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| | + | <strong style="font-size:1.8em">IVAN development is continuing!</strong><br/> |
| | + | Yes, the rumors are true!<br/> |
| | + | Check out the [http://github.com/Attnam/ivan Github project page for IVAN] as well as [http://github.com/Attnam/ivan/releases downloadable binaries].<br/> |
| | + | Contributions, suggestions, feature requests, and bug reports are welcome on the [http://attnam.com/forum forum] |
| | + | </div> |
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| − | This page lists various monsters that were planned, but not implemented as of the current iteration of IVAN. The information here is taken from various files within the IVAN source repository, but mostly "Monster Ideas.txt".
| + | <div style="border:1px solid #acbdf2; background:#cedff2; padding:.5em 1em 1em;"> |
| | + | '''<span style="font-size:12pt">[http://attnam.com The Cathedral of Attnam]</span>''' is the unofficial homepage of [http://ivan.sourceforge.net IVAN]. |
| | + | In addition to this Wiki, you will find a [http://attnam.com/forum forum] for discussion and tips, a [http://attnam.com/media gallery] with screenshots, [http://attnam.com/projects downloads] including [http://attnam.com/projects/variants variants] developed by fans, and [http://attnam.com/sitemap much more]. Be sure to [http://www.attnam.com/signup register] for the website so that you can fully enjoy these resources! |
| | + | </div> |
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| − | == Monsters ==
| + | This is the unofficial [http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=IVAN Iter Vehemens ad Necem] wiki. |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavata Airavata]''' - giant white war elephant with tusks like mountains.
| + | Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike roguelike] game. The name is Latin for "Violent Road to Death"[[LAERSER_SKISKLS|.]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_races_and_species_in_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Babel_fish Babel fish]''' - parasitic creature from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which instantly translates foreign speech if placed in your ear.
| + | Before reading this wiki, we suggest that you first play the game. It can be downloaded from the [http://ivan.sourceforge.net/ official site]. |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug Banana slug]''' - odd type of slug strongly resembling a ripe banana. Deadly allergic to salt.
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| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk Basilisk]''' - petrifies enemies simply by looking at them. Mythological basilisks would ''kill'' with their stare.
| + | <div style="border:1px solid #C0C040; padding:0px 8px; background:#FFFFD0"> |
| − | *'''Bees''' - ''BEEEEEES!''
| + | '''Spoiler Warning''': This wiki contains spoilers that may affect your IVAN experience negatively. |
| − | *'''Behemoth''' - giant sea-dwelling monster resembling a hippo.
| + | </div> |
| − | *'''Black mamba''' - world's deadliest snake, able to outrun humans.
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| − | *'''Brainsucker''' - leaps onto your head and sucks your brains. Can be worn as a helmet. Launched from a special launcher.
| + | If you have not already played through '''IVAN''' (or at least played a significant number of games) the information you will learn here may ruin some of the surprises you will find in the game and possibly lessen your enjoyment of it. |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekatonkheires Briareos]''' - one-hundred-armed, fifty-headed giant who would make anyone panic simply by laying eyes upon them.
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| − | *'''Butterfly of Storms''' - would cause random disasters around the dungeon floor. Likely a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory chaos theory].
| + | '''If a page does not have a banner, it most likely contains spoilers!''' |
| − | *'''Carpenter''' - sells wooden items (likely a shopkeeper)
| + | <table cellspacing="3" width="100%"> |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]''' - giant sentient whirlpool (alternatively a monster that created whirlpools) from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Homer's Odyssey]
| + | <tr valign="top"> |
| − | *'''Chocobo''' - charismatic bird mount from the Final Fantasy series.
| + | <td width="50%" style="border:1px solid #00c900; padding:.5em 1em 1em; background:#c0ffc0"> |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice Cockatrice]''' - similar to a basilisk, would petrify players. In mythology, cockatrices would ''kill'' simply by looking at, breathing on, or touching someone.
| + | ===Spoiler-safe pages=== |
| − | *'''Cow''' - a common farm bovine. Apparently IVAN's cows have achieved enlightenment, yet only respond with "MU" (μ) if questioned.
| + | These pages should be safe for people who are still discovering IVAN. |
| − | *'''Cyclops''' - one eyed giant
| + | * [[Questions and Answers]] |
| − | *'''Dark bug''' - drawn toward darkness.
| + | * [[Character]] |
| − | *'''Deep sea blowfish''' - rapidly expands its size when threatened. Bloating poison could be extracted from its corpse.
| + | * [[Items]] |
| − | *'''Dwarf''' - wield pickaxes and randomly dig walls. Should be able to bribe them with gold.
| + | * [[Skills]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent Ent]''' - giant tree people from Middle-earth.
| + | * [[Quests]] |
| − | *'''Exploding mushrooms''' - self explanatory.
| + | * [[Worlds|Dungeons]] and [[Dungeon Features]] |
| − | *'''Flying ass''' - attacks with lightning and chemical weaponry.
| + | * [[Honor Rolls]] |
| − | *'''Flying squirrel''' - self explanatory.
