Hezrou - Revision history

Phol ende wodan: 3.7: hezrous are green

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 Hezrou are [[poisonous]] to eat, which primarily comes up if they are [[digest]]ed by another monster.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move, including characters polymorphed into one.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move, including characters polymorphed into one. They are now colored green: {{green|&}}.}}
 ==Generation==

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 Hezrou are [[poisonous]] to eat, which primarily comes up if they are [[digest]]ed by another monster.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous now leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move, including characters polymorphed into one.}}
 ==Generation==
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 Due to their slow 6 [[speed]] and relatively paltry damage, hezrou are not particularly threatening by the time they are generated - however, [[polymorph trap]]s and the like can create a hezrou much earlier in the game, where it can be a deadly threat with its gating abilities, decent [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 55 and -2 [[AC]]. Thankfully, the hezrou's lack of speed makes it easier to avoid, and it has the usual weaknesses to [[cold]] and [[silver]].
-Polymorphing into a hezrou yourself will destroy any body armor you current have, but their natural AC can compensate for it until you find replacement armor, and you can still wear [[helm]]s, [[boots]] and [[gloves]] in this form. You can also gate in tame hezrou and other demons as pets for additional defense if you so desire.
+As a polyform, hezrou are large and can only wear [[helm]]s, [[boots]] and [[gloves]], but their natural AC can more than compensate for lack of body armor. A character unexpectedly polymorhped into one can gate in tame hezrou and other demons as pets for additional defense until they find replacement armor.
 ==History==

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 A hezrou has two claw attacks and a bite attack, and possesses [[fire resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]].
-Hezrou are [[poisonous]] to eat, primarily for monsters (and polymorphed players) with [[digestion attack]]s.
+Hezrou are [[poisonous]] to eat, which primarily comes up if they are [[digest]]ed by another monster.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous now leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move.}}

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 ==Origin==
-Hezrou (plural "hezrou" or "hezrous"), also known as type II demons, are chaotic beings that originate from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where they appear in the 1st Edition Monster Manual. A hezrou is an 8-foot-tall demon with a foul temper and an even fouler stench, and resembles a humanoid toad with a mouth containing rows of blunt teeth and a column of long spikes running down their backs; they can stand on two or four limbs, but always fight standing up. Hezrou are known for their simplistic desires and easily directed personalities, making them obedient yet dangerously powerful.
+Hezrou (plural "hezrou" or "hezrous"), also known as type II demons, are chaotic beings that originate from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where they debut in the 1st Edition Monster Manual. A hezrou is an 8-foot-tall demon with a foul temper and an even fouler stench, and resembles a humanoid toad with a mouth containing rows of blunt teeth and a column of long spikes running down their backs; they can stand on two or four limbs, but always fight standing up. Hezrou are known for their simplistic desires and easily directed personalities, making them obedient yet dangerously powerful.
 A hezrou's primary desire is food, followed closely by wanton destruction, and they will gladly serve more powerful demons or even summoners who enable this behavior: their love of combat and eating habits are comparable to [[vrock]]s. Despite this, hezrou are not opposed to diplomacy and may engage in trade, even with mortals; though they are not especially sharp, hezrou will also make simple-but-cruel deals to tempt desperate mortals and recruit unwitting followers. A hezrou has sharp olfactory senses, and their amphibian skin exudes a toxic substance that produces a cloud of thoroughly noxious gas: the gas has no effect on evil outsiders and is somewhat ineffective against non-demons. They also have access to various spell-like abilities, and are capable of summoning [[dretch]] mobs and other hezrou.

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], hezrou use stronger damage dice for their attacks. [[Shalosh tannah]] can create [[strange larvae]] that can grow into hezrou with organic equipment.
+In [[dNetHack]], hezrou use stronger damage dice for their attacks. [[Shalosh tannah]] can create [[strange larva]]e that can grow into hezrou with organic equipment.
 As in SLASH'EM, a hezrou is always generated in the Temple of Moloch at level creation.

