Wallaroo

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A wallaroo, z, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM, SpliceHack, and Hack'EM. It is a herbivorous zouthern animal that possesses a stronger kick attack and bite attack than the wallaby.

Generation

Randomly-generated wallaroos can appear in small groups.

Strategy

Wallaroos are more powerful faster than their wallaby cousins at 20 speed, being able to keep up with a very fast hero. However, they also have slightly worse AC and lack any MR score like other zouthern animals. Ranged attacks and spells that can slow or immobilize them are most ideal. In post-3.4.3 variants such as SpliceHack and Hack'EM, their speed makes them even more of a hassle and increases the amount of damage they can deal, especially to poorly-armored characters.

Origin

The wallaroo is a common name used for several species of moderately large macropods that are intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word "wallaroo" comes from the Dharug word walaru, but is commonly mistaken as a portmanteau of the words "kangaroo" and "wallaby". Wallaroos are typically distinct species from kangaroos and wallabies with the exception of the antilopine wallaroo: large ones are commonly known as antilopine kangaroos when large, and antilopine wallabies when small).

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