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   |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.8.3/src/monst.c#L143 EvilHack 0.8.3 - src/monst.c, line 143]
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 A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[carnivorous]] and [[oviparous]] [[insect]] that can [[hide]] under objects and cling to the ceiling.
-A giant cockroach has a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]] - in Hack'EM, they are also [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]].
+A giant cockroach has a [[bite attack]] that inflicts [[constitution]]-draining [[poison]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]]&mdash;in Hack'EM, they are also [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]].
 The giant cockroach is one of many [[hallucinatory monster]]s whose names may appear while [[hallucinating]] in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is still retained as such in variants of ''NetHack'', even if it appears normally in that variant.
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 ===Hack'EM===
-In addition to the above, [[kick]]ing a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance of generating several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
+In addition to the above, [[Kick (command)|kicking]] a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance of generating several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
 ==Strategy==
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 {{wikipedia|archy and mehitabel}}
-The [[encyclopedia]] entry comes from ''[[wikipedia:Archy and Mehitabel|archy and mehitabel]]'', a series of humorous verses and short stories that appeared in The Evening Sun newspaper. Created in 1916 by [[wikipedia:Don Marquis|Don Marquis]] for his daily column, "The Sun Dial", the series focuses satiric commentary of daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s, using the perspectives of the titular characters: Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat and his best friend. Archy lives in a newspaper office, and had been a free verse poet in a previous life - when everyone had left for the night, Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach. He could not operate the {{kbd|Shift}} key due to his size, producing a distinctive writing style with no capitalization or punctuation.
+The [[encyclopedia]] entry comes from ''[[wikipedia:Archy and Mehitabel|archy and mehitabel]]'', a series of humorous verses and short stories that appeared in The Evening Sun newspaper. Created in 1916 by [[wikipedia:Don Marquis|Don Marquis]] for his daily column, "The Sun Dial", the series focuses on satiric commentary of daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s, using the perspectives of the titular characters: Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat and his best friend. Archy lives in a newspaper office, and had been a free verse poet in a previous life&mdash;when everyone had left for the night, Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach. He could not operate the {{kbd|Shift}} key due to his size, producing a distinctive writing style with no capitalization or punctuation.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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-  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L143 EvilHack - monst.c, line 143]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.8.3/src/monst.c#L143 EvilHack 0.8.3 - src/monst.c, line 143]
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 A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[carnivorous]] and [[oviparous]] [[insect]] that can [[hide]] under objects and cling to the ceiling.
-A giant cockroach has a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and also has [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]]; in Hack'EM, they are [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]].
+A giant cockroach has a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]] - in Hack'EM, they are also [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]].
-The giant cockroach is one of many [[hallucinatory monster]]s whose name may appear while [[hallucinating]] in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is still retained as such in variants of ''NetHack'', even if it appears normally in that variant.
+The giant cockroach is one of many [[hallucinatory monster]]s whose names may appear while [[hallucinating]] in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is still retained as such in variants of ''NetHack'', even if it appears normally in that variant.
 ==Generation==
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 Giant cockroaches are generated on levels with raw sewage at level creation, most of which are within the [[Gnomish Mines]].
-Sixteen giant cockroaches are generated within the [[Rat King]]'s dwelling in [[Mines' End]] on level creation, with four placed at specific locations and the rest spread randomly across the map. The swampy lair inhabited by a random first-tier [[demon lord]] will contain at least three giant cockroaches on level creation.
+The swampy lair inhabited by a random first-tier [[demon lord]] will contain at least three giant cockroaches on level creation.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In addition to the above details, [[kick]]ing a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance of generating several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
+In addition to the above, [[kick]]ing a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance of generating several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
 ==Strategy==
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 ==History==
-The giant cockroach first appears in EvilHack 0.4.1, and is present in the first version of Hack'EM.
+The giant cockroach first appears in EvilHack 0.4.1, and is present in Hack'EM from the first version.
 ==Origin==

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 Giant cockroaches are not randomly generated, and normally-created giant cockroaches are always hostile.
-Giant cockroaches only appear in levels with raw sewage, most of which are within the [[Gnomish Mines]].
+Giant cockroaches are generated on levels with raw sewage at level creation, most of which are within the [[Gnomish Mines]].
 Sixteen giant cockroaches are generated within the [[Rat King]]'s dwelling in [[Mines' End]] on level creation, with four placed at specific locations and the rest spread randomly across the map. The swampy lair inhabited by a random first-tier [[demon lord]] will contain at least three giant cockroaches on level creation.

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 }}
-A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[carnivorous]] [[insect]] that can [[hide]] under objects and cling to the ceiling.
+A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[carnivorous]] and [[oviparous]] [[insect]] that can [[hide]] under objects and cling to the ceiling.
 A giant cockroach has a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and also has [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]]; in Hack'EM, they are [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]].

