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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 5d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 5d4 [[Physical damage|physical]]
+  |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 5d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 5d4 physical
   |resistances conveyed=None
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-A '''baluchitherium''' (plural '''baluchitheria'''), {{monsym|baluchitherium}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The baluchitherium is a [[large]] [[herbivorous]] [[quadruped]] that is [[thick-skinned]] and can tear through [[web]]s.
+Baluchitheria have two strong [[claw attack]]s.
 ==Generation==
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], the baluchitherium [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hits monsters as a +3 weapon]], is not visible via [[infravision]] and does not randomly generate in [[Gehennom]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], the baluchitherium [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hits monsters as a +3 weapon]], is not infravisible and does not randomly generate in [[Gehennom]].
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], baluchitheria are among the many hostile quadrupeds that can generate upon the creation of the isle of Erytheia map for demon lord levels in Gehennom.
+In [[EvilHack]], baluchitheria are among the many hostile quadrupeds that can generate upon the creation of the Isle of Erytheia map for demon lord levels in Gehennom.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], the baluchitherium [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hits monsters as a +3 weapon]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], the baluchitherium [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hits monsters as a +3 weapon]], is not visible via [[infravision]] and does not randomly generate in [[Gehennom]].
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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 5d4, Claw 5d4
+  |attacks=Claw 5d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 5d4 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=None
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-A '''baluchitherium''' (plural '''baluchitheria'''), {{monsym|baluchitherium}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a large, [[quadruped]]al [[thick-skinned]] [[herbivore]] with a pair of strong claw attacks that usually appears late in the dungeon.
+A '''baluchitherium''' (plural '''baluchitheria'''), {{monsym|baluchitherium}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The baluchitherium is a [[large]] [[herbivorous]] [[quadruped]] that is [[thick-skinned]] and can tear through [[web]]s.
 ==Generation==
-In addition to normal generation, the baluchitherium can be generated by the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
+Randomly generated baluchitheria are always created hostile.
 ==Strategy==
-Balucitheria can be somewhat threatening due to their strength, and they are as [[fast]] as an unhasted player. However, by the time you normally encounter them,  you should have a source of speed, good damage output and a way to exploit their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]] and otherwise take them down from a distance. For a well-prepared player, an individual baluchitherium can often be dealt with easily, and they tend to be a threat primarily in the company of other more dangerous nasties, such as the [[master mind flayer]] and [[minotaur]].
+Balucitheria are much more threatening than the similar [[titanothere]] while moving at the same 12 [[speed]] as both them and an unhasted [[hero]]. However, by the time you normally encounter them,  you should have a source of speed, good damage output and a way to exploit their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]] and otherwise take them down from a distance. For a well-prepared player, an individual baluchitherium can often be dealt with easily&mdash;they tend to be more of a threat when in the company of other dangerous monsters, such as the [[master mind flayer]] and [[minotaur]], after a monster casts summon nasties.
 ==History==
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 ===SLASH'EM===
 In [[SLASH'EM]], the baluchitherium [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hits monsters as a +3 weapon]].
 ===xNetHack===
-In [[xNetHack]], baluchitheria are among the many quadrupeds that can make up the grazing herds of [[Geryon]] in [[Geryon's Lair (xNetHack)|his lair]] within [[Gehennom]].
+In [[xNetHack]], baluchitheria are generated among the many quadrupeds that make up the grazing herds of [[Geryon (xNetHack)|Geryon]] at level creation within [[Geryon's Lair (xNetHack)|his lair]] in [[Gehennom]].
 ===EvilHack===
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 ==Strategy==
-Balucitheria can be somewhat threatening due to their strength, and they are as [[fast]] as an unhasted player. However, by the time you normally encounter them,  you should have a source of speed, good damage output and a way to exploit their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]]. As such, an individual baluchitherium can often be dealt with easily, and tends to only be truly threatening in conjunction with other, more dangerous nasties such as the [[master mind flayer]] and [[minotaur]].
