Weeping skull

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

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HP	18-38
HD	5
XP	98
Speed	10
AC	7
EV	3
Will	20
Attack1	10 (touch: drain experience)
Resistances	rC+ rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Undead
Size	Tiny
Type	weeping skull, weeping skull
Flags	Evil Flying Unbreathing

An undead skull kept aloft by unholy clouds of collective misery, which slowly drift out in its wake. It mourns without end for the living, the dead, and its own former life all alike. “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr’d in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it.” -William Shakespeare, _The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark_, V, 1. 1603.

Useful Info

Weeping skulls can be found in ossuaries, Crypt, and the Abyss. They spew clouds of excruciating misery, harming the player for 10% of their health each turn without negative energy resistance. They also produce an aura of short-lived misery clouds a few tiles around them.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Mourning Wail	Magical flag

Tips & Tricks

• If you lack negative energy resistance, do not fight these in corridors. You will quickly lose all of your health over the course of a few turns.
• Torment resistance has no effect against clouds of excruciating misery.
• If you stay still, the misery clouds created from Mourning Wail can never hit you, as it will not spawn clouds on tiles with vulnerable targets. The clouds that randomly spawn around the weeping skull can, however.
• Lee's Rapid Deconstruction will likely destroy these in 1-2 casts.

History

• This monster was added in 0.31, replacing flying skulls.