Ichneumon
| a ichneumon larva (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 6 |
| Attacks |
Sting 2d3 poison (drain dexterity) |
| Base level | 3 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 18 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 30 |
| Nutritional value | 30 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | Poison |
| Resistances conveyed | Poison |
|
An ichneumon larva:
| |
| Reference | SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L171 |
| a giant ichneumon (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 12 |
| Attacks |
Sting 2d3 poison (drain dexterity), Sting 2d3 inject larvae |
| Base level | 8 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 18 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 100 |
| Nutritional value | 100 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | Poison |
| Resistances conveyed | Poison |
|
An ichneumon larva:
| |
| Reference | SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L202 |
The ichneumon larva and giant ichneumon are monsters in SpliceHack.
The giant ichneumon has an attack that can inject you with larva that eventually burst out of your body.
When the larva burst out, they will initially do 1d5 damage, plus damage equal to half your current HP. If the 1d5 damage kills you, your epitaph will explain that you were "eaten alive from the inside by insects".[1]
If you have been injected with larva, you can prevent the bursting from occurring by quaffing a potion of sickness[2] or casting the spell of cure sickness[3].
Messages
- The giant ichneumon injects something into you!
- The larva injection attack occurred.[4]
- You are feeling a little strange.
- Your skin is crawling.
- You can feel something moving inside your body!
- The larva will soon burst out of you.[5]
- Insects burst from your body!
- The larva have burst out of you.[6]
- You feel as if your body is your own again.
- You cured the infestation by quaffing the potion of sickness.[7]
- You feel as if something inside you has just died.
- You cured the infestation by casting the spell of cure sickness.[8]
History
Early versions of SpliceHack had brood wasps, which had slightly different abilities. Brood wasps were replaced with ichneumon in SpliceHack 1.0.0.[9]
Origin
There are real-life parasitic insects called ichneumon wasps. They are a diverse group including 25,000 described species.
Encyclopedia entry
These insects are feared for their ability to lay eggs inside the bodies of their prey.
References
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/timeout.c#L620
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/potion.c#L1064
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/spell.c#L1304
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/timeout.c#L317
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/timeout.c#L317
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/timeout.c#L317
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/potion.c#L1064
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/spell.c#L1304
- ↑ https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.0.0-R/doc/changelog.md#monster-changes
