Sixfirhy

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sixfirhy 3
HP	33-47
HD	9
XP	772
Speed	40 (move: 60%, but only moves 1/3 of the time)
AC	2
EV	20
Will	60
Attack1	15 (hit: electricity: 9-12)
Resistances	rN+++, rTorm, rElec+++, rRot
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Holy wrath
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Little
Type	sixfirhy, sixfirhy
Flags	Evil

A small vile creature that moves in bursts, stopping then darting with lightning speed. It sprays sparks as it goes. “I saw a mouth jeering. A smile of melted red iron ran over it. Its laugh was full of nails rattling. It was a child’s dream of a mouth. A fist hit the mouth: knuckles of gun-metal driven by an electric wrist and shoulder. It was a child’s dream of an arm. The fist hit the mouth over and over, again and again. The mouth bled melted iron, and laughed its laughter of nails rattling. And I saw the more the fist pounded the more the mouth laughed. The fist is pounding and pounding, and the mouth answering.” -Carl Sandburg, “Gargoyle”, _Cornhusker_. 1918.

Useful Info

Sixfirhies are electricity-themed tier-3 demons. With a speed of 40 (acting even faster when moving), they are easily the fastest creatures in the game. Fortunately, they pass 2/3 of their actions, only moving in bursts of a few turns every now and then. Regardless, getting hit with 4 melee attacks in a row, each dealing 9-12 additional electricity damage (if you lack resistance), is very painful. They can be found in the Abyss, Pandemonium, and the Hells, and some enemies may summon them with the Summon Demon spell.

Tips & Tricks

• Like any ultra-fast opponent, characters with high AC will see a particularly dramatic reduction in their damage output compared to low-AC characters, especially if they also have rElec.

Trivia

• The sixfirhy's name comes from a cat walking across a keyboard. (The original string of characters was "sxFR:?)hyyyyyyyy-\-".)

History

• Prior to 0.19, sixfirhies could heal from electrical damage, although overcharging could kill them. Also they were tier-4 demons.