Function distant_monnam

src/do_name.c:1169–1186

used for monster ID by the '/', ';', and 'C' commands to block remote identification of the endgame altars via their attending priests */

/* used for monster ID by the '/', ';', and 'C' commands to block remote
   identification of the endgame altars via their attending priests */
char *
distant_monnam(
    struct monst *mon,
    int article, /* only ARTICLE_NONE and ARTICLE_THE are handled here */
    char *outbuf)
{
    /* high priest(ess)'s identity is concealed on the Astral Plane,
       unless you're adjacent (overridden for hallucination which does
       its own obfuscation) */
    if (mon->data == &mons[PM_HIGH_CLERIC] && !Hallucination
        && Is_astralevel(&u.uz) && !m_next2u(mon)) {
        Strcpy(outbuf, article == ARTICLE_THE ? "the " : "");
        Strcat(outbuf, mon->female ? "high priestess" : "high priest");
    } else {
        Strcpy(outbuf, x_monnam(mon, article, (char *) 0, 0, TRUE));
    }
    return outbuf;
}

/* returns mon_nam(mon) relative to other_mon; normal name unless they're
   the same, in which case the reference is to {him|her|it} self */