# Maid

@ maid 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 1d6 physical, Offhand weapon 1d6 physical

@ maid 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 1d6 physical, Offhand weapon 1d6 physical

Base level

11

Base experience

374

Speed

12

Base AC

0

Base MR

0

Alignment

5 (lawful)

Frequency (by normal means)

3 (Rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

1450

Nutritional value

400

Size

medium

Resistances

poison

Resistances conveyed

poison

A maid:

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

 is carnivorous.
 is herbivorous.
 is omnivorous.

 is not a valid polymorphable form.

 is a human.

 is female.

 is nasty.

 likes gold.
 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.
 can pick up magical items.

 can be seen through infravision.

 appears only in Gehennom.

Reference

dNetHack src/monst.c, line 5994

The maid is a human monster that appears in dNetHack. Their statline is partially based on that of the nurse.
Maids will 'tidy up' the dungeon by picking up any and all loose items. A maid that picks up a cursed item has an 80% chance of uncursing it - the remainder of the time, she will banish it to hell by drawing a semi-permanent pentagram ward in ink; the items can be found on the same level as the vibrating square.

Generation
Maids are guaranteed to get four daggers, with a 1% chance of an additional silver dagger. They have different additional armor and weapons based on what role you are playing when they are generated:

For non-Samurai players, maids will be generated with a katana (70% chance) or a stiletto (30% chance), and have an independent 25% chance of getting either a stack of shuriken or darts.
For Samurai, the maid has a 25% chance of getting a ninja-to, a 20% chance of a katana, a 5% chance of a naginata, and a 50% chance of a stiletto for their primary weapon slot.
Strategy
A player who does not yet know the pentagram can learn the ward by leaving cursed items near a peaceful or pacified maid.

Origin
The maid's starting equipment is an allusion to the "ninja maid" trope that appears in contemporary media.
Of note is that maid clothing such as the maid dress, frilled apron, and katyusha can be found in NetHack brass, but maids themselves do not appear.