Hallucinatory monsters do not exist in NetHack, but their names can appear when you are hallucinating and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in SLASH'EM. Many of the monster names come from other roguelikes, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture^[1].

Contents 1 List of hallucinatory monsters 1.1 Quendor (Zork, etc.) 1.2 Moria 1.3 Rogue 1.4 Greek legend 1.5 Xanth 1.6 Lewis Carroll 1.7 Star Trek 1.8 Monster movies 1.9 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1.10 50's rock 'n' roll 1.11 Miscellaneous 1.12 Found only in the NAO version 2 References

List of hallucinatory monstersEdit

Quendor (Zork, etc.)Edit

• grue
• Christmas-tree monster
• luck sucker
• paskald
• brogmoid
• dornbeast
• jester

MoriaEdit

• Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon
• Evil Iggy

RogueEdit

• emu
• kestrel
• xeroc
• venus flytrap

Greek legendEdit

• hydra^[2]
• siren

XanthEdit

• tangle tree
• nickelpede^[2]
• wiggle

Lewis CarrollEdit

• white rabbit
• snark

Star TrekEdit

• tribble
• Klingon
• Borg

Monster moviesEdit

• Godzilla
• King Kong

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyEdit

• microscopic space fleet
• Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

50's rock 'n' rollEdit

• witch doctor
• one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater

MiscellaneousEdit

jumbo shrimp giant pigmy gnu killer penguin giant cockroach giant slug maggot[2] pterodactyl tyrannosaurus rex basilisk[2] beholder[2] nightmare efreeti marid rot grub bookworm master lichen shadow[2] hologram

attorney sleazoid killer tomato amazon robot battlemech rhinovirus harpy lion-dog rat-ant Y2K bug creeping coins killer bunny rodent of unusual size Smokey the bear Luggage Ent pushmi-pullyu smurf Ewok

Totoro ohmu youma nyaasu earthquake beast Invid Terminator boomer Dalek teenage mutant ninja turtle samurai rabbit aardvark Audrey II Barney the dinosaur Morgoth Vorlon questing beast Predator mother-in-law

Found only in the NAO versionEdit

bluebird of happiness stuffed raccoon

hag of bolding Strong Bad

poultrygeist

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ do_name.c, line 888
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Appears as a real monster in SLASH'EM.