Sleepcap

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HP	17-36
HD	3
XP	37
Speed	10
AC	5
EV	0
Will	10
Attack¹	9 (spore: sleep)
Resistances	rPois+ rDrown rTorm
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Brainless
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Plant
Size	Tiny
Type	fungus, sleepcap
Flags	Unbreathing

A surprisingly ambulatory mushroom. It wafts its spores over prey to send them into a deep sleep, making it simple for the fungus to kill and devour them. It can take months for its mycelia to fully infiltrate and digest victims.

Useful Info

Sleepcaps are early Dungeon monsters, appearing on D:4-8. Their melee attacks have a 50% chance to put the opponent to sleep if any damage is dealt. Unbreathing creatures are immune to sleep-inducing spores.

Tips & Tricks

Sleep is threatening to any character vulnerable to it; sleep prevents you from moving, reduces your EV to 0, increases monsters' melee damage by 2.5x, and gives monsters a free turn to hit you. The sleepcap alone can deal up to 32 damage per round when it gets the sleep effect.
- If you are immune to sleep (Undead, Gargoyle, Djinni, have clarity, or during berserk) or are unbreathing (Ice Form), then you have much less to fear.

History

Sleepcaps were added in 0.30.