Gaze attack
Several monsters have "gaze attacks", which enables them to attack by glaring at you. You can protect yourself from these by blinding yourself in advance. Additionally, a blind monster cannot successfully use a gaze attack. Blinding yourself is more reliable, however.
The following monsters have gaze attacks:
- Floating eye (passive paralyzing gaze)
- Pyrolisk (fiery gaze that burns objects in your inventory)
- Archon (radiant gaze that blinds you)
- Umber hulk (confusing gaze)
- Medusa (petrifying gaze)
- Baalzebub (stunning gaze)
SLASH'EM
The following new SLASH'EM monsters have gaze attacks:
- Glowing eye (same as Archon)
- Bloodshot eye (same as Baalzebub)
- Blinking eye (blinking gaze that teleports you)
- Catoblepas (fatal gaze)
- Planetar (same as Archon)
- Solar (same as Archon)
- Water hulk (same as umber hulk)
- Chasme (sleep-inducing gaze)
- Babau (poisonous gaze)
- Cthulhu (same as umber hulk)
- Rhaumbusun (same as floating eye)
- Beholder (same as catoblepas, Baalzebub, umber hulk, and chasme; also has a gaze that deals direct damage)