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 ==Strategy==
-Due to their slow 6 [[speed]] and relatively paltry damage, hezrou are not particularly threatening by the time they are generated, due to their slow speed and relatively paltry damage; however, [[polymorph trap]]s and the like can create a hezrou much earlier in the game where it can be a deadly threat with its gating abilities and -2 [[AC]]. Thankfully, the hezrou's lack of speed makes it easier to avoid, and it has the usual weaknesses to [[cold]] and [[silver]].
+Due to their slow 6 [[speed]] and relatively paltry damage, hezrou are not particularly threatening by the time they are generated - however, [[polymorph trap]]s and the like can create a hezrou much earlier in the game, where it can be a deadly threat with its gating abilities, decent [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 55 and -2 [[AC]]. Thankfully, the hezrou's lack of speed makes it easier to avoid, and it has the usual weaknesses to [[cold]] and [[silver]].
 Polymorphing into a hezrou yourself will destroy any body armor you current have, but their natural AC can compensate for it until you find replacement armor, and you can still wear [[helm]]s, [[boots]] and [[gloves]] in this form. You can also gate in tame hezrou and other demons as pets for additional defense if you so desire.
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 ==History==
 The hezrou first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], which introduces the distinct major demons.
 ==Variants==

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 ===xNetHack===
-In [[xNetHack]], hezrou leave poisonous clouds as they move, reflecting their encyclopedia entry.
+In [[xNetHack]], hezrou leave [[poison cloud]]s behind as they move, reflecting their encyclopedia entry.
 ===SpliceHack===
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], hezrou also leave poisonous clouds as they move.
+In [[EvilHack]], hezrou leave poisonous clouds behind as they move, similar to xNetHack.
 ===Hack'EM===

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 }}
-The '''hezrou''', {{monsym|hezrou}}, is a [[major demon]] in [[NetHack]]. They are slow, but can hit fairly hard.
+A '''hezrou''', {{monsym|hezrou}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The hezrou is a [[humanoid]] [[major demon]] that has [[infravision]], can be seen via infravision, and can [[follow]] the player character to other levels if they are adjacent.
-Hezrou are large and incapable of wearing any body armor; however, they can put on [[helm]]s, [[boots]] and [[gloves]].
+A hezrou has two claw attacks and a bite attack, and possesses [[fire resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Hezrous now leave [[poison cloud]]s as they move.}}
+Hezrou are [[poisonous]] to eat, primarily for monsters (and polymorphed players) with [[digestion attack]]s.
 ==Generation==
-Hezrou are normally only generated in [[Gehennom]], but are also valid [[polymorph]] forms, e.g. from a [[polymorph trap]]; this makes it a potential nasty surprise for players.
+Randomly generated hezrou are always created hostile, and can generate in small [[group]]s. Hezrou are only randomly generated in [[Gehennom]].
-Like any [[major demon]] outside of the [[balrog]] and [[foocubus]], the hezrou can summon other demons when attacking, and is eligible for [[gating]]; polymorphing into a hezrou and attacking a monster with bare or gloved hands grants a {{frac|13}} chance per hit landed to summon other tame demons. ('''"Some hell-p has arrived!"''')
+===xNetHack===
-== Strategy ==
+===SpliceHack===
-Hezrou are not particularly threatening by the time they are generated, due to their slow speed and relatively paltry damage; however, a monster polymorphed into a hezrou by a trap fairly early in the dungeon can be a deadly threat. Unlike other demons, however, the hezrou's lack of speed makes it easier for you to avoid, and it shares the usual demonic weaknesses to [[cold]] and [[silver]].
+In [[SpliceHack]], four hezrou are stationed near the entrance to the innermost room in [[Mephisto's Lair]] at level creation.
-If you find yourself polymorphed into a hezrou as the result of a trap, destroying your body armor, gating in some pet hezrou can serve as a means of defense until you find replacement armor.
+===EvilHack===
-== Encyclopedia entry ==
+===Hack'EM===
 {{encyclopedia
 |"Hezrou" is the common name for the type II demon. It is among the weaker of demons, but still quite formidable, mostly due to the stench.
 }}
 [[Category:Monsters]]