Roa'ter wormling

Roa'ter wormling Level 24 Family Worm family creatures Body Type Worm Classification(s) Living Area(s) Found Zaerthu Tunnels BCS Yes HP Speed

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Charge (attack) 197 AS Combat Maneuvers Burrow

Defense Attributes Armor Double Leather (natural) ASG 8N Defensive Strength (DS) Melee Ranged Bolt 157 Unarmed Defense Factor UDF Target Defense (TD) Bard Base 78 Cleric Base Empath Base Paladin Base Ranger Base Sorcerer Base Wizard Base Minor Elemental 82 Major Elemental Minor Spiritual Major Spiritual Minor Mental

Treasure Attributes Coins Yes Gems Yes Magic Items Yes Boxes Yes Skin None Other

The roa'ter wormling is large worm that seems not quite fully grown, and yet it is still a massive creature around fifteen feet long.  Though young, it possesses great strength and moves quickly about.  Light red in color, it seems to have no eyes, but its keen tremor sense quickly finds targets.

Hunting strategies

Like their fully grown counterparts, roa'ter wormlings execute a potentially dangerous burrowing attack and cannot be stunned. While burrowed, the wormlings also appear to stalk adventurers, following them from room to room...watch for the 'rumbling' in the ground, you'll know then it's following you. Casting Minor Sanctuary (213) or Song of Peace (1011), or hiding (if one is good at it) and waiting for the roa'ter to surface is a safe way to avoid being attacked if you see them burrow.

These thing will also come up from the ground unannounced...no rumbling, no nothing. Just 'there' suddenly. I'm a rogue with great dex, agility and reflexes and got killed by this thing this way. If you hear it's 'rumbling', you can sometimes survive it's explosion from the ground or get only injured and not die.

Unlike fully-grown roa'ters, it is not clear whether the wormlings are large enough to eat adventurers.

Other information

A wormling burrows:

A roa'ter wormling suddenly lurches into the air, then dives straight into the floor with amazing force!
In a few seconds, it has buried itself so deeply you can no longer see any part of the wormling, however you can still feel the vibrations of its violent departure.

The sounds of a wormling underground:

You feel the ground shake violently and hear something move from deep underneath you.

A wormling fails a burrow maneuver attack:

Dirt and rock explode from the floor beneath Chalcedony as a roa'ter wormling erupts from underground and crashes onto the surface!
Rocks and dirt pelt Chalcedony as she is thrown into the air!
Chalcedony makes a stunning maneuver in the air avoiding the majority of the debris and landing upright!

A wormling succeeds in its burrowing attack:

Dirt and rock explode from the floor beneath Chalcedony as a roa'ter wormling erupts from underground and crashes onto the surface!
Rocks and dirt pelt Chalcedony as she is thrown into the air!
Chalcedony manages to right herself in the air and lands upright, but some of the heavier debris strikes her!
   ... 10 points of damage!
   Strike to head reddens cheekbone.
   She is stunned!

Behind the Scenes

The roa'ter wormling description was once:

This large worm seems to be not quite fully grown, and yet it still is a massive creature around fifteen feet long.  Though young it possesses great strength and moves quickly about.  Light red in color, it seems to have no eyes, but its keen sense of smell quickly finds targets.

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