Venomous Impostor | Pascal's Wager Wiki

The Venomous Impostor is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 剧毒伪装者 ("deadly-poison disguiser"); see Enemies. It appears in the DLC and has 7 attack moves (physical/poison damage). In the reference placement (DLC (story 9)) it has 695 HP in journey 1 and 2142 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 15 m); it can inflict Poison (DLC).

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.

Area	Placements	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
DLC (story 9)	57	Lv 20-30, HP 695-1432, ATK 230-312, DEF 117-192	Lv 40-50, HP 1207-1982, ATK 392-472, DEF 151-210	Lv 60-70, HP 1757-2504, ATK 537-601, DEF 169-223	Lv 80-89, HP 2142-2766, ATK 665-723, DEF 176-229
Dance of the Throne stages (stories 1001-1007)	2	-	-	-	-

Stats#

Reference placement: story 9, monster 9122 (DLC (story 9), the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Stat	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Level	20	40	60	80
HP	695	1207	1757	2142
Physical attack	230	392	537	665
Poison attack	224	384	544	704
Physical defence	117	151	169	176
Fire resist	117	170	183	187
Poison resist	117	170	183	187
Arcane resist	117	170	183	187
Dark resist	117	170	183	187
Pierce resist	695	952	1020	1040
Poise	10	10	10	10
Poise regen (per mille/s)	50	50	50	50
Resilience	70	70	70	70
Resilience regen	40	40	40	40
Crit damage	246	250	250	250
Crit resist	900	900	900	900
Stamina	80	80	80	80
Stamina regen	400	400	400	400
Rage	100	100	100	100

Senses and rewards#

Field (StoryMonster)	Value over its chapter placements
Sight radius (m)	0-33.1
Sight angle (deg)	2.4-65
Hearing radius (m)	4.2-23.7
Hearing angle (deg)	123.3-180
Lose-target radius (m)	7
Cooperation range (m)	0-22.4
Sanity damage per full health bar	5
Sanity on kill	0

Attacks#

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

Move	Damaging hits	Type	Attack journey 1	Attack journey 4	Poise dmg	Resilience dmg	Guard break	Effects	AI use
LLL	3	Physical	350	785	51	27	50	armour 12	4.5-6.5 m / 45 deg / cd 1 s
HP	3	Physical	340-390	775-825	51	27	0-60	-	4.5-15 m / 45 deg / 40% / cd 5 s
SP	1	Poison	344	824	51	27	60	Poison (DLC), armour 12	135 deg / 40% / cd 5 s
S	1	Physical	350	785	51	27	60	armour 12	120 deg / cd 3 s
NS	1	Physical	350	785	51	27	60	armour 12	120 deg / cd 3 s
NSP	2	Poison	344	824	51	27	60	armour 12	-
NL	1	Physical	350	785	51	27	60	armour 12	-

Other numbers from its AI file (combo start windows): Dodge: 5-10 m, 55 deg.

Reaction and utility moves: dodge (#102); threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); spawn animation 1 (#114): 344 attack in journey 1, 824 in journey 4; spawn animation 2 (#115); spawn animation 3 (#116).

Drops#

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

Area	Placements	Rolls (group ids)	First-kill rolls	Rolls only while you are not in a normal sanity state
DLC (story 9)	1	-	-	90005
DLC (story 9)	48	90001, 90096, 90097	-	90005
DLC (story 9)	8	90011, 90096, 90094	-	90005

Group DLC #90096 (used by 56 placement-rolls)

Result	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Nothing	65.0%	65.0%	65.0%	65.0%
Health Potion	35.0% x1	35.0% x1	35.0% x1	35.0% x1

Group DLC #90001 (used by 48 placement-rolls)

Result	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Nothing	65.0%	65.0%	65.0%	65.0%
Broken Carapace	15.0% x1	15.0% x1	15.0% x1	15.0% x1
Bygone Shadow	15.0% x1	15.0% x1	15.0% x1	15.0% x1
Blackwater Debris	5.0% x1	5.0% x1	5.0% x1	5.0% x1

Group DLC #90097 (used by 48 placement-rolls)

Result	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Bone Fragment	95.0% x17-25	20.0% x22-30	30.0% x29-37	30.0% x36-44
Big Bone	5.0% x3	80.0% x3-4	70.0% x4	70.0% x5

Group DLC #90011 (used by 8 placement-rolls)

Result	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Nothing	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%
Broken Carapace	33.3% x1	33.3% x1	33.3% x1	33.3% x1
Bygone Shadow	33.3% x1	33.3% x1	33.3% x1	33.3% x1
Blackwater Rubble	22.2% x1	22.2% x1	22.2% x1	22.2% x1

Group DLC #90094 (used by 8 placement-rolls)

Result	Journey 1	Journey 2	Journey 3	Journey 4
Big Bone	100.0% x4	100.0% x4	100.0% x4	100.0% x4

Hidden mechanics#

Scaling. Level 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 695 to 2142 (x3.1) and Physical attack from 230 to 665 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
Status effects. Its moves can apply: Poison (DLC) (see Status effects).
Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): Hp +500 in 8 placements; PhysicResist +8-+50 in 8 placements; Toughness +8-+20 in 8 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: 59 rows with HeroId 20048 (stories 9, 1006); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20048; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20048; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20048 (_id 1682-1703); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20048.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20048_define.lua.
Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.

Categories:Enemies