Draft:Fnord
| f Fnord | |
|---|---|
| Form | Ordinary creature |
| Attacks | None; no defensive actions |
| Special abilities | Can summon while adjacent, even when peaceful |
| Base level | 1 |
| HP | 1 |
| Hit | 0 |
| Defense | 0 |
| Action interval | 10 ticks; lower is faster |
| Kill experience | 5, when death is in sight |
| Generation | Random pools and encounter details |
| Carried items | None at ordinary generation |
| Immunities | None innate |
| Remains | Fnord's antennae; 50% on normal death |
| Remains use | +1 current intelligence; scroll of summoning via alchemy |
Traits
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| Reference | minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 28[1] |
A fnord is a stationary, normally peaceful creature that can summon other monsters beside you. It has no melee attacks. Its antennae can increase intelligence when eaten or be made into a summoning scroll.[2]
Generation
Fnords belong to ordinary random-monster pools. They have no fixed item, and their ordinary treasure allowance produces no additional random possessions. No countryside terrain table specifically favors them.[3]
Summoning
A fnord cannot normally move and has an empty combat sequence. Once awake, its nearby special action is checked on half of its pulses. If adjacent, that action has a further one-third chance to attempt two summons. It does not require the fnord to be hostile.[4]
Each summon needs an unoccupied floor square next to the player. The creatures come from the ordinary pool appropriate to the current difficulty and retain their own initial attitude; they are not all forced hostile. Lack of space can prevent one or both from appearing. Sanctuary suppresses the special action.[5]
Antennae
Normal death has a 50% chance of leaving fnord's antennae. Eating them adds one point to current intelligence, without increasing maximum intelligence or providing food. Ambrosias transforms them into a blessed scroll of summoning for 100 Au, or buys one for 16 Au. Transformation consumes the selected stack and leaves one scroll.[6]
Strategy
Avoid waiting beside a fnord merely because it is peaceful. Step away to stop the adjacent summoning condition, or kill its fragile 1 HP body before a crowd forms. It has no innate immunity. Its antennae offer a choice between an immediate intelligence increase and a summoning scroll; they are not ordinary rations. Even the blessed scroll summons a random hostile creature, so conversion does not provide a friendly ally. Summon farming can introduce stronger or hostile creatures and has no guaranteed safe outcome.[7]
References
- ↑ lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 373–394; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 134–203; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 8–145; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 227–311; time.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 47–74; item.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 63–139. Ordinary construction, combat, timing and remains.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 28; mspec.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 675–684; itemf1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 689–692.
- ↑ lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 11–70; lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 280–395.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 28; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 12–76; mspec.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 675–684.
- ↑ effect3.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 7–47; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 402–444.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 28; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 134–203; itemf1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 689–692; iinit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 132; site1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 819–876.
- ↑ itemf3.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 724–732; effect3.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 7–47.