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''SLASH'EM Extended'' contains several new roles and races for the player to choose from, several new special levels, a lot of new monsters, and other changes. The main dungeon is even longer in ''Slash'EM Extended'' than in ''SLASH'EM'', with the upper Dungeons of Doom being 50 levels in length followed by 50 levels of Gehennom, meaning that Moloch's Sanctum is on dungeon level 100. After claiming the Amulet of Yendor, the player also needs to complete a 100-level bonus dungeon before the actual ascension run begins, greatly increasing the length of the game.
But where many variants of ''[[NetHack]]'' tend to run with a different aspect of its [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] full of [[Anachronism Stew]] - such as the later [[EvilHack]]'s adapting traits from [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]] to the NetHack mold, and [[FIQHack]] increasing monster/player congruency - ''SLASH'EM Extended'' focuses on a few ''other'' things:
# ''Nothing is off limits.'' If Amy overhears an idea she likes, she'll [[Throw It In]].
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# ''You can never have enough fleecy bundles.'' [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|No, really.]] [[Author Appeal|Amy isn't shy about showing off her interests]], as players will quickly discover.
The end result is a variant that is... extremely weird and unique, and decidedly isn't for everyone—it can be justifiably off-putting in many way, but still displays a form of creativity that results in an experience not seen in many other variants of ''NetHack'', if not most [[roguelikes]] in general.
The [https://github.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended GitHub repository] for ''SLASH'EM Extended'' shows all the individual changes applied since version v97. It can be played online at em.slashem.me and at hardfought.org; the former server also offers BIGslex, which is basically the same game as regular SLEX but with huge dungeon levels. SLASH'EM Extended can be downloaded for Windows via [https://github.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended/raw/master/slashemextended.zip this link here.]▼
▲SLASH'EM Extended can be downloaded for Windows via [https://github.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended/raw/master/slashemextended.zip this link here.] The [https://github.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended GitHub repository] for ''SLASH'EM Extended'' shows all the individual changes applied since version v97. It can be played online at em.slashem.me and at hardfought.org; the former server also offers BIGslex, which is basically the same game as regular SLEX but with huge dungeon levels.
The [https://www.reddit.com/r/slashemextended/ subreddit] can also be used for discussion about the game, and Freenode has the channels #em.slashem.me and #slashemextended among a few others for SLEX discussion. Amy herself can usually be found in NetHack IRC channels as well, and is more than willing to guide new players.
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* [[Artistic License Biology]]: Goats that lay eggs, horses that can wield weapons, fishes in plate mail, and more.
* [[Author Appeal]]: The variant author has many loves that she inserts into the game, but among her foremost ones are fleecy things and high heels. The latter's even a weapon you can use!
* [[Biblical Motifs]]:
** One of the many available artifacts is [[Suffer the Slings|The Sling of David]].
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: The Activistor starts with random intrinsics, which are usually good, but one of the possible intrinsics makes them grow hungry more quickly. This results in the early game becoming even harder, as food is usually scarce for starting characters.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Many, e.g. demon lords that can only be gated in by other demons. Arguably the most dangerous foe in the entire game is the Elder Priest of Moloch, who has plenty of attacks that can easily off an endgame-capable player character, but a player who manages to beat him gets [[Bragging Rights Award|a cool robe]].
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* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal|I AM VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE TRASHY MAN.]], and many others besides.<!--Make a sub-page for this immediately, because holy shit will we need one. :B-->
* [[Tom the Dark Lord]]: The [[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Courier]] has a quest nemesis called Some Random Guy {{spoiler|who is supposed to be Benny}}.
* [[Unusable Enemy Equipment]]: Downplayed. Monster starting inventories have a chance of not dropping upon that monster's death; the chance is rolled individually for each item carried by the monster, and does not apply to anything they pick up after spawning.
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