| Garth | |
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| Location | Dwarftown |
|---|---|
| Monster type | Humanoid |
| Alignment | Lawful |
| Unique? | Yes |
| Sees invisible? | No |
| Sees in the dark? | No |
| Magic resistance | Medium |
| Picks up items? | Yes |
| 1.1.1 KPL | N/A |
Garth, the dwarven weaponmaster is a unique NPC found in Dwarftown. When chatted with, he allows PCs to train any attribute other than Appearance and Mana in exchange for gold.
The more gold the PC spends on an attribute, the more likely an increase in that attribute becomes, although a significant amount of in-game time may pass (typically hours to days) before any increase occurs. Garth will accept any amount of gold, but provides no indication of whether the PC paid enough for an increase.
If the PC spends more gold than is necessary to achieve an increase, only a fraction of the excess training is carried over after the first increase. It can be more efficient to aim for one increase per attribute trained, and then return to Garth for any further training later.
Attributes cannot be trained past their current potentials, though Garth will happily accept gold for such attributes regardless.
Table of the rough probabilities of getting an attribute increase at various attribute-level and gold combinations:
| Stat | 1000 | 1001 | 2001 | 3001 | 4001 | 5001 | 6001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 11-14 | 0% | 90% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 15 | 0% | 60% | 80% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 16-18 | 0% | 0% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 100% |
| 19 | 0% | 0% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 70% | 70% |
Special abilities[]
- Sometimes shrugs off bolts and other resistible magic
- Immune to death rays
- Unique monster abilities
- Immune to polymorphing, petrification, and djinni strangling
- Unaffected by Calm Monster
- Cannot be swapped with
Common stats[]
Level: 1, DV: 25, PV: 12, Hits: 120, Attacks: 4, Damage: 14-28. Speed: 100.
Corpse effects[]
Garth does not seem to leave a corpse.
Monster memory[]
Garth, the weaponmaster, has exercised his skills for many years, and also has helped others who wished to become stronger, smarter, or swifter. He knows all of the different training methods that can be used to work on different skills. He greets you with a kind wink.