Smoke-Pot Man

The Smoke-Pot Man is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 烟壶人 ("smoke-pot man"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.4 and Ch.6 and has 9 attack moves (dark/physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.6 Blessedland) it has 458 HP in journey 1 and 1558 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 15 m); it can inflict Sanity loss (status); it has unblockable attacks.

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 6, monster 6104 (Ch.6 Blessedland, 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); execution (#108): 447 attack in journey 1, 1052 in journey 4, unblockable; alert (#109); idle (#110); spawn animation 1 (#114); spawn animation 2 (#115).

Drops#

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

Group Ch.6 #60096, Ch.4 #40096 (used by 31 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60097 (used by 19 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60022 (used by 14 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.4 #40004 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.4 #40097 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60004 (used by 4 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60009 (used by 1 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 15 / 46 / 66 / 78 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 458 to 1558 (x3.4) and Physical attack from 277 to 882 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 13 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• Unblockable moves. NS2 have Guard Break 999. An ordinary guard cannot hold against it: the hit lands as a normal hit and the defender's poise drops to 0, unless the guard value itself is higher (see Guarding#How a blocked hit is resolved).
• Sanity attacks. SP1 reduce your Sanity.
• Status effects. Its moves can apply: Sanity loss (status) (see Status effects).
• Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): Hp +100 in 2 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: 95 rows with HeroId 20035 (stories 4, 6, 104, 402, 403, 404, 409, 410, 412, 414, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20035; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20035; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20035 (_id 1400-1422); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20035.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20035_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.