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 ==Generation==
-Hunting horrors are only visible and tangible to heroes with at least 10 insight. Randomly-generated hunting horrors may appear in large [[group]]s, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom (dNetHack)|Gehennom]].
+Hunting horrors are only visible and tangible to heroes with at least 10 insight. Hunting horrors may appear in large [[group]]s, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom (dNetHack)|Gehennom]].
-Hunting horrors make up {{frac|100}} of the monster randomly generated in [[R'lyeh]], the last level of the Neutral Quest, and are always generated in groups of 2-6 within the chamber containing the up [[stair]].
+Hunting horrors make up {{frac|100}} of the monsters randomly generated in [[R'lyeh]], the last level of the Neutral Quest, and are always generated in groups of 2-6 within the chamber containing the up [[stair]].
 Hunting horrors act as the sole [[minion]]s of [[Nyarlathotep]].

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 Hunting horrors are [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], have a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, possess third-level [[low-light vision]], and can break down [[door]]s and tear through [[web]]s. Hunting horrors have 16 points of 'natural' [[AC]] and 2 points of 'natural' [[DR]], while their tail segments have 10 points of 'natural' AC. Seeing a hunting horror can lower the [[hero]]'s [[sanity]] and increase their [[insight]].
-A hunting horror has a powerful [[bite attack]] and is [[Light#Gremlins and light|weak to flashes and bursts of light]], which is inherited by a hero that polymorphs into a hunting horror: some light-based [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spells]] and light-emitting [[artifact]]s (such as Sunsword) that hit a hunting horror will instantly reduce them to dust.
+A hunting horror has a powerful [[bite attack]] and is [[Light#Gremlins and light|weak to flashes and bursts of light]], which is inherited by a hero that polymorphs into a hunting horror: some light-based [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spells]], along with light-emitting [[artifact]]s such as [[Sunsword]] and [[Sol Valtiva (dNetHack)|Sol Valtiva]], will instantly reduce a hunting horror (or a hero polymorphed into one) to dust.
 Hunting horrors and their tail segments can be [[Ward (dNetHack)|warded]] by a fully-reinforced [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Elder Sign|Elder Sign]].

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|The Lurker at the Threshold}}
-The hunting horror is based on the description of creatures that appear in ''The Lurker at the Threshold'', a 1945 horror novel by American writer [[wikipedia:August Derleth|August Derleth]] that is based on short fragments written by H. P. Lovecraft, who died in 1937&mdash;the novel was published as a collaboration between the two authors, and according to both Derleth and critic [[wikipedia:S. T. Joshi|S. T. Joshi]], under 1,200 of the novel's 50,000 words were written by Lovecraft. The fragment describing the creatures that inspired the hunting horrors serve as their [[encyclopedia]] entry.
+The hunting horror is based on the description of creatures that appear in ''The Lurker at the Threshold'', a 1945 horror novel by American writer [[wikipedia:August Derleth|August Derleth]] that is based on short fragments written by H. P. Lovecraft, who died in 1937&mdash;the novel was published as a collaboration between the two authors, and according to both Derleth and critic [[wikipedia:S. T. Joshi|S. T. Joshi]], under 1,200 of the novel's 50,000 words were written by Lovecraft. The fragment describing the creatures that inspired the hunting horrors serves as the [[encyclopedia]] entry.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Strategy==
-The hunting horror is quite fast at 16 [[speed]] and its bite can be very dangerous to a hero with the insight required for it to appear, though you can take advantage of its wandering behavior to attack the tail segments without as much fear of retaliation.
+The hunting horror is fairly fast at 16 [[speed]] and its bite can be very dangerous to a hero with the insight required for it to appear, though you can take advantage of its wandering behavior to attack the tail segments without as much fear of retaliation.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 dimensions.
 |The Lurker At the Threshold, HP Lovecraft & August Derleth
-}}{{stub}}
+}}
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack monsters]]
 [[Category:notdNetHack monsters]]
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 Hostile hunting horrors can be generated by the [[summon alien]] monster spell.
-The [[Hmnyw-Pharaoh]] has a {{frac|2|21}} chance of creating a hunting horror whenever he summons monsters to his position while he is not visible to the hero (who must have 40 insight to see him)&mdash;if the Hmnyw-Pharaoh is visible, he instead has a {{frac|8}} chance of creating a hunting horror whenever he summons monsters to his position. Hunting horrors generated this way are not treated as summoned or temporary and ignore [[extinction]].
+The [[Hmnyw-Pharaoh]] has a {{frac|2|21}} chance of creating a hostile hunting horror whenever he summons monsters to his position while he is not visible to the hero (who must have 40 insight to see him)&mdash;if the Hmnyw-Pharaoh is visible, he instead has a {{frac|8}} chance of creating a hunting horror whenever he summons monsters to his position. Hunting horrors generated this way are not treated as summoned or temporary and ignore [[extinction]].
 ==Strategy==

