Erinys - Revision history

Ray Chason: Drop the hostile flag; note adjustment for alignment abuse

2026-05-14T04:41:50Z

Drop the hostile flag; note adjustment for alignment abuse

Umbire the Phantom: /* Encyclopedia entry */ tweaks

2026-04-23T23:47:10Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ word choice

2026-04-23T23:43:07Z

‎SLASH'EM: word choice

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ Line break

2025-09-09T10:57:27Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: Line break

Ion frigate: more rewording

2024-12-21T15:56:46Z

more rewording

Ion frigate: more rewording away from 'alignment abuse'

2024-12-21T15:55:32Z

more rewording away from 'alignment abuse'

Ion frigate: reword: the commit may have used the word 'abuse', but on this wiki that's pretty consistently used to refer to abusing pets or attributes, not lowering alignment

2024-12-21T07:22:41Z

reword: the commit may have used the word 'abuse', but on this wiki that's pretty consistently used to refer to abusing pets or attributes, not lowering alignment

Furey: /* Strategy */ unlucky -> unfortunate. had to check source code on this one.

2024-06-14T07:35:23Z

‎Strategy: unlucky -> unfortunate. had to check source code on this one.

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2024-02-11T14:35:52Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-01-23T10:09:38Z

pothole

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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=Weapon [[poisonous]] 2d4
+  |attacks=Weapon [[poisonous]] 2d4 (increasing with [[alignment]] abuse)
   |weight=1450
   |nutr=400
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   |resistances=Fire, poison
   |resistances conveyed=None
-  |attributes={{attributes|An erinys|humanoid=1|pois=1|nopoly=1|demon=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|female=1|collect=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1|hell=1|sgroup=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|An erinys|humanoid=1|pois=1|nopoly=1|demon=1|stalk=1|strong=1|nasty=1|female=1|collect=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1|hell=1|sgroup=1}}
   |reference=[[Source:NetHack 3.6.1/src/monst.c#line2393|monst.c#line2393]]
 }}

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 These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology attack hand to hand and poison their unwary victims as well.
 }}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|This text is added via {{commit|69b2523cfb2f26806546afcb29d21b96f70523ef}}:
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|This text is added via {{commit|69b2523cfb2f26806546afcb29d21b96f70523ef}}:
 {{encyclopedia|
 Holy and pure, from Zeus Khthonios born
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 to whom revenge, and tortures dire belong.
 |[ LXIX. To the Furies, The Orphic Hymns,
-		  translated by Thomas Taylor ]
+translated by Thomas Taylor ]
 }}}}

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], an erinys can be summoned by a [[gypsy]] telling your fortune if the 9 of trumps representing Justice is drawn, which ignores extinction.{{refsrc|gypsy.c|163|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} The 11 of Trumps representing the Devil can also generate a minion of Moloch, which can be an erinys.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], an erinys can be summoned by a [[gypsy]] telling the hero's fortune if the 9 of trumps representing Justice is drawn, which ignores extinction.{{refsrc|gypsy.c|163|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} The 11 of trumps representing the Devil can also generate a minion of Moloch, which can be an erinys.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology
+These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology attack hand to hand and poison their unwary victims as well.
 }}
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|This text is added via {{commit|69b2523cfb2f26806546afcb29d21b96f70523ef}}:
 {{encyclopedia|
-	Holy and pure, from Zeus Khthonios born
+Holy and pure, from Zeus Khthonios born
-	and Persephone, whom lovely locks adorn:
+and Persephone, whom lovely locks adorn:
-	Whose piercing sight, with vision unconfin'd,
+Whose piercing sight, with vision unconfin'd,
-	surveys the deeds of all the impious kind:
+surveys the deeds of all the impious kind:
-	On Fate attendant, punishing the race
+On Fate attendant, punishing the race
-	(with wrath severe) of deeds unjust and base.
+(with wrath severe) of deeds unjust and base.
-	Dark-colour'd queens, whose glittering eyes are bright
+Dark-colour'd queens, whose glittering eyes are bright
-	with dreadful, radiant, life-destroying, light:
+with dreadful, radiant, life-destroying, light:
-	Eternal rulers, terrible and strong,
+Eternal rulers, terrible and strong,
-	to whom revenge, and tortures dire belong.
+to whom revenge, and tortures dire belong.
-		[ LXIX. To the Furies, The Orphic Hymns,
+|[ LXIX. To the Furies, The Orphic Hymns,
 		  translated by Thomas Taylor ]
 }}}}

