Crocodile

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HP	19-40
HD	5
XP	119
Speed	10 (swim: 60%)
AC	4
EV	12
Will	20
Attack1	18 (bite: drag)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	crocodile, crocodile
Flags	Cold-blooded

A crocodilian with powerful jaws. “How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!” -Lewis Carroll, _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_, 1865.

Useful Info

Crocodiles are large lizards that bite hard, drag their targets backwards, and have enough HP to take a few hits. Although rarely a major threat, don't underestimate them if you're playing a fragile character. They are usually found in certain sewer and ossuary maps.

Tips & Tricks

• Certain cold-based attacks may slow them, giving mages and light armour users time to soften them up from afar before getting in melee.
• Unlike trample, their dragging attack doesn't check your character's size.
• Just because you can handle a crocodile doesn't mean you can take on an alligator. Those Swamp inhabitants are much deadlier.

History

• In 0.33, crocodiles will deal 15 damage instead of 18, but will have 6 HD instead of 5 and more hp.
• In 0.31, crocodiles were reintroduced as sewer and ossuary exclusives. They got a new AF_DRAG attack flavour, which allows them to pull the target back.
• Crocodiles were removed in 0.26.