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Giant cockroach}}
-[[wikipedia:Giant cockroach|Giant cockroaches]], or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species, and the only one known to [[Oviparous|lay eggs]]. They are mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried under leaf litter, and many species are often kept as pets or as feeder insects. Among this family of insects are some of the largest cockroaches in the world, including ''[[wikipedia:Blaberus gigantus|Blaberus gigantus]]'', better known as the Central American giant cave cockroach (or Brazilian cockroach), and the Australian [[wikipedia:giant burrowing cockroach|giant burrowing cockroach]]. Giant versions of existing or fantastic insects are also a common form of creature in fantasy and science fiction media.
+Giant cockroaches (family ''Blaberidae'') are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species, and the only one known to lay eggs. They are mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried under leaf litter, and many species are often kept as pets or as feeder insects. Among this family of insects are some of the largest cockroaches in the world, including ''[[wikipedia:Blaberus gigantus|Blaberus gigantus]]'', better known as the Central American giant cave cockroach (or Brazilian cockroach), and the Australian [[wikipedia:giant burrowing cockroach|giant burrowing cockroach]]. Giant versions of existing or fantastic insects are also a common form of creature in fantasy and science fiction media.
 {{wikipedia|archy and mehitabel}}
-The [[encyclopedia]] entry comes from ''[[wikipedia:Archy and Mehitabel|archy and mehitabel]]'', a series of humorous verses and short stories that appeared in The Evening Sun newspaper. Created in 1916 by [[wikipedia:Don Marquis|Don Marquis]] for his daily column, "The Sun Dial", the series focuses satiric commentary of daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s, using the perspectives of the titular characters: Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat and his best friend. Archy lives in a newspaper office, and had been a free verse poet in a previous life; when everyone had left for the night, Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach; he could not operate the {{kbd|Shift}} key due to his size, producing a distinctive writing style with no capitalization or punctuation.
+The [[encyclopedia]] entry comes from ''[[wikipedia:Archy and Mehitabel|archy and mehitabel]]'', a series of humorous verses and short stories that appeared in The Evening Sun newspaper. Created in 1916 by [[wikipedia:Don Marquis|Don Marquis]] for his daily column, "The Sun Dial", the series focuses satiric commentary of daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s, using the perspectives of the titular characters: Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat and his best friend. Archy lives in a newspaper office, and had been a free verse poet in a previous life - when everyone had left for the night, Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach. He could not operate the {{kbd|Shift}} key due to his size, producing a distinctive writing style with no capitalization or punctuation.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 The [[encyclopedia]] entry comes from ''[[wikipedia:Archy and Mehitabel|archy and mehitabel]]'', a series of humorous verses and short stories that appeared in The Evening Sun newspaper. Created in 1916 by [[wikipedia:Don Marquis|Don Marquis]] for his daily column, "The Sun Dial", the series focuses satiric commentary of daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s, using the perspectives of the titular characters: Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat and his best friend. Archy lives in a newspaper office, and had been a free verse poet in a previous life; when everyone had left for the night, Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach; he could not operate the {{kbd|Shift}} key due to his size, producing a distinctive writing style with no capitalization or punctuation.
-==Encyclopedia Entry==
+==Encyclopedia entry==
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-A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is an [[animal]] with a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and also has [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]]; in Hack'EM, they are vulnerable to [[acid]]. Giant cockroaches are capable of [[hiding]] under objects.
+A '''giant cockroach''', {{green|a}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is an [[animal]] with a [[poison]]ous bite that weakens [[constitution]] similar to a [[rabid rat]], and also has [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]]; in Hack'EM, they are [[vulnerable]] to [[acid]]. Giant cockroaches are capable of [[hiding]] under objects.
-The giant cockroach is one of many [[hallucinatory monster]]s whose name may be randomly used for real [[monster]]s while [[hallucinating]] in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is still retained as such in variants of ''NetHack'', even if it appears normally in that variant.
+The giant cockroach is one of many [[hallucinatory monster]]s whose name may appear while [[hallucinating]] in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is still retained as such in variants of ''NetHack'', even if it appears normally in that variant.
 ==Generation==
-Giant cockroaches are not randomly generated, and only appear in levels with raw sewage, most of which are within the [[Gnomish Mines]]. Sixteen giant cockroaches are generated within the [[Rat King]]'s dwelling in [[Mines' End]] on level creation, with four placed at specific locations and the rest spread randomly across the map. The swampy first-tier [[demon lord]] lair inhabited by [[Juiblex]], [[Baalzebub]], [[Geryon]], or [[Baphomet]] will contain at least three giant cockroaches on level creation.
+Giant cockroaches are not randomly generated, and only appear in levels with raw sewage, most of which are within the [[Gnomish Mines]]. Sixteen giant cockroaches are generated within the [[Rat King]]'s dwelling in [[Mines' End]] on level creation, with four placed at specific locations and the rest spread randomly across the map. The swampy lair inhabited by a random first-tier [[demon lord]] will contain at least three giant cockroaches on level creation.
 Giant cockroaches will always generate hostile, unless they are the result of a peaceful monster [[polymorph]]ing.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In addition to the above details, [[kick]]ing a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance to generate several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
+In addition to the above details, [[kick]]ing a [[toilet]] in Hack'EM has a high chance of generating several giant cockroaches along with spilling sewage from the toilet.
 ==Strategy==
-Giant cockroaches are small and fast at 16 speed, and can prove an unwelcome surprise for players that have yet to obtain enough poison resistance - in particular, they represent another of the many perils introduced to the Gnomish Mines. Fortunately, they are generally frail and can be easily killed by a player with a reliable weapon; extrinsic sources of poison resistance will still come in handy if you can find one, and 35% intrinsic poison resistance is enough to avoid an [[instadeath]] from poison.
+Giant cockroaches are small and fast at 16 speed, and can prove an unwelcome surprise for players that have yet to obtain enough poison resistance - in particular, they represent another of the many perils introduced to the Gnomish Mines. Fortunately, they are generally frail and can be easily killed by a player with a reliable weapon; extrinsic sources of poison resistance will still come in handy if you can find one, and 35% intrinsic poison resistance (or 25% in Hack'EM) is enough to avoid an [[instadeath]] from poison.
 ==History==