b0rsuk
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Hey.

Green Serpent would behave just like normal serpent, but:

- has two heads. At a time, one is considered primary, and the other - secondary. The primary head moves forward.

- if it gets stuck, it switches primary head to secondary and vice versa... so it can't really be killed via "stucking".

- It dies when all other (other than green serpents) monsters in the room die. That's why they are green.
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This monster is thought mainly as a nuisance - and fits the role well. Serpents are pretty easy to avoid, but hard to kill. This serpent could be placed in areas where no serpent can die, making your life more interesting.
Yes, I know it's silly.


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DiMono
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Interesting idea, except I can still trap it. What happens if both heads get trapped, via trapdoors falling behind it?

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Mattcrampy
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Let's call it a globule. It has an active mouth, which moves. If the mouth can't move, it slides the active mouth down its body until it can.

So it looks like a branching snake, ish.

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b0rsuk
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DiMono wrote:
Interesting idea, except I can still trap it. What happens if both heads get trapped, via trapdoors falling behind it?

Umm. I hoped no one would realize.
But I guess it should just shrink-die in that case. It's not going to happen very often.

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Doom
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My suggestion: if it gets trapped it freezes. If it's no longer trapped it continues moving.

edit : I guess it would be too much like the green serpent (adder) in the new features hotlist... Except that it couldn't be killed

[Edited by Doom on 08-22-2004 at 05:23 PM GMT]

HSE
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How about being completely invincible normally, but when all other monsters are killed it behaves like a brained red serpent? This seems a bit like a boss to me, so I'm not too sure if it'll pass.