Ghost crab: Difference between revisions

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HP	38-78
HD	9
XP	852
Speed	10
AC	9
EV	6
Will	40
Attack¹	20 (bite: drain experience)
Attack²	15 (claw: drain experience)
Resistances	rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Undead
Size	Small
Type	crab, ghost crab
Flags	Evil Unbreathing No skeleton No zombie

A crab twisted by proximity to negative energy. Apparitions of the dead swirl around it, only barely visible.

Useful Info

Ghost crabs are aggravating amphibious opponents which flood the battlefield with spectral mist clouds, damaging non-undead targets and summoning branch-appropriate spectral things to assault you. They are durable enough to take a hit or two, and inflict draining with their melee attacks, but more often than not simply blast you from the back row while their summons tear you apart. They can be found in the Swamp.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Spectral Cloud	—	LOS	Natural flag

Tips & Tricks

Laying down your own clouds will prevent a ghost crab from filling those tiles with spectral mist. A scroll of fog is your safest bet, and it's easy to lure the guy into your cloud bank so you can take him out at close range. If you have poison resistance, Mephitic Cloud also works wonderfully.
Ghost crabs have relatively low magic resistance, which makes them good targets for hex spells and wands.

History

Prior to 0.20, ghost crabs had multi-holiness (Natural and Undead). They weren't susceptible to weapons of holy wrath or Dispel Undead and also were vulnerable to poison.
Prior to 0.19, their spectral mist could heal all undead, including undead players.
Prior to 0.16, ghost crabs weren't amphibious and weren't resistant to rotting.

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 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*They aren't undead, and thus can't be affected by [[Dispel Undead]] or weapons of [[holy wrath]]. They ''are'' vulnerable to [[poison]], however. If you can start off a fight hitting them with a couple poison [[needle]]s (or better yet, [[curare]]), you'll have a much easier time inflicting lethal damage even as their summons make life unbearable.
+*Laying down your own clouds will prevent a ghost crab from filling those tiles with spectral mist. A [[scroll of fog]] is your safest bet, and it's easy to lure the guy into your cloud bank so you can take him out at close range. If you have [[poison]] resistance, [[Mephitic Cloud]] also works wonderfully.
-*Laying down your own clouds will prevent a ghost crab from filling those tiles with spectral mist. A [[scroll of fog]] is your safest bet, and it's easy to lure the guy into your cloud bank so you can take him out at close range. If you have [[poison]] resistance, [[Mephitic Cloud]] also works wonderfully, especially if you confuse the crab in the process.
+*Ghost crabs have relatively low [[magic resistance]], which makes them good targets for [[hex]] spells and [[wands]].
-*[[Undead]] characters are healed by spectral mist, and thus have a much easier time with these opponents.
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.20]], ghost crabs had multi-[[holiness]] ([[:Category:Natural_holiness|Natural]] and [[:Category:Undead_holiness|Undead]]). They weren't susceptible to weapons of [[holy wrath]] or [[Dispel Undead]] and also were vulnerable to [[poison]].
+*Prior to [[0.19]], their [[Spectral Cloud|spectral mist]] could heal all [[undead]], including undead players.
+*Prior to [[0.16]], ghost crabs weren't [[amphibious]] and weren't resistant to [[rotting]].