Mind flayer larva
| ; mind flayer larva (No tile) | |
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| Difficulty | 8 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 5 |
| Base experience | 1072 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 60 |
| Alignment | -8 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 20 |
| Nutritional value | 5 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | psychic |
| Resistances conveyed | none |
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A mind flayer larva:
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| Reference | EvilHack 0.9.0 - src/monst.c, line 3902 |
- For the similar monster in dNetHack and its variants, see illithid larva.
A mind flayer larva, ;, is a type of monster that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. The mind flayer larva is a tiny, slithy and limbless sea monster-like larval illithid that is omnivorous, amphibious, capable of swimming, has infravision, and can be seen via infravision.
A mind flayer larva has a tentacle attack that it can use to attach itself to a target's face: if left attached this way, the larva will use their next turn to burrow into the victim's brain and kill them instantly, then use their body to become a mind flayer. Mind flayer larvae possess psychic resistance.
Generation
Mind flayer larvae are not randomly generated, and are always created hostile.
Mind flayer larvae only generate in mind flayer nurseries at level creation.
Sixteen mind flayers are placed in the cells of the Wizard quest goal level at level creation.
Heroes killed by a mind flayer larva's tentacle attack will arise as a named mind flayer instead of a ghost if a bones file is left.
Strategy
While a mind flayer larva is relatively weak in terms of stats and cannot move outside the shallow water they generate in, their sole attack can easily end a character's run if it lands unless that larva can quickly be killed or removed.
Encyclopedia entry
Mind flayer larva are only ever found in mind flayer nurseries, tended to by an adult mind flayer. Relatively weak, they exist in shallow pools of water and will not venture from them. They have one attack, which is to attempt to attach itself to its victims face. If successful, the victim has only moments to kill or remove the mind flayer larva from its face. If not removed in time, the mind flayer larva burrows itself into its victims brain, killing them instantly. The larva controls the host body, feeding off of it and eventually growing into a full-grown mind flayer.
