Friday, August 27, 2021

The bestiary of Wizardry III

As before, I've split this into multiple tables, with notes duplicated from the Wiz1 bestiary, and changed where they are known to differ.

The tables are extracted from the Woz-A-Day Collection version. The cracked DSK versions all differ to some extent.

Id Picture Unknown Name Unknown Names Name Names Group Size HP / Level
0 9 GIANT SERPENT GIANT SERPENTS MOAT MONSTER MOAT MONSTERS 2d2 +1 2d10 +5
1 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS HIGH CORSAIR HIGH CORSAIRS 1d1 2d15 +5
2 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS GARIAN RAIDER GARIAN RAIDERS 2d3 2d4
3 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS GARIAN GUARD GARIAN GUARDS 2d4 2d5 +2
4 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS GARIAN CAPTAIN GARIAN CAPTAINS 2d3 3d6
5 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS GARIAN PRIEST GARIAN PRIESTS 2d3 2d4 +2
6 14 CORSAIR CORSAIRS GARIAN MAGE GARIAN MAGES 2d3 1d4 +2
7 11 UNSEEN ENTITY UNSEEN ENTITIES POLTERGEIST POLTERGEISTS 1d3 +1 1d6 +2
8 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES DUSTER DUSTERS 2d3 2d4 +2
9 15 SLIMY THING SLIMY THINGS GIANT SLUG GIANT SLUGS 1d1 4d6
10 17 LARGE SNAKE LARGE SNAKES ANACONDA ANACONDAS 2d2 1d8 +2
11 10 STRANGE PLANT STRANGE PLANTS CRAWLING KELP CRAWLING KELP 4d2 1d2 +1
12 3 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR MAN AT ARMS MEN AT ARMS 2d3 3d10
13 4 MAN IN ROBES MEN IN ROBES FRIAR FRIARS 2d3 3d8
14 5 WOMAN IN ROBES WOMEN IN ROBES WITCH WITCHES 7d1 3d4
15 6 MAN IN LEATHER MEN IN LEATHER LOOTER LOOTERS 2d3 3d6
16 7 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR RONIN RONIN 3d2 +2 2d10
17 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES ASHER ASHERS 1d6 2d4 +2
18 13 STRANGE BIRD STRANGE BIRDS WERE VULTURE WERE VULTURES 3d2 2d6 +4
19 12 GAUNT FIGURE GAUNT FIGURES MUMMY MUMMIES 1d6 1d3 +6
20 13 STRANGE BIRD STRANGE BIRDS VULTURE VULTURES 2d4 +1 2d6
21 29 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS BENGAL TIGER BENGAL TIGERS 2d3 3d6
22 20 GOBLIN GOBLINS GOBLIN GOBLINS 2d3 +3 3d8 +4
23 20 GOBLIN GOBLINS HOBGOBLIN HOBGOBLINS 2d3 3d12
24 25 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS DARK STEED DARK STEEDS 1d1 4d3 +15
25 13 STRANGE BIRD STRANGE BIRDS HARPY HARPIES 2d3 +1 3d5
26 8 MAN IN BLACK MEN IN BLACK NINJA NINJA 2d3 2d6 +4
27 16 TINY FIGURE TINY FIGURES LEPRECHUAN LEPRECHUANS 1d4 +1 3d6
28 25 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS UNICORN UNICORNS 1d1 4d3 +15
29 3 FIGHTER FIGHTERS CRUSADER CRUSADERS 2d3 2d8
30 16 TINY FIGURE TINY FIGURES PIXIE PIXIES 1d4 +3 4d6
31 28 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS CENTAUR CENTAURS 1d5 +2 4d6 +4
32 3 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR DWARF FIGHTER DWARF FIGHTERS 2d4 5d10
33 4 MAN IN ROBES MEN IN ROBES ACOLYTE ACOLYTES 2d4 5d8
