# Wyvern

D wyvern 

Difficulty

24

Attacks

Sting 4d6 poison, Bite 3d8

D wyvern 

Difficulty

24

Attacks

Sting 4d6 poison, Bite 3d8

Base level

18

Base experience

688

Speed

9

Base AC

-4

Base MR

20

Alignment

7 (lawful)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

4500

Nutritional value

500

Size

Gigantic

Resistances

poison, petrification

Resistances conveyed

poison (100%)

A wyvern:

 can fly.

 has no hands.

 has a thick hide.

 can see invisible creatures.

 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 is nasty.
 is strong.

 likes gold.
 likes gems.

 can pick up magical items.

 hits creatures as a +2 weapon.

Reference

SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2330

A wyvern is one of two dragon-like monsters to use the D glyph in SLASH'EM, the other being the hydra. It possesses a poisonous sting, but no breath weapon.

Strategy
Wyverns are an exception to the general rule that SLASH'EM's new monsters tend to be more dangerous than their vanilla counterparts.  As compared to normal dragons, this is a relatively weak monster. The poison component of its attack is rendered mostly harmless by MC 3, and completely so by poison resistance. By the time one encounters wyverns, one should almost certainly have at least one, if not both, of these properties. Since they have no breath attack, they are thus less of a threat than normal dragons.

Mythology
A wyvern is a dragon-like creature from English mythology that possesses only two legs (sometimes none) and a barbed tail, unlike most depictions of dragons.

See also
Hydra
Dragon