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{{monster
|name=gug
|symbol={{magenta|Y}}
|tile=
|difficulty=21
|level=15
|experience=542
|speed=18
|AC=5
|MR=15
|align=-4
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Weapon 2d6 physical, Claw 1d6 physical, Offhand claw 1d6 physical, Bearhug 1d12 physical, Bite 3d6 [[paralysis]], Offhand claw 1d6 [[steal item]]
|weight=4800
|nutr=1000
|size=huge
|resistances=[[cold resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=increases [[strength]] (20%)
|attributes={{attributes|A gug|tunnel=1|needpick=1|humanoid=1|thick=1|carnivore=1|giant=1|hostile=1|wander=1|stalk=1|nasty=1|strong=1|collect=1|magic=1|infravision=1|sgroup=1|traitor=1}}
|reference=
}}
{{for|the monster in other variants|gug}}
A '''gug''', {{magenta|Y}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The gug is a type of [[huge]], [[carnivorous]] [[apelike creature]] that is also part-[[Giant (monster attribute)|giant]], and seeing a gug grants [[insight]] and weakens a [[hero]]'s [[sanity]].

Gugs are [[strong]] and [[thick-skinned]], can [[tunnel]] with the use of a digging tool, will pick up [[weapon]]s, [[food]] and [[magical item]]s that they come across, may wander while moving, and can follow a hero to other levels if they are adjacent. Gugs are capable of wielding all [[weapon]]s as one-handed, and are very fearful of [[ghoul]]s: they will run away from a hero that is [[polymorph]]ed into a ghoul, and other ghouls will actively attack gugs, who will retaliate but do not attack ghouls themselves. A [[tame]] gug may turn [[traitor]].

A gug has a weapon attack, a claw attack, an offhand claw attack, a [[holding attack]], a [[paralyzing]] bite attack, and an offhand claw attack that can steal items. Gugs possess [[cold resistance]].

[[Eating]] a gug [[corpse]] that is not drained, eating a [[tin]] of gug meat or drinking the blood of a gug (either via [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potion]] or vampiric feeding) has a {{frac|5}} chance of increasing the hero's [[strength]].

==Generation==
Randomly generated gugs are always created hostile, and can appear in small [[group]]s.

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath}}
Gugs are man-eating creatures that originate from ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'', a novella by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] that he completed a draft of in 1927; the draft went unrevised and unpublished in his lifetime, and was first published posthumously by Arkham House in 1943. It is both the longest of the stories in his [[wikipedia:Dream Cycle|''Dream Cycle'' series]] and the longest Lovecraft work to feature Randolph Carter, a recurring protagonist within his stories.

A gug is a large black-furred beast with fanged, vertically-opening jaws that reach an estimated sixteen feet in height and weigh nearly 2,000 pounds. Their two eyes protrude from either side of their head, and their limbs split at the elbows, terminating in four separate forepaws. Gugs dwell in the underworld of the Dreamlands and worship the Great Ones, the gods of Earth who reside in Kadath.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
These foul creatures dwell in the endless darkness of the
Gulf of N'Kai, scavenging the bones of whatever luckless
intruders have stumbled into it.  It is suspected that they
may be some warped form of ghoul, but few have survived
seeing them so information is scarce.
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 Randomly generated gugs are always created hostile, and can appear in small [[group]]s.
-Gugs are listed among the default monsters that can appear as [[Throne room (dNetHack)|throne room]] [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]]. Hostile gugs can be temporarily summoned by the [[summon nasties]] [[dNetHack monster spell|monster spell]]. Gugs can be generated as [[minion]]s of [[the hunshi sihou]].
+Gugs are listed among the default monsters that can appear as [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]] [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]]. Hostile gugs can be temporarily summoned by the [[summon nasties]] [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]]. Gugs can be generated as [[minion]]s of [[the hunshi sihou]].
 Several gugs appear within the Gulf of N'Kai on the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]] at level creation: five each are generated on the first and third floors of the gulf; two groups of five gugs are generated on the second floor of the gulf, with the second group being generated asleep; and seven are created on the lowest floor of the gulf.

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 A gug has a weapon attack, a claw attack, an offhand claw attack, a [[holding attack]], a [[paralyzing]] bite attack, and an offhand claw attack that can steal items. Gugs possess [[cold resistance]].
-[[Eating]] a gug [[corpse]] that is not drained, eating a [[tin]] of gug meat or drinking the blood of a gug (either via [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potion]] or vampiric feeding) has a {{frac|5}} chance of increasing the hero's [[strength]].
+[[Eating]] a gug [[corpse]] that is not drained, eating a [[tin]] of gug meat or [[quaffing]] the blood of a gug (either via [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potion]] or vampiric feeding) has a {{frac|5}} chance of increasing the hero's [[strength]].
 ==Generation==

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-{{for|the monster in other variants|gug}}
+{{for|the monster in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM|Gug (SLASH'EM)}}
 A '''gug''', {{magenta|Y}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The gug is a type of [[huge]], [[carnivorous]] [[apelike creature]] that is also part-[[Giant (monster attribute)|giant]], and seeing a gug grants [[insight]] and weakens a [[hero]]'s [[sanity]].

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 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated gugs are always created hostile, and can appear in small [[group]]s.
 ==Origin==
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 may be some warped form of ghoul, but few have survived
 seeing them so information is scarce.
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