Demon (monster class)
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The demon is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by the ampersand glyph (&). Demons are designated internally by the macro S_DEMON.[1]
The class contains the following monsters:[2]
- & water demon
- & succubus
- & horned devil
- & incubus
- & erinys
- & barbed devil
- & marilith
- & vrock
- & hezrou
- & bone devil
- & ice devil
- & nalfeshnee
- & pit fiend
- & sandestin
- & balrog
- & Juiblex
- & Yeenoghu
- & Orcus
- & Geryon
- & Dispater
- & Baalzebub
- & Asmodeus
- & Demogorgon
- & Death
- & Pestilence
- & Famine
- & mail daemon
- & djinni
Common characteristics
The demon monster class is composed primarily (but not entirely) of the major demons, who are defined by the M2_DEMON flag and is_demon function - this includes the demon lords and princes. The non-demonic monsters in the monster class consist of the sandestin, djinni and the Riders.
Generation
Most of the actual demons in the monster class are generally only seen in Gehennom with the exception of quest nemeses, though those demons can appear outside the branch through various means:
- Summon nasties can generate demons among the various hostile monsters that appear.
- Polymorph traps can create demons and other out of depth monsters, as can the wand of polymorph and potion of polymorph if you use them on other monsters.
- Demons generated by the above methods can also gate in other demons with their melee attacks.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM introduces several monsters to the monster class:
- & spined devil
- & bearded devil
- & bar-lgura
- & chasme
- & babau
- & nabassu
- & Maugneshaagar
