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25 special attacks

On top of an ordinary blow, many monsters carry one thing only their kind can do: breathe fire, drain a life, eat the metal off a shield, fling a member clear across the room. Each fires on a chance before the ordinary attack, and the numbers differ from one carrier to the next, so each monster's own page gives its exact figures.

TONGUE OF FLAME

It spits a tongue of flame for one wound.

Chance
10% to 20% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
3 kinds
Evil ManeAbyss FiendPit Fiend

CURSE

It lays a curse on one member, who loses up to ten percent off the chance to hit, and every blow aimed that way gains the same.

Chance
20% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
4 kinds
Hex ImpGremlinBaleful EyeDemon

PHASE SHIFT

It turns half ghostly, and every one of its kind in the fight gets one point harder to hit.

Chance
5% to 10% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
4 kinds
PixieFen LightGhoulWill O' Wisp

RAGE

It works itself up, and every one of its kind in the fight attacks one point harder.

Chance
5% to 10% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
4 kinds
WolfBoarHobgoblinOgre

SAND BLAST

It throws up grit that scours one point off a shield, or off the armor of a member carrying none.

Chance
40% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
1 kind
Dust Devil

POISON BITE

The bite carries poison worth up to four wounds, and no armor and no luck stand in its way.

Chance
20% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
3 kinds
Crypt SpiderSpider, venomousSnake

BLOOD DRAIN

It drinks, and one member's maximum hit points drop by one.

Chance
10% to 20% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
4 kinds
StrixVampire BatNight MothVampire

SUFFOCATION

It closes over a mouth and smothers for up to six wounds.

Chance
50% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
1 kind
Smogg

PRANK

It pulls some trick that costs one member up to ten percent off the chance to hit and hands the same to everything swinging that way.

Chance
10% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
2 kinds
Soot SpriteImp

LIFE DRAIN

It draws off ten of the experience one member has earned, and enough of that costs a level.

Chance
20% to 30% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
3 kinds
WailerGhostDemon King

REGENERATION

It knits itself back together and takes up to four hit points of damage off.

Chance
20% to 30% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
3 kinds
Bog TrollMetazoidTroll

EARTHQUAKE

The floor heaves and every member standing in the arena takes up to four wounds at once.

Chance
30% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
1 kind
Elemental

CRUSHING CHOMP

The jaws come together for up to twenty wounds, and there is no missing.

Chance
30% to 40% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
2 kinds
LeviathanLand Shark

PITCHFORK

The fork goes in and one member's maximum hit points drop by up to four for good.

Chance
10% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
1 kind
Arch-Devil

TAIL WHIP

The tail comes round and catches one member for up to four wounds.

Chance
40% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
2 kinds
LasherWhiplash

CONSTRICTION

It wraps and squeezes for up to eight wounds until something gives.

Chance
20% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
1 kind
Serpent

RIME LOCK

Frost closes over one member and takes the next turn away entirely.

Chance
15% to 30% of an attack
Reach
some fire it from across the room
Carried by
3 kinds
Chill ShadeFrost WraithLich

FLING

One member is picked up and flung clear of the fight, and whoever was behind takes the place at the front.

Chance
15% to 30% of an attack
Reach
only up close
Carried by
4 kinds
Grave MothHowlerHarpyNight Stalker