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{{monster
|name=devil's snare
|symbol={{blue|{}}
|tile=
|difficulty=16
|level=14
|experience=407
|speed=10
|AC=3
|MR=0
|align=-2
|frequency=2
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=[[Bearhug]] 1d1 [[drowning]], Bearhug 4d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
|weight=1500
|nutr=400
|size=large
|resistances=[[cold resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=none
|attributes={{attributes|A devil's snare|amphibious=1|breathless=1|stationary=1|hostile=1|mindless=1|notake=1|hide=1|neuter=1|noeyes=1|nohands=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|nopoly=1}}
|reference=
}}
{{for|the monster in UnNetHack|Devil's Snare (UnNetHack)}}
A '''devil's snare''', {{blue|{}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The devil's snare is a [[Plant (dNetHack)|plant]] that is [[amphibious]], [[unbreathing]], [[mindless]], [[inediate]], [[stationary]], and lacks eyes, limbs or a head. Devil's snares can [[hide]] themselves, waiting for the [[hero]] or another victim to step adjacent to it before attacking.

A devil's snare has a pair of crushing [[holding attack]]s, with the first being capable of [[drowning]] victims if the Snare is stationed on or near enough to a [[moat]] or [[pool]]. Devil's snares possess [[cold resistance]].

==Generation==
Randomly generated Devil's Snares are always created hostile. They are not a valid [[polymorph]] form.

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Harry Potter}}
{{wikipedia|Devil's Snare}}
The Devil's Snare is a fictional type of flora from ''Harry Potter'', a franchise originating from a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author Joanne Rowling (who is sometimes known by "Joanne Murray" and the pen name "J. K. Rowling"). The novels chronicle the lives of the titular young wizard as he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and learns of his connection to Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal and subjugate the wizarding world and "mundane" world alike.

Within the setting of ''Harry Potter'', the Devil's Snare is a sentient plant that attacks those who touch it by wrapping its vines around the "aggressor" to strangle them. It prefers damp, dark environments and is repelled by fire or bright light, so those caught in Devil's Snare can use spells that produce light or fire to force the plant to release them. The Devil's Snare's strangling is specifically stimulated by struggling, meaning that a victim can actually escape from the plant by relaxing themselves, which causes the plant to release them.

The fictional Devil's Snare coincidentally shares its name with the common name of a real plant, ''Datura stramonium'', which is also known as "thornapple", "jimsonweed" (or "jimson weed"), or "devil's trumpet"—''D. stramonium'' is a poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family ''Solanaceae'' that likely originated in Central America, and is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates and tropical climates across the world. ''D. stramonium'' has frequently been employed in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments, and has also been taken as a hallucinogen of the anticholinergic/antimuscarinic, deliriant type to cause intense, sacred or occult visions; the tropane alkaloids responsible for the psychoactive effects may be severely toxic as well.
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 A '''devil's snare''', {{blue|{}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The devil's snare is a [[Plant (dNetHack)|plant]] that is [[amphibious]], [[unbreathing]], [[mindless]], [[inediate]], [[stationary]], and lacks eyes, limbs or a head. Devil's snares can [[hide]] themselves on the dungeon [[floor]], waiting for the [[hero]] or another victim to step adjacent to it before attacking.
-A devil's snare has a pair of crushing [[holding attack]]s, with the first being capable of [[drowning]] victims if the Snare is stationed on or near enough to a [[moat]] or [[pool]]&mdash;currently, neither attack functions as expected. Devil's snares possess [[cold resistance]].
+A devil's snare has a pair of crushing [[holding attack]]s, with the first being capable of [[drowning]] victims if the Snare is stationed on or near enough to a [[moat]] or [[pool]]&mdash;currently, neither attack functions properly. Devil's snares possess [[cold resistance]].
 ==Generation==

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 {{for|the monster in UnNetHack|Devil's Snare (UnNetHack)}}
-A '''devil's snare''', {{blue|{}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The devil's snare is a [[Plant (dNetHack)|plant]] that is [[amphibious]], [[unbreathing]], [[mindless]], [[inediate]], [[stationary]], and lacks eyes, limbs or a head. Devil's snares can [[hide]] themselves, waiting for the [[hero]] or another victim to step adjacent to it before attacking.
+A '''devil's snare''', {{blue|{}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The devil's snare is a [[Plant (dNetHack)|plant]] that is [[amphibious]], [[unbreathing]], [[mindless]], [[inediate]], [[stationary]], and lacks eyes, limbs or a head. Devil's snares can [[hide]] themselves on the dungeon [[floor]], waiting for the [[hero]] or another victim to step adjacent to it before attacking.
-A devil's snare has a pair of crushing [[holding attack]]s, with the first being capable of [[drowning]] victims if the Snare is stationed on or near enough to a [[moat]] or [[pool]]. Devil's snares possess [[cold resistance]].
+A devil's snare has a pair of crushing [[holding attack]]s, with the first being capable of [[drowning]] victims if the Snare is stationed on or near enough to a [[moat]] or [[pool]]&mdash;currently, neither attack functions as expected. Devil's snares possess [[cold resistance]].
 ==Generation==