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Crazy Yiuf j
HP	12-26
HD	3
XP	40
Speed	10
AC	3
EV	9
Will	10
Attack¹	9 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	gnoll, gnoll
Flags	Speaks Warm-blooded Unique Male

A withered old gnoll with a long silver beard, wielding a quarterstaff and wearing a cloak. He looks like a figure from mythology! Wait, is his beard held on to his ears with hooks?

“There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!’”
-Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense [No. 1]. 1846.

Useful Info

Crazy Yiuf the Enlightened is a deranged unique gnoll who shouts gibberish while murdering trespassers. He always generates wearing a cloak and wielding a chaos-branded quarterstaff, which has the potential to be extremely dangerous. He may occasionally generate with a powerful wand as well.

His vault is very distinct and recognizable: a stone chamber accessed through a characteristic uneven path, usually through trees and occasionally blocked off by fungi. His hut is guaranteed to contain at least one hammer; sometimes, many hammers are scattered throughout its entrance. This vault is always blocked by a transparent runed door.

Location

The Dungeon:2-7

Tips & Tricks

His chaos quarterstaff can be very dangerous - it may heal you, or it may electrocute you for enough damage to one-shot some characters.
Other than his quarterstaff, Crazy Yiuf is just a simple, 100% speed, melee monster with no resistances.
- Spriggans or hasted players can just kite him to death.
- Tukima's Dance can disarm the quarterstaff, turning him into a relatively harmless opponent. A wand of paralysis can also do the trick.
- A reasonably strong character (80 HP or so) can survive a string of worst-case chaos effects and just kill him.
Crazy Yiuf can wake up if you see him. So if you recognize his hut, you might want stay away until you're ready to fight him.
- However, there can be artefact hammers inside or outside the hut. If you never plan on fighting Crazy Yiuf, it's worth checking out.
Note that you can be teleported inside Crazy Yiuf's hut.

Trivia

If you are a follower of Xom or you've inflicted confusion on Yiuf, his dialogue will become... interesting.

History

Prior to 0.31, the "worst case" effects of chaos were more dangerous. You could be banished or be paralysed for multiple turns, so even XL 27 has a chance of instantly dying to a chaos attack.
Prior to 0.29, Crazy Yiuf's hut had maces instead of hammers.
Prior to 0.23, the door to Crazy Yiuf's hut was opaque.
Prior to 0.17, Crazy Yiuf's hut had hammers instead of maces.
Prior to 0.13, you could find hammers as weapons outside Crazy Yiuf's hut.

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 '''Crazy Yiuf the Enlightened''' is a deranged [[unique]] [[Gnoll (monster)|gnoll]] who shouts gibberish while murdering trespassers. He always generates wearing a [[cloak]] and wielding a [[chaos]]-[[brand]]ed [[quarterstaff]], which has the potential to be extremely dangerous. He may occasionally generate with a powerful [[wand]] as well.
-His vault is very distinct and recognizable: a stone chamber accessed through a characteristic uneven path, usually through [[tree]]s and occasionally blocked off by [[fungus|fungi]]. His hut is guaranteed to contain at least one [[hammer]], and sometimes several more are strewn about near the entrance.
+His vault is very distinct and recognizable: a stone chamber accessed through a characteristic uneven path, usually through [[tree]]s and occasionally blocked off by [[fungus|fungi]]. His hut is guaranteed to contain at least one [[hammer]]; sometimes, many hammers are scattered throughout its entrance. This vault is always blocked by a transparent [[runed door]].
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 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*His quarterstaff may heal you, or it may electrocute you for enough damage to one-shot some characters. It always carries the risk of [[banishment]], which is much too dangerous for early characters. Definitely try to soften him up at range with whatever you have available.
+*His chaos quarterstaff can be very dangerous - it may heal you, or it may electrocute you for enough damage to one-shot some characters.
-*Killing him early is usually worthwhile, as he is guaranteed to produce his (occasionally enchanted or branded) cloak, chaos quarterstaff, and at least one better than average [[mace]] in his cottage. If you intend to fight with [[staves]] in the long run, his quarterstaff can be very powerful early on (though it will almost certainly betray you eventually).
+*Other than his quarterstaff, Crazy Yiuf is just a simple, 100% speed, melee monster with no resistances.
-*If you are a follower of [[Xom]] or you've inflicted [[confusion]] on Yiuf, his dialogue will become... interesting.
+**[[Spriggan]]s or [[haste]]d players can just [[kite]] him to death.
+**[[Tukima's Dance]] can disarm the quarterstaff, turning him into a relatively harmless opponent. A [[wand of paralysis]] can also do the trick.
+**A reasonably strong character (80 HP or so) can survive a string of worst-case chaos effects and just kill him.
+*Crazy Yiuf can wake up if you see him. So if you recognize his hut, you might want stay away until you're ready to fight him.
+**However, there can be [[artefact]] hammers inside or outside the hut. If you never plan on fighting Crazy Yiuf, it's worth checking out.
+*Note that you can be [[teleport]]ed inside Crazy Yiuf's hut.
+==Trivia==
+If you are a follower of [[Xom]] or you've inflicted [[confusion]] on Yiuf, his dialogue will become... interesting.
 ==History==
-*In [[0.29]], [[hammer]]s were re-added for the hut (now as a reskined [[mace]]).
+*Prior to [[0.31]], the "worst case" effects of chaos were more dangerous. You could be [[banish]]ed or be [[paralysed]] for multiple turns, so even XL 27 has a chance of instantly dying to a chaos attack.
-* Prior to [[0.23]], the door to Crazy Yiuf's hut was opaque.
+*Prior to [[0.29]], Crazy Yiuf's hut had maces instead of hammers.
-* In [[0.17]], hammers in the hut were replaced by maces.
+*Prior to [[0.23]], the door to Crazy Yiuf's hut was opaque.
-* In [[0.13]], hammers were removed from other parts of the game, but not from Yiuf's hut.
+*Prior to [[0.17]], Crazy Yiuf's hut had hammers instead of maces.
+*Prior to [[0.13]], you could find hammers as weapons outside Crazy Yiuf's hut.