Bestiary/Swamp Tentacle

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Swamp Tentacle

General
Type	Plant
Category	Plants
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−3,000
Fame	3,000
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	96–120
Dexterity	66–85
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	58–72
Stamina	66–85
Mana	0
Damage	6–12
Armor	28
Resources
Carving	Nothing

The Swamp Tentacle is a writhing tentacle of the swamps with 58–72 hit points. Despite its look, it has no poison attack.

Overview

• In-game name: a swamp tentacle
• Corpse: a swamp tentacle corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.
• No mana: it has no mana.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	96–120
Dexterity	66–85
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	58–72
Stamina	66–85 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	6–12
Armor rating	28
Fame / Karma	3,000 / −3,000

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	65.1–80.0
Wrestling	65.1–80.0
Magic Resistance	15.1–20.0

Abilities

Poison immunity

It is immune to poison up to Greater (Lesser, Regular, Greater). Only stronger poison affects it.

Loot

Every swamp tentacle carries:

• Gold: about 60–150 in total (from its "Average" loot)
• 3 reagents (random)

It may also carry:

• A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 3 chances, from about 5% down to 0.5% each)
• A musical instrument (about 0.4% or less)

Carving

There's nothing to carve from its corpse.

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

• A straightforward melee fight; it hits for 6–12.
• It's immune to Greater poison and weaker.