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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 1d2 [[steal item]]
+  |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 1d2 [[steal item]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=None

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 ===As a polyform===
-Pixies can be a decent early polyform for [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelganger]] heroes: while they are too small to wear armor or wield weapons and unable to open [[door]]s, their base speed and invisibility makes escapes from hostile monsters much easier, and can be useful to line yourself up with a distant monster for an attack. A pixie's size can also be used to shrink yourself out of any cursed armor you may be wearing. If you are willing to take the risk, you can use their attack to steal especially nasty weapons, armor and/or wands from monsters.
+Pixies can be a decent early polyform for [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelganger]] heroes: while they are too small to wear armor or wield weapons and are unable to open [[door]]s, their base speed and invisibility makes escapes from hostile monsters much easier and can be useful to line yourself up with a distant monster for attacks. A pixie's size can also be used to shrink yourself out of any cursed armor you may be wearing. If you are willing to take the risk, you can use the pixie form's claw attack to steal especially nasty weapons, armor and/or wands from monsters.
 ==History==

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 ==Strategy==
-A pixie has only one item-stealing attack, but has 15 [[speed]] and better based [[AC]] than the standard nymph. This makes them a major nuisance once awakened: they are quite likely to steal an item and [[teleport]] away before you can respond, and appear early enough that most characters will generally lack a means to see invisible monsters or otherwise detect them beforehand. Intrinsic [[telepathy]] combined with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]] is one method of spotting pixies.
+A pixie has only one item-stealing attack, but has 15 [[speed]] and better base [[AC]] than the standard nymph. This makes them a major nuisance for most heroes once awakened: they are quite likely to steal an item and [[teleport]] away before you can respond, and appear early enough that most characters will generally lack a means to see invisible monsters or otherwise detect them beforehand. Intrinsic [[telepathy]] combined with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]] is one method of spotting pixies.
-Once you can see them, pixies are no more of a threat than the usual nymphs&mdash;they cannot steal as many items, lack [[seduction theft]] attacks, and are weak enough that you can usually bring them down quickly, being slightly more difficult to hit at most.
+Once you can see invisible monsters, pixies are no more of a threat than the usual nymphs&mdash;they cannot steal as many items, lack [[seduction theft]] attacks, and are weak enough that you can usually bring them down quickly, being slightly more difficult to hit at most.
 ===As a polyform===

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 A pixie has a single [[item theft]] [[claw attack]] that deals damage.
-Unlike most nymph monsters, eating a pixie's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] does not convey [[teleportitis]].
+A [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a pixie has their [[carrying capacity]] set to the maximum, and can use the [[Monster (command)|monster]] [[extended command]] to remove a [[heavy iron ball]] that is [[Punishment|chained to them]].{{refsrc|polyself.c|627|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated pixies are always created [[invisible]] and hostile, and are not randomly generated in [[Gehennom]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1557|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-Pixies are generated asleep {{frac|4|5}} of the time unless the [[hero]] has the [[Amulet of Yendor]], in which case they will always be generated awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1555|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Pixies are generated asleep {{frac|4|5}} of the time unless the hero has the [[Amulet of Yendor]], in which case they will always be generated awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1555|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 Four pixies are generated in the [[Lawful Quest]], where they are placed in a specific area within the forest of [[Nightmare (SLASH'EM)|Nightmare]] during level creation, and four more pixies each have a {{frac|3|5}} of being placed as well.
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 ==Strategy==
-A pixie has only one item-stealing attack, but has 15 speed and better based [[AC]] than the standard nymph. This makes them a major nuisance once awakened: they are quite likely to steal an item and [[teleport]] away before you can respond, and appear early enough that most characters will generally lack a means to see invisible monsters or otherwise detect them beforehand. Intrinsic [[telepathy]] combined with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]] is one method of spotting pixies.
+A pixie has only one item-stealing attack, but has 15 [[speed]] and better based [[AC]] than the standard nymph. This makes them a major nuisance once awakened: they are quite likely to steal an item and [[teleport]] away before you can respond, and appear early enough that most characters will generally lack a means to see invisible monsters or otherwise detect them beforehand. Intrinsic [[telepathy]] combined with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]] is one method of spotting pixies.
-Once you can see them, pixies are no more of a threat than the usual nymphs - they cannot steal as many items as often and are weak enough that you can usually bring them down quickly, being slightly more difficult to hit at most.
+Once you can see them, pixies are no more of a threat than the usual nymphs&mdash;they cannot steal as many items, lack [[seduction theft]] attacks, and are weak enough that you can usually bring them down quickly, being slightly more difficult to hit at most.
 ===As a polyform===
-Pixies can be a decent early polyform for [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelganger]] characters: while too small to wear armor or wield weapons and unable to open [[door]]s, their speed makes escapes from hostile monsters much easier, and can be useful to line yourself up with a distant monster for an attack. A pixie's size can also be used to shrink yourself out of any cursed armor you may be wearing. If you are willing to take the risk, you can use their attack to steal especially nasty weapons, armor and/or wands from monsters.
+Pixies can be a decent early polyform for [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelganger]] heroes: while they are too small to wear armor or wield weapons and unable to open [[door]]s, their base speed and invisibility makes escapes from hostile monsters much easier, and can be useful to line yourself up with a distant monster for an attack. A pixie's size can also be used to shrink yourself out of any cursed armor you may be wearing. If you are willing to take the risk, you can use their attack to steal especially nasty weapons, armor and/or wands from monsters.
 ==History==
-The pixie first appears in [[SLASH 6]].
+The pixie first appears in [[SLASH 6]], where it is part of the [[Leprechaun (monster class)|leprechaun]] [[monster class]] ({{cyan|l}})&mdash;SLASH'EM moves the pixie to the nymph monster class.
 ==Origin==

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 Pixies are generated asleep {{frac|4|5}} of the time unless the [[hero]] has the [[Amulet of Yendor]], in which case they will always be generated awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1555|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-Four to eight pixies are generated in the [[Lawful Quest]], where they are placed within the forest that [[Nightmare (SLASH'EM)|Nightmare]] dwells in during level creation.
+Four pixies are generated in the [[Lawful Quest]], where they are placed in a specific area within the forest of [[Nightmare (SLASH'EM)|Nightmare]] during level creation, and four more pixies each have a {{frac|3|5}} of being placed as well.
 Pixies can appear among the nymphs that are generated on the [[nymph level]] during level creation.

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 A '''pixie''', {{monsym|pixie}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The pixie is a [[tiny]] [[Nymph (monster class)|nymph]] that is [[inediate]] and can [[see invisible]], and will seek out [[gold]] and other items to pick up.
-A pixie has a single item theft attack that deals damage.
+A pixie has a single [[item theft]] [[claw attack]] that deals damage.
 Unlike most nymph monsters, eating a pixie's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] does not convey [[teleportitis]].

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 Four to eight pixies are generated in the [[Lawful Quest]] within the forest where [[Nightmare (SLASH'EM)|Nightmare]] dwells, and may be among the nymphs that are generated on the [[nymph level]]. Pixies appear among the random {{white|n}} that are part of the first [[quest]] [[monster class]] for [[Rogue]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Rogue quest]].
-Pixies have a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a [[mirror]], and an independent {{frac|2}} chance of generating with a [[potion of object detection]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1080|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Pixies have a {{frac|2}} chance of being [[generated with]] a [[mirror]], and an independent {{frac|2}} chance of generating with a [[potion of object detection]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1080|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ==Strategy==