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==Hunting strategies== |
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The best strategy for hunting spectral miners is to stance dance for all professions and hunting styles except [[CS]]-casting ones, although stance dancing may be good for them too depending on the spells use. Miners have a really low [[DS]] for their level and are always in offensive stance when genned. Many professions also have quite an easy time uphunting them if they are very cautious to not get caught in offensive stance when a miner uses its [[Attack strength|AS]]-boosting ability. |
The best strategy for hunting spectral miners is to stance dance for all professions and hunting styles except [[CS]]-casting ones, although stance dancing may be good for them too depending on the spells use. Miners have a really low [[DS]] for their level and are always in offensive stance when genned. Many professions also have quite an easy time uphunting them if they are very cautious to not get caught in offensive stance when a miner uses its [[Attack strength|AS]]-boosting ability. It is worth remembering that your DS will be significantly lower in Shadow Valley than elsewhere. |
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==Other information== |
==Other information== |
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<div {{log|margin-right=350px}}>A spectral miner wails in joyful agony!</div> |
<div {{log|margin-right=350px}}>A spectral miner wails in joyful agony!</div> |
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==Behind The Scenes== |
==Behind The Scenes== |
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These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a "[[Purgatory#Archaeology|demon wind]]" of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exit of Shadow Valley is a plunge into a chasm of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] |
These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a "[[Purgatory#Archaeology|demon wind]]" of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exit of Shadow Valley is a plunge into a chasm of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an [[isles of transfer]] phenomenon, reminiscent of the later [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast|Ur-Daemon]] of [[Teras Isle]]. The skull of one miner was clearly [[Muylari|elven]], which relates to the [[Shadow World|archaic]] lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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This somewhat orc-like looking humanoid creature is surrounded with an eerie white glow and appears to be transparent. An abundance of excessively wrinkled skin and long bushy grey eyebrows serve to make spectral miner appear ancient.
Hunting strategies
The best strategy for hunting spectral miners is to stance dance for all professions and hunting styles except CS-casting ones, although stance dancing may be good for them too depending on the spells use. Miners have a really low DS for their level and are always in offensive stance when genned. Many professions also have quite an easy time uphunting them if they are very cautious to not get caught in offensive stance when a miner uses its AS-boosting ability. It is worth remembering that your DS will be significantly lower in Shadow Valley than elsewhere.
Other information
- Spectral miners have the chance to drop the alchemy components: ayanad, s'ayanad, t'ayanad and n'ayanad crystals
- Spectral miners occasionally cast Quake (709).
The ground around you seems to shake violently, making it hard to stand.
You lose your balance and fall over.
Roundtime: 8 sec.
- Spectral miners have an AS booster, which doesn't happen that often, that can raise their AS much higher for one swing. Here is an example of it:
A spectral miner swings a mining pick at you!
AS: +326 vs DS: +229 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +96 = +224
... and hits for 44 points of damage!
Right hand smashed into a pulpy mass.
You are stunned for 1 rounds!
- Spectral miners can shake off stuns upon displaying the following message:
Behind The Scenes
These are the cursed workers of Muylari's mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in "The Shadow out of Time" by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for The Graveyard and The Broken Lands. Like the Shadow Valley story its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a "demon wind" of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exit of Shadow Valley is a plunge into a chasm of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath." It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an isles of transfer phenomenon, reminiscent of the later Ur-Daemon of Teras Isle. The skull of one miner was clearly elven, which relates to the archaic lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves.
References
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