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HP	39-80
HD	10
XP	253
Speed	8 (swim: 60%)
AC	16
EV	5
Will	40
Attack¹	35 (bite: reach)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	snapping turtle, snapping turtle
Flags	Cold-blooded

A belligerent testudine with an armoured carapace. Its neck is surprisingly extensible and can reach out and bite from afar.

“After a while they came to a village. ”Now then,“ said Snapping Turtle, ”in
the morning at daylight, my friends, we will make on attack. I myself will
first go to the place,“ the leader of the war party said to them.

”Good,“ said the other little one, ”thou art the one who sees to it what we
shall do,“ they said to that Snapping Turtle. ”Now then,“ said Snapping
Turtle, ”verily I am now going to tell you what I shall do.“ Thus he spoke.
”Now is the time I shall begin to walk toward this village. Verily at the time
I shall kill the daughter of the chief will be when the light of day is
breaking, and at the same instant the sky will glow with red in the direction
whence the morrow comes. ‘Ho, there, our comrade has killed her!’ will thus be
the thought in your hearts. Then is the time when you want to make a great
noise, when you shall whoop all keep it up. Now is the time that you go to
attack this village.“ Thus he spoke to those his young men.

”All right!“ said the other little fellows.”
-“When Snapping Turtle went to War”, _Publications of the American
Ethnological Society, Volume IX: Kickapoo Tales_. 1915.
trans. Truman Michelson

Useful Info

Snapping turtles are slow but surprisingly tough reptiles with a nasty reaching bite. They can be found in the Shoals or, on rare occasions, the Lair.

Tips & Tricks

Their painful reaching attack can surprise you if you aren't expecting it. Try to stay on land where you're faster than them (in water, they'll outrun most characters).

History

In 0.31, snapping turtles' attacks will be slower, but more powerful (30 -> 35 damage).
Prior to 0.19, they could retreat inside their shells at low HP.

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-{{monster
+{{version030}}
-|name=snapping turtle
+{{monster info}}
-|glyph={{Green|t}}
-|flags={{Cold blood flag}}
-|resistances=none
-|vulnerabilities=none
-|max_chunks=0
-|meat={{No corpse}}
-|xp=282
-|holiness={{Natural}}
-|magic_resistance=40
-|hp_range=42 - 81
-|avg_hp=61
-|armour_class=16
-|evasion=5
-|habitat=water
-|speed=9 (act: 80%; swim: 60%)
-|size={{Large}}
-|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
-|attack1=30 ({{Bite type}}: {{Reach flavour}})
-|attack2=
-|attack3=
-|attack4=
-|hit_dice=10
-|base_hp=3
-|extra_hp=5
-|fixed_hp=0
-|intelligence={{Animal intelligence}}
-|genus=turtle
-|species=turtle
-}}
-{{Flavour|A belligerent testudine with an armoured carapace. Its neck is surprisingly extensible and can reach out and bite from afar. When threatened, it will retreat inside its shell.}}
 ==Useful Info==
-[[Snapping turtle]]s are slow, but surprisingly tough, reptiles with a nasty [[reaching]] bite. When near death, they usually [[Withdrawn|withdraw]] into their shells in order to heal. They can be found in [[the Shoals]] or, on rare occasions, [[the Lair]].
+[[Snapping turtle]]s are slow but surprisingly tough reptiles with a nasty [[reaching]] bite. They can be found in [[the Shoals]] or, on rare occasions, [[the Lair]].
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Their painful reaching attack can surprise you if you aren't expecting it. Try to stay on land where you're speedier than them (in water, they'll outrun most characters). Keep some distance and [[kite]] it until it withdraws, then smash it before it can regenerate.
+*Their painful reaching attack can surprise you if you aren't expecting it. Try to stay on land where you're faster than them (in water, they'll outrun most characters).
+==History==
+*In [[0.31]], snapping turtles' attacks will be slower, but more powerful (30 -> 35 damage).
+*Prior to [[0.19]], they could [[Withdrawn|retreat]] inside their shells at low HP.
+[[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]