Lizard Fiend

The Lizard Fiend is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 蜥蜴怪 ("lizard monster"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5 and the DLC and has 5 attack moves (physical/poison damage). In the reference placement (Ch.3 Exilium) it has 320 HP in journey 1 and 1478 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 12 m); it raises a guard stance; it can inflict Poison; 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 3, monster 3050 (Ch.3 Exilium, 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.

Moves without damage: Defence.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); jump chop (#111): 236-298 attack in journey 1, 848-910 in journey 4, unblockable; spawn animation 1 (#114); spawn animation 2 (#115).

Drops#

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

Group DLC #90096, Ch.4 #40096, Ch.5 #50096 (used by 20 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90006, Ch.5 #50003 (used by 13 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30001 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30097 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30096 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90097 (used by 11 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.4 #40002 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.4 #40097 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

1 further drop groups (rarer ones) are in build/wiki/data/enemies/drops_20018.json.

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 8 / 33 / 59 / 72 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 320 to 1478 (x4.6) and Physical attack from 156 to 768 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 7 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 4-8 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).
• Drop attack. It uses the unblockable jump chop (move #111) when it falls onto you; see AI and senses.
• Status effects. Its moves can apply: Poison (see Status effects).

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: 159 rows with HeroId 20018 (stories 3, 4, 5, 9, 102, 103, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409 ...); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20018; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20018; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20018 (_id 1006-1025); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20018.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20018_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.