Nachash tannin

& nachash tannin File:Nachash tannin.png
Difficulty	24
Attacks	Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Touch 3d20 acid

& nachash tannin File:Nachash tannin.png
Difficulty	24
Attacks	Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Five-square-reach bite 1d20 physical, Touch 3d20 acid
Base level	18
Base experience	763
Speed	12
Base AC	-7
Base MR	24
Alignment	-14 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	No
Weight	4500
Nutritional value	1000
Size	huge
Resistances	cold, shock, poison, acid, petrification, disease
Resistances conveyed	fire, cold
A nachash tannin: can swim. can tunnel through walls. can survive underwater. does not breathe. has a serpent body. regenerates HP quickly. can see invisible creatures. is acidic to eat. does not eat. (*) is not a valid polymorphable form. is a demon. is neither male nor female. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. has infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic. cannot be tamed.

Nachash tanninim are a possible inhabitant of a strange-larva-hellish seal. They are primarily notable for their very high physical damage output and 5-square reach. An adjacent target may also be struck by their 1d30-damage slashing shadow, which passes through most forms of armor. The player should therefore seek to destroy them as quickly as possible.

Sciaphilia madness

While afflicted with sciaphilia (the love of shadows) the character will suffer from reduced accuracy (-1 per 5 points of sanity lost) and increased spell failure (1 percentage point per point of sanity lost) unless they are standing in a "shadowy" square (a dark square illuminated by a light-source, or a light square darkened by a dark-source).

Origin

Tannin (plural tanninim) is an ancient Hebrew word meaning "sea monster" (or sometimes "serpent," and sometimes translated as "dragon"). Ancient Semitic religions used sea monsters to symbolize primordial chaos, and sometimes evil (see also Tiamat/the Chromatic Dragon).

Nachash (more properly spelled nâchâsh) is a Hebrew word meaning "snake."

dNetHack's tanninim are based on D&D Obyrith and Pathfinder Qlippoth. Nachash tanninim are based on Golothoma Obyrith.