Yellow moldier
| F yellow moldier (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 7 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 1d4 physical, passive 0d4 stun |
| Base level | 5 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 200 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | sleep, poison |
| Resistances conveyed | causes hallucination |
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A yellow moldier:
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| Reference | SpliceHack 1.2.0 - monst.c, line 2320 |
A yellow moldier, F, is a type of monster that appears in SpliceHack-Rewrite and Hack'EM. The yellow moldier is a type of humanoid mold with similar traits to the yellow mold, and like all moldiers it is capable of following the hero to other levels while it is adjacent.
A yellow moldier has a weapon attack, as well as a passive attack that can trigger when it is attacked in melee and not killed, stunning the attacker for several turns dependent on their level. Yellow moldiers possess poison resistance and sleep resistance.
Eating a yellow moldier corpse or tin always causes hallucination.
Generation
Randomly generated yellow moldiers are always created hostile. A yellow mold can grow up into a yellow moldier, though this does not normally occur in gameplay.
A yellow moldier can generate from a corpse that reaches 51 turns of age, is not acidic, and is not located within or on top of a square of water, ice or lava. Corpses infected by yellow moldiers may be turned into yellow moldiers themselves.
Strategy
Yellow moldiers should be fought using ranged attacks in order to avoid being repeatedly stunned, especially if there are other hostile monsters accompanying them. Copper weapons deal extra damage to mold and fungus monsters, which can provide an important edge against moldiers in general. When dealing with a room of hostile monsters, dispose of as many of the corpses as reasonably possible (e.g. eating them, feeding them to pets, etc.) so that you have fewer potential moldiers to deal with - if possible, stash any leftover weapons and other loot so that moldiers cannot use them.
Encyclopedia entry
Mold, multicellular organism of the division Fungi, typified
by plant bodies composed of a network of cottony filaments.
The colors of molds are due to spores borne on the filaments.
Most molds are saprophytes. Some species (e.g., penicillium)
are used in making cheese and antibiotics.
