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{{ monster
|name=greater pegasus
|difficulty=22
|level=20
|experience=642
|speed=24
|AC=-6
|MR=90
|align=0
|frequency=0
|genocidable=No
|attacks=Kick 2d8, Kick 2d8, Bite 4d6
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=sleep, poison
|attributes={{attributes|A greater pegasus|animal=1|nohands=1|fly=1|regen=1|herbivore=1|oviparous=1|nopoly=1|nasty=1|wander=1|domestic=1|peaceful=1|strong=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=350
|weight=1800
|reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/0.8.3/src/monst.c#L1239 EvilHack 0.8.3 - monst.c, line 1248]
}}

A '''greater pegasus''', {{white|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is a fully-grown [[Pegasus (EvilHack)|pegasus]] that is the strongest non-unique monster in the [[unicorn or horse]] [[monster class]].

A greater pegasus has two kick attacks and a strong bite attack, and possesses [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].

==Generation==
Greater pegasi are not randomly generated, and are not valid forms for [[polymorph]]. A pegasus can [[grow up]] into a greater pegasus.

The greater pegasus cannot be targeted for [[genocide]].

==Strategy==
For [[riding]]-capable characters, the greater pegasus is one of the best steeds: it can be easily raised from a regular pegasus in almost no time at all, and its [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic saving throw]] of 90 gives it a stellar defense against certain magical effects compared to the previous growth stage - this also makes it harder to zap with beneficial wands such as {{wand of|speed monster}}. As a herbivorous monster, it can also be difficult to find intrinsic-granting corpses.

A greater pegasus equipped with [[Ithilmar]] is protected from most of the misfortunes that can befall a steed of any power level: Ithilmar blocks [[digestion]] [[instadeath]] as [[spiky barding]] does, confers [[magic resistance]] and [[reflection]], prevents [[beheading]], and renders the wearer completely immune to starvation, [[conflict]] or untaming from being mounted or else left on another floor.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
The famous winged horse, whose origin is thus related. When
Perseus struck off the head of Medusa, with whom Poseidon had
had intercourse in the form of a horse or a bird, there sprang
forth from her Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus. The latter
obtained the name Pegasus because he was believed to have made
his appearance near the sources (pegai) of Oceanus.
[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ]
}}

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   |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/0.8.3/src/monst.c#L1239 EvilHack 0.8.3 - monst.c, line 1248]
 }}
 A '''greater pegasus''', {{white|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a fully-grown [[Pegasus (EvilHack)|pegasus]] that is the strongest non-unique monster in the [[unicorn or horse]] [[monster class]].
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 For characters capable of [[riding]], the greater pegasus is one of the best steeds: it can be easily raised from a regular pegasus in almost no time at all, and its [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic saving throw]] of 90 gives it a stellar defense against certain magical effects compared to the previous growth stage - this also makes it harder to zap with beneficial wands such as {{wand of|speed monster}}. As a herbivorous monster, it can also be difficult to find intrinsic-granting corpses.
-A greater pegasus equipped with [[Ithilmar]] is protected from most of the misfortunes that can befall a steed of any power level: Ithilmar blocks [[digestion]] [[instadeath]] as [[spiky barding]] does, confers [[magic resistance]] and [[reflection]], prevents [[beheading]], and renders the wearer completely immune to starvation, [[conflict]] or untaming from being mounted or else left on another floor.
+A greater pegasus equipped with [[Ithilmar]] is protected from most of the misfortunes that can befall a steed of any power level: Ithilmar blocks [[digestion]] [[instadeath]] as [[spiked barding]] does, confers [[magic resistance]] and [[reflection]], prevents [[beheading]], and renders the wearer completely immune to starvation, [[conflict]] or untaming from being mounted or else left on another floor.
 ==Origin==
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 Pegasus (Greek ''Πήγασος'' "Pḗgasos", Latin ''Pegasus'' or ''Pegasos'') is a winged horse in classical mythology, usually depicted as a winged white stallion. Depending on the telling, he and his brother Chrysaor were both born when Medusa was decapitated by [[Perseus]], or else sprang from her blood as it was spilled upon the earth. Long honored as a constellation, Pegasus is a subject of very rich iconography, especially through ancient Greek pottery as well as paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance.
-According to early myths, Pegasus created fountains wherever his hooves touched the ground, with one of these springs being the Hippocrene ("horse spring") of Mount Helicon. Despite the association with Perseus, Pegasus figures much more in the most famous tale of the Greek hero Bellerophon: he captures Pegasus near another fountain with the help of Athena and Poseidon, and the winged horse allows Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat the monster Chimera. Later, Bellerophon rode Pegasus towards Mount Olympus, prompting Zeus to send a gadfly to sting Pegasus and throw Bellerophon off to his demise - in almost all tellings, Pegasus himself would make it to Olympus, where he was used to carry Zeus's thunderbolts.
+According to early myths, Pegasus created fountains wherever his hooves touched the ground, with one of these springs being the Hippocrene ("horse spring") of Mount Helicon. Despite the association with Perseus, Pegasus figures much more in the most famous tale of the Greek hero Bellerophon: he captures Pegasus near another fountain with the help of Athena and Poseidon, and the winged horse allows Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat the monster Chimera. Later, Bellerophon rode Pegasus towards Mount Olympus, prompting Zeus to send a gadfly to sting Pegasus and throw Bellerophon off to his demise&mdash;in almost all tellings, Pegasus himself would make it to Olympus, where he was used to carry Zeus's thunderbolts.
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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+{{encyclopedia|The famous winged horse, whose origin is thus related.  When Perseus struck off the head of Medusa, with whom Poseidon had had intercourse in the form of a horse or a bird, there sprang forth from her Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus.  The latter obtained the name Pegasus because he was believed to have made his appearance near the sources (pegai) of Oceanus.|[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M. F. Lindemans ]
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-A '''greater pegasus''', {{white|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is a fully-grown [[Pegasus (EvilHack)|pegasus]] that is the strongest non-unique monster in the [[unicorn or horse]] [[monster class]].
+A '''greater pegasus''', {{white|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a fully-grown [[Pegasus (EvilHack)|pegasus]] that is the strongest non-unique monster in the [[unicorn or horse]] [[monster class]].
 A greater pegasus has two kick attacks and a strong bite attack, and possesses [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
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 ==Strategy==
-For [[riding]]-capable characters, the greater pegasus is one of the best steeds: it can be easily raised from a regular pegasus in almost no time at all, and its [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic saving throw]] of 90 gives it a stellar defense against certain magical effects compared to the previous growth stage - this also makes it harder to zap with beneficial wands such as {{wand of|speed monster}}. As a herbivorous monster, it can also be difficult to find intrinsic-granting corpses.
+For characters capable of [[riding]], the greater pegasus is one of the best steeds: it can be easily raised from a regular pegasus in almost no time at all, and its [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic saving throw]] of 90 gives it a stellar defense against certain magical effects compared to the previous growth stage - this also makes it harder to zap with beneficial wands such as {{wand of|speed monster}}. As a herbivorous monster, it can also be difficult to find intrinsic-granting corpses.
 A greater pegasus equipped with [[Ithilmar]] is protected from most of the misfortunes that can befall a steed of any power level: Ithilmar blocks [[digestion]] [[instadeath]] as [[spiky barding]] does, confers [[magic resistance]] and [[reflection]], prevents [[beheading]], and renders the wearer completely immune to starvation, [[conflict]] or untaming from being mounted or else left on another floor.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 {{ monster
   |name=greater pegasus
   |difficulty=22
   |level=20