Phantom

Phantom Level 2 Family Ghost family creatures Body Type Biped Classification(s) Non-corporeal undead Area(s) Found Icemule Environs The Graveyard BCS <Not Known> HP 42 Speed ?

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Closed fist 28 AS Dagger 0 AS Bolt Spells Minor Shock (901) 35 AS

Defense Attributes Armor Light Leather ASG 5 Defensive Strength (DS) Melee -23 Ranged ? Bolt -24 Unarmed Defense Factor UDF 26 Target Defense (TD) Bard Base 6 Cleric Base 6 Empath Base 6 Paladin Base 6 Ranger Base 6 Sorcerer Base 6 Wizard Base 6 Minor Elemental 6 Major Elemental 6 Minor Spiritual 6 Major Spiritual 6 Minor Mental 6

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

Barely still connected to the living plane, the phantom flickers in and out as it confronts those that would intrude upon its rest.  The outlines of its shape are barely apparent, suggesting a once-humanoid appearance, now disguised in a transparent, flickering whiteness.  The phantom must move and strike quickly, as it is only able to glimpse the figures of the targets around it when the phantom is at its most visible state.

Hunting strategies

When killing a phantom, the body will vanish very quickly. In order to find any treasure on the creature, you must search immediately after killing the phantom. This makes it difficult to find treasure unless you are using spells (and thereby having a CT, where you can still take searching action, versus a RT where you cannot).

Other information

Phantoms in the Icemule environs area wear double leather (ASG 8) armor.

Behind the Scenes

In the I.C.E. Age lore, phantoms were the fate of those who suffered from long imprisonments, condemned to exist forever in a state of eternal hopelessness with no memory or awareness of their identity. The Graveyard uses them symbolically to represent the other side of the Gates of Oblivion, where those who are lost in Purgatory waste away in hopelessness. Those who are "lost to the demonic" dissolved into nothingness in the old death mechanics. The relation of phantoms to the graveyard gate is also an allusion to the Gate of Hell in Canto II of Dante's Inferno.

References

• Phantom on Play.net bestiary

Near-level creatures

Level 1 black rolton black-winged daggerbeak carrion worm fanged rodent fire ant giant ant giant rat kobold lesser ghoul mountain rolton rolton skeleton slimy little grub spotted gnarp young grass snake zombie rolton Level 2 big ugly kobold brown gak cave gnome coconut crab fanged goblin ghost goblin lesser frost shade lesser shade Mistydeep siren moaning phantom pale crab phantom rabid squirrel sea nymph spotted gak thyril Level 3 Bresnahanini rolton cave gnoll cave nipper dark vysan fire salamander greater ghoul greater ice spider hobgoblin ice skeleton kobold shepherd mountain snowcat relnak spotted velnalin striped gak striped relnak troglodyte velnalin white vysan Level 4 black urgh cobra fanged viper mongrel kobold revenant ridge orc spotted leaper urgh water moccasin whiptail