Saber-toothed cat (dNetHack)
| f saber-toothed cat (No tile) | |
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| Difficulty | 12 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 10 |
| Base experience | 251 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 6 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 2250 |
| Nutritional value | 800 |
| Size | large |
| Resistances | none |
| Resistances conveyed | none |
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A saber-toothed cat:
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- This article is about the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives. 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 dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The saber-toothed cat is a large carnivorous feline and a prehistoric animal: it is strong, has giant blood and can be seen via infravision.
Saber-toothed cats possess two claw attacks and a bite attack.
Generation
Saber-toothed cats are only randomly generated in the Caveman quest, where they are always created hostile. 1⁄12 of the monsters randomly generated in the branch will be saber-toothed cats.
Saber-toothed cats may be generated as minions of the goddess Bast. Fossils of saber-toothed cats can be generated in stone walls.
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.
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