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 A '''shrieker''', {{monsym|shrieker}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The shrieker is a type of [[fungus]] that is one of the few monsters to lack an attack of any kind, including a [[passive attack]] (even those that trigger on death, as with the [[gas spore]]).
-In lieu of attacking, a shrieker will shriek intermittently when adjacent to the [[hero]] or to a monster attacking them, which can [[aggravate]] and wake up monsters and interrupts any [[occupation]]:{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2861|nethack=3.6.7}} the shriek has an additional {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster on the level, which has a {{frac|13}} chance of being a [[purple worm]] and will otherwise be a random monster appropriate for the level.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2866|nethack=3.6.7}} Shrieking does not use up a turn.
+In lieu of attacking, a shrieker will shriek intermittently when adjacent to the [[hero]] or to a monster attacking them, which can [[aggravate]] and wake up monsters and also interrupts any [[occupation]]:{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2861|nethack=3.6.7}} the shriek has an additional {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster on the level, which has a {{frac|13}} chance of being a [[purple worm]] and will otherwise be a random monster appropriate for the level.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2866|nethack=3.6.7}} Shrieking does not use up a turn.
 [[Eating]] a shrieker [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|5}} chance (20%) of granting [[poison resistance]].
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 [[Chatting]] with a shrieker will also cause it to shriek, which aggravates monsters but cannot summon any.{{refsrc|src/sounds.c|713|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Purple worms will attack any shriekers they encounter, and a hero in the form of a purple worm is [[Warned of monster type|warned of shriekers]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1560|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="wormfood"}}
+Purple worms will attack any shriekers they encounter and are hard coded to deal damage in such a way that they will always kill the shrieker with their [[digestion attack]], and a hero in the form of a purple worm is [[Warned of monster type|warned of shriekers]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1560|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="wormfood"}}
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|cf1c72514883f70856a8b98c654f52f2a9896794}}, [[baby purple worm]]s now appear in place of adult purple worms if a shrieker would summon the latter in an area where it is out of depth. Baby purple worms will also attack shriekers, and a hero in the form of a baby purple worm is also warned of shriekers.}}
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 ==Strategy==
-Shriekers are not an active threat on their own, though their shrieking can be inconvenient and wake up monsters that a hero wants to leave undisturbed, and introduces the low-but-possible chance that an out-of-depth purple worm will generate and cause [[YASD]]. Fortunately, shriekers are weak and move at minimum [[speed]], so they are generally easy to take out before the possibility can come up. [[Ranged attack]]s of any kind can help remove the possibility of a shriek summoning or awakening an unwanted monster, and shrieker corpses are a decent source of poison resistance for early heroes.
+Shriekers are not an active threat on their own, but their shrieking can be inconvenient and wake up monsters that a hero wants to leave undisturbed, and introduces the low-but-possible chance that an out-of-depth purple worm will generate and cause [[YASD]]. Fortunately, shriekers are weak and move at minimum [[speed]], so they are generally easy to take out before the possibility can arise. The most dangerous shriekers are likely to be the ones that [[Cavepeople]] encounter on their quest, since they can potentially wake the [[Chromatic Dragon]] prematurely.
-The most dangerous shriekers are likely to be the ones that [[Cavepeople]] encounter on their quest, since they can potentially wake the [[Chromatic Dragon]] prematurely.
+[[Ranged attack]]s of any kind can kill shriekers before they summon or awaken an unwanted monster, and shrieker corpses are a decent source of poison resistance for early heroes.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Monsters can gain intrinsics from eating corpses, so a shrieker can be useful for giving poison resistance to a pet [[pony]] (e.g. as a [[Knight]]).
-Baby purple worms are much slower and less dangerous than their adult forms, and a cunning hero can take advantage of one being summoned to gain a lot of experience early on, or even tame and raise the baby worm into an adult.}}
+Baby purple worms are much slower and less dangerous than their adult forms, and a cunning hero in the very early game can take advantage of one being summoned to gain some sizable experience early on, or even tame and raise the baby worm into an adult.}}
 ==History==
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 ==Origin==
-The shrieker originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where they debut in the 1st Edition ''Monster Manual''. Shriekers are large and human-sized mushrooms that resemble [[violet fungi]], but lack their poisons and tentacles, though they are immune to the fungi's poisons themselves; the 1st Edition material describes them as ambulatory, though later editions make them sessile. Shriekers are poisonous to most creatures as food, though they can be eaten by [[purple worm]]s, hook horrors, shambling mounds, and medusae - this is the basis for the ability of shriekers in ''NetHack'' to summon purple worms, as well as the worm's ability to attack shriekers.<ref name="wormfood"/>
+The shrieker originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where they debut in the 1st Edition ''Monster Manual''. Shriekers are large and human-sized mushrooms that resemble [[violet fungi]], but lack their poisons and tentacles, though they are immune to the fungi's poisons themselves; the 1st Edition material describes them as ambulatory, though later editions make them sessile. Shriekers are poisonous to most creatures as food, though they can be eaten by [[purple worm]]s, hook horrors, shambling mounds, and medusae&mdash;this is the basis for the ability of shriekers in ''NetHack'' to summon purple worms, as well as the worm's ability to attack shriekers.<ref name="wormfood"/>
 Shriekers live in dark underground environments such as the Underdark (the dwelling of the drow) and the homeworld of the illithids, and react to nearby motion or light with their namesake shriek. The sounds last between 5 and 15 seconds, and is meant to attract other beings to the area as prey: shriekers gain nourishment from breaking down nearby organic matter, and cannot attack on their own, so they are reliant on violet fungi to fatally poison the prey they attract. Inhabitants of the Underdark sometimes intentionally use shriekers as a form of intruder alarm.
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 Shriekers can be generated in [[fungus farm]]s.
-The shrieker shares its shrieking ability with the [[squealer]] and [[mobat]]: it can no longer summon purple worms, but has a {{frac|8}} chance of summoning a random monster.{{refsrc|mon.c|2357|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+The shrieker shares its shrieking ability with the [[squealer]] and [[mobat]]: these shrieks cannot summon purple worms, but have an increased {{frac|8}} chance of summoning a random monster.{{refsrc|mon.c|2357|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
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 ==References==
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 Shriekers live in dark underground environments such as the Underdark (the dwelling of the drow) and the homeworld of the illithids, and react to nearby motion or light with their namesake shriek. The sounds last between 5 and 15 seconds, and is meant to attract other beings to the area as prey: shriekers gain nourishment from breaking down nearby organic matter, and cannot attack on their own, so they are reliant on violet fungi to fatally poison the prey they attract. Inhabitants of the Underdark sometimes intentionally use shriekers as a form of intruder alarm.
-The encyclopedia entry is an excerpt from [http://www.peldor.com/chapters.php?678 a series of campaign writeups] for ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'' games done by Thomas Miller. In the excerpt, an adventuring duo attempts to infiltrate a lake-town inhabited by troglodytes; as the human huntress Songa walks past a tall, skinny mushroom-like fungus, it begins quivering before squealing loudly. Songa kills the shrieker, but not before the troglodytes had already begun swarming to their position. While escaping the troglodytes, Songa and her partner Rillen the human warrior-monk eventually encounter a massive black worm - the worm itself is described as being reminiscent of the purple worm species.
+The encyclopedia entry is an excerpt from [http://www.peldor.com/chapters.php?678 a series of campaign writeups] for ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'' games done by Thomas Miller. In the excerpt, an adventuring duo consisting of a human huntress and human warrior-monk attempts to infiltrate a lake-town inhabited by troglodytes. As the huntress Songa walks past a tall, skinny and mushroom-like fungus, it begins quivering before squealing loudly; Songa realizes the mushroom is a shrieker and kills it, but not before the troglodytes had already begun swarming to their position. While she and her partner Rillen escape the troglodytes, they eventually encounter a massive black worm - the worm itself is described as being reminiscent of the purple worm species.
 ==Messages==

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 In lieu of attacking, a shrieker will shriek intermittently when adjacent to the [[hero]] or to a monster attacking them, which can [[aggravate]] and wake up monsters and interrupts any [[occupation]]:{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2861|nethack=3.6.7}} the shriek has an additional {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster on the level, which has a {{frac|13}} chance of being a [[purple worm]] and will otherwise be a random monster appropriate for the level.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2866|nethack=3.6.7}} Shrieking does not use up a turn.
-Eating a shrieker [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|5}} chance (20%) of granting [[poison resistance]].
+[[Eating]] a shrieker [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|5}} chance (20%) of granting [[poison resistance]].
 [[Chatting]] with a shrieker will also cause it to shriek, which aggravates monsters but cannot summon any.{{refsrc|src/sounds.c|713|nethack=3.6.7}}
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], shriekers have a roughly 1% chance to grow from old corpses similar to SLASH'EM, and can revive from their own corpses.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], shriekers can revive from their own corpses.
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-A '''shrieker''', {{monsym|shrieker}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The shrieker is a type of [[fungus]] that is one of the few monster to lack an attack of any kind, including a [[passive attack]] (even those that trigger on death, as with the [[gas spore]]).
+A '''shrieker''', {{monsym|shrieker}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The shrieker is a type of [[fungus]] that is one of the few monsters to lack an attack of any kind, including a [[passive attack]] (even those that trigger on death, as with the [[gas spore]]).
 In lieu of attacking, a shrieker will shriek intermittently when adjacent to the [[hero]] or to a monster attacking them, which can [[aggravate]] and wake up monsters and interrupts any [[occupation]]:{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2861|nethack=3.6.7}} the shriek has an additional {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster on the level, which has a {{frac|13}} chance of being a [[purple worm]] and will otherwise be a random monster appropriate for the level.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2866|nethack=3.6.7}} Shrieking does not use up a turn.

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 Purple worms will attack any shriekers they encounter, and a hero in the form of a purple worm is [[Warned of monster type|warned of shriekers]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1560|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="wormfood"}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|[[Baby purple worm]]s now appear in place of adult purple worms if a shrieker would summon the latter in an area where it is out of depth. Baby purple worms will also attack shriekers, and a hero in the form of a baby purple worm is also warned of shriekers.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|cf1c72514883f70856a8b98c654f52f2a9896794}}, [[baby purple worm]]s now appear in place of adult purple worms if a shrieker would summon the latter in an area where it is out of depth. Baby purple worms will also attack shriekers, and a hero in the form of a baby purple worm is also warned of shriekers.}}
 ==Generation==
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 ==Strategy==
 Shriekers are not an active threat on their own, though their shrieking can be inconvenient and wake up monsters that a hero wants to leave undisturbed, and introduces the low-but-possible chance that an out-of-depth purple worm will generate and cause [[YASD]]. Fortunately, shriekers are weak and move at minimum [[speed]], so they are generally easy to take out before the possibility can come up. [[Ranged attack]]s of any kind can help remove the possibility of a shriek summoning or awakening an unwanted monster, and shrieker corpses are a decent source of poison resistance for early heroes.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Monsters can gain intrinsics from eating corpses, so a shrieker can be useful for giving poison resistance to a pet [[pony]] (e.g. as a [[Knight]]).
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 Shriekers live in dark underground environments such as the Underdark (the dwelling of the drow) and the homeworld of the illithids, and react to nearby motion or light with their namesake shriek. The sounds last between 5 and 15 seconds, and is meant to attract other beings to the area as prey: shriekers gain nourishment from breaking down nearby organic matter, and cannot attack on their own, so they are reliant on violet fungi to fatally poison the prey they attract. Inhabitants of the Underdark sometimes intentionally use shriekers as a form of intruder alarm.
