Hedrow zombie

Z hedrow zombie (No tile)
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Claw 1d6 fire, passive 1d6 barbs

Z hedrow zombie (No tile)
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Claw 1d6 fire, passive 1d6 barbs
Base level	5
Base experience	81
Speed	6
Base AC	9
Base MR	0
Alignment	-5 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1200
Nutritional value	175
Size	medium
Resistances	cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance
Resistances conveyed	none
A hedrow zombie: can survive underwater. does not need to breathe. is mindless. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. does not eat. (*) is undead. is male. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. can be seen through infravision. normally appears in small groups. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic. lacks natural HP regeneration.
Reference	dNAO 3.25.0 - src/monst.c, line 5691

This article is about the male undead monster in dNetHack. For the monster in other variants, see drow zombie.

Not to be confused with a regular drow or other drow monster that has the zombie template.

A hedrow zombie, Z, is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The hedrow zombie is an always-male form of zombie drow that is distinct from other derived undead drow, though it naturally shares many traits with zombies.

A hedrow zombie is amphibious, unbreathing, mindless and lacks HP regeneration like a "traditional" zombie in dNetHack and its variants, but he can be seen via infravision, and also has darkvision much like a living drow does. Hedrow zombies can follow a hero to other levels if they are close enough. A hedrow zombie has 1 point of natural AC and several slots of natural DR: 6 points each for the upper body and lower body slots, and 2 each for the head, hands and legs.

Hedrow zombies have a fiery claw attack, as well as a passive attack that inflicts physical damage via barbs. They resist blunt and piercing damage, but are vulnerable to slashing damage and weak to iron like most drow, and they also possess cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, drain resistance, and death resistance like most undead.

Hedrow zombies can be warded by a fourfold-or-better Elder Elemental Eye.

Generation

Randomly-generated hedrow zombies are always hostile, and may appear in small groups.

Dokkalfar eternal matriarchs are often generated with a group of hedrow zombies accompanying them.

The hedrow zombie is the first quest monster for the Hedrow Noble, and makes up ⁹⁶⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Hedrow Noble quest—this also applies for hedrow Priests, Rogues, Rangers, and Wizards that have turned traitor. Hedrow zombies also appear among the random Z that are part of the second quest monster class for traitor hedrow heroes and make up ⁶⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters generated on their quest.

Hedrow zombies appear among the random Z that are part of the first quest monster class for Priests and make up ²⁴⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Priest quest. They also among the random Z that are part of the first quest monster class for half-dragon Noblewomen and make up ²⁴⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Half-dragon Noblewoman quest.

Hedrow zombies have a ¹⁄₁₀ chance of generating with a black signet ring bearing their faction's symbol.

Hedrow zombies leave behind an aged male drow corpse upon death. Zapping a wand of undead turning or casting the turn undead spell at a corpse left by a hedrow zombie will revive it as a hedrow zombie.

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