Lemure

i lemure
Difficulty	5
Attacks	Claw 1d3

i lemure
Difficulty	5
Attacks	Claw 1d3
Base level	3
Base experience	28
Speed	3
Base AC	7
Base MR	0
Alignment	-7 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	150
Nutritional value	100
Size	Medium
Resistances	Sleep, poison
Resistances conveyed	Sleep
A lemure: regenerates HP quickly. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is neither male nor female. is normally generated hostile. wanders randomly. can follow you to other levels. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. normally appears in large groups. never leaves a corpse.
Reference	monst.c#line517

The lemure, i, is a minor demon that appears in NetHack.

Generation

Lemures are only randomly generated in Gehennom; they are also eligible polyforms for polymorph traps, which may result in them appearing far earlier in the dungeon.

Strategy

The lemure is technically a more powerful version of the manes, but is just as slow and has only one attack, so it should be no hassle at all to any player that encounters it in Gehennom.

Origin

Lemures are shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead in Roman mythology, said to represent those not afforded proper burial, funeral rites or affectionate cult by the living.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces a lemure-filled special room, the lemure pit.

Encyclopedia entry

The Larvae (Lemures) are Roman spirits of deceased family
members. These malignant spirits dwell throughout the house
and frighten the inhabitants. People tried to reconcile or
avert the Larvae with strange ceremonies which took place on
May 9, 11, and 13; this was called the "Feast of the Lemures".
The master of the house usually performed these ceremonies,
either by offering black beans to the spirits or chasing them
away by making a lot of noise. Their counterparts are the
Lares, friendly and beneficent house spirits.

[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ]