Barbed devil

& barbed devil
Difficulty	10
Attacks	Claw 2d4, claw 2d4, sting 3d4

& barbed devil
Difficulty	10
Attacks	Claw 2d4, claw 2d4, sting 3d4
Base level	8
Base experience	179
Speed	12
Base AC	0
Base MR	35
Alignment	8 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Fire, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
A barbed devil: has a thick hide. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is a demon. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. normally appears in small groups. never leaves a corpse.
Reference	monst.c#line2589

The barbed devil, &, is a kind of major demon that appears in NetHack.

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.

As of commit 3946c5a0, barbed devils' second attack becomes a sticking attack.

Generation

Barbed devils are flagged to appear only in Gehennom, but no lawful creatures can be randomly generated there; thus, they are effectively never randomly generated. They share this trait with horned devils and erinyes.

Barbed devils may be created in groups wherever they do appear, and are valid forms for a polymorph trap, which may result in them appearing much earlier in the main dungeon. They are also eligible for gating by other major demons.

Strategy

Barbed devils have stronger attacks than horned devils, but possess weaker AC. Their damage is unimpressive for the point at which they are normally encountered, and even in groups they are not much threat to a player skilled in dealing with demons or multiple opponents.

Encyclopedia entry

 These devils lack any real special abilities, though they
 are quite difficult to kill.

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