Giant anaconda

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A giant anaconda, S, is a type of monster that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is a huge type of snake that can be seen via infravision, and is the strongest of the monster class in both variants. A giant anaconda is strong and capable of swimming like other snakes, but cannot hide under items.

A giant anaconda has a bite attack, a holding attack that can drown a victim similar to the python, a second holding attack, and a digestion attack that can gradually swallow heroes and will instantly kill smaller monsters.

Generation

Randomly generated giant anacondas are always created hostile.

Giant anacondas generate among the random S that are part of the first quest monster class for Archeologists and make up 2435 of the monsters that randomly generate on the Archeologist quest.

In Hack'EM, giant anacondas may also appear among the random S generated in The Snake Pit of the Lawful Quest at level creation.

Giant anacondas generated at level creation are given a random item to hide under, despite being huge and lacking the ability to hide.

Encyclopedia entry

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

[ Genesis 3:1-6,13-15 ]
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