Salamander

: salamander
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 2d8, Touch 1d6 fire, bearhug 2d6, bearhug 3d6 fire (scrolls, potions and spellbooks may be affected)

: salamander
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 2d8, Touch 1d6 fire, bearhug 2d6, bearhug 3d6 fire (scrolls, potions and spellbooks may be affected)
Base level	8
Base experience	159
Speed	12
Base AC	-1
Base MR	0
Alignment	-9 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1500
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Fire, Sleep
Resistances conveyed	Fire (53%)
A salamander: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. has a serpent body. has a thick hide. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom.
Reference	monst.c#line2689

The salamander is a monster in NetHack that is only randomly generated in Gehennom. Salamanders also appear in large numbers on the Plane of Fire.

They have a fire attack, two bearhug attacks, and can use weapons. They are generated with a spear (⁶⁄₇ chance), a trident (²⁄₂₁ chance), or a stiletto (¹⁄₂₁ chance). They are one of the few monsters that cannot be genocided.

When chatted to, a salamander will mumble incomprehensibly.

Origin

A salamander in NetHack is very different from a real-life salamander; it has the torso of a man atop the body of a great snake. This appearance is based on the monsters from Dungeons & Dragons.

Variants

In UnNetHack, a salamander is one of One-Eyed Sam's pets in the black market.

Encyclopedia entry

For hundreds of years, many people believed that salamanders
were magical. In England in the Middle Ages, people thought
that fire created salamanders. When they set fire to damp
logs, dozens of the slimy creatures scurried out. The word
salamander, in fact, comes from a Greek word meaning "fire
animal".

[ Salamanders, by Cherie Winner ]

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