Salamander

: salamander
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 2d8, Touch 1d6 fire, bearhug 2d6, bearhug 3d6 fire (scrolls, potions and spellbooks may be affected)

: salamander
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 2d8, Touch 1d6 fire, bearhug 2d6, bearhug 3d6 fire (scrolls, potions and spellbooks may be affected)
Base level	8
Base experience	148
Speed	12
Base AC	-1
Base MR	0
Alignment	-9
Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Very rare
Genocidable	No
Weight	1500
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Fire, Sleep
Resistances conveyed	Fire (53%)
Other attributes	A salamander: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. has a serpent body. has a thick body. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) always starts as hostile. can follow you to other levels. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom.
Reference	monst.c#line2895

A salamander has the torso of a man atop the body of a great snake. They are generated with a spear (6/7 chance) or a trident (2/21 chance) or a stiletto (1/21 chance). They are not the salamanders from real life but rather are based on the monsters from D&D.

Salamanders appear in large numbers on the Plane of Fire.

When #chat-ted to, the salamander will mumble incomprehensibly.

Encyclopedia entry

For hundreds of years, many people believed that salamanders
were magical. In England in the Middle Ages, people thought
that fire created salamanders. When they set fire to damp
logs, dozens of the slimy creatures scurried out. The word
salamander, in fact, comes from a Greek word meaning "fire
animal".

[ Salamanders, by Cherie Winner ]

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