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 {{for|the monster in Hack'EM|kamadan (Hack'EM)}}
-A '''kamadan''', {{monsym|kamadan}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The kamadan is a large and [[carnivorous]] [[feline]] [[animal]] that can be seen via [[infravision]].
+A '''kamadan''', {{monsym|kamadan}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The kamadan is a large and quadrupedal [[feline]] [[animal]] that is [[carnivorous]] and can be seen via [[infravision]].
 A kamadan has a [[sleep]]-inducing [[breath]] weapon and three [[bite attack]]s, and possesses [[sleep resistance]].

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 ==Strategy==
-Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a hero that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses or the {{+ of|resist sleep}} spell)&mdash;if all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons.
+Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a hero that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses or the {{+ of|resist sleep}} spell).
-[[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]] heroes can raise their [[experience level]]s high enough to reliably polymorph into elven monsters such as [[Green-elves]] for a defense against a hostile kamadan, and can also take the form of a kamadan to gain a major advantage against other nasty early-game monsters using their sleep gas and multiple attacks (though they cannot wear any armor in this form).
+[[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]] heroes can raise their [[experience level]]s high enough to reliably polymorph into elven monsters such as [[Green-elves]] for a defense against a hostile kamadan, and can also take the form of a kamadan to gain a major advantage against other nasty early-game monsters using their sleep gas and multiple attacks (though they cannot wear any armor in this form). If all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons&mdash;while kamadans respect [[Elbereth]], [[scaring]] them off will cause them to rely on their sleep breath as they flee, which can end poorly if the hero doesn't mind their surroundings.
 ==History==

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 ==Strategy==
-Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a hero that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses)&mdash;if all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons.
+Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a hero that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses or the {{+ of|resist sleep}} spell)&mdash;if all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons.
 ==History==

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 [[Eating]] a kamadan [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|4|15}} chance (27%) of granting sleep resistance.
 ==Generation==
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 ==Strategy==
-Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a [[hero]] that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses)&mdash;if all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons.
+Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a hero that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed in short order]] if the dice are not in their favor. [[Elf (starting race)|Elven]] heroes, [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] heroes and [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monks]] are among the best-positioned early heroes to handle kamadans, while other heroes will have to hope for an early source of sleep resistance (e.g. from [[Elf (monster attribute)|elven]] corpses)&mdash;if all else fails, a hero that can spot a kamadan ahead of time can lure it close or try to enter melee-range while avoiding lining themselves up to be hit by its sleeping gas, then bring it down with their best available weapons.
 ==History==

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly-generated kamadans are always created hostile.
+Randomly-generated kamadans are always created hostile, and will not normally appear in [[Gehennom (SLASH'EM)|Gehennom]].
 In SlashTHEM, kamadans appear among the random {{white|f}} that are part of the second quest monster class for [[Cavepeople]] and make up {{frac|6|175}} (3%) of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Caveman quest]]. Kamadans also appear among the random {{white|f}} that are part of the first quest monster class for [[Zookeeper]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} (14%) of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Zookeeper quest]].

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Breath 1d6 [[sleep]], Bite 1d3, Bite 1d3, Bite 1d3
+  |attacks=[[Breath]] 1d6 [[sleep]], [[Bite attack|bite]] 1d3 [[Physical damage|physical]], bite 1d3 physical, bite 1d3 physical
-  |resistances conveyed=sleep (27%)
+  |resistances conveyed=[[sleep resistance]] (27%)
-  |resistances=sleep
+  |resistances=[[sleep resistance]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A kamadan|animal=1|nohands=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|infravisible=1|nohell=1}}
   |size=Large
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   |reference=[[SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line654]]
 }}
-A '''kamadan''', {{monsym|kamadan}}, is a type of [[monster]] that is introduced in [[SLASH 6]], and appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is a [[feline]] with three bite attacks and a breath attack that induces [[sleeping]].
+A kamadan has a [[sleep]]-inducing [[breath]] weapon and three [[bite attack]]s.
-Eating a kamadan corpse has a {{frac|4|15}} chance (27%) of granting [[sleep resistance]].
+[[Eating]] a kamadan [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|4|15}} chance (27%) of granting [[sleep resistance]].
 ==Strategy==
-The kamadan is capable of appearing quite early, and its sleep breath and bites can prove dangerous if you are caught unaware and lacking resistance.
+Kamadans are annoyingly lethal for how early they can appear in an average game: a [[hero]] that lacks sleep resistance or [[reflection]] and is put to sleep by the kamadan's breath may well be [[YASD|killed]] in short order if the dice are not in their favor.
 ==Origin==
-The kamadan originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and is depicted as a beast that almost exactly resembles a leopard, save for the six snakes sprouting from its shoulders. Kamadans hunt using a sleeping gas breath weapon to knock its prey unconscious before moving for the kill; the kamadan's snakes also possess a powerful poison in their bites. They are occasionally speculated in-universe to be related to displacer beasts, though their similarities are coincidental: in fact, kamadans actually despise displacer beasts and are known to attack them on sight.
+The kamadan is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the 1981 ''Fiend Folio'' for 1st Edition ''AD&D''. The kamadan is depicted as an animal that heavily resembles a leopard with multiple snakes sprouting from its shoulders: the number of snakes varies from four to seven initially, with their bites not being poisonous; later editions solidify the number to six and give the snake heads venomous bites.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==