Daer Worm

	The Daer Worm is a very lethal boss, and will outright kill the opponent when losing to it!

The Daer Worm
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Creator	Slab Bulkhead
Information
Species	Daer Worm
Gender	???
Location	Tarkus
Stats
Level	5
Shields	40
Health	125
Initial Lust	0

Description

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The Daer Worm is a larger and more dangerous version of the Daer Wormling and a hostile encounter found in its lair during Kimber's Tarkus quest.

Appearance

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The daer worm is a monstrous creature easily twenty feet long, with a body covered with brown and black chitin and dozens of spindly, clawed legs. Its head is wedge-shaped, with foot-long spikes running in ridges down the sides, and a wide, toothy underbite maw filled with more teeth than any creature should need. The worm glares down at you with four beady black eyes as its body sways back and forth, jaws snapping.

History/Personality/Information of Note

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Daer Worms are the presumed adult version of the Daer Wormling. 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 with a brilliant solution to save their people. 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 world that could be colonized. 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 resources for it to be colonized.

As such, the few survivors were forced to migrate across the Stellar Tether. This invasive species should be treated with great caution, as its offspring have a knack for tunneling through the soil and the worm itself is capable of swalllowing Gabilani and Raskvel whole.

Interactions

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The Daer Worm will be found in its own special chamber at the end of the lair. Should the PC enter the chamber it will attempt to kill you on sight. Even if the player kills it, it's offspring will still roam the lair. The Daer Worm is the target necessary to be killed as part of Kimber's quest. If the player discovers and kills the Daer Worm before accepting the quest, they can always return to it and collect the samples from its corpse.

Combat

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The Daer Worm is a massive boss enemy. If the player is defeated by this creature it will devour you, leading to a Bad End. Do to its size, it is unwise for it to attempt tunneling lest it collapse the cavern. However, when fought there is a rare chance that its offspring might join the battle by tunneling into the room. It is completely immune to lust attacks and lacks any damage type weaknesses or ranged attacks. Just like the Daer Wormling it has armor instead of plasma shields that can be destroyed by crushing weapons, greatly reducing defense. The player can flee from this enemy, and it will remain in its chamber until the player kills it.

Move Set

List all move options available in the following format

• Claw Attack - The Daer Worm will swing its body and claws around the room to slice the PC asunder
  • Basic melee attack

• Bite Attack - The Daer Worm will lunge at the player and try to bite them with its powerful jaws lined with several rows of razor-sharp teeth.
  • Used every 2-3 turns
    • Will induce Bleeding If it hits while shields are down

Resistances

Lust Resistances

• 100% immunity to lust attacks

Trivia

The Daer Worm bears some resemblance to the Graboids. A race of large, carnivorous, tunneling worms from the "Tremors" film franchise.