Searing wretch

Version 0.33: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

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

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HP	105-213
HD	18
XP	1470
Speed	10
AC	4
EV	8
Will	80
Attack1	50 (claw: fire)
Attack2	30 (claw: sear)
Resistances	rF+++ rC+ rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Undead
Size	Medium
Type	ghoul, searing wretch
Flags	No zombie

An animated corpse alight with terrible fire. The flames are fueled by its regenerating flesh, which bubbles and melts as it grows. Its bite leaves its victims covered in flaming gore.

Useful Info

Searing wretches are incendiary undead found in Gehenna and sometimes wandering around with Margery. Tough melee threats, their melee attacks can also temporarily reduce your fire resistance.

Tips & Tricks

• If you can afford to, try to avoid being in melee, since searing wretches have no ranged attacks. Borgnjor's Vile Clutch, Disjunction, throwing nets, etc. can work.
• Unlike most other enemies in Gehenna, searing wretches are resistant to cold damage.
• Searing wretches only travel at normal speed, but are not impeded by lava.

History

• Prior to 0.33, searing wretches could not swim through lava.
• Prior to 0.31, searing wretches had an attack that would apply Sticky Flame to the target.
• Prior to 0.30, searing wretches had fast regeneration.
• Searing wretches were added in 0.28.