Many of the races in Zangband posses special, racial powers. The
powers vary from race to race and can be accessed by pressing 'U'
or 'O' from the original and roguelike keysets respectively.
Race Lvl Cost Stat Diff. Effect
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Amberite 30 50 Int 50 Shadow Shifting - recreates the
level
Amberite 40 75 Wis 50 Pattern Mindwalking - Restores
drained stats and experience,
removes fear and blindness, heals
cuts, stuns, poison, and
hallucination
Barbarian 8 10 Wis 6 Remove fear, give heroism for
(Warrior) 10+random(level) turns, heal 30
Barbarian 8 10 Wis 12 Remove fear, give heroism for
(Other) 10+random(level) turns, heal 30
Cyclops 20 15 Str 12 Throw a boulder - fires a missile
that does (3*level)/2 damage
Dark-Elf 2 2 Int 9 Fires magic missile, 10% chance of
beaming, damage (3+(level-1)/5)d4
Draconian 1 lvl Con 12 See below
Dwarf 5 5 Wis 12 Detect traps, doors and stairs
Gnome 5 5+lvl/5 Int 12 Teleport 10+level squares.
Golem 20 15 Con 8 Stone skin - increase AC for
30+random(20) turns
Half-Giant 20 10 Str 12 Stone to mud
Half-Ogre 25 35 Int 15 Set an Explosive Rune (same as the
Sorcery spell)
Half-Orc 3 5 Wis 5 Remove fear
(Warrior)
Half-Orc 3 5 Wis 10 Remove fear
(Other)
Half-Titan 35 20 Int 12 Probing
Half-Troll 10 12 Wis 6 Remove fear, give heroism for
(Warrior) 10+random(level) turns, heal 30
Half-Troll 10 12 Wis 12 Remove fear, give heroism for
(Other) 10+random(level) turns, heal 30
Hobbit 15 10 Int 10 Create a food ration and drop it
near the player
Imp 9 15 Wis 15 Below level 30, this fires a fire
bolt, otherwise a radius-2 fire
ball. Damage equal to player level
Klackon 9 9 Dex 14 Below level 25, this fires an acid
bolt, otherwise a radius-2 acid
ball. Damage equal to player level
Kobold 12 8 Dex 14 Poison bolt, damage same as level
Mindflayer 15 12 Int 15 Mind blast, also attempts to scare,
confuse, stun or sleep the target
Nibelung 10 5 Wis 10 Detect traps, doors and stairs
Skeleton 30 30 Wis 18 Restore drained experience
Spectre 4 6 Int 3 Try to scare a monster
Sprite 12 12 Int 15 Below level 25, sleep monsters
around you. Otherwise, sleep all
monsters in line of sight
Vampire 2 1+lvl/3 Con 9 Steal life from the target monster
dam = lev+random(lev)*max(1,lev/10)
and heal the same amount, unless
the player is Full (or Gorged). You
gain 150 nutrition points per hp
drained (a food ration is 5000).
You do gain nutrition when Full,
but cannot become Gorged using this
Yeek 15 15 Wis 10 Tries to scare one monster
Zombie 30 30 Wis 18 Restore drained experience
--- Draconian breath attack ---
There is a (level)% chance that the breath is a class-dependent
special breath. Otherwise, you get a fire breath (2/3 of the time)
or a cold breath (1/3 of the time). All breaths are ball spells
with a radius of 1+level/15, and damage 2*level.
Each class has two special, class-dependent attacks. The first has
a 2/3 chance of occuring and the second a 1/3 chance. The special
breath attacks are:
Class 1st Attack 2nd Attack
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Warrior Shards The Elements
Mage Disenchantment Mana
Priest Holy Fire Hell Fire
Rogue Poison Darkness.
Ranger Shards The elements
Paladin Holy Fire Hell Fire
Warrior-Mage Disenchantment Mana
Chaos Warrior Confusion Chaos
Monk Confusion Sound
Mindcrafter Confusion Mental Energy
High Mage Disenchantment Mana
Note: Holy Fire - (dam*2 vs evil, good are immune, others resist)
Hellfire - (dam*2 vs evil)
Note: The mindcrafter's mental energy breath attack will be resisted by
mindless creatures and psi damage can backlash if used against
high demons and undead.