 ==Messages==
-{{message|<The shrieker> shrieks.|You chatted to a shrieker, or else the shrieker got a turn while in melee range of you. This has gained a reputation as being one of the most memorable lines in ''NetHack''.}}
+{{message|<The shrieker> shrieks.|You are not [[deaf]] and either chatted to a shrieker, or the shrieker got a turn while in melee range of an applicable target. This has gained a reputation as being one of the most memorable lines in ''NetHack''.}}
 ==Variants==
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 The shrieker shares its shrieking ability with the [[squealer]] and [[mobat]]: it can no longer summon purple worms, but has a {{frac|8}} chance of summoning a random monster.{{refsrc|mon.c|2357|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ===SlashTHEM===
 In [[SlashTHEM]], shriekers are slightly less likely to generate from old corpses due to the addition of some new fungi and molds. All other SLASH'EM details apply.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |resistances=Poison
   |resistances conveyed=Poison (20%)
-  |attributes={{attributes|A shrieker|=
+  |attributes={{attributes|A shrieker|breathless=1|noeyes=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|mindless=1|notake=1|hostile=1|neuter=1}}
   |reference=[[monst.c#line1327]]
 }}
-The '''shrieker''' is a [[monster]] in [[NetHack]]. While it has no attacks and moves very slowly, its shriek can [[aggravate]] monsters and has a 10% chance{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2432|nethack=3.6.0}}) to summon a random monster somewhere on the level. The summoned monster has a {{frac|13}} chance{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2433|nethack=3.6.0}} of being a [[purple worm]]; the explanation given for this is that purple worms enjoy consuming shriekers and are attracted by their shriek.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1391|nethack=3.6.0}} [[Chat|#Chatting]] with a shrieker will also cause it to shriek; this aggravates monsters, but cannot summon any.{{refsrc|src/sounds.c|710|nethack=3.6.0}} The shrieker corpse also gives a 20% chance of [[poison resistance]], and is safe to eat (unless they are rotten); further, as the shrieker is considered a [[fungus]], consuming a shrieker corpse does not break the [[vegan]] or [[vegetarian]] conducts.
+A '''shrieker''', {{monsym|shrieker}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The shrieker is a type of [[fungus]] that is one of the few monster to lack an attack of any kind, including a [[passive attack]] (even those that trigger on death, as with the [[gas spore]]).
-The line "The shrieker shrieks." has gained a reputation as being one of the most memorable lines in [[NetHack]].
+In lieu of attacking, a shrieker will shriek intermittently when adjacent to the [[hero]] or to a monster attacking them, which can [[aggravate]] and wake up monsters with an additional {{frac|10}} chance to summon a monster in a random location on the level:{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2432|nethack=3.6.0}} this summoned monster has a {{frac|13}} chance of being a [[purple worm]], and will otherwise be a random monster appropriate for the level.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2433|nethack=3.6.0}}{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1391|nethack=3.6.0}} Shrieking does not use up a turn.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Baby purple worms now appear in place of adult purple worms when the latter would be out of depth.}}
+Eating a shrieker [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|5}} chance (20%) of granting [[poison resistance]].
 ==Generation==
-Some shriekers are guaranteed on the last level of the [[Caveman_quest#Tiamat.27s_Chamber|Caveman Quest]].
+Randomly generated shriekers are always created hostile.
 ==Origin==
-According to ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', the shrieker is a large purple fungus.
+The shrieker originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where they debut in the 1st Edition ''Monster Manual''. Shriekers are large and human-sized mushrooms that resemble [[violet fungi]], but lack their poisons and tentacles, though they are immune to the fungi's poisons themselves; the 1st Edition material describes them as ambulatory, though later editions make them sessile. Shriekers are poisonous to most creatures as food, though they can be eaten by [[purple worm]]s, hook horrors, shambling mounds, and medusae - this is the basis for the ability of shriekers in ''NetHack'' to summon purple worms, as well as the worm's ability to attack shriekers.
-==SLASH'EM==
+===SlashTHEM===
-Shriekers in [[SLASH'EM]], like all {{white|F}} except [[lichen]]s, may rise from the dead. Additionally, they are incapable of summoning purple worms{{refsrc|mon.c|2357|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} but are slightly more likely to summon a monster with a shriek ({{frac|8}} chance instead of {{frac|10}}). The first change may be because two other monsters, the [[squealer]] and the [[mobat]], have the same shriek in SLASH'EM. Shriekers are also immune to death rays.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], shriekers are slightly less likely to generate from old corpses due to the addition of some new fungi and molds. All other SLASH'EM details apply.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 With a single, savage thrust of her spear, the warrior-woman impaled the fungus, silencing it.  However, it was too late: the alarm had been raised [...]
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 ==References==
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-With a single, savage thrust of her spear, the warrior-woman impaled the fungus, silencing it.  However, it was too late: the alarm had been raised[...]
+With a single, savage thrust of her spear, the warrior-woman impaled the fungus, silencing it.  However, it was too late: the alarm had been raised [...]
 Suddenly, a large, dark shape rose from the abyss before them, its fetid bulk looming overhead...The monster was some kind of great dark worm, but that was about all they were sure of.
 |[ The Adventurers, Epic IV, by Thomas A. Miller ]