Torpor snail

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HP	51-67
HD	10
XP	424
Speed	7
AC	8
EV	1
Will	40
Attack1	25 (bite: plain)
Resistances	rDrown, rWater
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Insect
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	elephant slug, torpor snail
Flags	No skeleton

A huge gastropod with a lime-green shell. Torpor snails are said to be in some way connected with the god Cheibriados; just being near them is enough to slow the movements of unwary adventurers, leaving them easy prey for the snails' terrifying, ever-gnashing radulae.

Useful Info

Torpor snails are massive gastropods which slowly drag themselves toward their prey, pounding you for moderate damage when in melee. While almost any character could easily outrun a torpor snail under ordinary circumstances, they naturally inflict the slow status effect on you and your allies. Torpor snails can be found in the Lair.

Tips & Tricks

Barring a source of stasis to counter their passive slow, you'll want to dispatch these foes quickly when they're encountered along with other opponents. Treat them like a milder version of giant eyeballs; while slow is less deadly than paralysis, it still greatly increases the danger of any encounter, and it ignores your magic resistance.

History

Torpor snails were added in 0.15.