Spriggan rider

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spriggan rider i
HP	51-71
HD	11
XP	809
Speed	10 (move: 60%)
AC	1
EV	18
Will	100
Attack1	27 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	Poison
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	High
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Small
Type	spriggan, spriggan
Flags	Fighter Flying See invisible Speaks Warm-blooded

Mounted on wasps, these cruel riders make sure anyone who dares to intrude on the spriggan fens and cairns will regret it.

Useful Info

Spriggan riders are fast mounted opponents which ride wasps, shooting you with needles while at range or attacking with polearms from the back row, often while spriggan foot soldiers and wildlife charge in to attack you. They are impossible to escape on foot and hit hard, making them surprisingly deadly opponents. If you kill one, there's a chance that you'll only kill the rider or the mount, leaving a wasp or standard spriggan to face you alone. They can be found in the Swamp and in rare spriggan forests found throughout the dungeon and its branches.

Tips & Tricks

• Poison resistance renders their needles harmless.
• They need a clear line of fire to shoot you, which is hard for them to achieve when fighting in the densely wooded forests. Even so, it's best to lure them away from the trees by backing away behind a corner, just in case a spriggan druid casts Awaken Forest on you.
• If you manage to kill a spriggan rider's wasp while it is floating over deep water, it will drop the spriggan into the water and kill it instantly. This can happen fairly easily in the Swamp.

History

Prior to 0.15, they rode giant fireflies instead of wasps.

Spriggan riders were added in 0.7.