Rock piercer

p rock piercer
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Bite 2d6 physical

p rock piercer
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Bite 2d6 physical
Base level	3
Base experience	28
Speed	1
Base AC	3
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	4 (Uncommon)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	200
Nutritional value	200
Size	Small
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A rock piercer: can cling to the ceiling. can blend in with its surroundings. cannot pick up items. has no eyes. has no limbs. is an animal. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile.
Reference	NetHack 5.0.0 - include/monsters.h, line 800

A rock piercer, p, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The rock piercer is a carnivorous animal that is the most basic form of piercer: it can hide itself by clinging to the ceiling and will attempt to drop off the ceiling onto targets below them, inflicting 4d6 damage if it makes contact.

A rock piercer has a single bite attack.

Generation

Randomly-generated rock piercers are always created as hostile.

A rock piercer is placed on the Plane of Earth during level creation.

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