13th Slayer
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!WRAITHWING ALWAYS ESCAPES!

CuriousShyRabbit
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This is a good room for learning about wraithwings. A lone wraithwing always tries to be 5 squares away from you. You can't just walk up and stab it, because it flies away. The wraithwing has the advantage because it can fly over water and pit, while you can't.

Well maybe you can walk up and stab it.

13th Slayer
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Tried it out. But then it blocks ze exit

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Thelas
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Might as well deal with all the rooms I'm stuck on while I'm here...


I managed to kill the wraithwing once, but I accidentally collapsed the path to the exit...
a. Can the wraithwing be killed in the upper part so that I don't have to deal with trapdoors?
b. How do you avoid collapsing too many trapdoors?
Consider this: you're at (35.13), the wraithwing's at (30.13). If I chase after him normally, I collapse all the paths to (24.12), and am thus stuck.
If I move diagonally down-left to avoid collapsing the doors, the bat moves diagonally up-something and I can't reach it any more.

slimm tom
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Here's some hints.

Thelas
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Thanks, got it as soon as I saw the hints. How do the wraithwings decide which square to move to if there's more than one 5 away from you? VP?

slimm tom
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Group wraithwing movement is something I do not quite understand myself. It appears random, but it certainly isn't. If you experiment with groups of wraithwings you'll get the hang of them quickly, though. (And if not there's always undo )

CuriousShyRabbit
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slimm tom wrote:
Group wraithwing movement is something I do not quite understand myself. It appears random, but it certainly isn't. If you experiment with groups of wraithwings you'll get the hang of them quickly, though. (And if not there's always undo )

I certainly play groups of wraithwings "by feel" most of the time too. But occasionally, when feeling masochistic, I refer to the movement rules bibelot explained here.