34 5 MAN IN ROBES MEN IN ROBES NECROMANCER NECROMANCERS 6d1 5d4
35 27 GIANT INSECT GIANT INSECTS GIANT ANT GIANT ANTS 4d2 +1 2d5 +10
36 10 STRANGE PLANT STRANGE PLANTS STRANGLER
VINE
STRANGLER
VINES
4d2 5d3
37 11 UNSEEN ENTITY UNSEEN ENTITIES BANSHEE BANSHEES 2d2 1d3 +10
38 29 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS WERE TIGER WERE TIGERS 2d3 5d6
39 9 DRAGON DRAGONS KOMODO
DRAGON
KOMODO
DRAGONS
2d3 6d5
40 15 SLIMY THING SLIMY THINGS GIANT LEECH GIANT LEECHES 1d1 8d6
41 17 LARGE SNAKE LARGE SNAKES 2-HEADED
SNAKE
2-HEADED
SNAKES
2d3 5d8
42 20 GOBLIN GOBLINS GOBLIN PRINCE GOBLIN PRINCES 2d2 5d5 +20
43 20 GOBLIN GOBLINS GOBLIN SHAMAN GOBLIN SHAMANS 2d3 5d6
44 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES DARK RIDER DARK RIDERS 1d1 4d6 +20
45 13 STRANGE BIRD STRANGE BIRDS COCKATRICE COCKATRICES 1d2 5d5 +5
46 8 MAN IN BLACK MEN IN BLACK MASTER NINJA MASTER NINJA 2d3 6d4 +7
47 3 FIGHTER FIGHTERS CRUSADER
LORD
CRUSADER
LORDS
2d2 5d5 +20
48 16 TINY FIGURE TINY FIGURES FAERIE FAERIES 1d6 +2 4d8 +8
49 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES SERAPH SERAPHIM 1d1 4d6 +10
50 9 DRAGON DRAGONS T'IEN LUNG T'IEN LUNG 1d3 6d4 +8
51 13 STRANGE BIRD STRANGE BIRD ROC ROCS 1d1 8d5 +8
52 3 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR BERSERKER BERSERKERS 2d4 8d8
53 4 MAN IN ROBES MEN IN ROBES GNOME PRIEST GNOME PRIESTS 2d3 +1 8d7
54 5 MAN IN ROBES MEN IN ROBES ELVEN MAGE ELVEN MAGES 2d3 +1 8d3 +4
55 6 MAN IN LEATHER MEN IN LEATHER BURGLAR BURGLARS 2d4 5d6
56 7 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR SAMURAI SAMURAI 3d3 8d7
57 11 UNSEEN ENTITY UNSEEN ENTITIES GHOST GHOSTS 1d4 4d6
58 11 UNSEEN ENTITY UNSEEN ENTITIES WIGHT WIGHTS 1d4 5d6
59 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES DOPPELGANGER DOPPELGANGERS 2d4 6d9
60 21 SHADOWY FIGURE SHADOWY FIGURES FIEND FIENDS 1d4 +2 8d6 +8
61 20 STRANGE ANIMAL STRANGE ANIMALS GIANT GORILLA GIANT GORILLAS 1d3 10d1 +50
62 11 UNSEEN ENTITY UNSEEN ENTITIES GHAST GHASTS 1d4 4d6 +6
63 9 DRAGON DRAGONS FIREDRAKE FIREDRAKES 1d2 10d8
64 10 STRANGE PLANT STRANGE PLANTS VENUS
MAN-TRAP
VENUS
MAN-TRAPS
1d4 8d3
65 7 MAN IN ARMOR MEN IN ARMOR MIFUNE MIFUNE 1d1 10d6 +25
66 22 FIERY FIGURE FIERY FIGURES ARCHDEMON ARCHDEMONS 1d1 10d2 +60
67 26 GIANT GIANTS CYCLOPS CYCLOPES 1d2 8d3 +60
68 27 GIANT INSECT GIANT INSECTS GIANT MANTIS GIANT MANTISES 1d3 10d6
69 22 RADIANT FIGURE RADIANT FIGURES ARCHANGEL ARCHANGELS 1d1 10d2 +60
70 15 SLIMY THING SLIMY THINGS XENO XENOS 1d1 10d6
71 17 LARGE SNAKE LARGE SNAKES HYDRA HYDRAE 1d1 11d7
72 4 ROBED MAN ROBED MEN PRIEST OF FUNG PRIESTS OF FUNG 1d5 +2 8d5
73 22 RADIANT FIGURE RADIANT FIGURES ANGEL ANGELS 1d4 +2 8d6 +8
74 23 LIVING LEGEND LIVING LEGENDS DELF DELFEN 1d1 10d1 +50
75 12 GAUNT FIGURE GAUNT FIGURES DELF'S MINION DELF'S MINIONS 1d4 +5 3d3 +10
76 24 SKELETAL FIGURE SKELETAL FIGURE PO'LE PO'LE 1d1 10d1 +50
77 0 L'KBRETH L'KBRETHS L'KBRETH L'KBRETHS 1d1 100d1 -60


