Pit fiend

& pit fiend
Difficulty	16
Attacks	Weapon 4d2, weapon 4d2, grabbing 2d4

& pit fiend
Difficulty	16
Attacks	Weapon 4d2, weapon 4d2, grabbing 2d4
Base level	13
Base experience	422
Speed	6
Base AC	-3
Base MR	65
Alignment	-13 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Large
Resistances	Fire, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
A pit fiend: can see invisible creatures. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is a demon. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse.
Reference	monst.c#line2644

The pit fiend, &, is a demon in NetHack. It possesses a grabbing attack which holds you. If a pit fiend falls into a pit there is a "How pitiful! Isn't that the pits?" message.

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Encyclopedia entry

Pit fiends are among the more powerful of devils, capable of
attacking twice with weapons as well as grabbing and crushing
the life out of those unwary enough to enter their
domains.