+Balucitheria can be somewhat threatening due to their strength, and they are as [[fast]] as an unhasted player. However, by the time you normally encounter them,  you should have a source of speed, good damage output and a way to exploit their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]] and otherwise take them down from a distance. For a well-prepared player, an individual baluchitherium can often be dealt with easily, and they tend to be a threat primarily in the company of other more dangerous nasties, such as the [[master mind flayer]] and [[minotaur]].
 ==History==
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 ''Paraceratherium'' lived roughly 34–23 million years ago, and the first fossils were discovered in what is now Pakistan; remains have also been found across Eurasia between China and the Balkans. The animal's taxonomic history is complex, due to known fossils being fragmented and the relative isolation of the scientists that studied it from each other for much of the 20th century. It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals to have existed, with estimates placed at about 4.8 metres (15.7 feet) in height and about 7.4 metres (24.3 feet) in length, and its weight is estimated to have been about 15 to 20 tonnes (33,000 to 44,000 lb); its long neck supported a skull that was about 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) long, and it had large, tusk-like incisors and a nasal incision that may be indicative of a trunk. This makes ''Paraceratherium'' around three times the size of a modern rhino; it also has a similar diet that mainly consisted of leaves, soft plants, and shrubs, and its habitats ranged from arid deserts with a few scattered trees to subtropical forests.
-The baluchitherium appears in the 1st and 2nd editions of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it is highly defensive and displays a tendency to charge and trample anything that strayed too close to it. Balucitheria dwell in plains areas and are typically solitary, but are also seen in mated pairs that may additionally have a calf present.
+The baluchitherium appears in the 1st and 2nd editions of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it is highly defensive and displays a tendency to charge and trample anything that strays too close to it. Balucitheria dwell in plains areas and are typically solitary, but are also seen in mated pairs that may additionally have a calf present.
 ==Variants==

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   |name=baluchitherium
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-The '''baluchitherium''' is a [[quadruped]]al [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+A '''baluchitherium''', {{monsym|baluchitherium}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a large [[quadruped]]al [[herbivore]] monster with a pair of strong claw attacks that usually appears late in the dungeon.
 ==Generation==
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 ==Strategy==
-By the time a player normally encounters them, baluchitheria should not be a threat. In terms of nasties, others such as the [[master mind flayer]] or [[minotaur]] are much more threatening, and an individual baluchitherium can be dealt with easily.
+Balucitherium can be somewhat threatening due to their strength, and they are as [[fast]] as an unhasted player. However, by the time you normally encounter them,  you should have a source of speed, good damage output and a way to exploit their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]]. As such, an individual baluchitherium can often be dealt with easily, and tends to only be truly threatening in conjunction with other, more dangerous nasties such as the [[master mind flayer]] and [[minotaur]].
 ==Origin==
-Baluchitheria are prehistoric creatures that resembled modern rhinos, but possessed longer necks, had no horn, and were about three times bigger.
+{{Wikipedia|Baluchitherium}}
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
 Extinct rhinos include a variety of forms, the most spectacular being _Baluchitherium_ from the Oligocene of Asia, which is the largest known land mammal.  Its body, 18 feet high at the shoulder and carried on massive limbs, allowed the 4-foot-long head to browse on the higher branches of trees. Though not as enormous, the titanotheres of the early Tertiary were also large perissodactyls, _Brontotherium_ of the Oligocene being 8 feet high at the shoulder.
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-The '''baluchitherium''' is a [[quadruped]]al [[monster]] that appears in [[NetHack]].
+The '''baluchitherium''' is a [[quadruped]]al [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
 In addition to normal generation, they can be summoned by the [[summon nasties]] monster spell.
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 By the time a player normally encounters them, baluchitheria should not be a threat. In terms of nasties, others such as the [[master mind flayer]] or [[minotaur]] are much more threatening, and an individual baluchitherium can be dealt with easily.
-==Biology==
+==Origin==
 Baluchitheria are prehistoric creatures that resembled modern rhinos, but possessed longer necks, had no horn, and were about three times bigger.