& marilith 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 11 |
| Attacks |
Weapon damage + 2d4, weapon damage + 2d4, claw 2d4, claw 2d4, claw 2d4, claw 2d4 |
| Base level | 7 |
| Base experience | 156 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | -6 |
| Base MR | 80 |
| Alignment | -12 |
| Frequency (by normal mechanisms) | Very rare, appears only in Gehennom |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Fire, poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
None
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The marilith, &, is a demon in NetHack. They can deal damage extremely quickly due to their possessing six attacks per move.
Strategy[]
Mariliths are given two weapon attacks and four 2d4 claw attacks. Mariliths cannot #twoweapon (or #sixweapon), instead this is realized as two attacks with its primary weapon followed by the claw attacks. Since the primary weapon could be highly enchanted or a powerful artifact -- or both -- mariliths are interesting as a pet or even as a self-polymorph target. Mariliths are demons, so a pet marilith will not wield a silver weapon. (You, however, are oddly not seared by wielding a silver weapon as a marilith.) Also, a pet marilith, like other intelligent weapon-using monsters, will not wield a cross-aligned artifact.
Note that polymorphing into a marilith can break worn armor, and that mariliths cannot wear boots, shirts or body armor. Fortunately, mariliths have excellent natural AC, as some compensation.
Encyclopedia entry[]
The marilith has a torso shaped like that of a human female,
and the lower body of a great snake. It has multiple arms,
and can freely attack with all of them. Since it is
intelligent enough to use weapons, this means it can cause
great damage.
Quotes[]
The Marilith has been known to say (here is the complete list):
"Verily thy corpse could not smell worse!" "Up thy nose with a rubber hose!" "Go ahead, fetch thy mama! I shall wait." "This time I shall let thee off with a spanking, but let it not happen again." "Thinkest thou it shall tickle as I rip out thy lungs?" "Doth pain excite thee? Wouldst thou prefer the whip?" "Eat slime and die!" "Come here often?"