Picture

These pictures were extracted from the Apple II disk images.

Names

Each monster gets four names. A normal name, a name representing the unidentified monster, and plural variants for both.

Group Size

The number of monsters that may appear in a group. This will never exceed (MazeLevel + 4).

HP / Level

The hit dice which determine the monster’s starting HP, which rolls for each individual monster during an encounter. The dice count also serves as the monster's level.

A monster's chance to hit you in melee is (Level + YourAC) * 5% per strike.

A monster's chance to resist a successful critical hit is (Level + 10)/35.

Monsters always resist Makanito if their level is greater than 7.

Each monster’s chance to resist Lakanito is Level * 6%.

The morale of a monster group is equal to its level, multiplied by the number of monsters whose status is OK.

When your total party level exceeds the total monster morale of all groups, they will be demoralized, and monsters with the Run ability have a 65% chance to flee.

When monsters are demoralized (even if they cannot run), your chance to succeed when running is 20% higher.


Id Name Class Armor Class Attacks Special Reward 1 Reward 2
0 MOAT MONSTER Dragon 6 1d6 1d3 1d3
0 0
1 HIGH CORSAIR Fighter 3 1d6 +4
0 13
2 GARIAN RAIDER Thief 5 2d3
0 1
3 GARIAN GUARD Fighter 4 1d8
0 1
4 GARIAN CAPTAIN Fighter 3 1d8 +2
0 1
5 GARIAN PRIEST Priest 5 2d3
0 1
6 GARIAN MAGE Mage 9 1d4
0 1
7 POLTERGEIST Undead 10 2d2 2d2
0 1
8 DUSTER Undead 8 2d3 2d3
0 1
9 GIANT SLUG Animal 10 2d3 +2 2d3 +1 [Heal 5] 14 14
10 ANACONDA Animal 3 1d4 +1 1d4 +1
0 1
11 CRAWLING KELP Enchanted 10 1d2 +1 1d2 +1 1d2 +1
14 14
12 MAN AT ARMS Fighter 4 1d8 +1
2 3
13 FRIAR Priest 6 2d3 +1
2 3
14 WITCH Mage 9 1d4 +1
2 3
15 LOOTER Thief 6 1d4 1d4 2d4
2 3
16 RONIN Fighter 4 1d8 +1
2 3
17 ASHER Undead 6 1d3 1d3
2 3
18 WERE VULTURE Were 4 1d8 1d4 1d4
2 3
19 MUMMY Undead 5 1d6 [Drain 1] 2 3
20 VULTURE Animal 8 1d6 1d3 1d3
2 3
21 BENGAL TIGER Animal 7 2d3 2d3 2d3
2 3
22 GOBLIN Fighter 4 2d3 2d3
16 17
23 HOBGOBLIN Giant 3 2d3 2d3 2d3
16 17
24 DARK STEED Enchanted 4 2d3 +1 2d3 +1 2d6
16 17
25 HARPY Mythical 5 2d4 2d4
16 17
26 NINJA Fighter 5 2d3 2d3
16 17
27 LEPRECHUAN Midget 4 2d2 2d2 2d2
18 17
28 UNICORN Enchanted 4 2d3 +1 2d3 +1 2d6
18 17
29 CRUSADER Fighter 4 1d8
18 17
30 PIXIE Midget 4 2d2 2d2 2d2
18 17
31 CENTAUR Mythical 7 2d6 2d6
18 17
32 DWARF FIGHTER Fighter 2 2d4 2d4
