Merfolk siren

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For a list of merfolk monsters, see List of merfolk

mermaid m
HP	26-45
HD	8
XP	349
Speed	10 (swim: 60%)
AC	4
EV	12
Will	53
Attack1	10 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	mermaid, mermaid
Flags	Speaks Fake spells Warm-blooded

A young woman with a fish tail in place of legs. Mermaids love to sing and charm their audience.

Useful Info

Mermaids are aquatic creatures with the head and upper body of a female humanoid and the tail of a fish. Their singing will mesmerize you, preventing you from moving away. Mermaids are commonly found in the Shoals.

Variant Mermaid

One variation of the Sewers has a few malarious mermaids in it. They have significantly lower HD than normal mermaids, but can still mesmerize you and prevent you from moving away from them.

A young woman with a fish tail in place of legs. She looks quite sick, but still capable of bespelling her audience.

Tips & Tricks

• High magic resistance will let you ignore a mermaid's song. The spell can also be broken early by killing or confusing the mermaid, using a scroll of noise, or wielding a lantern of shadows to reduce your LOS so you can't see the mermaid anymore.
• Although random blinks and teleports can also break mesmerism if you manage to leave LOS, you cannot willingly make controlled blinks or teleports away. If you can't lose the intrinsic no matter what, try teleporting to a space occupied by a monster to force the game to send you on a random teleport instead.
• Fortunately, mermaids will still try to close into melee with you. Unless you're in extreme danger, all you really have to do is wait for them to get close enough for you to hit them (though they often have polearms, allowing them to poke at you from a distance).