Bearded devil (Hack'EM)

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This article is about the monster in Hack'EM. For the monster in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, see bearded devil (SLASH'EM).

A bearded devil, &, is a type of monster that appears in Hack'EM. The bearded devil is a lawful major demon that has somewhat humanoid anatomy, similar to the barbed devil, though they cannot wear armor on the torso despite being medium in size. A bearded devil is thick-skinned, can follow a hero to other levels if they are adjacent and has the ability to go berserk when at low HP. Tame bearded devils that are not minions may turn traitor.

A bearded devil has two weapon attacks and a poisonous sting attack that drains strength. Barbed devils possess cold resistance, along with fire resistance, poison resistance, drain resistance, and death resistance like all major demons.

Bearded devils are poisonous to consume, which primarily comes up if they are digested by another monster.

Generation

Randomly generated bearded devils are always created hostile. While barbed devils are flagged to appear only in Gehennom, no lawful monsters can be created in Gehennom by normal random generation.

Bearded devils can appear in graveyards, and are eligible for gating by hostile lawful major demons as well as a hero in the form of one. Hostile bearded devils can also be generated by the summon nasties monster spell if the caster is lawful or in Gehennom.

Though they are lawful monsters, tame barbed devil minions can be given as sacrifice gifts to chaotic heroes at experience levels 12 to 16. Hostile bearded devils can also appear as minions of an angry chaotic god or Moloch.

Bearded devils have a 12 chance of generating with a glaive.

Bearded devils do not leave a corpse upon death.