Machete Horse

The Machete Horse is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 砍刀马 ("machete horse"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.5 and Ch.7 and has 5 attack moves (physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.5 Katib Forest) it has 532 HP in journey 1 and 1935 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 15 m); it raises a guard stance; 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 5, monster 5009 (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.

Moves without damage: Defence.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); jump chop (#111): 246-386 attack in journey 1, 852-992 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 Ch.5 #50096, Ch.7 #70096 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50012 (used by 3 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50093 (used by 3 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70005 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70097 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 10 / 38 / 62 / 74 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 532 to 1935 (x3.6) and Physical attack from 166 to 772 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 2 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 8 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• 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): PhysicDamage -20 in 3 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: 40 rows with HeroId 20033 (stories 5, 7, 103, 402, 403, 406, 409, 410, 411, 413, 1005, 1006, 1007); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20033; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20033; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20033 (_id 1345-1367); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20033.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20033_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.