Zruty
z zruty 
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| Difficulty | 11 |
| Attacks |
Claw 3d4, Claw 3d4, Bite 3d6 |
| Base level | 9 |
| Base experience | 186 |
| Speed | 8 |
| Base AC | 3 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1200 |
| Nutritional value | 600 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A zruty:
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| Reference | monst.c#line974 |
A zruty, z, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The zruty is a strong and carnivorous humanoid animal that is the only member of the zruty monster class.
A zruty has two claw attacks and a bite attack.
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Generation
Randomly generated zruties are always created hostile.
Hostile zruties can be created via the summon nasties monster spell.
Strategy
Though zruties are very slow at 8 speed, they can hit unwary or poorly-armored heroes quite hard and should be handled with care. Like most animals, the zruty lacks any MR score, so wands and spells are generally effective, especially for heroes that are less melee-proficient or else lacking in AC or HP.
History
The zruty first appears in Hack 1.0.
Origin
The zruty is a creature that likely originates from Polish or Slovakian folklore, according to an RGRN discussion[1] - its name is derived from the Slovak word žrút (plural žrúti or žrúty), which means "glutton". The encyclopedia entry originates from a direct quote of The Mythology of All Races Vol. 3, which describes the zruty or "Ozruti" as a type of wild and gigantic being that inhabits the wildernesses of the Tatra Mountains, located on the border between Poland and Slovakia. The word "ozruti" shares a similar root to "zruty" and may mean "ogre" or "giant"; it may also be used informally to refer to an excessively large object.
Variants
Variants that include zouthern animals move the zruty to the Y apelike creature monster class to accommodate the repurposed z glyph - this primarily applies to SLASH'EM and other variants based on it.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the zruty is moved to the apelike creature monster class as Y to make room for zouthern animals. Its stats are identical to its appearance in vanilla NetHack, but it can generate as peaceful for a neutral character, it can be tamed with a banana like other apelike creatures, and it does not generate in Gehennom or via the summon nasties monster spell. This also applies to SlashTHEM.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, zruties may be generated as minions of Offler.
SpliceHack
In SpliceHack, zruties are moved to the apelike creature monster class as Y to make room for zouthern animals.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, the zruty's base speed is increased to 12, its MR score is increased to 30, and its monster difficulty is increased to 12; it also has a bite attack and two claw attacks, all of which are 3d6, and the claw attack can inflict knockback.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, the zruty has its traits from SLASH'EM and the same stats as in EvilHack.
Encyclopedia entry
The zruty are wild and gigantic beings, living in the wildernesses of the Tatra mountains.
