crawl-common 2:0.17.1-1 / usr / share / crawl / dat / descript / species.txt

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Centaur

Swift, strong and bulky, Centaurs are particularly skilled with ranged
weaponry.
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Deep Dwarf

Deep Dwarves live underground and cannot regenerate health naturally, but they
are very resilient to damage, and carry a wand of healing.
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Deep Elf

Deep Elves have a strong affinity for all kinds of magic, but are very fragile.
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Demigod

Demigods refuse to worship any god, but make up for this with divine attributes
and high reserves of health and magic.
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Demonspawn

Demonspawn are half human, half demon. They acquire strong demonic mutations as
they grow.
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Draconian

Draconians are versatile hybrids. They mature when reaching level 7 and develop
a colour.
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Formicid

Formicids are humanoid ants adept at digging. Their limbs are exceptionally
strong and they live in a state of permanent stasis.
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Felid

Felids are many-lived cats possessing sentience. They are incapable of advanced
item manipulation or the use of armour or weapons.
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Ghoul

Ghouls are undead creatures, damned to rot eternally. They have sharp claws,
and they feed on decaying flesh to sustain themselves.
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Gargoyle

Made of living stone, Gargoyles have a preternatural affinity for the earth.
They have low health, but their stone bodies are incredibly tough.
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Halfling

Small but hardy, Halflings excel with slings. They have an increased resistance
to mutagenic effects.
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High Elf

High Elves are adept with blades and with many schools of magic, and have high
attributes.
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Hill Orc

Orcs are skilled in close combat, and often dabble in offensive magic. Hated by
most, orcs are very proud and many of them feel superior.
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Human

Humans are mundane and average.
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Tengu

Tengu are bird-people who love to fight, both with weapons and spells. They are
quite fragile, but they learn to fly swiftly later on.
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Kobold

Kobolds are small, mischievous and a little fragile, but multi-talented.
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Merfolk

Half fish, half human, Merfolk are citizens of both water and land. They are
strong combatants, and adept at using magic to assist in battle.
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Minotaur

Minotaurs are large muscular humans with bovine heads. They excel at all forms
of close and ranged combat.
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Mummy

Compelled to walk by an ancient curse, Mummies are adept at Necromancy but
learn other skills very slowly. They are unable to consume any food or potions.
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Naga

Nagas are hybrids; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso
trailing off like that of a snake. They move slowly but are naturally resilient.
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Octopode

A species of amphibious cephalopods. They can wear eight rings, but almost no
armour fits them.
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Ogre

Large and strong, Ogres are mostly seen as brutes. They are very comfortable
with the basics of magic, however.
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Spriggan

Very small, very frail and very fast, Spriggans make highly competent stabbers
and spellcasters.
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Troll

Trolls are large brutes with powerful claws, always hungering for raw meat.
They regenerate health rapidly.
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Vampire

Shifting between the states of life and undeath, Vampires are accomplished
stabbers and casters.
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Vine Stalker

Frail symbionts, Vine Stalkers cannot regain health from devices or potions.
Their magical reserves absorb damage, and they pack a magic-restoring bite.
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