Talk:Marilith

Is there a special trigger to spawn Marilith? I'm at the Mines' End (Gnomish Mines) and it spawned, despite the article saying it only appears in Gehennom. Note, I'm playing version 3, The Catacombs.

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Polymorph trap perhaps? --206.75.108.8 03:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Polymorph trap for sure. I've seen arch-liches too in the mines, and it was friendly to me (polymorphed hobbit, probably) --Azzkikr 08:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I am in the middle of letting water demons attack me to create foocubi for a pacifist game, and this is creating mariliths. I don't believe the 'only found in gehennom' is strictly accurate, although I have not once seen one be generated normally outside of gehennom. -- Qazmlpok 00:28, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

The "only created in Gehennom" part refers only to the one specific path of monster creation that is responsible for the vast majority of all monsters. In this case, demon gating is responsible. There is a brief overview at normal mechanism. Is was hoping to pre-empt such confusion when I asked for "by normal mechanisms" to be included in the monster template. Do you have any ideas how to make that clearer?

In your situation, I would recommend using conflict (demons hit each other) and Elbereth (in case Demogorgon and friends are summoned). If you are not atheist, you could become chaotic from the helm and sacrifice lots of Kop corpses in mine town. Perhaps that is safer than risking named demons. -Tjr 12:07, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

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It appears as though, under certain conditions, a player polymorphed into a Marilith may summon more Marilith. This has happened when the player was a Neutral Female Monk, in the Minetown, attacking Watchmen --206.75.108.8 20:41, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Gender and alignment don't seem to affect this... Unless it is base alignment, because I tested this by using a Helm of Opposite Alignment.

"Some hell-p has arrived!" Any & that you can actually poly into, except for a balrog or a foocubus, can summon tame demons. This happens spontaneously, with no action on your part (save that you must not be wielding a weapon). 1/6th of the time, it's a random demon of the same alignment, and the rest of the time, it's a demon of the same type of you. See demonpet in uhitm.c.--Ray Chason 16:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)