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The '''giant scorpion''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. As the name implies, it is a far stronger version of a [[scorpion]]. A giant scorpion is not considered a grown up scorpion however; a scorpion will not become a giant scorpion through level gain and the egg of a giant scorpion will immediately produce a giant scorpion, not a scorpion.
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The '''giant scorpion''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. As the name implies, it is a far stronger version of a [[scorpion]]; similar to a [[winged gargoyle]], however, scorpions can not [[grow up]] into giant scorpions, and laying an egg while polymorphed into a giant scorpion will only produce another giant scorpion.
  
 
==Strategy==
 
==Strategy==
These monsters are a major threat: they possess good speed, many hit points, and can inflict a large and steady stream of damage.  One should be particularly careful if one lacks [[poison resistance]], but even with it they remain formidable foes. [[Elbereth]], powerful pets and/or [[attack wand]]s, and possibly [[escape item]]s are all advised. Be very careful not to confuse them with the scorpions with whom they share a glyph: they have three times as much health and hit approximately five times as hard.
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These monsters are a major threat: they possess good speed, many hit points, and can inflict a large and steady stream of damage.  One should be particularly careful if one lacks [[poison resistance]], but even with it they remain formidable foes. [[Elbereth]], powerful pets and/or [[attack wand]]s, and possibly [[escape item]]s are all advised. Be very careful not to mistake them for the regular scorpions with whom they share a glyph: they have three times as much health and hit approximately five times as hard.
  
 
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[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]

Revision as of 06:19, 15 January 2020

The giant scorpion is a monster added in SLASH'EM. As the name implies, it is a far stronger version of a scorpion; similar to a winged gargoyle, however, scorpions can not grow up into giant scorpions, and laying an egg while polymorphed into a giant scorpion will only produce another giant scorpion.

Strategy

These monsters are a major threat: they possess good speed, many hit points, and can inflict a large and steady stream of damage. One should be particularly careful if one lacks poison resistance, but even with it they remain formidable foes. Elbereth, powerful pets and/or attack wands, and possibly escape items are all advised. Be very careful not to mistake them for the regular scorpions with whom they share a glyph: they have three times as much health and hit approximately five times as hard.