Eldritch tentacle

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

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HP	79-160
HD	16
XP	2295
Speed	12 (stationary)
AC	13
EV	0
Will	Immune
Attack1	30 (tentacle slap: chaos)
Attack2	40 (claw: chaos)
Resistances	rF+++ rC+++ rElec+++ rPois+++ rAcid+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm rSticky
Vulnerabilities	Silver
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Non-living
Size	Giant
Type	eldritch tentacle, eldritch tentacle
Flags	See invisible Flying Unbreathing Stationary No poly

An immense, squamous appendage of some unseen creature, dripping with ichor and tipped with a single, terrible-looking claw.

Useful Info

Eldritch tentacles are the limbs of some gargantuan horror reaching through a Malign Gateway. They are fast, powerful, immune to nearly all elemental magic, and have chaotic attacks. Malign Gateway's tentacles are loyal to their summoner when they first arrive, though they can turn hostile. They can also appear through Zot traps, in the Roulette of Golubria, and certain Abyss themed vaults.

When connected to the gateway, tentacles can reach out four spaces from their origin points. If/when the gateway ends, the tentacle will be severed; it will turn neutral and flail about for a bit before dying.

Tips & Tricks

• Hostile eldritch tentacles are very deadly due to their chaotic attacks. These attacks can paralyse you, send you to the Abyss, and turn you into a bad form. Paralysis alone is likely to kill you, then and there.
  • In spite of the fact that dripping tentacle horrors are generally seen as evil, eldritch tentacle biology is so alien that they are treated as nonliving, and thus suffer no extra harm from holy attacks. Silver missiles deal additional damage, and non-elemental Conjurations, Earth Magic, and Airstrike will also harm it effectively.
• Casters or ranged specialists can stand just beyond their reach and fling stuff at them until they die. Melee fighters will have a harder time, as the tentacle will retract if attacked from beyond its reach (poking it to death with a Polearm won't work).
• Because only one Malign Gateway can be open at a time, only one (summoned) eldritch tentacle can exist at a time. Casting a Malign Gateway prevents enemies from doing so, and vice versa.

History

• Prior to 0.28, you could enter through a portal of the Malign Gateway if the tentacle was killed. This would blink you and cause some damage.