4 5
33 ACOLYTE Priest 5 2d3 +2
4 5
34 NECROMANCER Mage 9 1d4 +2
4 5
35 GIANT ANT Insect 4 2d5
4 5
36 STRANGLER VINE Enchanted 6 1d2 1d2 1d2 2d8
14 15
37 BANSHEE Undead 4 2d6 1d3 [Drain 1] 4 5
38 WERE TIGER Were 3 3d3 3d3 3d3 [Heal 2] 4 5
39 KOMODO DRAGON Dragon 3 2d6 2d3 2d3 [Poison breath] 4 5
40 GIANT LEECH Animal 8 2d4 2d4 [Heal 7] 14 15
41 2-HEADED SNAKE Animal 2 1d6 +1 1d6 +1 1d6 +1 1d6 +1
4 5
42 GOBLIN PRINCE Giant 1 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3
20 21
43 GOBLIN SHAMAN Giant 4 2d3 2d3
20 21
44 DARK RIDER Demon 2 2d3 2d3 2d3
20 21
45 COCKATRICE Mythical 5 1d5 1d5
20 21
46 MASTER NINJA Fighter 2 2d4 2d4 2d4
20 21
47 CRUSADER LORD Fighter 1 1d8 1d8 1d8
22 21
48 FAERIE Midget 3 2d4 2d4 2d4
22 21
49 SERAPH Demon 2 2d3 2d3 2d3
22 21
50 T'IEN LUNG Dragon 0 1d8 1d8 3d8 +3 [Heal 2] [Cold breath] 22 21
51 ROC Mythical 2 3d8 1d6 1d6 1d6
22 21
52 BERSERKER Fighter 0 2d5 2d5 2d5
6 7
53 GNOME PRIEST Priest 3 2d3 2d3
6 7
54 ELVEN MAGE Mage 8 1d4 +2
6 7
55 BURGLAR Thief 4 1d6 1d6 3d4
6 7
56 SAMURAI Fighter 0 1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4
6 7
57 GHOST Undead 3 1d6 +2 1d6 +2 [Drain 1] 6 7
58 WIGHT Undead 2 1d6 1d6 1d6
6 7
59 DOPPELGANGER Were -2 3d5 3d5 [Heal 5] 6 7
60 FIEND Demon 0 2d4 2d4 1d3 +1 1d3 +1
6 7
61 GIANT GORILLA Giant 4 6d6 6d6
6 7
62 GHAST Undead 1 2d6 +6 [Drain 1] 8 9
63 FIREDRAKE Dragon 0 2d6 2d6 4d8 [Flame breath] 8 9
64 VENUS MAN-TRAP Enchanted 4 4d6 +4 [Heal 1] 8 9
65 MIFUNE Fighter -2 1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4
8 9
66 ARCHDEMON Demon -2 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3
8 9
67 CYCLOPS Giant 0 3d6 +2 3d6 +2
8 9
68 GIANT MANTIS Insect 0 2d6 2d6
8 9
69 ARCHANGEL Demon -2 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3
8 9
70 XENO Animal 6 1d10 +5 1d10 +5 [Heal 10] 8 9
71 HYDRA Dragon -1 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 [Heal 5] 8 9
72 PRIEST OF FUNG Priest 3 2d3 +1 2d3 +1
7 7
73 ANGEL Demon 0 2d4 2d4 [Heal 5] 10 10
74 DELF Demon 0 2d4 2d4 2d4 2d4 [Heal 5] 11 11
75 DELF'S MINION Undead 3 1d6 +2 1d6 +2
7 7
76 PO'LE Mage 4 1d4 1d4 1d4 [Heal 1] 7 12
77 L'KBRETH Dragon -20 1d8 1d8 3d5 [Flame breath] 0 0


Class

Class determines the odds of being friendly. However, this only applies to a select few monsters that lack elemental resistance. Any monster with any elemental resistance, including physical, will never be friendly.


