Cockatrice (monster class) - Revision history

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there's still more work to be done with the individual monster pages yet, but I think we can call this squared away for the moment

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 * {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{white|c}} [[cockatoo]]
 * {{green|c}} [[Parrot (SLASH'EM)|parrot]]
 ===SpliceHack===

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 All monsters in the cockatrice monster class are [[omnivorous]] [[animal]]s of [[neutral]] alignment that are [[small]] in size at most. They can be seen via [[infravision]], possess [[poison resistance]], and each have an [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 30.
-The term 'cockatrice', 'c' or '''footrice''' is often used to refer specifically to cockatrices and chickatrices: pyrolisks lack the [[stoning]] properties of the other two monsters, though their [[Fire (element)|fiery]] [[gaze attck]] poses its own dangers.
+The term 'cockatrice', 'c' or '''footrice''' is often used to refer specifically to cockatrices and chickatrices: pyrolisks lack the [[stoning]] properties of the other two monsters, though their [[Fire (element)|fiery]] [[gaze attack]] poses its own dangers.
 ===Generation===

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-The '''cockatrice''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is represented by the lowercase [[c]] glyph ({{white|c}}). Cockatrices are designated internally by the macro '''S_COCKATRICE'''.{{refsrc|include/monsym.h|17|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+{{tocright}}
-The class contains the following monsters:{{refsrc|src/monst.c|172|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+The class contains the following monsters:{{refsrc|include/monsters.h|168|nethack=5.0.0}}
 * {{monsymlink|chickatrice}}
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 All monsters in the cockatrice monster class are [[omnivorous]] [[animal]]s of [[neutral]] alignment that are [[small]] in size at most. They can be seen via [[infravision]], possess [[poison resistance]], and each have an [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 30.
-The term 'cockatrice', 'c' or '''footrice''' is often used to refer specifically to cockatrices and chickatrices: pyrolisks lack the [[stoning]] properties of the other two monsters.
+The term 'cockatrice', 'c' or '''footrice''' is often used to refer specifically to cockatrices and chickatrices: pyrolisks lack the [[stoning]] properties of the other two monsters, though their [[Fire (element)|fiery]] [[gaze attck]] poses its own dangers.
 ===Generation===
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 ==History==
-The cockatrice first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. In Hack 1.21, the cockatrice uses the {{white|C}} glyph; from Hack for PDP-11 and Hack 1.0 on, the cockatrice uses its current glyph.
+The cockatrice first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. In Hack 1.21, the cockatrice uses the {{white|C}} glyph&mdash;from Hack for PDP-11 and Hack 1.0 onward, the cockatrice uses its current glyph.
 The chickatrice first appears in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]], while the pyrolisk first appears in [[SLASH 6]], and both make their vanilla debut in [[NetHack 3.3.0]].
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Monster classes]]

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 ==Variants==
-Many [[variants]] of ''NetHack'' add chicken-like birds and other similar monsters to this monster class.
+Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add chicken-like birds and similar monsters to this monster class.
 ===SLASH'EM===

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 * {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{white|c}} [[cockatoo]]
-* {{green|c}} [[Parrot (SpliceHack)|parrot]]
+* {{green|c}} [[Parrot (Hack'EM)|parrot]]
 * {{brightgreen|c}} [[Basilisk (EvilHack)|basilisk]]

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 [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]] add three new monsters to the monster class:
-* {{brown|c}} [[chicken]]
+* {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{white|c}} [[cockatoo]]
 * {{green|c}} [[parrot]]
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 [[SpliceHack]] adds two new monsters to the monster class:
-* {{brown|c}} [[chicken]]
+* {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SpliceHack}}
 * {{yellow|c}} [[werecockatrice]]
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 [[Hack'EM]] adds four new monsters to the monster class from other variants:
-* {{brown|c}} [[chicken]]
+* {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{white|c}} [[cockatoo]]
 * {{green|c}} [[parrot]]