Bestiary/Terathan Matriarch

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Terathan Matriarch

General
Type	Arachnid (terathan)
Category	Arachnids & insects
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−10,000
Fame	10,000
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	316–405
Dexterity	96–115
Intelligence	366–455
Hit points	190–243
Stamina	96–115
Mana	366–455
Damage	11–14
Armor	0
Resources
Carving	Nothing

The Terathan Matriarch rules the terathans. She's a powerful mage with high Magery and Magic Resistance, and she carries spider's silk and necromancy reagents.

Overview

• In-game name: a terathan matriarch
• Corpse: a terathan matriarch corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights like a spellcaster (mage AI), mixing spells with melee.
• Enemies: terathans and ophidians are sworn enemies and attack each other on sight.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	316–405
Dexterity	96–115
Intelligence	366–455
Hit points	190–243
Stamina	96–115 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	366–455 (same as its Intelligence)
Melee damage	11–14
Armor rating	0
Fame / Karma	10,000 / −10,000

Skills

Skill	Range
Evaluating Intelligence	90.1–100.0
Magery	90.1–100.0
Magic Resistance	90.1–100.0
Wrestling	60.1–80.0
Tactics	50.1–70.0

Abilities

Magic

It fights with the mage AI: it closes to melee range but casts between swings. Its Magery is 90.1–100.0 and its Evaluating Intelligence 90.1–100.0.

• Damage spells: Magic Arrow, Harm, Fireball, Lightning, Mind Blast, Energy Bolt, Explosion and Flame Strike.
• Other spells: about 1 cast in 8 is Poison (only if you aren't poisoned already). It may also Bless itself, curse you (Weaken, Clumsy, Feeblemind or Curse), drain your mana (Mana Drain or Mana Vampire) or Paralyze you.
• Healing: it cures itself when poisoned, and sometimes heals itself (Greater Heal when badly hurt), more often the higher its Magery.
• Dispel: with 366+ Intelligence it can cast Dispel on your summoned creatures (more reliably the higher its Magery).

Loot

Every terathan matriarch carries:

• Gold: about 380–650 in total (from its "Rich" and "Average" ×2 loot)
• 2 magic scrolls from circles 4–7. With Necromancy enabled on New Bradford, necromancy scrolls can show up too.
• 1 random potion: Agility, Strength, Refresh, Lesser Cure, Lesser Heal or Lesser Poison
• 5 spider's silk
• 4–10 necromancy reagents (only because Necromancy is enabled on New Bradford)

It may also carry:

• A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 9 chances, from about 20% down to 0.5% each)
• A musical instrument (about 1.8% or less)
• A level 4 treasure map (1% chance)

Carving

There's nothing to carve from its corpse.

Location

• Champion spawn: it is a level 3 creature of the Arachnid champion spawn (champion: Mephitis), so it appears at the fixed Arachnid altar at Felucca 5190, 1607, and any of the 11 Lost Lands altars that rolls Arachnid. Each one killed during a spawn gives the killer Valor and champion-title progress.

Champion spawns only exist if the staff have generated them (with the staff command [GenChamps); the code doesn't say whether that's been done on New Bradford.

Tips

• She's a strong caster (Magery 90–100), so bring magic resistance or a fast pet.
• Her armor rating is 0, so physical attacks land well.
• She can drop level 4 treasure maps and two medium-circle scrolls.
• She's a level 3 creature of the Arachnid champion spawn.