PSA: The swamp worms are coming

[tedric]

https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/7 ... e23218a770

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Make swamp worms amphibious.

They're still speed 12, but I've also assigned them MOVE_ENERGY(12) so
they move at speed 10 on land.  I considered using MOVE_ENERGY(20),
which would make them speed 6 on land (equivalent to regular worms but
attacking twice as fast), but that seemed silly.

https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/3 ... decd116265

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Turn swamp worms into ambush predators

Start submerged, but never re-submerge. Surprise!


https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/c ... 26560cd85b

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Re-remove Swamp's disturbances

Submerged monsters (which is just swamp worms & trapdoor spiders,
now...) will not show up as 'strange disturbances' in shallow
water.

[byrel]

This is probably only dangerous in the Lair vaults that place them, but still.

[Wahaha]

Nice, that's exactly what I wanted them to be reworked into. Unfortunately, incoming complaints about having to memorize which pools of water you have been next to.

[stoneychips]

It says they never re-submerge?

So at least if you pull them out, they won't hide again and you won't have to memorize those patches.

I don't really understand why they wouldn't want to hide again (except out of character, to spare players from double jeopardy coming back to the same areas), but anyway...

[majesstic]

Just started a trunk game and faced several of these worms and lived to tell the tale.

I see this as a net positive, actually, for eliminating the frustration of hunting those damn things down. Haven't they always kinda been pushovers?

[Sprucery]

Swamp worms actually hit reasonably hard (for 26, compare with death yaks' 30). But the re-submerging was tedious. I rejoice at this change.

[bcadren]

This has the same issue as mimics. It's now technically optimal to walk by every space methodically.

[KoboldLord]

This has the same issue as mimics. It's now technically optimal to walk by every space methodically.

Clearly swamp worms need to be able to leap up out of the water at you, so you don't have to actually touch the tile where they start. A one-shot blink close whenever they become aware of you would probably do it. That one Lair vault with a bunch of swamp worms in a pool behind a door would probably become a little bit too much fun for early Lair, though.

[majesstic]

This has the same issue as mimics. It's now technically optimal to walk by every space methodically.

Clearly swamp worms need to be able to leap up out of the water at you, so you don't have to actually touch the tile where they start. A one-shot blink close whenever they become aware of you would probably do it. That one Lair vault with a bunch of swamp worms in a pool behind a door would probably become a little bit too much fun for early Lair, though.

Their current behavior is to pursue you if they see you at range (following your stealth checks, presumably).