Laboratory rat

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armoured laboratory rat r File:Armoured laboratory rat.png
HP	17-37
HD	5
XP	127
Speed	9-17 "-17" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
AC	5
EV	5
Will	20
Attack1	10 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Little
Type	rat, laboratory rat
Flags	Fake spells Warm-blooded Silence immune

A rat that has been subjected to a wizard's terrible experiments. Who knows what it is capable of?

Useful Info

Laboratory rats are common vermin that have been altered by a mad wizard into dangerous abominations. They come in a wide variety of flavors, each of which has its own unique powers that are unaffected by Silence. They can be found in the mad wizard's laboratory vault, which is occasionally located in the deeper sections of the Dungeon.

Image	Type	Special Traits
	Plain	None
	Airborne	Levitation Electricity resistance
	Armoured	Increased AC
	Beastly	Increased HD Random speed (10 - 17, similar to a hell beast)
	Fiery	Fire breath attack Fire resistance
	Gaseous	Noxious breath attack Poison resistance
	Mutated	Mutation-branded attacks
	Parasitic	Vampiricism-branded attacks
	Shifting	Randomly blinks
	Venomous	Venom-branded attacks Poison immunity

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Blink
Slot2	Blink
Slot3	Blink
Slot4	Blink
Slot5	Blink
Slot6	Blink

Spell set II
Slot1	Fire Breath (3d10)
Slot2	none
Slot3	none
Slot4	none
Slot5	none
Slot6	none

Spell set III
Slot1	Mephitic Cloud
Slot2	none
Slot3	none
Slot4	none
Slot5	none
Slot6	none

Spell set IV
Slot1	Shock (d11)
Slot2	none
Slot3	none
Slot4	none
Slot5	none
Slot6	none

Tips & Tricks

You can tell when you're about to face these guys by the mad wizard standing guard out front. As soon as you open the door to the room in the back, expect a flood of Mephitic Cloud spells to hit you and all the rats present, as well as several shifting rats to blink past you. With some good area of effect spells, you can clear the room very quickly. Just make sure to have poison resistance or clarity to avoid an embarrassing, confused death.

Be sure to kill the mutated rats from range, as they have the mutation-branded attack of Mnoleg and pulsating lumps, as opposed to the ranged spell of neqoxecs and cacodemons.