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== Legendary Gyre Wights == | == Legendary Gyre Wights == | ||
[[File:Rermadon shrine in subterra dunes.png|thumb|left|A shrine to Girsh Rermadon.]][[File:Legendary wight in stiltgrounds tent.png|thumb|right|A legendary Gyre Wight of Qas in a tent on the Stiltgrounds.]]One of the common odd encounters that generate in caves, [[Ruins (location)|ruins]], and the {{favilink|flower fields}} is a shrine to one of the [[Girsh Nephilim]]. Aside from always having a {{favilink|chest}} with zone-appropriate loot, a {{favilink|clay pitcher}} filled with {{favilink|cider}}, and 6 to 10 {{favilink|crystal flowers}} adjacent to the shrine, there is a 25% chance for it to be attended by a stationary Gyre wight who follows the subject of the shrine. This Gyre wight has a 15% chance to be {{Qud shader|M|legendary}}. | [[File:Rermadon shrine in subterra dunes.png|thumb|left|A shrine to Girsh Rermadon.]][[File:Legendary wight in stiltgrounds tent.png|thumb|right|A legendary Gyre Wight of Qas in a tent on the Stiltgrounds.]]One of the common odd encounters that generate in caves, [[Ruins (location)|ruins]], and the {{favilink|flower fields}} is a shrine to one of the [[Girsh Nephilim]]. Aside from always having a {{favilink|chest}} with zone-appropriate loot, a {{favilink|clay pitcher}} filled with {{favilink|cider}}, and 6 to 10 {{favilink|crystal flowers}} adjacent to the shrine, there is a 25% chance for it to be attended by a stationary Gyre wight who follows the subject of the shrine. This Gyre wight has a 15% chance to be {{Qud shader|M|legendary}}.{{XML Reference|pop}} | ||
Outside of these shrines, lone Gyre wights can rarely be found in the hookah tents or campsites of the [[Stiltgrounds]]. These Gyre wights have a 10% chance to be {{Qud shader|M|legendary}}. | Outside of these shrines, lone Gyre wights can rarely be found in the hookah tents or campsites of the [[Stiltgrounds]]. These Gyre wights have a 10% chance to be {{Qud shader|M|legendary}}.{{XML Reference|pop}} | ||
Legendary Gyre wights will prioritize sharing the location of the specific Girsh Nephilim they worship over sharing any other secret. | Legendary Gyre wights will prioritize sharing the location of the specific Girsh Nephilim they worship over sharing any other secret, excluding {{f|gyre wight apotheote|plural}} who do not prioritize any Girsh Nephilim secrets.{{File Reference|file=Creatures|name=Creatures}} | ||
== Combat == | == Combat == | ||
Gyre wights carry items from the population table HumanoidEquipment, meaning they have one melee weapon and one piece of armor that are most likely of the same tier as them, | Gyre wights carry items from the population table HumanoidEquipment, meaning they have one melee weapon and one piece of armor that are most likely of the same tier as them,{{XML Reference|pop}} as well as a {{favilink|cloth robe}} and the fangs of the girshling associated with the [[Girsh Nephilim]] they worship: {{favilink|Gyre wight of Agolgot|plural}} have {{favilink|rank fangs}}, {{favilink|gyre wight of Rermadon|plural}} have {{favilink|incandescent fangs}}, {{favilink|gyre wight of Qon|plural}} have {{favilink|zigzag fangs}}, and the Gyre wights of the other three Nephilim have {{favilink|girshling fangs}}. None of them know any skills. | ||
Gyre wights have random [[Physical_Mutations|physical mutations]] whose potential number and level differ between types of wight. They also have a one-in-two chance to have a random [[Mental_Mutations|mental mutation]] which can be up to level 6.<ref name="Creatures | Gyre wights have random [[Physical_Mutations|physical mutations]] whose potential number and level differ between types of wight. They also have a one-in-two chance to have a random [[Mental_Mutations|mental mutation]] which can be up to level 6.<ref name="Creatures"/> | ||
The {{favilink|Gyre wight apotheote|plural}} are exceptional among Gyre wights. They bear | The {{favilink|Gyre wight apotheote|plural}} are exceptional among Gyre wights. They bear their natural equipment: {{favilink|filed fangs}} and a pair of {{favilink|glinted nail claw|plural}}, made deadlier by their wielders knowing the {{SkillID to name|ShortBlades}} and {{SkillID to name|ShortBlades_Bloodletter}} skills. They additionally have 4-5 random physical [[mutations]] between level 8-12.<ref name="Creatures"/> Apotheotes lack the chance to have a mental mutation like the other Gyre wights, but as inhabitants of the {{favilink|Moon Stair}} they may receive one by spawning in a [[psychic biome]]. Finally, they are the only Gyre wights whose base demeanor is aggressive rather than neutral. | ||
While Gyre wights do not initiate combat with the [[Girsh]], the Girsh do not tolerate Gyre wights and attack them on sight. | While Gyre wights do not initiate combat with the [[Girsh]], the Girsh do not tolerate Gyre wights and attack them on sight. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The designs of the Gyre wights' robes in their tiles resemble their respective Nephilim | * The designs of the Gyre wights' robes in their tiles resemble their respective Nephilim. | ||
* The Gyre wights were reworked and rewritten for the Seventh Plague update, which also included the [[Girsh Nephilim]] themselves. They were previously known as the [[Glow-Wights]] and were only known to worship {{favilink|Girsh Bethsaida}} and {{favilink|Girsh Agolgot}}, who was at the time named Agolgut. The Glow-Wights had a starting reputation of {{Qud shader|R|-650}}, were equipped with {{favilink|bloody claws}} and a {{favilink|carnivorous maw}}, and were neutral towards [[Cannibals]]. | * The Gyre wights were reworked and rewritten for the Seventh Plague update, which also included the [[Girsh Nephilim]] themselves. They were previously known as the [[Glow-Wights]] and were only known to worship {{favilink|Girsh Bethsaida}} and {{favilink|Girsh Agolgot}}, who was at the time named Agolgut. The Glow-Wights had a starting reputation of {{Qud shader|R|-650}}, were equipped with {{favilink|bloody claws}} and a {{favilink|carnivorous maw}}, and were neutral towards [[Cannibals]]. | ||