Flying skull

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HP	15-27
HD	7
XP	228
Speed	15
AC	10
EV	17
Will	20
Attack1	14 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rF+, rC+, rElec, rPois+++, rN+++, rTorm, rRot+++, rDrown, rWater
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Holy wrath
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Undead
Size	Tiny
Type	flying skull, flying skull
Flags	Evil Levitate

An undead skull kept aloft and flitting swiftly about by unholy magic. It periodically emits loud, blood-curdling shrieks. “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

Flying skulls are weak pack monsters, fast and prone to shrieking. They are found in the Crypt, the Tomb, the Hells, the Abyss, and Pandemonium.

Tips & Tricks

• Although mostly harmless, they attract enough attention to be a pest to stealthy characters. If you know Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, they make excellent targets for blasting enemies adjacent to them. Although... that is not a stealthy way of dealing with them, since LRD is one of the loudest spells inside the entire game.
• Followers of Yredelemnul may be gifted a pack of flying skulls as they gain piety.

History

Prior to 0.13, they were even weaker and punier.