Yellow jacket

a yellow jacket
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Sting 1d6 poison

a yellow jacket
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Sting 1d6 poison
Base level	8
Base experience	132
Speed	15
Base AC	2
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	30
Nutritional value	10
Size	Small
Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	poison (53%)
A yellow jacket: can fly. has no hands. is an animal. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is female. is normally generated hostile. does not appear in Gehennom. normally appears in large groups.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line198

A yellow jacket is a type of wasp in SLASH'EM. It is easily mistaken for the killer bee, as both share the same glyph and both appear in large groups.

Strategy

Although they look like killer bees, yellow jackets are considerably more dangerous, simply because they have many more hit points. They do not do a large amount of damage individually, but because they appear in large groups and are relatively tough to destroy, they can be a considerable threat. Luckily, by the time they start appearing, the player's AC should be good enough to handle them.

Biology

It is a common predatory wasp in north America.

Encyclopaedia entry

No entry.

See also

• a black wasp
• a giant wasp