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{{Flavour|A small snake that can augment its bite by constricting small creatures.}}
 
  
 
==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==
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'''Ball pythons''' are tiny, quick-moving snakes found all throughout the [[Dungeon]]. They are extremely weak, but are capable of [[constrict]]ing you with their attacks, preventing you from moving and dealing minor additional damage. Fortunately, they are little and only capable of grabbing [[spriggan]]s with any regularity, and any character can kill them easily.
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'''Ball pythons''' are fast snakes found in the early [[Dungeon]]. While weaker than a [[hobgoblin]] or [[quokka]], ball pythons can [[constrict]] you with their attacks. Constriction has a chance to prevent you from moving, lowers [[evasion]], and deals minor damage every turn.
  
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
==Tips & Tricks==
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Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by their generally pathetic stats, if they do by chance manage to constrict you their damage will begin going up exponentially. Kill them quickly and try not to get mobbed by them while fighting other monsters.
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*Ball pythons are weak and frail, but if they manage to constrict you, you'll start taking damage quickly. Try to kill them fast, and try not to fight them around other monsters.
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**[[Large]] species ([[Armataur]], [[Naga]], [[Oni]], [[Troll]]) are too big to be constricted by a ball python, so these species have little to fear.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Prior to [[0.10]], ball pythons were known as small snakes and had a weak [[poison]]ous bite instead of a constriction attack.
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{{CBA|0.33|ball pythons will be nerfed. Their bite damage will be lowered from 3 to 2, and their EV will be lowered from 11 to 9.}}
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*Prior to [[0.27]], ball pythons dealt 1 less damage in melee.
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*Prior to [[0.25]] you could create your own ball pythons with the [[Sticks to Snakes]] spell.
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*Prior to [[0.10]], ball pythons were known as small snakes, and had a weak [[poison]]ous bite instead of a constriction attack. Also, they were tiny sized.
  
 
[[Category: Monsters]]
 
[[Category: Monsters]]

Latest revision as of 17:27, 16 September 2024

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

For a list of all snakes, see list of snakes.

ball python S Ball python.png
HP 2-5
HD 1
XP 1
Speed 12 (swim: 60%)
AC 0
EV 11
Will 0
Attack1 3 (bite: plain)
Attack2 1 (constrict: crush)


Resistances rDrown
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat Amphibious
Intelligence Animal
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Medium
Type snake, ball python
Flags Cold-blooded
A small snake that can augment its bite by constricting small creatures.

“The latter lived in the country, and before his house there was an oak, in which there was a lair of snakes. His servants killed the snakes, but Melampus gathered wood and burnt the reptiles, and reared the young ones. And when the young were full grown, they stood beside him at each of his shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should come to pass.”
-Pseudo-Apollodorus , _Library and Epitome_, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC.
trans. Sir James George Frazer, 1913.

“A snake, with mottles rare,
Surveyed my chamber floor,
In feature as the worm before,
But ringed with power.”
-Emily Dickinson, “In Winter In My Room”. circa 1860.

Useful Info

Ball pythons are fast snakes found in the early Dungeon. While weaker than a hobgoblin or quokka, ball pythons can constrict you with their attacks. Constriction has a chance to prevent you from moving, lowers evasion, and deals minor damage every turn.

Tips & Tricks

  • Ball pythons are weak and frail, but if they manage to constrict you, you'll start taking damage quickly. Try to kill them fast, and try not to fight them around other monsters.
    • Large species (Armataur, Naga, Oni, Troll) are too big to be constricted by a ball python, so these species have little to fear.

History

  • In 0.33, ball pythons will be nerfed. Their bite damage will be lowered from 3 to 2, and their EV will be lowered from 11 to 9.
  • Prior to 0.27, ball pythons dealt 1 less damage in melee.
  • Prior to 0.25 you could create your own ball pythons with the Sticks to Snakes spell.
  • Prior to 0.10, ball pythons were known as small snakes, and had a weak poisonous bite instead of a constriction attack. Also, they were tiny sized.
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