Dog

The Dog is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 狗 ("dog"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.6 and Ch.7 and has 3 attack moves (physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.1 Heggem) it has 203 HP in journey 1 and 1284 HP in journey 4. It leaps down on you with a jump chop when it falls.

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 1, monster 1016 (Ch.1 Heggem, 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.

Other numbers from its AI file (combo start windows): Dodge: 5-7 m, 55 deg.

Reaction and utility moves: dodge (#102); threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); jump chop (#111): 188-250 attack in journey 1, 872-934 in journey 4, unblockable; spawn animation 1 (#114).

Drops#

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

Group Ch.2 #10020, Ch.7 #70096, Ch.6 #60096, Ch.1 #10020 (used by 35 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.2 #10001 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.2 #10014 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10014 (used by 11 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70001 (used by 9 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70094 (used by 9 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10004 (used by 9 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60001 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

3 further drop groups (rarer ones) are in build/wiki/data/enemies/drops_20006.json.

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 1 / 30 / 60 / 73 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 203 to 1284 (x6.3) and Physical attack from 108 to 792 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 10 placements in the Dark Mist scenes (stories 101-105) take their level from your hero, not from the table (Dark Mist enemies scale with your hero). The table level is 1-11 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• Body flags. It cannot be backstabbed (HeroData HitBackstab = 0, see Backstab); it cannot be executed (HitExecute = 0, see Weakness and execution).
• Easy AI. 11 of its 38 chapter placements use AI level 2 (Easy) instead of 1 (Normal); the effect is described in AI and senses.
• Drop attack. It uses the unblockable jump chop (move #111) when it falls onto you; see AI and senses.
• Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): CritRate +1 in 18 placements; PhysicDamage +20 in 1 placement.
• First-kill drop. 5 placements roll a different drop list the first time they are killed (see Enemies#Drops): quest 12204 (1 placement); quest 12205 (1 placement); quest 12208 (3 placements; only the first one killed uses the special list).

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: 185 rows with HeroId 20006 (stories 1, 2, 6, 7, 101, 102, 105, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407 ...); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20006; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20006; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20006 (_id 800-812); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20006.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20006_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.