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** An enemy named the "quantum mechanic" sometimes carries a box that it drops upon death. Inside the box is a cat named [[SchrodingerSchrödinger's Cat]], which has a 50/50 chance of being either alive or dead. If you examine the game's source code, you will learn that the state of the cat is not determined until you open the box.

** Since the game has strong Unix origins, there's also plenty of jokes only a Unix/Linux geek would understand, such as the following quote from {{spoiler|eating an apple or pear}}.

** Among artifacts, many of the [[Weapon of X-Slaying]] [https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Bane "Banes"] are usually considered too niche to main as weapons on their own, as there are a wide variety of foes to deal with in the late game - though there are naturally some exceptions, and at minimum, most of them can serve as a gateway to training for more desired artifacts.

*** Trollsbane is considered the weakest of the sacrifice gift artifacts even by the standards of the other Banes. Trolls ''can'' be especially troublesome, but outside of perhaps throne rooms and the Barbarian quest, an average player is not likely to run into comparatively many trolls to begin with before they are prepared. Furthermore, the base item is a morning star, which the player won't have much incentive to train where other 'artifact base' weapons like long swords are much more available. Finally, Trollsbane can prevent troll corpses from reviving, but that function can also be fulfilled through other means (e.g. having a carnivorous pet eat the corpse).

*** AvertedSubverted with the artifact broadsword Dragonbane. Broadswords are decent weapons in their own right, and Dragonbane is a solid choice for training the broadsword skill (especially for {{spoiler|chaotics looking to obtain Stormbringer}}). Dragonbane adds a +1d5 to-hit bonus and does double damage against dragons and grants [[Attack Reflector|reflection]] when wielded, which is great to have in general and useful in particular against dragonbreath attacks. As a weapon, it's also more friendly towards the caster roles compared to a shield of reflection. {{spoiler|Its dragonslaying qualities also make it easier to procure dragon scales that can be enchanted into the best-AC mail in the game.}}

* [[That One Level]]: Gehennom is actuallyconsidered to be [[Marathon Level|20 to 24 ''consecutive'' Scrappy Levels]] - most aren't particularly difficult, but they generally tend to be boring and repetitive maze levels, with several monsters to fight through. To boot, once the player gets experienced enough in combat and/or has the right resistances, all but the the worst demons become more tedious than terrifying to fight. One of the many additions [[SLASH'EM]] makes is breaking up the monotony of Gehennom with more "special" levels, while [[Sporkhack]] completely revamps Gehennom by (a) givingmaking the local [[Mooks]] somemuch abilitymore toof actuallya threatenthreat the player (b) getting rid of the mazes in favour of caves (with lava behind the cave walls).