Vortex
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The members of the vortex monster class will all engulf you and cause an appropriate type of damage, except dust vortices, which will blind you, and fog clouds, which will do physical damage.
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Fog cloud
v fog cloud | |
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Difficulty | 4 |
Attacks |
Engulf 1d6 |
Base level | 3 |
Base experience | 37 |
Speed | 1 |
Base AC | 1 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A fog cloud:
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Reference | monst.c#line937 |
Dust vortex
v dust vortex | |
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Difficulty | 6 |
Attacks |
Engulf 2d8 blind |
Base level | 4 |
Base experience | 55 |
Speed | 20 |
Base AC | 2 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A dust vortex:
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Reference | monst.c#line945 |
Ice vortex
v ice vortex | |
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Difficulty | 7 |
Attacks |
Engulf 1d6 cold |
Base level | 5 |
Base experience | 75 |
Speed | 20 |
Base AC | 2 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
An ice vortex:
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Reference | monst.c#line952 |
Energy vortex
v energy vortex | |
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Difficulty | 9 |
Attacks |
Engulf 1d6 shock, Engulf drain energy, Passive (level + 1)d4 shock |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 102 |
Speed | 20 |
Base AC | 2 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Shock, Sleep, Disintegrate, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
An energy vortex:
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Reference | monst.c#line960 |
The energy vortex is very dangerous monster to encounter if one lacks shock resistance. In addition to its shock attacks, it also has a special drain energy ability, which drains the power of the player. The drain energy ability can be protected against with high magic cancellation, but the other attacks cannot.
Steam vortex
v steam vortex | |
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Difficulty | 9 |
Attacks |
Engulf 1d8 fire |
Base level | 7 |
Base experience | 113 |
Speed | 22 |
Base AC | 2 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Fire, Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A steam vortex:
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Reference | monst.c#line960 |
Fire vortex
v fire vortex | |
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Difficulty | 10 |
Attacks | |
Base level | 8 |
Base experience | 143 |
Speed | 22 |
Base AC | 2 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 0 |
Nutritional value | 0 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Fire, Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A fire vortex:
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Reference | monst.c#line960 |
Body Parts
Vortex also refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of vortices. It effects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows[1]:
Bodypart[2] | Description |
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Arm | Region |
Eye | Eye |
Face | Front |
Finger | Minor current |
Fingertip | Minor current |
Foot | Lower current |
Hand | Swirl |
Handed | Swirled |
Head | Central core |
Leg | Lower current |
Light Headed | Addled |
Neck | Center |
Spine | Currents |
Toe | Edge |
Hair | Currents |
Blood | Life force |
Lung | Center |
Nose | Leading edge |
Stomach | Interior |
Encyclopedia entry
Swirling clouds of pure elemental energies, the vortices are thought to be related to the larger elementals. Though the vortices do no damage when touched, they are noted for being able to envelop unwary travellers. The hapless fool thus swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from exposure to the element the vortex is composed of.
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