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| − | A hydra is of course a monster from Greek mythology, a large, dragon-like beast that Hercules fought which would grow two new heads for every one chopped off. It may also be a reference to the [http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Hydra same monster] in Crawl, which also uses the {{brightgreen|D}} glyph. It is one of the more notable monsters in Crawl, as it does have the ability to regrow heads, and will do so whenever attacked with an edged weapon. | + | A hydra is of course a monster from Greek mythology, a large, dragon-like beast that Hercules fought which would grow two new heads for every one chopped off. It may also be a reference to the [http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Hydra same monster] in Crawl, which also uses the {{brightgreen|D}} glyph. It is one of the more notable monsters in [[Linley's Dungeon Crawl|Crawl]], as it does have the ability to regrow heads, and will do so whenever attacked with an edged weapon. |
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Revision as of 01:19, 23 March 2010
D hydra 
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| Difficulty | 32 |
| Attacks |
Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8 |
| Base level | 26 |
| Base experience | unknown |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -4 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 7 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | poison, stoning |
| Resistances conveyed | |
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A hydra:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2339 |
A hydra is a monster introduced in SLASH'EM, one of two non-dragons to use the D glyph, the other being the wyvern. True to its source mythos, it has a large number of bite attacks. It cannot, however, grow new heads when attacked with a sword.
Strategy
These should not pose a problem by the time one encounters them; they are somewhat slow, do only a moderate amount of damage, and have no particular special attacks. They do have a large amount of hit points and a decent AC, though, in addition to resisting stoning.
Mythos
A hydra is of course a monster from Greek mythology, a large, dragon-like beast that Hercules fought which would grow two new heads for every one chopped off. It may also be a reference to the same monster in Crawl, which also uses the D glyph. It is one of the more notable monsters in Crawl, as it does have the ability to regrow heads, and will do so whenever attacked with an edged weapon.
