
Cumulus hex
Mental elementals that mislead with Mist Me, and dish out Disruptive Waves and Freezing Blizzards. Afraid of fire and light.
Drawn to the battlefield by the scent of blood, they beckon warriors into the red clouds they ride on, never to return.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Caves, rank 10: 26% of visible monsters, 29% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
- Gives: 5,850 EXP, 197 G, Mistick (1/32), Flowing dress (1/64)
- Weak to: fire, light ×1.5
- Has no effect on it: whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, charm
Family: elemental
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | 255 | 462 | 472 | 282 | 5,850 | 197 | 2 % |
HP from the game's record: in battle, each monster gets a roll between 80 and 100% of it (rounded); MP is full.
Resistances and actions
- Elements (damage taken): fire, light ×1.5; wind, lightning / blast, earth ×0.5
- Effects (success rate): 50%: Dazzle, sleep, stun; immune: Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Charm
- Actions: 1 or 2 actions per turn (random) — Attack 50%, Disruptive Wave 17%, “exhales a chilly breath!” 17%, Mist Me 17%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Disruptive Wave: if a character has an effect to remove (buff, Bounce, tension…); Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack; “exhales a chilly breath!”: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Mist Me: if it has neither Schizofanic nor Mist Me. Only once per turn for its whole group: Disruptive Wave, “exhales a chilly breath!”, Mist Me
Items
Habitat (in-game monster list)
Grotto
In the game, a defeated monster's entry names one of these places as soon as you have visited it, even if you never defeated that monster there; otherwise “?????????” (checked in game). The first two are named, “Etc.” for the third.
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Caves, rank 10: 26% of visible monsters, 29% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
- Caves, rank 11: joins 6.7% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 9-16; 201-220: floors 9-16; 221-248: floors 9-12)
- Caves, rank 12: 19% of visible monsters, 25% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 241.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Mistick : 3 ; Flowing dress : 4.
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