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 5d12 physical
+  |attacks=[[Bite attack|Bite]] 5d12 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |weight=9000
   |nutr=1500
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   |frequency=0
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=
+  |attacks=None
   |weight=0
   |nutr=0
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 ==Generation==
 Hunting horrors are only visible and tangible to heroes with at least 10 insight. Randomly-generated hunting horrors may appear in large [[group]]s, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom (dNetHack)|Gehennom]].
 Hostile hunting horrors can be generated by the [[summon alien]] monster spell.

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   |reference=
 }}
-{{distinguish2|[[Stumbling horror|stumbling]], [[Wandering horror|wandering] or [[Shambling horror (dNetHack)|shambling horrors]]}}
+{{distinguish2|[[Stumbling horror|stumbling]], [[Wandering horror|wandering]] or [[Shambling horror (dNetHack)|shambling horrors]]}}
 A '''hunting horror''', {{yellow|w}}{{yellow|~}}{{yellow|~}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The hunting horror is a [[gigantic]], [[carnivorous]] and [[worm]]-like winged [[animal]] that is both [[primordial]] and [[extra-terrestrial]]. It has a [[slithy]] and limbless body with an elongated head, and a multi-segmented tail that is similar to the tail of a [[long worm]]: unlike the long worm, it will never have more than two of these tail segments at a time, it will not [[divide]] if the segments are attacked, and it will quickly regrow any segments that are lost to [[HP]] damage.

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   |reference=
 }}
-A '''hunting horror''', {{yellow|w}}{{yellow|~}}{{yellow|~}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The hunting horror is a [[worm]]-like creature that has a multi-segmented tail similar to a [[long worm]]: unlike the long worm, it will never grow more than two tail segments, cannot [[divide]] if its tail segments are attacked and quickly regrows segments if they are lost. Hunting horrors are [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], and have a tendency to wander while moving.
+Hunting horrors are [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], have a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, possess third-level [[low-light vision]], and can break down [[door]]s and tear through [[web]]s. Hunting horrors have 16 points of 'natural' [[AC]] and 2 points of 'natural' [[DR]], while their tail segments have 10 points of 'natural' AC. Seeing a hunting horror can lower the [[hero]]'s [[sanity]] and increase their [[insight]].
-A hunting horror has a powerful bite attack.
+A hunting horror has a powerful [[bite attack]].
 ==Generation==
-Randomly-generated hunting horrors may appear in large [[group]]s, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom]].
+Hunting horrors are only visible and tangible to heroes with at least 10 insight. Randomly-generated hunting horrors may appear in large [[group]]s, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom (dNetHack)|Gehennom]].
 ==Strategy==
-The hunting horror is quite fast at 16 [[speed]] and its bite is very dangerous to most heroes, though you can take advantage of its wandering behavior to attack the tail segments without fear of retaliation.
+The hunting horror is quite fast at 16 [[speed]] and its bite can be very dangerous to a hero with the insight required for it to appear, though you can take advantage of its wandering behavior to attack the tail segments without as much fear of retaliation.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-	And in the air about him were great viperine creatures,
+And in the air about him were great viperine creatures,
-	which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great
+which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great
-	clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the
+clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the
-	aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous
+aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous
-	dimensions.
+dimensions.
 |The Lurker At the Threshold, HP Lovecraft & August Derleth
 }}{{stub}}