Fighter 11%
Mage 6%
Priest 16%
Thief 4%
Midget (unused) 31%
Dragon (unused)
26%
All others 51%


Certain items, when equipped, will have a 50% chance of silently nullifying attacks from specific monster classes, should the monster decide to attack the character equipped with such an item. They do not affect spells or breath weapons.

Certain weapons deal double damage against specific monster classes.

Makanito never affects the undead. Zilwan and Dispell only affect the undead.


Attacks

Simple hit dice to determine damage when a monster hits.

Some monsters have multiple attacks, and they don’t always do the same amount of damage. For instance, the moat monster’s attack is:
1d6 1d3 1d3

That means it strikes three times, each strike has a separate chance to hit, and each landed hit inflicts the corresponding damage roll.

Special: X Breath

The monster has a breath attack of element type X. Any monster with a breath attack has a 60% chance of using it instead of attacking. Breath attacks hit all players for damage equal to half of the monster’s remaining HP. Characters equipped with an item with that elemental resistance, or who make a saving throw against breath will take half damage. If both conditions are met, they take 25% damage. Element type has no other effect. Poison breath, for instance, does not poison; it merely indicates that characters equipped with poison elemental protection will take half damage.

Special: Drain X

If you are hit, you will lose X levels, and your maxHP will be reduced to ([newLevel]*[oldMaxHP])/[MaxLev], where MaxLev is the highest level you've reached without getting drained (switching classes resets your level but not your MaxLevel). You’ll be LOST if you drop below level 1!

Special: Heal X

The monster heals this many HP per round.

Reward 1 & Reward 2

Index values used to lookup the type of treasure the monster leaves. This is always based on the monster type that was initially selected for the encounter. Monsters types that populated the rear ranks are irrelevant.

“Reward 1” is selected when the monster was fought as a random encounter, and is typically an amount of loose gold, but not always. “Reward 2” is selected when the encounter was predetermined or fixed and may indicate loose gold or a treasure chest which may or may not have items inside.

If you set off an alarm trap, then you'll get a "Reward 2" prize after winning the resulting encounter, without having to re-open the treasure chest, but the prize will be determined from the resulting encounter rather than from the initial one. This happens even if the initial chest was selected from a "Reward 1" column, which can happen in Wizardry III.

When you have a random encounter in a flagged room, you will get "Reward 1," but any gold received will be doubled.

