Bestiary/Greater Mongbat

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Greater Mongbat

General
Type	Monster
Category	Fey & magical creatures
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−450
Fame	450
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	61–80
Intelligence	26–50
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	61–80
Mana	26–50
Damage	5–7
Armor	10
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	71.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 6 hides

The Greater Mongbat is a bigger, tougher mongbat that attacks on sight. It needs 71.1 Animal Taming.

Overview

• In-game name: a greater mongbat
• Corpse: a mongbat corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.
• Corpse note: its corpse is named a mongbat corpse.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	61–80
Intelligence	26–50
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	61–80
Mana	26–50
Melee damage	5–7
Armor rating	10
Fame / Karma	450 / −450

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	35.1–50.0
Wrestling	20.1–35.0
Magic Resistance	15.1–30.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	71.1 (below this you have no chance)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt is about 58% at 100.0 skill, and it improves as your skill rises. Every previous owner adds 6 points to the difficulty.
• Don't hurt it. If it takes any damage during your attempt, taming fails with "The animal is too angry to continue taming."
• Stay close. You must stay within 6 tiles of it and keep a clear path to it.
• Obedience. Once tamed, how often it obeys depends on your Animal Taming and Animal Lore (taming counts four times as much as lore). With both at 71.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 76.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 71.1 the chance drops quickly, to as low as 22%.
• Re-taming. If you've owned this one before, taming it again always succeeds ("That wasn't even challenging.").
• After its first tame, its skills drop to 90% of their wild values, or 86% if it was paralyzed while you tamed it. Its stats don't drop.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a greater mongbat, and they need at least 71.1 Animal Taming (base skill). Feed it to start bonding, then feed it again after 7 days to finish. When you see "Your pet has bonded with you!", it's done.

Loot

Every greater mongbat carries:

• Gold: about 1–25 in total (from its "Poor" loot)

It may also carry:

• A musical instrument (well under 1%: about 0.02%)

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 1 raw ribs
• 6 hides

Location

• The Deceit brazier: double-clicking it from within 2 tiles summons one creature picked at random from a list of about 90, and this is one of them. The brazier warns players who step next to it ("Heed this warning well, and use this brazier at your own peril"). It works once every 15 minutes and places the creature within 5 tiles. The summoned creature is set to attack the closest target, even if it would normally leave you alone, and it stays within 5 tiles of the brazier.

Tips

• It attacks on sight.
• At 100.0 skill each attempt has about a 58% chance.
• It has far more hit points than a regular mongbat (34–48 vs 4–6).
• Carve the corpse for 1 raw ribs and 6 hides.