Hell rat: Difference between revisions

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For a list of all rodents, see list of rodents.

hell rat r
HP	10-22
HD	3
XP	33
Speed	12
AC	7
EV	10
Will	20
Attack¹	20 (bite: drain experience)
Resistances	rTorm rMiasma rN+++
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Little
Type	rat, hell rat
Flags	Evil Warm-blooded

A unusually large rat. Its weird, knobbly orange skin glows with the infernal energies that spawned it.

HAMLET [Drawing his sword.]: How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead [Stabs through the arras.]
-William Shakespeare, _The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark_, III, 4. 1603.

Useful Info

Hell rats are an unusually dangerous breed of rat. Like their weaker cousins, they have fairly low HP, but they move fast and have a powerful draining bite. They can be found as the bosses of some Sewer layouts, in packs in the Lair, or in rat vaults.

Tips & Tricks

Hell rats are thankfully rare in the early game, but finding one in the Sewers can prove very dangerous, and getting swarmed in the Lair can be extremely lethal. Do everything in your power to kill them at range, especially if you lack negative energy resistance.
They've got negligible willpower and very low HD, so pretty much any negative status conditions you can hit them with should work.

History

Prior to 0.16, hell rats were known as orange rats.

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-|name=orange rat
+{{list of|rodents}}
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+{{monster info}}
-|flags={{Warm blood flag}}<br>{{Evil flag}}<br>{{Glows flag}}
-|resistances=None
-|vulnerabilities={{Holy vulnerability}}
-|max_chunks=1
-|meat={{Poisonous corpse}}
-|xp=34
-|holiness={{Natural}}
-|magic_resistance=12
-|hp_range=9 - 24
-|avg_hp=16
-|armour_class=7
-|evasion=10
-|habitat=land
-|speed=12
-|size={{Little}}
-|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
-|attack1=20 ({{Bite type}}: {{Drain experience flavour}})
-|attack2=
-|attack3=
-|attack4=
-|hit_dice=3
-|base_hp=3
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-|intelligence={{Animal intelligence}}
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-{{Flavour|A huge rat, with weird knobbly orange skin. It glows with unholy energies.}}
 ==Useful Info==
-'''Orange rats''' are an unusually dangerous breed of [[list of rats|rat]]. Like their weaker cousins, they have fairly low HP, but they move fast and have a powerful [[draining]] attack. They can be found as the bosses of some [[Sewer]] layouts, in packs in the [[Lair]], in rat [[vault]]s, or as summons by [[vampire (monster)|vampiric]] foes.
+'''Hell rats''' are an unusually dangerous breed of [[list of rats|rat]]. Like their weaker cousins, they have fairly low HP, but they move fast and have a powerful [[draining]] bite. They can be found as the bosses of some [[Sewer]] layouts, in packs in the [[Lair]], or in rat [[vault]]s.
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Orange rats are thankfully rare in the early game, but finding one in the Sewers can prove very dangerous, and getting swarmed in the Lair can be extremely lethal. Do everything in your power to kill them at range, especially if you lack [[negative energy]] resistance.
+*Hell rats are thankfully rare in the early game, but finding one in the Sewers can prove very dangerous, and getting swarmed in the Lair can be extremely lethal. Do everything in your power to kill them at range, especially if you lack [[negative energy]] resistance.
-*They've got negligible [[magic resistance]] and very low [[HD]], so pretty much any negative [[status condition]]s you can hit them with should work.
+*They've got negligible [[willpower]] and very low [[HD]], so pretty much any negative [[status condition]]s you can hit them with should work.
-*[[Player ghost]]s that know [[Summon Small Mammals]] will be able to spam these, making low-level summoner ghosts much more dangerous than you'd expect.
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.16]], hell rats were known as '''orange rats'''.