Monday, 27th June 2011, 12:18 by mumra
This thread had me thinking about monsters that petrify; and I realised there's no Medusa in Crawl. Considering there's a ton of Crawl content already based on Greek mythology and the like, it seems like something that would fit perfectly.
Some thoughts that arise from this;
- Medusa can petrify all in LOS. Serpentine creatures (excluding Naga) are immune.
- She could breath petrifying clouds. And have summon snake / sticks-to-snakes.
- Her hair is made of snakes. So she gets a lot of melee attacks, like hydra. Each attack is reasonably low damage but they can add up. Also clearly poisonous.
- This would be a great themed branch end for the Snake Pits. There could be a hall of statues leading up to the Hydra who is by herself, having somewhat accidentally petrified all her Naga cohorts. A whole load of snakes are then released or summoned as soon as she sees you.
- It could make an interesting labyrinth alternative, having a maze of statues leading to Medusa in the middle
- There could be a new Gorgon monster type, with Medusa simply being a tough unique of that race
- Alternately the snake hair could be implemented with tentacle code - could be very cool!