New Monster Idea: Poltergeist

[Osgoodbad]

What if there was a new type of undead monster called a poltergeist? It would appear in the early-mid dungeon, and when it was aware of the player, would make loud noises (probably louder than a typical shout) to alert nearby enemies that the player was nearby. It could also slam doors from across the room (though it would not keep them shut like a vault warden.) It would have relatively low health, low ac, and higher evasion. But on top of this, it could also fling items from the ground in LOS towards the player as a weak attack, similar in damage to the player throwing an item that is not a throwing weapon.

[Laraso]

That sounds pretty interesting actually. I'm not sure why this was moved to CYC.

[Confidence Interval]

Would it communicate through a television set?

[Grimm]

It would generate near a special vault that would turn out to have been constructed on top of an Indian burial ground.

[Confidence Interval]

It would generate near a special vault that would turn out to have been constructed on top of a pet animal burial ground. Quokka zombies everywhere.

ftfy

[Siegurt]

It would generate near a special vault that would turn out to have been constructed on top of a pet animal burial ground. Quokka zombies everywhere.

ftfy

not to mention one felid zombie, and one halfling zombie.

[bryanpeddy]

Yeah, this really isn't a bad concept. The thing is, how do you stop/kill it?

[Leafsnail]

The item throwing sounds potentially irritating, but otherwise I quite like the idea. I assume it wouldn't be able to slam doors every turn, since that would make the door basically sealed. A relatively early monster that tries to call in backup while it impedes your escape sounds interesting.

Yeah, this really isn't a bad concept. The thing is, how do you stop/kill it?

Hit it with something or cast a spell at it

[and into]

Yeah, this really isn't a bad concept. The thing is, how do you stop/kill it?

Find its grave(s) and pray to apologize, then punch the greedy real estate developer who chose the location for the DCSS dungeon. Also, until you do that, your meat rations drop out of your inventory and try to squirm away from you.

[Grimm]

You'd have to shout "THEY ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES"

[Deep Dwarf Fighter]

Yes and there should be a shaky-camera affect when he appears to fool the audience into thinking that this game is a. low-budget and b. is based on real events, when a. production cost is actually in the millions and b. is all made up. Wait a minute...

[Deep Dwarf Fighter]

Yes and there should be a shaky-camera effect when he appears to fool the audience into thinking that this game is a. low-budget and b. is based on real events, when a. production cost is actually in the millions and b. it's all made up. Wait a minute...

[Patashu]

Production cost in the millions, couldn't afford to add an edit to the budget instead of a quote.

[tannisroot]

I think this monster idea should be revisited.

Spawning Area: Orcish Mines and Elf.
Invisible, Low HP, No Physical Attack
Only Two spells: a. Telekinesis (throw item from the floor at target - range = LoS) and b. Blink.

By itself it should be an annoyance rather than a threat, but in the hall of blades it would have the potential to make a massive battle more chaotic and challenging.

A vault filled with items and poltergeists would be fun as well.