Mist wolf

d mist wolf
Difficulty	15
Attacks	Bite 4d6 cold, Bite 2d6

d mist wolf
Difficulty	15
Attacks	Bite 4d6 cold, Bite 2d6
Base level	12
Base experience	294
Speed	18
Base AC	4
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	850
Nutritional value	350
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A mist wolf: has no hands. is an animal. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. does not appear in Gehennom. normally appears in small groups. requires a +1 weapon to hit. hits creatures as a +2 weapon.
Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2 monst.c, L517

A mist wolf, d, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM. The mist wolf is a carnivorous canine that is among the most dangerous non-unique canines in the variants where it can be encountered.

A mist wolf possesses a pair of bite attacks - the first bite is strong and can inflict cold damage.

In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, mist wolves hit as +2 weapons and require a +1 weapon or better to be hit.

Generation

Randomly generated mist wolves are always created hostile. They appear in small groups, and are not randomly generated in Gehennom.

Mist wolves appear among the random d that are part of the first quest monster class for Samurai and make up ²⁴⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Samurai quest. They also appear among the random d that are part of the second quest monster class for Yeomen and make up ⁶⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Yeoman quest.

Strategy

The mist wolf has attack strength comparable to that of the hell hound: though it lacks a breath weapon, it is faster in comparison, increasing the amount of damage it can inflict. Cold resistance will prevent any damage from the first bite attack.

History

The mist wolf first appears in SLASH 6.

In the defunct Drow quest, several mist wolves were generated on some of the floors at level creation: one in each of the upper filler levels, two in each of the lower filler levels, and eight on the goal level. Mist wolves could also appear among the random d that made up 14% of the monsters randomly generated there.

Origin

The encyclopedia entry likely comes from the Shannara series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, where it is part of an in-universe bestiary written by the character Wizard Endlebrook.

Encyclopedia entry

This hazy canine (_canis precipitous_) is thought to have a good
heart hiding somewhere within its green, silky hide. Unfortunately,
the beast is usually ravenous, as its diet of mist is not
very filling, at least compared to human flesh.

[ The New Bestiary, Wizard Endlebrook ]