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Ghostly pooka

2017-03-29T03:19:16Z

GALLM11:

{{Creature start2 
| picture =
| level = 33 
| family = Horse 
| type = Quadruped 
| otherclass = Non-corporeal undead
| area = Shadow Valley 
| bcs = Yes 
| hitpoints = 260
| roundtime = ?
}}
{{Creature attack attributes
| physical =
{{Creature ability|[[Bite (attack)|Bite]]|+237 [[Attack Strength|AS]]}}
| nobolt =
| ability =
{{Creature ability|Depression}}
| warding =
{{creature ability|[[Slow (504)]]|+177 [[CS]]}}
| nomaneuver=
}}
{{Creature defense attributes
| defense =
{{creature ability|[[Melee]] |+125 to +275 [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranged]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bolt]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bard Base]] |+105 to +111 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranger Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Sorcerer Base]] |+110 to +128 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Wizard Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Cleric Base]] |+103 to +118[[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Empath Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Paladin Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Elemental]] |+128 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Elemental]] |+128 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
| ability =
{{Creature ability|[[Spirit Warding I (101)]]}}
{{Creature ability|[[Spirit Shield (202)]]}}
}}
{{Creature treasure
| coins = No
| magic items = No
| gems = Yes
| boxes = Yes
| other = Alchemy (common)
| skin = None
| nobox =
| noskinvalue =
}}
{{Creature end}}
__NOTOC__
The most stunning thing about the appearance of a ghostly pooka is the odd illusion surrounding this pitiful equine which seems to absorb all the color from everything around it. The ghostly horse appears to be weighed down by some heavy chains which cover its entire body. The sight of its obvious torment tears at the souls of all who lay eyes upon it.

==Hunting strategies==
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==Other information==
Ghostly pookas have a depression maneuver that affects those who use defensive [[stance]]s in their presence. This maneuver is also [[level]] based. Offensive stances will help avoid this maneuver. This maneuver can be prevented with the use of Corrupt Essence (703).

Two examples of a ghostly pooka's depression ability:

<div {{log|margin-right=350px}}>
A ghostly pooka stares straight into your eyes.<br>
A wave of sadness washes over you as you stare at a ghostly pooka.<br>
You are stunned for 2 rounds!
</div>
<div {{log|margin-right=350px}}>
A ghostly pooka stares straight into your eyes.<br>
The sight of a ghostly pooka touches you somewhere deep in your soul. Your arms and legs feel leaden and your eyes begin to well up with tears.
</div>
==Behind The Scenes==
Pookas are shape shifters who in [[Rolemaster]] usually take the form of smaller animals and are not undead. However, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca#Malevolent_or_benevolent_nature pookas] of [[Spectral miner#Behind The Scenes|Celtic folklore]] are sometimes represented as black horses covered in heavy chains, which is where their premise originates for Shadow Valley. Their [[Slow (504)]] warding attack works by making the air more viscous, which is related to the [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes|strange dark mist]] of the valley. The valley also has a subtle [[Jaron Galarn#Behind The Scenes|theme]] of [[Isles of transfer|temporal distortions]]. Their sorrowful state is likely tied thematically to other [[Spectral miner#Behind The Scenes|allusions]] to [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm "The Fall of the House of Usher"] by Edgar Allan Poe. The shape shifting is relevant because of the heavy basis on [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which had a telepathic race of phasers who [[Uthex Kathiasas|synthetically]] morphed life-forms as they wished. These would be in fantastic shapes for their own amusement, or as beasts of burden out of conquered races.

The color draining illusion in their creature description (and the skeletons by the well near [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes|the old shrine]]) comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"], where the ground-water is contaminated by an alien life form, which causes everything to glow but eventually become grey and disintegrate into a [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes|powder]]. This story features stampeding and dead horses, explains the mist color variations, and has "the colour" on an [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast|anvil]] like the [[Glaes Caverns]].

This unnatural mist of the valley has a basis in multiple stories, but also appears once in "The Colour Out of Space": ''"He could not but wonder at his gleaning of the same impression from a vapour glimpsed in the daytime, against a window opening on the morning sky, and from a nocturnal exhalation seen as a phosphorescent mist against the black and blasted landscape. It wasn’t right—it was against Nature—and he thought of those terrible last words of his stricken friend, 'It come from some place whar things ain’t as they is here . . . one o’ them professors said so. . . .'"''

