Spectral thing - Revision history

Hordes at 18:21, 3 November 2023

2023-11-03T18:21:01Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2023-11-03T18:19:49Z

‎Strategy

Hordes: /* Useful Info */

2023-11-03T18:19:05Z

‎Useful Info

Hordes: version bump

2023-11-03T18:17:54Z

version bump

Spudwalt at 00:08, 25 January 2021

2021-01-25T00:08:40Z

Spudwalt at 16:54, 7 February 2018

2018-02-07T16:54:04Z

Kernmantle at 01:07, 17 June 2014

2014-06-17T01:07:03Z

Kernmantle at 04:06, 16 June 2014

2014-06-16T04:06:07Z

Bwijn: v013, no changes

2014-02-17T17:28:26Z

v013, no changes

Kernmantle: mention revenant's Ghostly Flames as source

2014-02-05T06:59:40Z

mention revenant's Ghostly Flames as source

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 Like [[zombie]]s and [[skeleton]]s, spectral things are weaker and stupider than what they were in life.
-*'''HP:''' (HD)d4 + 4*HD
+*'''HP:''' ([[HD]])d4 + 4*HD
 *'''AC:''' Original + 2
 *'''EV:''' Original - 5
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 The main appeal of spectres is that [[Death Channel]] does not consume a monster's body, so it works with any other undead-creating spell. You cannot combine [[Animate Dead]] with [[Simulacrum]], but you can combine Death Channel with Animate Dead, or Death Channel and Simulacrum.
-Spectres are not especially strong compared to zombies or simulacrum, but their draining, see invisible, and flight can be useful.
+Spectres are not especially strong compared to zombies or simulacrum, but their draining can be useful. Also, see invisible and flight can occasionally help.
 ==Identifying Spectral things==

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 ==Strategy==
-The main appeal of spectres is that [[Death Channel]] does not consume a monster's body, so it works iwth any other undead-creating spell. You cannot combine [[Animate Dead]] with [[Simulacrum]], but you can combine Death Channel with Animate Dead, or Death Channel and Simulacrum.
+The main appeal of spectres is that [[Death Channel]] does not consume a monster's body, so it works with any other undead-creating spell. You cannot combine [[Animate Dead]] with [[Simulacrum]], but you can combine Death Channel with Animate Dead, or Death Channel and Simulacrum.
-Spectres are not especially strong, but their draining, see invisible, and flight can be useful.
+Spectres are not especially strong compared to zombies or simulacrum, but their draining, see invisible, and flight can be useful.
 ==Identifying Spectral things==

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 Spectral things are immune to poison, negative energy, torment, and resistant to cold damage. Like all undead, they are vulnerable to [[holy]].
-They can be created by [[Death Channel]], or by monsters' [[Spectral Cloud]] spell. [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning spectral orcs, who will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms. They can also be found in a few [[vault]]s.
+Spectral things can be created by [[Death Channel]], or by monsters' [[Spectral Cloud]] spell. [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning spectral orcs, who will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms. Spectres can also be found in a few [[vault]]s.
 ==Strategy==

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 {{Flavour|A hideous glowing apparition.
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 -William Blake, "Broken Love". ca. 1800.}}
-A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the disembodied spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and can regenerate.
+'''Spectral things''' ('''spectres''') are the disembodied spirits of slain creatures. As a type of [[derived undead]], their stats are based on what the monster had in life.
-They are occasionally found in special vaults, can be summoned by the [[Spectral Cloud]] spell of either a [[ghost crab]] or a [[revenant]], and occasionally generate naturally in [[The Crypt]]. The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
+==Useful Info==
-The player can summon spectral things by killing things while the [[Death Channel]] spell is active, though these are only temporary. Since monsters can still create corpses, this can be used to greatly increase the size of your undead horde for a time. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single ''permanent'' spectral thing that retains all the power it had in life.
+*'''HP:''' (HD)d4 + 4*HD
-Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their ghostly nature and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. As [[insubstantial]] beings, they are inherently [[levitate|levitating]], allowing them to cross liquids safely. They also uniformly [[see invisible]], a power the original creature may not have had.
+Spectral things are immune to poison, negative energy, torment, and resistant to cold damage. Like all undead, they are vulnerable to [[holy]].
 ==Identifying Spectral things==

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 -William Blake, "Broken Love". ca. 1800.}}
-A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the phantasmal spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are slower and weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and take damage normally, meaning they can eventually regenerate.
+A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the disembodied spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and can regenerate.
 They are occasionally found in special vaults, can be summoned by the [[Spectral Cloud]] spell of either a [[ghost crab]] or a [[revenant]], and occasionally generate naturally in [[The Crypt]]. The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
-The player can summon spectral things by killing things while the [[Death Channel]] spell is active, though these are only temporary. Since monsters can still create corpses, this can be used to greatly increase the size of your undead horde for a time. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single ''permanent'' spectral thing that retains all of its former powers.
+The player can summon spectral things by killing things while the [[Death Channel]] spell is active, though these are only temporary. Since monsters can still create corpses, this can be used to greatly increase the size of your undead horde for a time. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single ''permanent'' spectral thing that retains all the power it had in life.
-Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their increased intelligence, ability to follow you between levels, and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. As [[insubstantial]] beings, they are inherently [[levitate|levitating]], allowing them to cross liquids safely. They also uniformly [[see invisible]], a power the original creature may not have had.
+Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their ghostly nature and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. As [[insubstantial]] beings, they are inherently [[levitate|levitating]], allowing them to cross liquids safely. They also uniformly [[see invisible]], a power the original creature may not have had.
 ==Identifying Spectral things==
-Though spectral things will have different stats depending on what they were made from, ''Crawl'' currently tends to lump them together, making identification somewhat difficult. In console mode, there are unique tiles for several categories of monster, but there are still possible variations within those categories. Press '''x''' and highlight the spectral thing in question to get a better idea of the monster you are dealing with. However, this is not definitive: eg, when an [[ironbrand convoker]] dies, it comes back as a "spectral human" and the creature's (still active) spellset is omitted in the description.
+Though spectral things will have different stats depending on what they were made from, ''Crawl'' currently tends to lump them together, making identification somewhat difficult. In console mode, there are unique tiles for several categories of monster, but there are still possible variations within those categories. Press '''x''' and highlight the spectral thing in question to get a better idea of the monster you are dealing with.
 Below are all the categories of spectral things in tiles mode:
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 [[Image:Spectral snake.png]] [[List of snakes|Snakes]]
-[[Image:Spectral spider.png]] Spiders
+[[Image:Spectral spider.png]] [[List of arachnids|Spiders]]
 ==See Also==

