Swimmer

A swimmer is any monster that has the M1_SWIM flag set. Only swimmers will be generated on the Plane of Water. Attacking a swimmer with a trident while it is in water gives a +4 to-hit bonus.

List of swimmers

Individual monsters

• : baby crocodile
• : crocodile
• g gremlin
• & mail daemon
• : newt
• R rust monster
• & water demon
• E water elemental
• n water nymph
• T water troll
• r woodchuck

Entire classes

• all snakes:
  • S cobra
  • S garter snake
  • S pit viper
  • S python
  • S snake
  • S water moccasin
• all sea monsters:
  • ; electric eel
  • ; giant eel
  • ; jellyfish
  • ; kraken
  • ; piranha
  • ; shark

Unique monsters

• @ Medusa
• @ Orion

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