Erinys

& erinys
Difficulty	10
Attacks	Weapon poisonous 2d4

& erinys
Difficulty	10
Attacks	Weapon poisonous 2d4
Base level	7
Base experience	158
Speed	12
Base AC	2
Base MR	30
Alignment	10 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Fire, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
An erinys: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is not a valid polymorphable form. is a demon. is female. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. normally appears in small groups. never leaves a corpse.
Reference	monst.c#line2393

The erinys, &, is a major demon in NetHack.

Generation

Erinyes become extinct after three have been generated, as befits their mythos.

Being both lawful and major demons, they are not eligible for random generation either inside or outside Gehennom, nor are they an eligible polymorph form for you or monsters. They are only generated in certain specific circumstances:

• They can be gated in by the melee attacks of barbed devils and horned devils, as well as lawful demon princes, i.e. Geryon, Dispater, Baalzebub and Asmodeus.
• The random & in Asmodeus' Lair can include erinyes.
• One can be summoned via the summon nasties spell when cast by spellcasting monsters that are lawful (usually a titan) or in Gehennom (e.g. the Wizard of Yendor).
• They are one of the minions Moloch may send after you if you (attempt to) convert an altar of his outside Gehennom.
• They can appear in graveyards in Gehennom.
• One is guaranteed to appear in Moloch's Sanctum, if they're not extinct by then.

Variants

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, a gypsy dealing the Justice card can summon an erinys, even if they are extinct.

Encyclopedia Entry

These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology
attack hand to hand and poison their unwary victims as well.

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