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 {{Flavour|A hideous glowing apparition.
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 -William Blake, "Broken Love". ca. 1800.}}
-A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the phantasmal spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are slower and weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, their original spellset, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and take damage normally, meaning they can eventually regenerate.
+A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the phantasmal spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are slower and weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and take damage normally, meaning they can eventually regenerate.
-They are occasionally found in [[The Crypt]], naturally or summoned by a [[revenant]]'s [[Ghostly Flames]] spell.  The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
+They are occasionally found in special vaults, can be summoned by the [[Spectral Cloud]] spell of either a [[ghost crab]] or a [[revenant]], and occasionally generate naturally in [[The Crypt]]. The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
-The player can summon spectral things via the [[Death Channel]] spell, though the effect is only temporary. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single ''permanent'' spectral thing that retains all of its former powers.
+The player can summon spectral things by killing things while the [[Death Channel]] spell is active, though these are only temporary. Since monsters can still create corpses, this can be used to greatly increase the size of your undead horde for a time. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single ''permanent'' spectral thing that retains all of its former powers.
-Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their increased intelligence, ability to follow you between levels, and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. On the other hand, your created spectral servants are only temporary (unless you're using Yredelemnul's invocation, which only allows for a ''single'' permanent servant at a time), making some of their benefits less useful in the long run.
+Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their increased intelligence, ability to follow you between levels, and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. As [[insubstantial]] beings, they are inherently [[levitate|levitating]], allowing them to cross liquids safely. They also uniformly [[see invisible]], a power the original creature may not have had.
 ==Identifying Spectral things==
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 Below are all the categories of spectral things in tiles mode:
-[[Image:Bat spectral.png]] Bats
+[[Image:Bat spectral.png]] [[Bat]]s
-[[Image:Spectral centaur.png]] Centaurs
+[[Image:Spectral centaur.png]] [[List of centaurs|Centaurs]]
-[[Image:Spectral dragon.png]] Dragons
+[[Image:Spectral dragon.png]] [[List of dragons|Dragons]]
 [[Image:Spectral drake.png]] Drakes
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 [[Image:Spectral large humanoid.png]] Humanoids (large)
-[[Image:Spectral hydra 1.png]] Hydras with one head...
+[[Image:Spectral hydra 1.png]] [[Image:Spectral hydra 2.png]] [[Image:Spectral hydra 3.png]] [[Image:Spectral hydra 4.png]] [[Image:Spectral hydra 5.png]] [[Hydra]]
-[[Image:Spectral insect.png]] Insects
+[[Image:Spectral insect.png]] [[List of arthropods|Insects]]
 [[Image:Spectral bee.png]] Insects (winged)
-[[Image:Spectral kraken.png]] Krakens
+[[Image:Spectral kraken.png]] [[Kraken]]s
 [[Image:Spectral lizard.png]] Lizards
-[[Image:Spectral naga.png]] Nagas
+[[Image:Spectral naga.png]] [[List of nagas|Nagas]]
 [[Image:Spectral small quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (small)
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 [[Image:Spectral large quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (large)
-[[Image:Spectral snake.png]] Snakes
+[[Image:Spectral snake.png]] [[List of snakes|Snakes]]
 [[Image:Spectral spider.png]] Spiders

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 A form of [[derived undead]], '''spectral things''' are the phantasmal spirits of slain creatures. Like other undead creations such as [[zombie]]s or [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]], spectral things are slower and weaker than the original creatures they were made from and have the standard undead resistances to cold and negative energy. Unlike zombies or skeletons, spectral things retain their original intelligence, can use stairs, come with draining-branded attacks, and take damage normally, meaning they can eventually regenerate. They can also levitate and see invisible creatures.
-They are occasionally seen in [[The Crypt]], and can be summoned through through the [[Death Channel]] spell, though these summoned spectral things are only temporary. [[Yredelemnul]]'s Enslave Soul invocation can also give you a single permanent spectral thing that retains all of its former powers. The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
+They are occasionally found in [[The Crypt]], naturally or summoned by a [[revenant]]'s [[Ghostly Flames]] spell.  The mid-game unique [[Nergalle]] is capable of summoning large numbers of spectral orcs, which will often be armed with [[reaching]]-capable polearms.
 Spectral things are somewhat less durable than skeletons or zombies, but their increased intelligence, ability to follow you between levels, and ability to heal all help make up for this. Their draining attacks can prove quite useful against enemies that do not resist them. On the other hand, your created spectral servants are only temporary (unless you're using Yredelemnul's invocation, which only allows for a ''single'' permanent servant at a time), making some of their benefits less useful in the long run.