Mimic
m small mimic 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 8 |
| Attacks |
Claw 3d4 |
| Base level | 7 |
| Base experience | 92 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 300 |
| Nutritional value | 200 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | Acid |
| Resistances conveyed | None
|
m large mimic 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 9 |
| Attacks |
Claw sticky 3d4 |
| Base level | 8 |
| Base experience | 113 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 800 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Acid |
| Resistances conveyed | None
|
m giant mimic 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 11 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 9 |
| Base experience | 186 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 800 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Acid |
| Resistances conveyed | None
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The mimics, represented by the overall glyph m, are monsters whose main defense is to imitate an item. Mimics can be small, large, or giant, and all three kinds are often located in shops. They are slow but powerful hitters and often kill low-level characters who encounter them.
Eating a mimic's corpse makes you "imitate" a certain item for a few turns.
A mimic is uncloaked when wearing a ring of protection from shape changers.
Mimics are a surprising candidate for early genocide. One reason to genocide mimics is to increase the chance of getting useful items in Orcus Town.
Strategy
On low levels, mimics often display as "mimic or strange object" ]; you should not attempt to pick up such objects, as they are always mimics. It is dangerous but not unusual to confuse these with the armor symbol, which is '['.
If you find yourself fighting a mimic, then Hack-and-Back is generally the best strategy (as long as the mimic is not stuck to you).
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