Id Name Partner Mage Level Priest Level Spell Resistance
0 MOAT MONSTER
0 0 0
1 HIGH CORSAIR 100% GARIAN CAPTAIN 0 0 0
2 GARIAN RAIDER 20% GARIAN RAIDER 0 0 0
3 GARIAN GUARD 30% GARIAN GUARD 0 0 0
4 GARIAN CAPTAIN 50% GARIAN GUARD 0 0 0
5 GARIAN PRIEST 35% GARIAN RAIDER 0 1 0
6 GARIAN MAGE 35% GARIAN RAIDER 1 0 0
7 POLTERGEIST 30% POLTERGEIST 0 0 0
8 DUSTER 20% DUSTER 0 0 0
9 GIANT SLUG 15% GIANT SLUG 0 0 0
10 ANACONDA 30% ANACONDA 0 0 0
11 CRAWLING KELP 40% CRAWLING KELP 0 0 50
12 MAN AT ARMS 30% MAN AT ARMS 0 0 0
13 FRIAR 41% RONIN 0 2 0
14 WITCH 40% MAN AT ARMS 2 0 0
15 LOOTER 20% WITCH 0 0 0
16 RONIN 20% RONIN 2 0 0
17 ASHER 25% DUSTER 0 0 0
18 WERE VULTURE 50% VULTURE 0 0 25
19 MUMMY 20% MUMMY 0 0 0
20 VULTURE 33% VULTURE 0 0 0
21 BENGAL TIGER 30% BENGAL TIGER 0 0 0
22 GOBLIN 25% GOBLIN 0 0 0
23 HOBGOBLIN 40% GOBLIN 0 0 0
24 DARK STEED 100% DARK STEED 0 0 10
25 HARPY 30% HARPY 0 0 0
26 NINJA 25% NINJA 0 0 0
27 LEPRECHUAN 15% LEPRECHUAN 2 0 0
28 UNICORN 100% UNICORN 0 0 10
29 CRUSADER 30% CRUSADER 0 2 0
30 PIXIE 35% LEPRECHUAN 2 3 0
31 CENTAUR 15% CENTAUR 0 0 0
32 DWARF FIGHTER 75% MAN AT ARMS 0 0 0
33 ACOLYTE 65% FRIAR 0 3 0
34 NECROMANCER 50% DWARF FIGHTER 3 0 0
35 GIANT ANT 50% GIANT ANT 0 0 0
36 STRANGLER VINE 45% STRANGLER VINE 0 0 50
37 BANSHEE 100% BANSHEE 0 0 0
38 WERE TIGER 67% BENGAL TIGER 0 0 10
39 KOMODO DRAGON 100% KOMODO DRAGON 0 0 0
40 GIANT LEECH 15% GIANT LEECH 0 0 0
41 2-HEADED SNAKE 50% ANACONDA 0 0 0
42 GOBLIN PRINCE 100% HOBGOBLIN 0 0 15
43 GOBLIN SHAMAN 100% HOBGOBLIN 3 2 0
44 DARK RIDER 100% DARK STEED 3 0 40
45 COCKATRICE 30% HARPY 0 0 0
46 MASTER NINJA 25% NINJA 0 0 0
47 CRUSADER LORD 100% CRUSADER 0 4 5
48 FAERIE 30% PIXIE 3 2 15
49 SERAPH 100% UNICORN 3 0 40
50 T'IEN LUNG 100% T'IEN LUNG 0 0 35
51 ROC 50% VULTURE 0 0 0
52 BERSERKER 35% DWARF FIGHTER 0 0 0
53 GNOME PRIEST 50% BURGLAR 0 4 0
54 ELVEN MAGE 62% BERSERKER 5 0 10
55 BURGLAR 30% DWARF FIGHTER 0 0 0
56 SAMURAI 20% SAMURAI 3 0 0
57 GHOST 100% GHOST 0 0 0
58 WIGHT 5% GHOST 4 0 33
59 DOPPELGANGER 40% BERSERKER 0 0 25
60 FIEND 30% GHOST 3 3 40
61 GIANT GORILLA 20% GIANT GORILLA 0 0 0
62 GHAST 10% GHOST 0 0 0
63 FIREDRAKE 100% FIREDRAKE 0 0 15
64 VENUS MAN-TRAP 50% STRANGLER VINE 0 0 50
65 MIFUNE 50% SAMURAI 3 0 20
66 ARCHDEMON 100% FIEND 6 3 60
67 CYCLOPS 100% CYCLOPS 0 0 25
68 GIANT MANTIS 100% GIANT MANTIS 0 0 0
69 ARCHANGEL 100% SERAPH 5 3 60
70 XENO 15% XENO 0 0 0
71 HYDRA 70% 2-HEADED SNAKE 0 0 0
72 PRIEST OF FUNG 25% PRIEST OF FUNG 0 5 0
73 ANGEL 100% CRUSADER LORD 0 4 40
74 DELF 100% DELF'S MINION 4 3 40
75 DELF'S MINION 25% DELF'S MINION 0 0 25
76 PO'LE 0% PO'LE 7 0 15
77 L'KBRETH
0 0 100


Partner

When a monster encounter is selected, it will be in the first monster group. There is a chance that it will come with a “partner” in the second monster group. This is recursive; if the partner type is selected, then that partner also gets a chance of having its partner in the next group slot. There is a limit of 4 groups, or MazeLevel+1, whichever is lower.

