1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/mon-place.cc b/crawl-ref/source/mon-place.cc
index d428474e49..4e8bde2885 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/mon-place.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/mon-place.cc
@@ -1009,8 +1009,10 @@ int place_monster(mgen_data mg, bool force_pos)
                 // Don't give XP for the slaves to discourage hunting.  Pikel
                 // has an artificially large XP modifier to compensate for
                 // this.
-
-                menv[band_id].flags |= MF_CREATED_FRIENDLY;
+                menv[band_id].flags |= MF_CREATED_FRIENDLY | MF_NAME_DESCRIPTOR
+                                        | MF_NAME_REPLACE;
+                menv[band_id].mname = "slave";
+                menv[band_id].props["pikel_band"] = true;
             }
         }
     }