Hornet
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For a list of all arthropods, see list of arthropods.
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| HP | 21-44 |
| HD | 6 |
| XP | 281 |
| Speed | 15 |
| AC | 6 |
| EV | 14 |
| Will | 30 |
| Attack1 | 18 (sting: paralyse)
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| Resistances | None |
| Vulnerabilities | Poison |
| Habitat | Land |
| Intelligence | Animal |
| Uses | Uses nothing |
| Holiness | Natural |
| Size | Tiny |
| Type | hornet, hornet |
| Flags | Flying No skeleton |
| A buzzing hornet with a vicious stinger dripping with paralytic poison. |
Useful Info
Hornets are a dangerous flying insect. Their poisonous stings can slow and/or paralyze you for 1-3 turns. Poison resistance has a 66% to resist the slow/paralysis effect, but you need poison immunity to be completely safe. They are most common in the Dungeon and the Swamp. They can also be created when a shambling mangrove or spriggan rider is damaged sufficiently.
Tips & Tricks
- Paralysis is always an extremely dangerous effect. If you are paralysed for 3 turns, hornets can attack you up to 5 times in a row, which can easily kill you (5 * 18 = 80, not including poison itself). If you aren't immune to poison, you should take extreme caution with hornets. This isn't even mentioning the slow, which is a dangerous effect on its own.
- Hornets are poison vulnerable, so most poison effects work well. Curare darts deal significant damage and slow the hornet to average speed. Poisonous Vapours or Mephitic Cloud are reliable ways to kill/disable a hornet, respectively. A scroll of poison will prevent a hornet from charging at you, allowing you to hit it with ranged attacks.
- Wands and other evocables work well. Their willpower isn't great, so paraysis and polymorph can help deal with them. They aren't especially durable, so iceblast and other attack wands might kill it.
- A potion of lignification will give you poison resistance and high AC. It'll make death to a lone hornet extremely unlikely. Just watch out for any other monster in the vicinity.
- Never fight them in an area that allows you to be surrounded. Paralysis is bad enough when you only have to worry about one hornet.
