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{{monster
|name=byakhee
|symbol={{brown|B}}
|tile=
|difficulty=15
|level=11
|experience=299
|speed=20
|AC=1
|MR=25
|align=0
|frequency=2
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite 1d6 physical, Claw 2d4 physical, Claw 2d4 physical, Sting 1d3 [[stun]], Sting 1d5 byakhee larvae (25+ [[insight]])
|weight=1600
|nutr=100
|size=medium
|resistances=[[cold]], [[sleep]], [[poison]]
|resistances conveyed=
|attributes={{attributes|A byakhee|fly=1|amphibious=1|breathless=1|thick=1|regen=1|seeinvis=1|pois=1|omnivore=1|hostile=1|wander=1|stalk=1|strong=1|collect=1|magic=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1|sgroup=1|traitor=1}}
|reference=
}}

A '''byakhee''', {{monsym|byakhee}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Byakhees are [[strong]], [[amphibious]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[omnivorous]] creatures with [[Bat or bird|bat- and bird-like]] traits: they have [[flight]], can be see via [[infravision]], and like other monsters in their class have a {{frac|3}} chance of moving in a random direction during each turn. A byakhee also possesses infravision, [[regeneration]], [[unbreathing]], and the ability to [[see invisible]] - they are can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if they are adjacent, and will seek out [[magical item]]s and other objects to pick up. [[Tame]] byakhees may turn [[traitor]].

Byakhees have a bite attack, two claw attacks, a sting attack that can [[stun]] targets and is unaffected by [[magic cancellation]], and a second sting attack that can infect their target with byakhee larvae. They possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].

A byakhee [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]].

==Generation==
Randomly generated byakhees are always created hostile, and may appear in small [[group]]s.

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Byakhee}}
The byakhees (or byakhee birds) originate from the [[H.P. Lovecraft]] short story "The Festival", and were later featured in August Derleth's tale "The House on Curwen Street". They are servants of the Great Old One Hastur, and their description in "The Festival" paints them as four-limbed eldritch monsters with bat-like wings, possessing visual traits of various animals such as vampire bats, crows and buzzards, as well as somewhat resembling human corpses. The text specifically describes them as "not altogether crows, nor" any of the other descriptors used, with their otherworldly and eldritch nature emphasized by the speaker's difficulty in fully recalling their appearance.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|A creature of the stars, this bat like being can be summoned
across the vast interstellar gulfs to serve magicians and
dark powers. It is said that they will seize those who
summon them and cannot best them and carry them off to whatever
terrible fate awaits them on other worlds.
}}
{{variant-343}}
[[Category:dNetHack monsters]]
[[Category:notdNetHack monsters]]
[[Category:notnotdNetHack monsters]]
[[Category:Cthulhu Mythos]]

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 {{for|the monster in other variants|byakhee}}
-A '''byakhee''', {{monsym|byakhee}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Byakhees are [[strong]], [[amphibious]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[omnivorous]] creatures with [[Bat or bird|bat- and bird-like]] traits: they have [[flight]], can be see via [[infravision]], and like other monsters in their class have a {{frac|3}} chance of moving in a random direction during each turn. A byakhee also possesses infravision, [[regeneration]], [[unbreathing]], and the ability to [[see invisible]] - they are can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if they are adjacent, and will seek out [[magical item]]s and other objects to pick up. [[Tame]] byakhees may turn [[traitor]].
+A '''byakhee''', {{monsym|byakhee}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Byakhees are [[strong]], [[amphibious]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[omnivorous]] creatures with [[Bat or bird|bat- and bird-like]] traits: they have [[flight]], can be see via [[infravision]], and like other monsters in their class have a {{frac|3}} chance of moving in a random direction during each turn. The byakhee also possesses infravision, [[regeneration]], [[unbreathing]], and the ability to [[see invisible]] - they can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if they are adjacent, and will seek out [[magical item]]s and other objects to pick up. [[Tame]] byakhees may turn [[traitor]].
-Byakhees have a bite attack, two claw attacks, a sting attack that can [[stun]] targets and is unaffected by [[magic cancellation]], and a second sting attack that can infect their target with byakhee larvae. They possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
+Byakhees have a bite attack, two claw attacks, a sting attack that can [[stun]] targets and is unaffected by [[magic cancellation]], and a second sting attack that can infect their target's [[armor]] with [[Strange larva|byakhee larvae]] if the [[hero]] has 25 [[insight]] or more. They possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
 A byakhee [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]].

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-A creature of the stars, this bat like being can be summoned
+A creature of the stars, this bat like being can be summoned across the vast interstellar gulfs to serve magicians and dark powers.  It is said that they will seize those who summon them and cannot best them and carry them off to whatever terrible fate awaits them on other worlds.
 }}
 {{variant-343}}

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   |reference=
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 A '''byakhee''', {{monsym|byakhee}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Byakhees are [[strong]], [[amphibious]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[omnivorous]] creatures with [[Bat or bird|bat- and bird-like]] traits: they have [[flight]], can be see via [[infravision]], and like other monsters in their class have a {{frac|3}} chance of moving in a random direction during each turn. A byakhee also possesses infravision, [[regeneration]], [[unbreathing]], and the ability to [[see invisible]] - they are can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if they are adjacent, and will seek out [[magical item]]s and other objects to pick up. [[Tame]] byakhees may turn [[traitor]].