Daer Wormling

	Daer Wormlings, while a generic enemy are very lethal, and will outright kill the opponent when losing to it!

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Creator	Slab Bulkhead
Information
Species	Daer Worm
Gender	???
Location	Tarkus
Stats
Level	3
Health	30
Initial Lust	0

Description

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The Daer Wormling is a smaller version of the Daer Worm and a hostile encounter found in its cavern during Kimber's Tarkus quest.

Appearance

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The daer wormling is about two feet long. Its body is covered with reddish-brown chitin, and it has dozens of spindly, clawed legs. Its head is wedge-shaped, with tiny spikes running in ridges down the sides, and a wide, toothy maw. Four beady black eyes fix on you from above the head's spikes. It's clearly hostile, and skitters back and forth as it looks for an opening.

History/Personality/Information of Note

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Daer Wormlings are the presumed juvenile offspring of the Daer Worm. They are a rare, yet invasive species hailing from the their homeworld of Daerinoys.

500 years ago, the Gabilani and the Raskvel of Tarkus where suffering from overpopulation and dwindling resources. So the Gabilani scientists had to come up the brilliant solution. Astronomers saw the neighboring planet of Daerinoys was a similar size and composition to Tarkus and rich in metal, minerals, and frozen clean water. So the Gabilani decided to construct The World Attractor a machine that would bring Daerinoys into Tarkus' orbit so it could be terraformed into a settable world. Unfortunately, the Gabilani didn't realize they had no way to stop the planet once it started moving, causing it to crash and wipe out 80% of Tarkus' population and destroyed 90% of all of Daerinoys lifeforms and potential to be colonized.

As such, the few survivors were forced to migrate across the Stellar Tether, including the Daer Worm. This invasive species should be treated with great caution, as they have a knack for tunneling through the soil and devouring literally anything including Gabilani and Raskvel.

Interactions

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The player has a chance to encounter these enemies in their lair, either individually or in groups of up to 3. They may wind up discovering the cave before meeting Kimber and the Wormlings might still appear, even after the Daer Worm is slain. Do not underestimate this enemy, for they will not hesitate to kill you should you lose to them.

Combat

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To reiterate, the Daer Wormling will kill the PC if you lose to it, resulting in a Bad End. When fought, the wormling isn't that tough to the point in which it might actually be possible to kill 1 at level 2. Even if it gets to strong for the player can always flee from it. However, the wormling has a unique burrowing ability that prevents the player from leaving and temporarily renders it completely immune to all attacks. Also, it uses carapace armor similar to the Sydian Female instead of an actual Plasma Shield.

Move Set

• Claw Attack - The wormling will try to scrape you with its many claws.
  • Basic melee/kinetic attack

• Bite Attack - The wormling will try to bite the player with its many rows of razor-sharp teeth.
  • Used every 2-3 turns instead of Claw Attack

• Burrow Attack -The wormling will deep tunnel and try to sneak attack the player.
  • Used every 3-4 turns instead of Claw or Bite Attack
    • Takes 2 turns to deploy. 1 to burrow and 1 to attack
      • While burrowed the wormling becomes immune to all attacks and the player becomes unable to flee.

Resistances

Lust Resistances

• 100% immunity to lust attacks