Merfolk javelineer

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

merfolk javelineer m
HP	48-98
HD	13
XP	1123
Speed	10 (swim: 60%)
AC	0
EV	12
Will	60
Attack1	12 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	merfolk, merfolk
Flags	Archer Speaks Warm-blooded Don't melee

A fearsome merfolk champion with a piercing gaze and a large bundle of javelins. “Again at length my thought reviving came, When I no longer found my self the same; Then first this sea-green beard I felt to grow, And these large honours on my spreading brow; My long-descending locks the billows sweep, And my broad shoulders cleave the yielding deep; My fishy tail, my arms of azure hue, And ev'ry part divinely chang'd, I view.” -Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, XIII, 546-7. 8 A.D. trans. Garth, Dryden, et al.

Useful Info

Merfolk javelineers are powerful merfolk who inhabit the Shoals. They hurl javelins with great force.

As an enemy with the archer flag, javelineers deal up to 17 extra damage with ranged weapons, including javelins.

Tips & Tricks

• Javelineers carry small stacks of javelins, so characters looking for good throwing weapons should stop by the Shoals.
• These monsters deal a lot of damage, so stay away if you have low EV. RMsl is excellent here, if you can get it. They're not quite as bad as deep elf master archers, but they tend to appear in greater numbers and with more friends.
• Javelineers occasionally carry silver javelins; Transmuters, Demonspawn, and the heavily mutated should expect even heavier damage output than usual.
• Unlike most ranged combatants, merfolk javelineers won't stop chucking javelins at you if you close into melee range. If you have a way to deal damage from a distance, do so to avoid having to charge through a rain of javelins.

History

• In 0.28, merfolk javlineers were nerfed (base damage 17->12, EV 14->12, HP 78->73). Also, they now carry much fewer javelins.
• Prior to 0.27, merfolk javelineers could be found in the Depths. In addition, monsters were limited by ammo - e.g you could eventually run them out of javelins. Also, all monsters had hidden weapon penalties (they attacked slower).
• In 0.24, the buff to javelins indirectly buffed javelineers; shields, other than the small warlock's mirror, no longer block them.