Small abomination: Difference between revisions

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small abomination x
HP	17-36
HD	6
XP	164
Speed	12 - 18
AC	6
EV	9
Will	40
Attack¹	17 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Brainless
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Undead
Size	Large
Type	small abomination, small abomination
Flags	Evil Unbreathing

A hideous mass of body parts. Each varies in speed, strength, or resilience by the nature of whatever unfortunates were used to make it.

“No — it wasn't that way at all. It was everywhere — a gelatin — a slime yet it had shapes, a thousand shapes of horror beyond all memory. There were eyes — and a blemish. It was the pit — the maelstrom — the ultimate abomination. Carter, it was the unnamable!”
-H.P. Lovecraft, _The Unnamable_. 1925.

Useful Info

Small abominations are mindless, demonic, undead horrors that stalk the Abyss. They spawn with haste, might, or regeneration as a permanent buff. They are much less dangerous than large abominations, but can still be pests, especially due to their high speed.

Tips & Tricks

Though these are much weaker than the big version, they are faster. This makes running from them in the Abyss a challenge, and you generally don't want to stand and fight there.
They can usually be one-shot by Dispel Undead.

Alternate Tiles

Being haphazard collections of random body parts, small abominations can take multiple forms:

History

Prior to 0.32, small abominations had randomized attributes instead of spawning with a permanent buff. Also, they did not regenerate.
Prior to 0.31, small abominations had randomized speed (7-15). They also gained several new tiles in this version.
Prior to 0.27, small abominations could heal by fusing with crawling corpses and macabre masses. Also, monsters could cast Twisted Resurrection, allowing them to create small abominations.
Prior to 0.16, players could also cast Twisted Resurrection.
Prior to 0.14, abominations could heal naturally.
Prior to 0.12, you could read a scroll of unholy creation to get a permanent friendly abomination.

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-|name=small abomination
-|glyph={{Black|x}}
-|flags={{Evil flag}}
-|resistances={{Poison resistance}}, {{Rot resistance}}, {{Negative energy resistance}}, {{Torment resistance}}
-|vulnerabilities={{Holy vulnerability}}, {{Silver vulnerability}}
-|max_chunks=0
-|meat={{No corpse}}
-|xp=141
-|holiness={{Demonic}}
-|magic_resistance=40
-|hp_range=12 - 42
-|avg_hp=27
-|armour_class=Varies
-|evasion=Varies
-|habitat=land
-|speed=Varies
-|size={{Large}}
-|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
-|attack1=23 ({{Hit type}}: {{Plain flavour}})
-|attack2=
-|attack3=
-|attack4=
-|hit_dice=6
-|base_hp=2
-|extra_hp=5
-|fixed_hp=0
-|intelligence={{Plant intelligence}}
-|genus=abomination small
-|species=abomination small
-}}
-{{Flavour|A hideous form, created or summoned by some arcane process.}}
 ==Useful Info==
-'''Small abominations''' are mindless horrors with semi-random stats that stalk [[the Abyss]]. They are much less dangerous than [[large abomination]]s, but can still be pests, especially when their speed is higher than 10.
+'''Small abominations''' are mindless, [[demonic]], [[undead]] horrors that stalk [[the Abyss]]. They spawn with [[haste]], [[might]], or [[regeneration]] as a permanent buff. They are much less dangerous than [[large abomination]]s, but can still be pests, especially due to their high speed.
-You can receive a friendly one by reading a [[scroll of unholy creation]] or by casting the [[Twisted Resurrection]] spell.
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Though these are much weaker than the big version, they are much more likely to have high speed. This makes running from them in the Abyss a challenge, and you generally don't want to stand and fight there.
+*Though these are much weaker than the [[large abomination|big version]], they are faster. This makes running from them in the Abyss a challenge, and you generally don't want to stand and fight there.
-*Being mindless, they can be lured into traps easily.
+*They can usually be one-shot by [[Dispel Undead]].
-*Using corpses to create abominations instead of [[zombie]]s offers some advantages. Although expensive, abominations can heal and use [[stairs]]. You can also make abominations out of corpses that can't be zombified, such as [[ugly thing]]s. They can also be upgraded to large abominations through further use of Twisted Resurrection.
 ==Alternate Tiles==
 Being haphazard collections of random body parts, small abominations can take multiple forms:
-[[Image:Small abomination.png]] [[Image:Small abomination 2.png]]
+[[Image:Abomination small.png]] [[Image:Abomination small1.png]]  [[Image:Abomination small2.png]]
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.32]], small abominations had randomized attributes instead of spawning with a permanent buff. Also, they did not regenerate.
+*Prior to [[0.31]], small abominations had randomized speed (7-15). They also gained several new tiles in this version.
+*Prior to [[0.27]], small abominations could heal by fusing with [[crawling corpse]]s and [[macabre mass]]es. Also, monsters could cast [[Twisted Resurrection]], allowing them to create small abominations.
+*Prior to [[0.16]], players could also cast Twisted Resurrection.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], abominations could heal naturally.
+*Prior to [[0.12]], you could read a [[scroll of unholy creation]] to get a permanent friendly abomination.