Dowan

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Dowan e
HP	25
HD	3
XP	46
Speed	10
AC	0
EV	13
Will	24
Attack1	5 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	High
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	elf, elf
Flags	Actual spells Speaks Spellcaster Unique Warm-blooded

A beautiful but vain elf with an aptitude for magic and little else. His skills are the perfect complement of his twin sister Duvessa's fighting prowess. Skill and grace, the twin brother and sister, are dancing playfully on your finger tips. -Rabindranath Tagore, _Chitra_, Act I, Scene iv. 1914

Useful Info

Dowan and Duvessa are a pair of twin elf uniques that hunt through the Dungeon as a team and are always encountered together. Dowan is a mediocre magician, while his sister is a somewhat competent fighter; however, when either one is struck down, their sibling becomes significantly more dangerous. In Dowan's case, this means suddenly replacing his weak attack spells with much stronger ones and being automatically hasted as soon as he sees you.

Location

• The Dungeon:4-9
• The Orcish Mines:1

Spells

Spell set - Standard
Slot1	Throw Frost (3d5)
Slot2	Corona
Slot3	Blink
Slot4	Throw Flame (3d5)
Slot5	Haste Other
Slot6	Minor Healing

Spell set - Upgraded
Slot1	Throw Icicle
Slot2	Corona
Slot3	Blink
Slot4	Stone Arrow
Slot5	Haste Other
Slot6	Minor Healing

Tips & Tricks

• Neither Dowan nor Duvessa will follow you up or down stairs unless their sibling is adjacent to you too (in which case they both will) or their sibling is dead.
• The haste effect only triggers the first time Dowan sees you after killing Duvessa. If you can escape up a flight of stairs or teleport away, he'll no longer have that advantage.
• Dowan's upgraded spell list is much more dangerous than Duvessa's berserk. Kill Dowan first.