Hunting horror

w hunting horror
Difficulty	28
Attacks	Bite 5d12 physical

w hunting horror
Difficulty	28
Attacks	Bite 5d12 physical
Base level	25
Base experience	1055
Speed	16
Base AC	−6
Base MR	30
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	2700
Nutritional value	700
Size	gigantic
Resistances
Resistances conveyed
A hunting horror: can fly. has no hands. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. can lay eggs. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. wanders randomly. is nasty. is strong. does not appear in Gehennom. appears only in Gehennom. normally appears in large groups. cannot be tamed.

A hunting horror (w~~) is a multi-square monster in dNetHack similar to a long worm.

Unlike long worms, hunting horrors never grow more than two tail segments, and will quickly regrow if one or both segments are lost. The severed tail of a hunting horror will also never become a new horror.

Hunting horrors move erratically, similar to giant bats, and have a strong melee attack. Because of this, it can be beneficial to target the tail segments, which are not dangerous.

And in the air about him were great viperine creatures,
which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great
clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the
aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous
dimensions.

The Lurker At the Threshold, HP Lovecraft & August Derleth