Caterwaul - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

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‎Strategy: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: history + origin

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history + origin

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ typo

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‎Origin: typo

Umbire the Phantom: start prettying this up

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start prettying this up

Ardub23: Removed empty section

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Removed empty section

Tungtn: /* Origin */ spelling/grammar fixes: "an other" -> "another"; "seams" -> "seems"

2015-03-28T03:40:06Z

‎Origin: spelling/grammar fixes: "an other" -> "another"; "seams" -> "seems"

Quantum Immortal at 03:34, 28 March 2015

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220.255.1.39 at 16:33, 16 March 2012

2012-03-16T16:33:28Z

Ion frigate at 05:32, 29 December 2011

2011-12-29T05:32:27Z

Erica: fix frequency, damage

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fix frequency, damage

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 ==Strategy==
-Caterwauls move twice as fast as a base-speed [[hero]] at 24 [[speed]], which makes them difficult to evade and increases the amount of damage they can inflict against the hero. They fortunately lack any special abilities or [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]], and are generally unremarkable&mdash;a hero with enough armor and HP can usually deal with the brunt of their attacks, and [[Elbereth]] can help in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM as usual.
+Caterwauls move twice as fast as most heroes at 24 [[speed]], which makes them difficult to evade and increases the amount of damage they can inflict against the hero. They fortunately lack any special abilities or [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]], and are generally unremarkable&mdash;a hero with enough armor and HP can usually deal with the brunt of their attacks, and [[Elbereth]] can help in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM as usual.
 ==History==

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 ==Strategy==
 Caterwauls move twice as fast as a base-speed [[hero]] at 24 [[speed]], which makes them difficult to evade and increases the amount of damage they can inflict against the hero. They fortunately lack any special abilities or [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]], and are generally unremarkable&mdash;a hero with enough armor and HP can usually deal with the brunt of their attacks, and [[Elbereth]] can help in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM as usual.
 ==Origin==
-The caterwaul is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the 1992 ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix'' released as an update and expansion to the original 1981 ''Fiend Folio''. Its name is derived from "caterwauling", which can refer to a shrill howling or wailing noise like that made by a cat in heat.
+The caterwaul is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the original 1981 ''Fiend Folio'' and also appears in the 1992 ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix'' released as an update and expansion to the former. Its name is derived from "caterwauling" which generally refers to a shrill howling or wailing noise, including ones that sound like the cry made by a cat in heat.
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 ==Origin==
-The caterwaul is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the 1992 ''Monstrous Compendium
+The caterwaul is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the 1992 ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix'' released as an update and expansion to the original 1981 ''Fiend Folio''. Its name is derived from "caterwauling", which can refer to a shrill howling or wailing noise like that made by a cat in heat.
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 {{monster
-|name = caterwaul
+ |name=caterwaul
-|symbol = {{gray|f}}
+ |symbol={{gray|f}}
-|level = 6
+ |level=6
-|experience = 78
+ |experience=78
-|difficulty = 8
+ |difficulty=8
-|speed = 24
+ |speed=24
-|AC = 4
+ |AC=4
-|MR = 0
+ |MR=0
-|align = 0
+ |align=0
-|resistances = None
+ |resistances=None
-|resistances conveyed = None
+ |resistances conveyed=None
-|frequency=1
+ |frequency=1
-|genocidable = Yes
+ |genocidable=Yes
-|size=Medium
+ |size=Medium
-|weight = 300
+ |weight=300
-|nutr = 100
+ |nutr=100
-|attacks = Claw 1d4, Claw 1d4, Bite 1d6
+ |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 1d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 1d4 physical, [[Bite attack|Bite]] 1d6 physical
-|attributes = {{attributes|A caterwaul|=
+ |attributes={{attributes|A caterwaul|animal=1|nohands=1|hostile=1|infravisible=1|carnivore=1|nohell=1}}
-|animal= 1
+ |reference=[[Source:SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line670]]
 }}
-A '''caterwaul''' is a new [[feline]] in [[SLASH'EM]].  It is twice as fast as an unhasted player, but is otherwise unextraordinary.  Despite its name, it does not have any sort of noise-making abilities.
+In SlashTHEM, caterwauls appear among the random {{white|f}} that are part of the second quest monster class for [[Cavepeople]] and make up {{frac|6|175}} (3%) of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Caveman quest]]. Caterwauls also appear among the random {{white|f}} that are part of the first quest monster class for [[Zookeeper]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} (14%) of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Zookeeper quest]].
 ==Strategy==
+Caterwauls move twice as fast as a base-speed [[hero]] at 24 [[speed]], which makes them difficult to evade and increases the amount of damage they can inflict against the hero. They fortunately lack any special abilities or [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]], and are generally unremarkable&mdash;a hero with enough armor and HP can usually deal with the brunt of their attacks, and [[Elbereth]] can help in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM as usual.
 ==Origin==
-Yet another ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' monster. It seems to be an original creation of ''D&D''.
+The caterwaul is a creature that originates from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where it makes its debut in the 1992 ''Monstrous Compendium
+Fiend Folio Appendix'' released as an update and expansion to the original 1981 ''Fiend Folio''. Its name is derived from "caterwauling", which can refer to a shrill howling or wailing noise like that made by a cat in heat.
-It's a bipedal feline.
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 [[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]

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 ==Origin==
-Yet another [[Dungeons and Dragons]] monster. It seems to be an original creation of D&D.
+Yet another ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' monster. It seems to be an original creation of ''D&D''.
 It's a bipedal feline.
 [[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]