Saber-toothed cat (Hack'EM)
f sabre-toothed cat 
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| Difficulty | 9 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 9 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 6 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 550 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A sabre-toothed cat:
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| Reference | Hack'EM - src/monst.c, line 942 |
- This article is about the monster in Hack'EM. For the monster in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, see sabre-toothed cat (SLASH'EM).
- For the other similarly-named monsters in variants of NetHack, see saber-toothed cat.
A saber-toothed cat, f, is a type of monster that appears in Hack'EM. The saber-toothed cat is a large carnivorous feline that can be seen via infravision, and is slightly weaker compared to its appearance in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM: Hack'EM additionally includes the saber-toothed tiger from EvilHack and makes the saber-toothed cat a weaker counterpart. Like the saber-toothed tiger, Cavepeople are the only role of hero that can throw food at saber-toothed cats to tame them, and are also the only role that can apply barding and saddles to a saber-toothed cat and ride them as a steed.
A saber-toothed tiger has two claw attacks and a bite attack, with the second claw attack being a bit stronger.
Generation
Randomly-generated saber-toothed cats are always created hostile, and are not normally generated in Gehennom. A saber-toothed cat can grow up into a saber-toothed tiger.
Origin
Machairodontinae is an extinct subfamily of carnivorous mammals within the family Felidae (also known as "true cats"), and contains many of the extinct predators commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including the famed genus Smilodon. These saber-toothed cats are the best-known genera of saber-toothed predators and were found across most of the world, living from about 16 million until about 11,000 years ago. The species is named for their massive canine teeth: Machairodontinae means "dagger-tooth" and is derived from the Greek μάχαιρα (machaira, "sword").
Previously, some species of saber-toothed cats were called "saber-toothed tigers", though machairodonts are not closely related to any living feline species; DNA analysis published in 2005 confirmed and clarified that the Machairodontinae diverged early from the ancestors of modern cats in their evolution.
Encyclopedia entry
The saber-toothed tiger, a common term for a member of the genus Smilodon, is perhaps the most well-known of the saber-toothed cats. Notable for the long, dagger-like fangs from which the name of the genus is derived, these apex predators stalked mammoths, bison, and other large herbivores across the plains of prehistoric North America.
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