Draft:Dragonette
| d Dragonette | |
|---|---|
| Form | Ordinary creature |
| Attacks | 2 attacks, each raw 0–39 physical plus 0–39 fire; 2 defenses |
| Special abilities | Fire bolt; valuable gifts take priority over food |
| Base level | 5 |
| HP | 50 |
| Hit | 20 |
| Defense | 15 |
| Action interval | 3 ticks; lower is faster |
| Kill experience | 180, when death is in sight |
| Generation | Ordinary and special encounters |
| Carried items | No fixed item; 0–3 random possessions |
| Immunities | Fire |
| Remains | Dragon steak; 50% on normal death |
| Remains use | Ordinary food; fire-resistance ring alchemy |
Traits
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| Reference | minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163[1] |
A dragonette is a small flying dragon with fire bolts and combined physical-and-fire melee attacks. It is weaker than a full dragon, but each of its two melee hits attempts both types of damage.[2]
Generation
Dragonettes belong to ordinary random-monster pools and a dedicated volcano selection. An ordinary dragonette has no fixed item and zero through three random possessions.[3]
Combat and gifts
It makes two attacks, each attempting a raw 0–39 physical damage and a separate raw 0–39 fire damage. Displacement is checked separately for each damage call. It also has two defenses. Its fire bolt uses a raw 0–39 roll, with ordinary ranged opportunities from distance three through nine.[4]
The dragonette is immune to fire, but not cold, poison or sleep. It flies over water. Although hungry, it is also greedy, so valuable-gift handling takes priority: a single gift worth at least 500 Au removes hostility. Cheap food is not a separate route to pacification while that greedy response applies.[5]
Dragon steak
Normal death drops possessions and has a 50% chance to leave dragon steak. The steak is ordinary edible corpse food, supplying six food units subject to normal eating limits; it does not use the alternate steak message's unused food-setting effect. Ambrosias can instead buy it for 16 Au or charge 100 Au to convert the selected steak into one blessed +5 ring of fire resistance. The ring gives fire immunity while worn; +5 does not strengthen the immunity.[6]
Strategy
Fire immunity removes its ranged damage and the fire part of each melee hit, but leaves physical damage. Keeping range can therefore be useful when fire-protected, while closing without protection exposes you to both components twice per sequence. Sleep and poison remain applicable against the ordinary creature.
Choose between a meal and a low-cost protective ring when retaining the steak. Existing fire immunity makes eating or selling it more attractive; without that protection, conversion can prepare you for later fire encounters.
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; 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.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 95–101.
- ↑ lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 166–190; lev.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 280–395; minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163.
- ↑ mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 8–20; mmelee.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 95–101; minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163; mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 12–69; mstrike.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 10–14; effect1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 253–309.
- ↑ minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163; util.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 93–159; inv.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 410–467.
- ↑ mon.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 134–203; item.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 79–82; itemf1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 697–701; minit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 163; site1.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 845–869; iinit.h in Omega 0.90.4, line 342; itemf2.c in Omega 0.90.4, lines 73–78.