# Prisoner

@ prisoner 

Difficulty

14

Attacks

Projectile as weapon, or if in range, uses melee weapon for 1d6

@ prisoner 

Difficulty

14

Attacks

Projectile as weapon, or if in range, uses melee weapon for 1d6

Base level

12

Base experience

272

Speed

12

Base AC

10

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

0 (Not randomly generated)

Genocidable

No

Weight

1450

Nutritional value

400

Size

Medium

Resistances

None

Resistances conveyed

None

A prisoner:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.

 is omnivorous.

 is not a valid polymorphable form.

 is a human.

 is normally generated peaceful.

 is strong.

 can pick up weapons and food.

 lets you close unless attacked.

 can be seen through infravision.

Reference

monst.c#line2385

The prisoner, @, is a monster that rarely appears in NetHack. Prisoners are found only in jail cells on some quest levels, such as the Tourist quest or Wizard quest.

Strategy
Freeing a prisoner can give an alignment bonus; although you may anger the guards, they will likely already be hostile to you at that point.

Encyclopedia entry

&nbsp;Where am I?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Village.
&nbsp;What do you want?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information.
&nbsp;Whose side are you on?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That would be telling. We want
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;information ...
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;information ...
&nbsp;You won't get it.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By hook or by crook, we will.
&nbsp;Who are you?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The new Number 2.
&nbsp;Who is Number 1?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You are Number 6.
&nbsp;I am not a number! I am a free man!
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-The Prisoner, by Patrick McGoohan

 

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