Geryon - Revision history

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2019-12-11T09:55:27Z

Update encylopedia entry from 3.6 branch

2015-12-19T11:33:23Z

2015-04-13T19:10:29Z

‎Origin: he has "hairy human hands"

2015-04-13T14:24:53Z

If he is so slow, surely being "very fast" is unnecessary?

2015-02-14T19:24:38Z

‎Encyclopedia entry

2015-02-09T14:27:32Z

added encyclopedia entry

2013-04-17T12:15:53Z

‎Strategy: pronoun agreement

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 In EvilHack, Geryon has been demoted to demon lord status, and is one of the four first-tier demon lords that can appear in Gehennom.
-His stats have been adjusted slightly; his first attack is changed from a 3d6 claw to a 4d6 weapon attack, his second claw attack is made 4d6, his sting is made 2d8, and he gains a 4d6 clerical [[Monster spell-casting|casting]] attack. His speed is also buffed to 12. He will always be generated with a cursed [[battle-axe]] of [[Object properties|shock]].
+His stats have been adjusted slightly; his first attack is changed from a 3d6 claw to a 4d6 weapon attack, his second claw attack is made 4d6, his sting is made 2d8, and he gains a 4d6 clerical [[monster spell|casting]] attack. His speed is also buffed to 12. He will always be generated with a cursed [[battle-axe]] of [[Object properties|shock]].
 == Encyclopedia entry ==

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	The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with regards to numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version has a snake-like body, hairy human hands, a human head, bat wings and a poisoned tail-tip.		The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with regards to numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version has a snake-like body, hairy human hands, a human head, bat wings and a poisoned tail-tip.
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		+	==Variants==
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		+	===EvilHack===
		+	In EvilHack, Geryon has been demoted to demon lord status, and is one of the four first-tier demon lords that can appear in Gehennom.
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		+	His stats have been adjusted slightly; his first attack is changed from a 3d6 claw to a 4d6 weapon attack, his second claw attack is made 4d6, his sting is made 2d8, and he gains a 4d6 clerical [[Monster spell-casting\|casting]] attack. His speed is also buffed to 12. He will always be generated with a cursed [[battle-axe]] of [[Object properties\|shock]].

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-'''Geryon''', {{monsym|geryon}}, is one of the [[demon prince]]s. He is one of three not to have his own lair, and therefore is not guaranteed to appear; he will only arrive via [[demon summoning]] or a monster casting [[summon nasties]] in Gehennom.
+'''Geryon''', {{monsym|geryon}}, is one of the [[demon prince]]s. He is one of three not to have his own lair (the other two being [[Dispater]] and [[Demogorgon]]), and therefore is not guaranteed to appear; he will only arrive via [[demon summoning]] or a monster casting [[summon nasties]] in Gehennom.
 He will start out peaceful (unless you have [[Excalibur]]), and ask for payment.

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 == Encyclopedia entry ==
 {{encyclopedia|
-Geryon is an arch-devil sometimes called the Wild Beast,
+Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear'd,
-attacking with his claws and poison sting.  His ranking in
+His head and upper part expos'd on land,
-Hell is rumored to be quite low.
+But laid not on the shore his bestial train.
 }}

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 Geryon is derived from a [[Dungeons and Dragons]] demon, which is in turn derived from an ancient Greek monster.
-The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with regards to numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version has a snake-like body, hairy, human hands, a human head, bat wings and a poisoned tail-tip.
+The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with regards to numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version has a snake-like body, hairy human hands, a human head, bat wings and a poisoned tail-tip.
 == Encyclopedia entry ==

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 {{wikipedia|Geryon}}
 ==Strategy==
-Geryon has the [[speed]] of a snail. If you are very fast you should be able to kill him without taking any damage.
+Due to his low speed, most players should be able to kill him without taking damage.
 ==Origin==
-Geryon is derived from a [[Dungeons and Dragons]] demon, in turn derived from an ancient Greek monster.
+Geryon is derived from a [[Dungeons and Dragons]] demon, which is in turn derived from an ancient Greek monster.
-The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with various numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version, has a snake like body, hairy human hands, a human head, bat wings and the tip of his tail is poisoned.
+The ancient Greek sources about his appearance are inconsistent with regards to numbers of heads, bodies, and limbs. The D&D version has a snake-like body, hairy, human hands, a human head, bat wings and a poisoned tail-tip.
 == Encyclopedia entry ==

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 ==Strategy==
 Geryon has the [[speed]] of a snail. If you are very fast you should be able to kill him without taking any damage.
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