Cerberus (dNetHack)
d Cerberus 
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| Difficulty | 17 |
| Attacks |
Bite 3d6 physical, Bite 3d6 physical, Bite 3d6 physical, Breath weapon 6d6 fire |
| Base level | 13 |
| Base experience | 475 |
| Speed | 10 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 7 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 3000 |
| Nutritional value | 800 |
| Size | huge |
| Resistances | fire resistance |
| Resistances conveyed | fire resistance (+16,000) |
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Cerberus:
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- For other implementations of the monster, see Cerberus.
Cerberus, d, is a unique monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. He is a three-headed, carnivorous hell hound-like canine that can be seen via infravision, and may turn traitor while tame.
Cerberus has three bite attacks and a strong fiery breath weapon attack, and possesses fire resistance.
Eating Cerberus's corpse or tin, or else quaffing his blood, grants temporary fire resistance for a duration of 16,000 turns before physical size modifiers.
Generation
Cerberus is always generated hostile, and is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.
Cerberus always appears in the Windowless Tower, where he is placed just inside the main door of the ground floor courtyard.
Strategy
While Cerberus is not particularly difficult overall, he can still pose a serious threat to early game heroes attempting to clear the Tower without fire resistance or a sufficient pool of HP.
Encyclopedia entry
Cerberus, (or Kerberos in Greek), was the three-headed dog
that guarded the Gates of Hell. He allowed any dead to enter,
and likewise prevented them all from ever leaving. He was
bested only twice: once when Orpheus put him to sleep by
playing bewitching music on his lyre, and the other time when
Hercules confronted him and took him to the world of the
living (as his twelfth and last labor).
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