Giant mosquito
| a giant mosquito (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 4 |
| Attacks |
bite 1d1 poison (constitution), bite 1d1 physical |
| Base level | 1 |
| Base experience | 13 |
| Speed | 20 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1 |
| Nutritional value | 3 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A giant mosquito: | |
| Reference | EvilHack - monst.c, line 119 |
The giant mosquito, a, is a type of monster that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is a tiny oviparous insect that can fly.
A giant mosquito has two bite attacks, with the first bite inflicting a constitution-draining poison and the second dealing normal physical damage.
Generation
Randomly generated giant mosquitoes are always created hostile, and are often created in large groups.
Strategy
The giant mosquito is small and fast, and being surrounded by a large group of them can be a serious problem for a lower-level character without poison resistance.
Encyclopedia entry
Red Saunders said he could take anything. The men found a corner of the island where thick clouds of mosquitos were hovering above the still water. The workmen built a small, smoldering fire to give off smoke that would give them some shelter. And Red stripped off his shirt and lay face down in the mud, letting the mosquitoes go to work on his back. And work they did. Red's back was soon covered with the insects, digging in, drawing blood, and leaving itchy welts behind. But Red didn't flinch. He just lay there, letting the mosquitos feed on him, and only occasionally looking up to say "I sure hope those mosquitos over there ain't getting to be too much for y'all" to the men sheltering in the smoke. This went on and on. But when about three-quarters of that hour had passed, something happened. Red felt something bite into his back sharper and more powerful than he had ever imagined. A searing, sharp pain, bit into his flesh, and he heard one of the men by the fire yell out "Gallinipper!"
There are in this country over thirty varieties of mosquitoes. Some are small and others are quite large. Some live wholly on vegetable juices, while others have a passion for animal fluids. The largest, and perhaps the most ferocious kind, is one which the steamboatmen of the Mississippi River call the galnipper. Of it they tell strange stories. They describe it as being as large as a goose; and they gravely declare that it flies about at night with a brick-bat under its wings to sharpen its beak with.
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