Chicken (SLASH'EM)
c chicken 
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| Difficulty | 3 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d3 |
| Base level | 2 |
| Base experience | 20 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 100 |
| Nutritional value | 50 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A chicken:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line321 |
- For the similar monster in SpliceHack, see chicken (SpliceHack).
A chicken, c, is a type of monster that appears in the Lethe patch, SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM, and Hack'EM. The chicken is a domestic herbivorous animal that is part of the cockatrice monster class, and shares a glyph with the cockatrice—it has a tendency to wander while moving, and can be seen via infravision.
A chicken has a single bite attack.
Generation
Randomly generated chickens may be created as peaceful towards neutral heroes, and can appear in small groups.
Strategy
The chicken's speed of 15 can make groups of them somewhat dangerous to early heroes, but they can reliably be pacified by throwing rations at them, and are generally not a major threat overall. Regardless, care should be taken not to mistake them for the much more dangerous chickatrice, which can also be generated in small groups.
Origin
The chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago - female chickens are known as hens, while males are known as roosters. Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds; a hen bred for laying can produce over 300 eggs per year. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs, while others are kept as pets or used for cockfighting.
The encyclopedia entry is derived from a minstrel song called "Rufus Rustus Johnson Brown", written in 1905 by Andrew B. Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer.
Encyclopedia entry
This encyclopedia entry only appears in Hack'EM:
C - That's the way it begins
H - Is the next letter in
I - Is the middle of the word
C - You've already heard
K - That's the name of the hen
E - Now you're nearing the N
N - And that's the end
C - H - I - C - K - E - N, that's the way you spell chicken!
