Draft:Great Wyrm
| W Great Wyrm | |
|---|---|
| Form | Ordinary creature |
| Attacks | 3 physical attacks, raw 0–19 each; no defense |
| Special abilities | Death completes the sewers challenge |
| Base level | 7 |
| HP | 250 |
| Hit | 40 |
| Defense | 30 |
| Action interval | 5 ticks; lower is faster |
| Kill experience | 500, when death is in sight |
| Generation | Ordinary and special encounters |
| Carried items | +7 blessed Defender; 0–7 random items |
| Immunities | Cold, poison, fear, sleep |
| Remains | The head of the Great Wyrm; guaranteed on normal death |
| Remains use | Inedible head; no alchemy; not a quest hand-in |
Traits
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| Reference | minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 227[1] |
The Great Wyrm is the guardian at the bottom of the Rampart Sewers. Killing it advances the Oracle's quest sequence, and its fixed treasure includes Defender.[2]
Generation
In Omega 0.90.4, the sewers have eighteen levels. Their normal bottom-level generator places the Great Wyrm while the sewers quest remains incomplete. It is excluded from ordinary random-monster selection, though explicit summoning is not restricted to that ordinary pool.[3]
It carries a +7 Defender with blessing strength +7, along with zero through seven random possessions. Its normal death drops carried items and always leaves its head.[4]
Description
The Wyrm is hostile and can swim. It makes three physical attacks at random heights, each with a raw damage range of 0–19, and has no defensive actions. It is immune to cold, poison, fear and sleep. Its carried Defender does not replace these attacks with the player's weapon behavior.[5]
It has no functioning additional ranged or special attack in this version's normal combat routine. In particular, it does not breathe a cold projectile merely because it is a cold-immune Wyrm.[6]
Quest and remains
The death itself records completion of the sewers challenge. The Oracle checks that completion flag during the quest sequence after the Goblin Caves; handing over the Wyrm's head is unnecessary. The head is inedible and has no alchemical transformation.[7]
Defender has a separate use in the Duke's advancement quests. An Esquire who has already supplied the Goblin King's corpse can surrender the sword for promotion to Knight and 1,000 experience. That check accepts the weapon kind, rather than requiring this particular Wyrm's sword.[8]
Strategy
Physical attacks or fire avoid the Wyrm's listed immunities; sleep and poison do not. Prepare for three accurate physical blows rather than planning around an unimplemented breath weapon. Recover Defender after the kill and decide whether its protective value is worth retaining before surrendering it for the Duke's quest.
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 8–148; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 227–311; aux2.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 689–727; 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.
- ↑ gen1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 483–495; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 328–334; minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 227.
- ↑ defs.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 153; aux2.c in Omega 0.90.4, line 1141; gen1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 90–108; gen1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 483–495; lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 280–394; effect3.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 7–43.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 227; iinit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 242; lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 373–394; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 134–203.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 227; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 8–20; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 227–311.
- ↑ mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 390–524; minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 227. The assigned cold melee action cannot execute at ordinary ranged distance, and the assigned Wyrm special action has no implemented dispatch.
- ↑ mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 328–334; site2.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 820–870; item.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 63–139; itemf1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 664–749.
- ↑ guild1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 222–249.