Bestiary/Ophidian Archmage

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Ophidian Archmage

General
Type	Ophidian
Category	Reptiles & serpents
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−11,500
Fame	11,500
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Fast
Stats
Strength	281–305
Dexterity	191–215
Intelligence	226–250
Hit points	169–183
Stamina	36–45
Mana	226–250
Damage	5–10
Armor	44
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs

The Ophidian Archmage is a high ophidian spellcaster with 95–100 Magery and 169–183 hit points. It carries both magery and necromancy reagents.

Overview

• In-game name: an ophidian justicar or an ophidian zealot (picked at random)
• Corpse: an ophidian corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights like a spellcaster (mage AI), mixing spells with melee.
• Movement: it is one of the faster creatures in the game (fast speed).
• Enemies: terathans and ophidians are sworn enemies and attack each other on sight.
• Old names: its script keeps the old type names OphidianJusticar and OphidianZealot as aliases.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	281–305
Dexterity	191–215
Intelligence	226–250
Hit points	169–183
Stamina	36–45
Mana	226–250 (same as its Intelligence)
Melee damage	5–10
Armor rating	44
Fame / Karma	11,500 / −11,500

Skills

Skill	Range
Evaluating Intelligence	95.1–100.0
Magery	95.1–100.0
Magic Resistance	75.0–97.5
Tactics	65.0–87.5
Wrestling	20.2–60.0

Abilities

Magic

It fights with the mage AI: it closes to melee range but casts between swings. Its Magery is 95.1–100.0 and its Evaluating Intelligence 95.1–100.0.

• 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 226+ Intelligence it can cast Dispel on your summoned creatures (more reliably the higher its Magery).

Loot

Every ophidian archmage carries:

• Gold: about 260–350 in total (from its "Rich" loot)
• 2 magic scrolls from circles 4–7. With Necromancy enabled on New Bradford, necromancy scrolls can show up too.
• 5–15 reagents (random)
• 5–15 necromancy reagents (Necromancy is enabled on New Bradford)

It may also carry:

• A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 3 chances, from about 20% down to 1% each)
• A musical instrument (about 1% or less)

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 1 raw ribs

Location

• Champion spawn: it is a level 3 creature of the Cold Blood champion spawn (champion: Rikktor), so it appears at the fixed Cold Blood altar at 5259, 837, and any of the 11 Lost Lands altars that rolls Cold Blood. 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

• Ophidians and terathans are sworn enemies and attack each other on sight, so you can sometimes let them fight it out.
• It's fast and casts strong spells; close in quickly.