# Hezrou

&amp; hezrou 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Claw 1d3, claw 1d3, bite 4d4

&amp; hezrou 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Claw 1d3, claw 1d3, bite 4d4

Base level

9

Base experience

267

Speed

6

Base AC

−2

Base MR

55

Alignment

−10 (chaotic)

Frequency (by normal means)

2 (Quite rare)

Genocidable

No

Weight

1450

Nutritional value

400

Size

Large

Resistances

Fire, poison

Resistances conveyed

None

A hezrou:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.

 is poisonous to eat.

 does not eat. (*)
 is a demon.

 is normally generated hostile.

 can follow you to other levels.
 is nasty.

 has infravision.
 can be seen through infravision.

 appears only in Gehennom.

 normally appears in small groups.

 never leaves a corpse.

Reference

monst.c#line2613

The hezrou, &amp;, is a demon in NetHack. They are slow, but can hit fairly hard.
Hezrou are large and incapable of wearing any body armor; however, they can put on helms, boots and gloves.

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.

Hezrous now leave poison clouds as they move.
Generation
Hezrou are normally only generated in Gehennom, but are also valid polymorph forms, e.g. from a polymorph trap; this makes it a potential nasty surprise for players.
Like any major demon outside of the balrog and foocubus, the hezrou can summon other demons when attacking, and is eligible for gating; polymorphing into a hezrou and attacking a monster with bare or gloved hands grants a 1⁄13 chance per hit landed to summon other tame demons. ("Some hell-p has arrived!")

Strategy
Hezrou are not particularly threatening by the time they are generated, due to their slow speed and relatively paltry damage; however, a monster polymorphed into a hezrou by a trap fairly early in the dungeon can be a deadly threat. Unlike other demons, however, the hezrou's lack of speed makes it easier for you to avoid, and it shares the usual demonic weaknesses to cold and silver.
If you find yourself polymorphed into a hezrou as the result of a trap, destroying your body armor, gating in some pet hezrou can serve as a means of defense until you find replacement armor.

Encyclopedia entry

"Hezrou" is the common name for the type II demon. It is among the weaker of demons, but still quite formidable, mostly due to the stench.

 

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