up their feet at a divine pub, and prepare for the trip pre-ascension by filling an ice box with potions of booze, snacks, and perhaps a greased figurine of [[SuccubiAndIncubi their preferred gender of amorous demon]].[[/labelnote]]
** Go team ant![[labelnote:Explanation]]Ants, represented by a lowercase "a", collectively have one of the highest player kill counts of all monster classes. It's a running joke on the nethack.alt.org chatroom to cheer them on whenever chatbot Rodney reports an NAO player killed by one of them.[[/labelnote]]
** Vladsbane[[labelnote:Explanation]]Vlad the Impaler is absurdly underpowered for his place in the game, but facing him is mandatory because he carries a vital PlotCoupon. To style on him, players will kill him with the weakest and most useless ImprovisedWeapon they can scrounge up -- food rations, thoroughly rusty tin openers, worthless pieces of glass -- and name it "Vladsbane".[[/labelnote]]
** Stocking up for the demigod bar[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since winning the game ascends your player character to demigodhood, players like to joke that after [[NintendoHard finally managing that herculean task]] they'll likely want to kick up their feet at a divine pub, and prepare for the trip pre-ascension by filling an ice box with potions of booze, snacks, and perhaps a greased figurine of [[SuccubiAndIncubi their preferred gender of amorous demon]].[[/labelnote]]
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Lord Surtur, the Goblin King (in the days when Elf was a character class), the Master Assassin, the Dark One, and most infamously of all, Vlad the Impaler. Vlad has his own mini-dungeon, but he's only slightly more powerful than his own vampire {{mooks}}, and since you encounter him near the end of the game he's usually a total pushover. He's so anti-climatic that it's become a RunningGag to [[CherryTapping Cherry Tap]] him to death with -3 thoroughly corroded orcish daggers, thrown scrolls, and other such things, and name the object in question "Vladbane."
** The Wizard of Yendor is this if you're properly prepared, since unlike the demonic bosses of Gehennom, he is ''not'' immune to death rays. During the final stage of the game, he will likely revive himself in front of you several times, [[BadassBoast shouting "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool,"]] only to be immediately snuffed yet again by your Wand of Death. He occasionally curses your items or summons monsters while deceased, but the Wizard himself isn't much of a threat.
** The Wizard of Yendor is this if you're properly prepared, since unlike the demonic bosses of Gehennom, he is ''not'' immune to death rays. During the final stage of the game, he will likely revive himself in front of you several times, [[BadassBoast shouting "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool,"]] only to be immediately snuffed yet again by your Wand of Death. He occasionally curses your items or summons monsters while deceased, but the Wizard himself isn't much of a threat.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: %% ZCEs (explain these, then move them to their own bullets): Lord Surtur, the Goblin King (in the days when Elf was a character class), the Master Assassin, the Dark One, and most infamously of all, One,
** Vlad theImpaler. Vlad Impaler has his own mini-dungeon, but he's only slightly more powerful than his own vampire {{mooks}}, and since you encounter him near the end of the game he's usually a total pushover. He's so anti-climatic that it's become a RunningGag to [[CherryTapping Cherry Tap]] {{Cherry Tap|ping}} him to death with -3 thoroughly corroded orcish daggers, thrown scrolls, and other such things, and name the object in question "Vladbane."
** The Wizard of Yendor is this if you're properly prepared, since unlike the demonic bosses of Gehennom, he is ''not'' immune to death rays. During the final stage of the game, he will likely revive himself in front of you several times, [[BadassBoast shouting "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool,"]] only to be immediately snuffed yet again by your Wand of Death. He occasionally curses your items or summons monsters while deceased, but the Wizard himself isn't much of a threat."
** Vlad the
** The Wizard of Yendor is this if you're properly prepared, since unlike the demonic bosses of Gehennom, he is ''not'' immune to death rays. During the final stage of the game, he will likely revive himself in front of you several times, [[BadassBoast shouting "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool,"]] only to be immediately snuffed yet again by your Wand of Death. He occasionally curses your items or summons monsters while deceased, but the Wizard himself isn't much of a threat.
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** The Wizard of Yendor, unlike the demonic bosses of Gehennom, is ''not'' [[ContractualBossImmunity immune to death rays]]. During the final stage of the game, he will likely revive himself in front of you several times, [[BadassBoast shouting "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool,"]] only to be immediately snuffed yet again by your Wand of Death. He occasionally curses your items or summons monsters while deceased, but the Wizard himself isn't much of a threat.
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* GoddamnedBats: Nymphs, Floating Eyes, and Leprechauns, to name a few.
** Vampires are this in a literal sense. From 3.6.0 onwards, almost every vampire bat you come across is actually a polymorphed vampire or vampire lord, which essentially means you're up against a fast-moving mook with two health bars and an annoying level drain ability. This change also seems to have introduced the unintended side effect of making vampires appear much more frequently than before.
** Vampires are this in a literal sense. From 3.6.0 onwards, almost every vampire bat you come across is actually a polymorphed vampire or vampire lord, which essentially means you're up against a fast-moving mook with two health bars and an annoying level drain ability. This change also seems to have introduced the unintended side effect of making vampires appear much more frequently than before.
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* GoddamnedBats: Nymphs, Floating Eyes, and Leprechauns, to name a few.
** Vampires are this in a literal sense.From 3.6.0 onwards, almost every vampire bat you come across is actually a polymorphed vampire or vampire lord, which essentially means you're up against a fast-moving mook with [[ShapeDiesShifterSurvives two health bars bars]] and an annoying level drain ability. This change also seems to have introduced the unintended side effect of making vampires appear much more frequently than before. %% (ZCE; what's annoying about them?) Nymphs, Floating Eyes, and Leprechauns, to name a few.
** Vampires are this in a literal sense.
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* FandomRivalry: Various other games over the years have had the distinction of being "the ''other'' pretty popular traditional roguelike". Nowadays the honor probably goes to ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawlStoneSoup''. Which is of similar age, still in active development, and has a diametrically opposed design philosophy to [=NetHack=]'s. But candidates in the past have included everything from ''{{VideoGame/Angband}}'' to even briefly ''VideoGame/RedRogue'' during its brief time in the sun.
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* FandomRivalry: Various other games over {{Fanon}}: Many fans joke about visiting the years have had the distinction of being "the ''other'' pretty popular traditional roguelike". Nowadays the honor probably goes to ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawlStoneSoup''. Which is of similar age, still in active development, "demigod bar" after a successful ascension, and has will occasionally [[SelfImposedChallenge make a diametrically opposed design philosophy point of gathering an ice box full of potions of booze]] to [=NetHack=]'s. But candidates be used there. Despite what you might think, such a place doesn't actually appear in the past have included everything from ''{{VideoGame/Angband}}'' to any canon [=NetHack=] material, not even briefly ''VideoGame/RedRogue'' during its brief time in the sun.by mention.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Graphical tiles had already appeared in later personal computer ports of the game's predecessor, ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''.
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