For example, Looters have a partner value of 20% Witch. So if you encounter them, there is a 20% chance that Witches will spawn too. If this happens, then since Witches have a partner value of 40% Man at Arms there would be a 40% chance of Men at Arms in the third group slot, and so on.

Monsters from fixed and predetermined encounters always have a partner in the second slot, with the exception of Moat Monsters, who never do. Because of this, PO'LE, a fixed encounter, always comes in a pair, but never more than that. The first group gets a 100% partner chance, and the second gets a 0% partner chance.

The Moat Monsters exception appears to be a bug; the data suggests a partner value of 35% Moat Monster, but this means a partner ID of 0, and the partner selection logic considers this to mean "no partner" regardless of the percentage chance. The 35% Moat Monster property is useless regardless; Moat Monsters only appear in level 1, and only as fixed encounters, which would mean (if not for the bug) that they would always appear in two groups anyway, and never more due to the MazeLevel+1 limit.

 

Mage Level

The highest level of mage spell that the monster may cast.

Monster mage logic:
  • Monsters with any mage spells have a 75% of casting instead of attacking.
  • The monster then selects a random value from the right column of this table, according to the odds in the left column:

    71% 0
    20.59% 1
    5.97% 2
    1.73% 3
    0.5% 4
    0.15% 5
    0.06% 6
  • This number is subtracted from the Mage Level value, but it won’t drop below 1. 
  • Finally, the monster picks one of two spells within that level. There is a 66% chance of picking spell A, and a 34% chance of picking spell B.
  • After casting the spell, there is a 1 / (Monster group size + 2) chance that the group's mage level decreases by one point, affecting all individuals within it.

Monster mage spells (levels do not completely correspond to player spell levels):


A B
1 Katino Halito
2 Dilto Halito
3 Molito Mahalito
4 Dalto Lahalito
5 Lahalito Madalto
6 Madalto Zilwan
7 Tiltowait Tiltowait

It's curious that Zilwan is one of the spells, as it will never affect anyone in your party!

 

Priest Level

Priest spellcasting logic is a bit different.
  • A priest spellcaster who did not cast a mage spell has a 75% chance of casting a priest spell instead of attacking.
  • When casting a priest spell, monsters always select the highest value allowed.
  • There is still a 66% chance of selecting spell A and a 34% chance of selecting spell B.
  • There is a 1 / (Monster group size + 2) chance that the group's priest level decreases by one point. Same as with mage spells.


A B
1 Badios Badios
2 Montino Montino
3 Badios Badial
4 Badial Badial
5 Badialma Badi
6 Lorto Mabadi
7 Mabadi Mabadi

Spell Resistance

The monster’s percentage chance to resist certain spells. A resisted spell has no effect on the monster.

Spells subject to Spell Resistance are:
Badios, Badial, Badialma, Litokan, Lorto, Malikto, Halito, Mahalito, Molito, Dalto, Lahalito, Madalto, Zilwan, Tiltowait


