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 (which is treated as 66 for movement purposes), 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. All the same, they have surprisingly painful melee attacks which deal 9-12 additional electricity damage if you lack resistance. 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.