== References ==
*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1428 Ghostly pooka on Play.net bestiary]

{{Nearlevel
|levelm2 = 31
|levelm1 = 32
|level = 33
|levelp1 = 34
|levelp2 = 35
}}

Night mare

2016-04-13T17:01:43Z

GALLM11:

{{Creature start
| level = 43
| type = Quadruped
| family = mare
| attacks = Charges, Magic and Stomps.
| area = [[Shadow Valley]]<br>
| undead = Yes (corporeal)
| bcs = <Not Known>
| hitpoints = 400
}}
{{Creature attack attributes
| physical =
{{Creature ability|[[Stomp (attack)|Stomp]]|+240 [[Attack strength|AS]]}}
{{Creature ability|Charge|+260 [[Attack strength|AS]]}}
| nobolt =
| warding =
{{Creature ability|[[Pain (711)]]|+220 [[Casting strength|CS]]}}
{{Creature ability|[[Nightmare (713)]]|+180 [[Casting strength|CS]]}}
| ability =
{{Creature ability|[[Elemental Dispel (417)]]}}
| nomaneuver =
}}
{{Creature defense attributes
| defense =
{{creature ability|[[Melee]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranged]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bolt]] |+177 [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bard Base]] |+150 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranger Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Sorcerer Base]] |+171 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Wizard Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Cleric Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Empath Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Paladin Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Elemental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Elemental]] |+180 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
| ability =
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Warding I (101)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Defense (103)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Warding II (107)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Lesser Shroud (120)]]}}
}}
{{Creature treasure
| coins = Yes
| magic items = Yes
| gems = Yes
| boxes = Yes
| other = ?
| skin = a silvery hoof
| nobox =
| noskinvalue =
}}
{{Creature end}}

Eyes glowing green with the hatred of the dead, the night mare's stare bores right through you. A magnificently beautiful equine, the night mare seems to be bathed in a deep green glow that tosses roiling shadows across her coat. Upon closer inspection, shadows can be seen that roil and crawl across its coat much like the nightmares that keep many awake at night. It is said that gazing upon a nightmare for too long will induce waking nightmares that are difficult to shake off.

==Hunting strategies==
Keep a spell prepped to avoid being debuffed.
==Other information==
Beware the [[Gas cloud|gas clouds]] from [[Shadow steed|steeds]] in this hunting area.

Their skins (a silvery hoof) are widely sought by [[wizard]]s who engage in [[Alchemy]], as they are the most difficult to obtain ingredient in one recipe for [[Haste (506)|thick silver potion]]s.

== References ==
*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1392 Night mare on Play.net bestiary]

{{Nearlevel
|levelm2 = 41
|levelm1 = 42
|level = 43
|levelp1 = 44
|levelp2 = 45
}}

[[Category:Shadow Valley creatures]]

Night mare

2016-04-13T17:01:06Z

GALLM11:

{{Creature start
| level = 43
| type = Quadruped
| family = mare
| attacks = Charges, Magic and Stomps.
| area = [[Shadow Valley]]<br>
| undead = Yes ([[corporeal]])
| bcs = <Not Known>
| hitpoints = 400
}}
{{Creature attack attributes
| physical =
{{Creature ability|[[Stomp (attack)|Stomp]]|+240 [[Attack strength|AS]]}}
{{Creature ability|Charge|+260 [[Attack strength|AS]]}}
| nobolt =
| warding =
{{Creature ability|[[Pain (711)]]|+220 [[Casting strength|CS]]}}
{{Creature ability|[[Nightmare (713)]]|+180 [[Casting strength|CS]]}}
| ability =
{{Creature ability|[[Elemental Dispel (417)]]}}
| nomaneuver =
}}
{{Creature defense attributes
| defense =
{{creature ability|[[Melee]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranged]] |<N/A> [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bolt]] |+177 [[Defensive strength|DS]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Bard Base]] |+150 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Ranger Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Sorcerer Base]] |+171 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Wizard Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Cleric Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Empath Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Paladin Base]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Elemental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Elemental]] |+180 [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Spiritual]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Major Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Minor Mental]] |<N/A> [[Target defense|TD]]}}
| ability =
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Warding I (101)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Defense (103)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Spirit Warding II (107)]]}}
{{creature ability|[[Lesser Shroud (120)]]}}
}}
{{Creature treasure
| coins = Yes
| magic items = Yes
| gems = Yes
| boxes = Yes
| other = ?
| skin = a silvery hoof
| nobox =
| noskinvalue =
}}
{{Creature end}}

Eyes glowing green with the hatred of the dead, the night mare's stare bores right through you. A magnificently beautiful equine, the night mare seems to be bathed in a deep green glow that tosses roiling shadows across her coat. Upon closer inspection, shadows can be seen that roil and crawl across its coat much like the nightmares that keep many awake at night. It is said that gazing upon a nightmare for too long will induce waking nightmares that are difficult to shake off.

==Hunting strategies==
Keep a spell prepped to avoid being debuffed.
==Other information==
Beware the [[Gas cloud|gas clouds]] from [[Shadow steed|steeds]] in this hunting area.

Their skins (a silvery hoof) are widely sought by [[wizard]]s who engage in [[Alchemy]], as they are the most difficult to obtain ingredient in one recipe for [[Haste (506)|thick silver potion]]s.

== References ==
*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1392 Night mare on Play.net bestiary]

{{Nearlevel
|levelm2 = 41
|levelm1 = 42
|level = 43
|levelp1 = 44
|levelp2 = 45
}}

[[Category:Shadow Valley creatures]]