👉 A Library is a scholarly special room packed with books and guarded by magic-using monsters.
ℹ️ Description
A Library is a GnollHack-specific special room focused heavily on knowledge and magic. The floor is dotted with spellbooks and scrolls, making it a highly desirable location for spellcasting roles. However, it is heavily guarded by intelligent, magic-using monsters.
🗺️ Generation
Libraries can be generated randomly as a special room. The room is distinct for having a high concentration of reading material scattered on the floor.
The library is guarded by one of four groups of intelligent monsters:
- Gnomish wizards
- Gnoll wardens
- Liches
- Tentacled ones (Mind flayers, etc.)
Monsters are typically placed somewhat sparsely, with roughly one monster generated for every two squares.
🏆 Strategy
- Spellcasting Threats: The monsters in a library are incredibly dangerous due to their spellcasting abilities or psychic attacks. Liches can cast a wide variety of devastating spells, and tentacled ones can drain your intelligence if they attack in melee. Magic resistance is highly recommended.
- Treasure: The main draw of the library is the vast assortment of spellbooks and scrolls. This can quickly fill out a Wizard's spell repertoire or provide powerful utility scrolls for melee characters.
- Navigation: Because the monsters are dangerous at a distance, try to lure them out into a corridor or close the distance quickly if you excel in melee combat.