Xorn
X xorn 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 11 |
| Attacks |
Claw 1d3, Claw 1d3, Claw 1d3, Bite 4d6 |
| Base level | 8 |
| Base experience | 139 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -2 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1200 |
| Nutritional value | 700 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | Fire, Cold, Stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A xorn:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2054 |
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A xorn is a monster that can walk through walls and is stoning resistant. The xorn won't be seen until the player has reached a relatively deep dungeon level. If you polymorph into a xorn, you can eat amulets and metallic rings, sometimes giving you their effects permanently (as intrinsics). Xorn polyself is the fastest way to cross e.g. Asmodeus' Lair with the Amulet. When you unpolymorph, you will be stuck in a virtual pit.
The xorn is the only member of the X xorn monster class.
Xorns can even be created in inaccessible areas, such as outside the Sokoban walls. This is Bug#C343-151.
Fighting xorns
Xorns are considered kebabable, able to be skewered, and you receive a +2 to-hit bonus when using a weapon that uses the spear or javelin skills.
Xorns are also susceptible to attacks from digging attacks, pick-axes, dwarvish mattocks, and again you receive a +2 to-hit bonus when using those weapons.
Monster xorns cannot cross the water in the castle level (although polymorphed heros can). It is often enough to lure them across the drawbridge and raise it behind you.
Encyclopedia entry
A distant cousin of the earth elemental, the xorn has the
ability to shift the cells of its body around in such a way
that it becomes porous to inert material. This gives it the
ability to pass through any obstacle that might be between it
and its next meal.
Original source
The original xorn comes from the game Dungeons & Dragons. In that game the xorn eats stone in addition to metals, which might explain the message present in the code for eating flint stones.
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