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 Erinyes are generally underwhelming, due to being much weaker than most major demons: though their weapon attack is decently strong, they only have a base [[AC]] of 2, and are not especially threatening to most characters that encounter them. In an overwhelming majority of circumstances, a character will typically have [[poison resistance]] and may also have a source of [[speed]], allowing them to at least easily outpace and outfight an erinys in one-on-one combat - erinyes that appear in combat situations with several monsters (e.g. summon nasties) are typically ignored in favor of more dangerous targets. Due to this, it is fairly trivial to render erinyes extinct through normal play.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|After the changes implemented to them, erinyes represent a much bigger threat to any character that does not mind their alignment record and/or abuse - they also represent a hazard to any character that actively plans to use a helm of opposite alignment in any form, as well as unfortunate ones that put on a non-cursed and unidentified helm of opposite alignment. Per {{commit|0c9e34832cc95a90cf5807c0ac3c0471b1b0b45f}}, the helm also induces [[confusion]] from switching alignments, making them more difficult to fight or escape; attempting to make them extinct through repeated uses of the helm will only serve to make existing and newly-generated erinyes stronger.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|After the changes implemented to them, erinyes represent a much bigger threat to any character that does not mind how many penalties they take to their alignment record - they also represent a hazard to any character that actively plans to use a helm of opposite alignment in any form, as well as unfortunate ones that put on a non-cursed and unidentified helm of opposite alignment. Per {{commit|0c9e34832cc95a90cf5807c0ac3c0471b1b0b45f}}, the helm also induces [[confusion]] from switching alignments, making them more difficult to fight or escape; attempting to make them extinct through repeated uses of the helm will only serve to make existing and newly-generated erinyes stronger.
 Erinyes that are empowered enough to gain teleport control are even more difficult to get rid of: {{commit|10a1befcf9eee8bc2debfd656e680fffde22b339}} gives all monsters with teleport control a {{frac|12|13}} chance of appearing on a square adjacent to you when teleported, much like the [[Rider]]s. As of {{commit|6d29efcf043d0c560cdd7042166acfad07d089c7}}, a character cannot [[sacrifice]] while confused - combined with the above, this can completely scupper attempts to ascend on a cross-aligned high altar, since a character will need at least one turn to clear confusion, which gives the erinys and other monsters time to strike and a chance for larger ones to knock your character off the altar.}}

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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|0c9e34832cc95a90cf5807c0ac3c0471b1b0b45f}} and {{commit|cd0478090776b0439b88ffe96c6465ec5601e2e9}}:
-* If a character wears a [[helm of opposite alignment]], a roll versus their current alignment abuse is made prior to shifting alignment, and summons an erinys if the roll fails - an erinys will always be summoned if the helm is worn while on the [[Astral Plane]], and the use of the helm will also induce alignment abuse that counts towards the roll.
+* If a character wears a [[helm of opposite alignment]], a roll versus their current cumulative alignment penalties is made prior to shifting alignment, and summons an erinys if the roll fails - an erinys will always be summoned if the helm is worn while on the [[Astral Plane]], and the use of the helm will also incur an alignment penalty that counts towards the roll.
 Per {{commit|f930a12fba63e77d63b7a266d517f7ea038cd464}}, erinyes are not always generated hostile.}}

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 An erinys has a single [[poisonous]] weapon attack, and possesses [[fire resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Erinyes are reworked to better emulate [[#Origin|their sources of inspiration]]: as of {{commit|f930a12fba63e77d63b7a266d517f7ea038cd464}}, they can obtain additional attacks and properties depending on how much alignment abuse a character has accrued throughout a game, with their level and difficulty increasing accordingly, and will also [[aggravate]] monsters when in proximity to a character. In order of increasing abuse, erinyes will gain the following traits: [[see invisible]], [[amphibiousness]], [[flight]], increase damage dice for their primary attack, [[regeneration]], [[teleport control]], a second poisonous weapon attack, the ability to [[teleport]], and the ability to attempt casting a mage [[monster spell]] after their weapon attacks. A true [[rumor]] about erinyes and alignment abuse is also added via {{Commit|ef80549c70284fd9e9a16e6c926de0d4e8371374}}.}}
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Erinyes are reworked to better emulate [[#Origin|their sources of inspiration]]: as of {{commit|f930a12fba63e77d63b7a266d517f7ea038cd464}}, they can obtain additional attacks and properties depending on how much a character has lowered their [[alignment record]] throughout the game, with their level and difficulty increasing accordingly; unlike ordinary alignment record, this total is ''not'' negated by corresponding 'good deeds' to raise alignment record.  As the character commits acts that lower their alignment record, erinyes will gain the following traits (in order): [[see invisible]], [[amphibiousness]], [[flight]], increase damage dice for their primary attack, [[regeneration]], [[teleport control]], a second poisonous weapon attack, the ability to [[teleport]], and the ability to attempt casting a mage [[monster spell]] after their weapon attacks.
 ==Generation==

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 }}
-An '''erinys''', {{monsym|erinys}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The erinyes are a trio of female [[demon]]s that are [[humanoid]] and [[lawful]]: they are [[strong]], possess [[infravision]], can be seen via infravision, and can pick up items.
+An '''erinys''', {{monsym|erinys}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The erinyes are a trio of female [[major demon]]s that are [[humanoid]] and [[lawful]]: erinyes are [[strong]], possess [[infravision]], can be seen via infravision, and can pick up items.
 An erinys has a single [[poisonous]] weapon attack, and possesses [[fire resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].