Id Name Elemental Resistance Abilities XP
0 MOAT MONSTER Physical Sleep 300
1 HIGH CORSAIR Physical Sleep 400
2 GARIAN RAIDER
Sleep Run 100
3 GARIAN GUARD
Sleep Run 150
4 GARIAN CAPTAIN
Sleep Run 200
5 GARIAN PRIEST
Sleep Run 100
6 GARIAN MAGE
Sleep Run 150
7 POLTERGEIST Physical
100
8 DUSTER Physical
150
9 GIANT SLUG Physical
350
10 ANACONDA Physical Poison Sleep 250
11 CRAWLING KELP Physical
5
12 MAN AT ARMS
Sleep Run 200
13 FRIAR
Sleep Run 200
14 WITCH
Sleep Run 175
15 LOOTER
Sleep Run 200
16 RONIN
Sleep Run 250
17 ASHER Physical Paralyze 225
18 WERE VULTURE Physical Poison Poison Sleep 400
19 MUMMY Physical
400
20 VULTURE Physical Sleep 300
21 BENGAL TIGER Physical Sleep 350
22 GOBLIN Physical Sleep Run 250
23 HOBGOBLIN Physical Sleep Run 300
24 DARK STEED Physical
325
25 HARPY Physical Sleep Run 400
26 NINJA Physical Critical Sleep Run 400
27 LEPRECHUAN Physical Sleep Run 300
28 UNICORN Physical
325
29 CRUSADER Physical Sleep Run 300
30 PIXIE Physical Run 350
31 CENTAUR Physical Sleep Run 400
32 DWARF FIGHTER
Sleep Run 500
33 ACOLYTE
Sleep Run 500
34 NECROMANCER
Sleep Run 500
35 GIANT ANT Physical Paralyze 150
36 STRANGLER VINE Physical
150
37 BANSHEE Physical
550
38 WERE TIGER Physical Poison Sleep 650
39 KOMODO DRAGON Poison Poison Sleep 650
40 GIANT LEECH Physical Poison 600
41 2-HEADED SNAKE Physical Poison Sleep 700
42 GOBLIN PRINCE Physical Sleep 600
43 GOBLIN SHAMAN Physical Sleep 600
44 DARK RIDER Physical Call 800
45 COCKATRICE Physical Stone Stone Sleep Run 800
46 MASTER NINJA Physical Critical Sleep Run 900
47 CRUSADER LORD Physical Sleep 700
48 FAERIE Physical Magic Run 600
49 SERAPH Physical Call 800
50 T'IEN LUNG Physical Cold Sleep 4000
51 ROC Physical Sleep 1800
52 BERSERKER Physical Sleep 800
53 GNOME PRIEST
Sleep Run 800
54 ELVEN MAGE
Sleep Run 700
55 BURGLAR
Sleep Run 800
56 SAMURAI
Sleep 1000
57 GHOST Physical
1000
58 WIGHT Physical Paralyze 3000
59 DOPPELGANGER Physical Poison Sleep 1750
60 FIEND Physical Call 3000
61 GIANT GORILLA
Sleep 1500
62 GHAST Physical Paralyze 6000
63 FIREDRAKE Fire Sleep 10000
64 VENUS MAN-TRAP Physical Poison Paralyze 7999
65 MIFUNE

35000
66 ARCHDEMON Physical Call 30000
67 CYCLOPS Physical Fire Sleep 12000
68 GIANT MANTIS Physical Cold Critical Sleep 15000
69 ARCHANGEL
Paralyze Call 30000
70 XENO Physical Stone Call 6000
71 HYDRA Physical Paralyze Sleep 50000
72 PRIEST OF FUNG Physical Sleep 800
73 ANGEL Physical Paralyze Call 2000
74 DELF Physical Stone 7200
75 DELF'S MINION Physical Stone 1200
76 PO'LE Physical Run 12000
77 L'KBRETH Physical Fire Cold Poison Drain Stone Magic
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Elemental Resistance 

Spell damage from group targeting-spells is cut in half if the monster resists the corresponding element. Physical resistance does not affect non-spell damage!

Element Spells
Fire Litokan, Mahalito, Lahalito
Physical Lorto, Malikto, Molito, Tiltowait
Cold Dalto, Madalto

Poison, Drain, Stone, and Magic elemental resistances do nothing, because none of the group-targeting spells in Wizardry are aligned to those elements.

Abilities

  • Sleep – The only “bad” ability. Monsters with this ability are affected by Katino. Any others are not.
  • Run – If the monster party is demoralized, then each monster with this ability has a 65% chance to run each turn.
  • Critical – When the monster lands one or more successful hits, it has a [Level * 2%] chance, up to a maximum of 50%, to instantly kill.
  • Poison – Sets poison rate to 1 on a successful hit.
  • Paralyze – Inflicts paralysis on a successful hit.
  • Call – If the monster group has fewer than 8 monsters in it, then each monster has a 75% chance of calling for help instead of attacking. The chance that a call for help will be successful is (MonsterLevel * 5%).
  • Stone – Inflicts stone status on a successful hit.

1 comment:

  1. The unidentified giant serpent, not to be misunidentified with the large snake :).

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