Demonic crawler

Version 0.28: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

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

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HP	38-78
HD	9
XP	351
Speed	13
AC	10
EV	6
Will	60
Attack1	20 (hit: plain)
Attack2	20 (hit: plain)
Attack3	20 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rPois+ rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Large
Type	demonic crawler, demonic crawler
Flags	Regenerates See invisible No skeleton Web immune

A hellish insectoid creature with a long and bloated body, supported by dozens of short jointed legs and topped with an almost human head.

Useful Info

Demonic crawlers are grotesque demonic pests that can swiftly outrun most characters and which deal moderate damage in melee. They are often encountered in the Spider's Nest, as well as Gloorx Vloq's realm in Pandemonium.

Tips & Tricks

• They partially resist most elemental damage, but not so much that decent casters can't power through it. That being said, physical, non-elemental, or especially holy damage works better.
• Unlike most other opponents in the Spider's Nest, demonic crawlers are nearly immune to poison and shake off most Hexes, but they are vulnerable to weapons of holy wrath and other holy effects.

History

• In 0.30, demonic crawlers will lose most of their resistances, but have +9 HP/turn regeneration.
• Prior to 0.28, demonic crawlers were Big-sized, did less damage, and did not have Warning Cry.
• Prior to 0.25, demonic crawlers could cling to walls.