MoogleDan: RIP you sneaky bastards. Deleted non-trivia trivia

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RIP you sneaky bastards. Deleted non-trivia trivia

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{{no-bot-monster
|name=mimic
|glyph={{White|X}}
|tile=[[file:mimic.png]]
|flags={{No skeleton flag}}<br>{{Stationary flag}}<br>{{Fighter flag}} (feature)
|resistances={{Poison resistance}}, {{Electricity resistance}}, {{Fire resistance}}, {{Cold resistance}},<br>{{Rot resistance}}, {{Negative energy resistance}}, {{Torment resistance}}
|vulnerabilities=None
|max_chunks=0
|meat={{No corpse}}
|xp=467
|holiness={{Nonliving}}
|magic_resistance=32
|hp_range=30-58
|avg_hp=44
|armour_class=5
|evasion=1
|habitat=land
|speed=8 (item)<br>10 (feature)
|size=Variable
|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
|attack1=12 ({{Hit type}}: {{Plain flavour}})
|attack2=12 ({{Hit type}}: {{Poison flavour}})
|attack3=0 ({{Constrict type}}: {{Crush flavour}})
|attack4=
|hit_dice=8
|base_hp=3
|extra_hp=5
|fixed_hp=0
|intelligence={{Normal intelligence}}
|genus=item/feature mimic
|species=item/feature mimic
}}
{{Flavour|Item: An apparently abandoned item, actually a vicious little beast in disguise.

Feature: A vicious beast masquerading as an ordinary dungeon feature.}}

==Useful Info==
'''Mimics''' are irritating creatures which appear to be tantalizing items or common dungeon features, but which will attack and chase you once revealed. They are more than a match for careless, fragile characters, packing poisonous bites and multiple moderately powerful attacks. '''Item mimics''' can be found on [[Dungeon]]:7 or lower, as well as in any branch except for the [[Ecumenical Temple]], and are slightly slower than the average character. The faster '''feature mimics''' can start appearing on D:10, and are absent from the Temple, [[the Slime Pits]], and [[the Vestibule of Hell]].

In order to keep mimics from devastating low level characters and to give them a bit more bite in the late game, [[0.11]] added two new varieties. [[Inept mimic]]s are much weaker and can be found on floors 1-6, while [[ravenous mimic]]s are significantly more powerful and haunt the deepest areas.

==Tips & Tricks==
*Be wary of extremely high quality gear found early on. While [[gold dragon armour]] or [[crystal plate mail]] can occasionally appear on any floor, it might be wise to test it for fangs first.
**Unlike items, nothing can stand on a tile with a mimic in it, so monsters will step around them. Monsters neutralized by [[Elyvilon]]'s abilities, however, may still ascend or descend a mimic.
**If your minions stand adjacent to an item mimic, it will attack them.
**If you've already injured a mimic on this floor and it managed to escape, you may find an "item" later on with a health bar.
*How to kill a mimic:
**Powerful melee fighters can usually plow right through them, especially if they have poison resistance.
**They have an [[EV]] score of 1. [[Bolt of Inaccuracy]] can annihilate them in a single hit.
**Almost any [[Summonings]] spell can take them out without risk. They're fragile enough that a pack of imps can make short work of them.
*Mimics almost always identify themselves when you stand next to you. A [[Blink]] spell can put some quick distance between you and it.
*When dealing with feature mimics, escape won't be nearly as easy, but they're otherwise not any harder.
*Note the differences between a weapon mimic and a hostile [[dancing weapon]]: dancing weapons are much faster, may have any branded attack, and leave behind an actual weapon as a "corpse." A dancing weapon's attack strength and speed vary on the type of weapon being animated and can be quite powerful.

==History==
Mimics ceased being monsters in [[0.16]]. However, items may still turn out to be [[mimic]]s, which simply vanish when you get within on tile of them.

In [[0.15]], mimics no longer mimic doors, statues, fountains or hatches.

Inept and ravenous mimics were added in [[0.11]].

Prior to 0.10, item mimics were immobile, and in general they were cowardly creatures that [[teleport]]ed away when struck with a ranged attack.

Feature mimics were introduced to the game in [[0.8]]. Due to numerous bugs, they were retired in [[0.9]], to be reintroduced in [[0.10]] after much bugfixing.

Mimic (monster) - Revision history

MoogleDan: RIP you sneaky bastards. Deleted non-trivia trivia