Saber-toothed tiger (Hack'EM)
| f saber-toothed tiger (No tile) | |
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| Difficulty | 14 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 12 |
| Base experience | 203 |
| Speed | 14 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1000 |
| Nutritional value | 600 |
| Size | Huge |
| Resistances | cold resistance |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A saber-toothed tiger:
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| Reference | Hack'EM - src/monst.c, line 989 |
- This article is about the monster in Hack'EM. For the monster in EvilHack, see saber-toothed tiger (EvilHack).
- For the other similarly-named monsters in variants of NetHack, see saber-toothed cat.
A saber-toothed tiger, f, is a type of monster that appears in Hack'EM. The saber-toothed tiger is a huge, carnivorous and thick-skinned feline animal that has infravision and can be seen via infravision, and is a slightly stronger version of its appearance in EvilHack. Cavepeople are the only role of hero that can throw food at saber-toothed tigers to tame them, and are also the only role that can apply barding and saddles to a saber-toothed tiger 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, and may go berserk when its HP is low enough. Saber-toothed tigers possess cold resistance.
Generation
Randomly generated saber-toothed tigers are always hostile. 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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