# Sabre-toothed cat

f sabre-toothed cat 

Difficulty

11

Attacks

Claw 4d4, Claw 4d4, Bite 2d10

f sabre-toothed cat 

Difficulty

11

Attacks

Claw 4d4, Claw 4d4, Bite 2d10

Base level

9

Base experience

186

Speed

12

Base AC

6

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

800

Nutritional value

400

Size

Large

Resistances

None

Resistances conveyed

None

A sabre-toothed cat:

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 can be seen through infravision.
 does not appear in Gehennom.

Reference

SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line691

A sabre-toothed cat, f, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. Sabre-toothed cats move at the same speed as you, and possess a strong attack set consisting of two claw strikes and a bite.

Strategy
Sabre-toothed cats are significantly tougher than the other felines you may encounter, doing twice the damage of a tiger with twice the hit points - a player who is not sufficiently prepared to engage one in melee may well die very quickly. Fortunately, their lack of monster MR leaves them very vulnerable to wands and spells, and a fast player can reliably outrun them while using ranged attacks at will. Their AC of 6 is also mediocre enough that a well-armored character with a decently-enchanted weapon can fight them off even in melee.

Origin

Wikipedia has an article about:
Saber-toothed cat

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.