Archer Fiend

The Archer Fiend is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 射箭怪 ("arrow-shooting monster"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.1 and Ch.5 and has 3 attack moves (physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.5 Katib Forest) it has 269 HP in journey 1 and 1275 HP in journey 4.

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Maze scaling#

In Deep into the Dark Mist the level comes from the maze floor, not from the placement (details).

Stats#

Reference placement: story 5, monster 5060 (Ch.5 Katib Forest, the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110).

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group Ch.5 #50096, Ch.1 #10020 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50002 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50093 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10002 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10014 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 9 / 33 / 60 / 72 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 269 to 1275 (x4.7) and Physical attack from 157 to 729 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 1 placement in the Dark Mist scenes (stories 101-105) takes its level from your hero, not from the table (Dark Mist enemies scale with your hero). The table level is 1 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• Easy AI. 5 of its 12 chapter placements use AI level 2 (Easy) instead of 1 (Normal); the effect is described in AI and senses.
• Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): CritRate +1 in 5 placements.

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 85 rows with HeroId 20002 (stories 1, 5, 101, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 411, 413, 414 ...); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20002; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20002; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20002 (_id 771-781); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20002.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20002_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.