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| − | * Brainless monsters are immune to [[Anguish]] and [[Mindburst]], cannot be [[pacify|pacified]], | + | * Brainless monsters are immune to [[Anguish]] and [[Mindburst]], cannot be [[pacify|pacified]], and are unable to be bound by [[Yredelemnul]]. |
| − | * Brainless monsters will blunder into [[shallow water]], [[ | + | * Brainless monsters will blunder into [[shallow water]], [[shaft]]s, and dangerous [[clouds]] (except [[miasma]]). Intelligent monsters will avoid clouds unless they are resistant, though a strong enough intelligent monster may charge through clouds if there's no better path. |
* Non-brainless monsters will retreat if they can't reach you or shoot at you. | * Non-brainless monsters will retreat if they can't reach you or shoot at you. | ||
* Non-brainless monsters will often try to make space for their allies to attack you. | * Non-brainless monsters will often try to make space for their allies to attack you. | ||
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* Intelligent monsters search and travel more effectively, and will continue to hunt for you longer after hearing [[noise]] or losing sight of you. | * Intelligent monsters search and travel more effectively, and will continue to hunt for you longer after hearing [[noise]] or losing sight of you. | ||
* Intelligent ranged monsters will attempt to regain [[line of sight]] rather than charging directly at you. | * Intelligent ranged monsters will attempt to regain [[line of sight]] rather than charging directly at you. | ||
Revision as of 03:39, 21 August 2023
Version 0.28: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
- If you were looking for the "Brainless" status condition caused by having 0 Intelligence, see Stat zero.
All monsters have a level of intelligence that determines certain behaviours, such as tracking the player, avoiding danger, and cooperating with allies. In general, a monster's intelligence is a secondary consideration compared to its physical and magical abilities, but it does have a number of effects, mostly in fairly specific situations.
Levels of Intelligence
There are three levels of monster intelligence:
- Brainless intelligence: Plants, zombies, jellies, golems, elementals. ("Mindless")
- Animal intelligence: Animals, insects, some non-zombie undead.
- Human intelligence: Humanoids, some other powerful/magical monsters. ("Intelligent")
Effects of intelligence
The following is a non-exhaustive list of effects of monster intelligence.
Brainless
- Brainless monsters are immune to Anguish and Mindburst, cannot be pacified, and are unable to be bound by Yredelemnul.
- Brainless monsters will blunder into shallow water, shafts, and dangerous clouds (except miasma). Intelligent monsters will avoid clouds unless they are resistant, though a strong enough intelligent monster may charge through clouds if there's no better path.
- Non-brainless monsters will retreat if they can't reach you or shoot at you.
- Non-brainless monsters will often try to make space for their allies to attack you.
Intelligence
- Intelligent monsters search and travel more effectively, and will continue to hunt for you longer after hearing noise or losing sight of you.
- Intelligent ranged monsters will attempt to regain line of sight rather than charging directly at you.
- Intelligent monsters may be able to guess your location even when you are invisible.
- Only intelligent monsters can be bribed.
History
- Prior to 0.28, the monster intelligence of your allies determined avoidance of traps (no effect on hostile).
- Prior to 0.26, butchering intelligent creatures would anger Zin.
- Prior to 0.17, there were 6 categories of intelligence: plant, insect, reptile, animal, human and high.
- Prior to 0.13 reptile intelligence and insect intelligence were one value, and Elyvilon could thus pacify insects. Also, friendly dumb monsters wouldn't turn hostile when damaged by ranged attacks.
