FREQUENCY: Rare
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Dungeon Level IV])
 

NO. APPEARING: 2-12
ARMOR CLASS: 3 <(NAC: 3)>
MOVE: 9"
HIT DICE: 5
% IN LAIR: 20%
TREASURE TYPE: [P]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-8/1-8
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Low
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (9' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IV | 90 + 5

Large, powerful bipeds, hook horrors have vulture-like heads and a
hard plated exoskeleton which is mottled grey in colour. They inhabit <>
deep underground corridors and chambers.

Though their vision is poor, their hearing is extremely acute and
there is only a 10% chance of surprising a hook horror. The creature's
arms end in sharp hook-like talons which it uses in melee, each
inflicting 1-8 HP of damage.

A hook horror cannot speak but communicates with others of its kind
by making clacking noises with the exoskeleton -- an eerie sound
which can alarm the unwary as it echoes around dungeon corridors.

    by Ian Livingstone