| + | * [[Version History]] |
| − | *'''Game abuser''' - "Stupid monster who has a lair on a secret level where he uses mushrooms, banana peels, broken bottles, gods etc. to gain infinite exp."
| + | * [[:Category:Variants|Variants]] |
| − | *'''Giant''' - extremely large humanoids. | + | * [[Known Issues]] |
| − | *'''Giant anteater''' - is big and eats ants.
| + | </td> |
| − | *'''Gnome''' - extremely short humanoids. | + | <td width="50%" style="border:1px solid #c90000; padding:.5em 1em 1em; background:#FFA0A0"> |
| − | *'''Golden Eagle''' - "Hyper-powerful." | + | |
| − | *'''Gremlin''' - multiply when they touch water and die horribly when exposed to bright lights. | + | ===Spoiler-unsafe pages=== |
| − | *'''Grid feature''' - zaps people. (Parody of [http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Grid_bug grid ''bugs''])
| + | These pages contain information which may affect your IVAN experience negatively. |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Groke The Groke]''' - creature from Moomin that kills anything it comes into contact with and freezes the ground beneath it. Seeks only love and friendship. Has a habit of sitting on fires. | + | * [[FAQ]] |
| − | *'''High-level thief''' - self explanatory. | + | * [[Gods]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit Hobbit]''' - short humanoids from Middle-earth. Would have an increased chance to carry [[ring]]s, especially rings of invisibility.
| + | * [[Materials]] |
| − | *'''Huge firefly''' - giant bug that emits light. Would be useful as a pet. | + | * [[Monsters]] and [[Pets]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra Hydra]''' - huge multi-headed snake from Greek mythology able to attack in every direction at once.
| + | * [[Tutorial]] and [[Guides and Walkthrus|Guides]] |
| − | *'''IVAN developer''' - able to alter the universe at will, thus more powerful than the [[gods]]. | + | * [[Cheats and Exploits]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus Kerberus]''' - attacks with three heads at once. | + | * [[Secrets]] and [[:Category:Lore|Lore]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong King Kong]''' - 6 meter tall great ape. | + | * [[Game Mechanics]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_who_say_Ni Knight of Ni]''' - responds with "ni!". At higher levels, would learn to respond with "ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm."
| + | * [[Modding]] and [[Development plans|Development]] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan Leviathan/Tiamat]''' - generally any gigantic, horrible, biblical sea monster. | + | </td> |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich Lich]''' - powerful undead, usually former powerful magicians who have bound their souls to an object to attain immortality. | + | </tr> |
| − | *'''Light bugs''' - attracted to light sources. | + | <tr> |
| − | *'''Mad cow''' - insane cow. Would drive the player insane if eaten too (probably confusion status). | + | <td style="border:1px solid #c0c040; padding:.5em 1em 1em; background:#ffffd0" valign="top"> |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) Mimic]''' - sneaky monster that disguises itself as inanimate objects, commonly [[container|chests]]. | + | |
| − | *'''Miniature black hole''' - consumes anything and everything in its path. Immune to all forms of damage except for magic (reason given is "thaumic particles are not affected by gravity"). | + | === Miscellaneous === |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur Minotaur]''' - powerful half-man, half-bull creature from Greek mythology. | + | |
| − | *'''[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Mog Mog]''' - A reoccurring moogle from Final Fantasy. | + | * [[:Category:Fiction|Fiction]] |
| − | *'''Mola Mola''' - not an ocean sunfish, but rather a gigantic hybrid of a perch and an octopus whose eyes shine with a sickly green light. Can expend its energy to rapidly regrow muscle and fins, and go into a state of hibernation from which it will fully recover from injury. Stated as being more intelligent than enner beasts. | + | * [[Screenshots]] |
| − | *'''Monkey''' - primate that would fight for a short time before stealing an item and running away.
| + | * [[Videos]] |
| − | *'''Monkey 2''' - would engrave random sequences of characters on the dungeon floor. Occasionally writes Shakespeare quotes.
| + | * [[MIHAIL]] |
| − | *'''Monster that can eat metal''' - no information given.
| + | * [[Ideas]] |
| − | *'''Monsters that engulf others''' - e.g. slimes?
| + | |
| − | *'''Mountain troll''' - not a troll that lives in the mountains, but rather ''a mountain that is a troll.''
| + | </td> |
| − | *'''Mummy''' - preserved Egyptian royalty brought back to un-life.
| + | <td style="border:1px solid #acbdf2; background:#cedff2; padding:.5em 1em 1em;" valign="top"> |
| − | *'''Mutant tentacle''' - highly intelligent, yet slow purple creatures able to wield human weapons.
| + | |
| − | *'''Mutant turtle''' - exceptionally good at martial arts. | + | === External Links === |
| − | *'''Mutated giant mushroom''' - mostly stand still, but teleport at random. Would shoot spores at the player, which have a chance to spawn regular mushrooms.
| + | |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha Narasimha]''' - half-man, half-lion monster known for its deadly nails.
| + | * '''[http://ivan.sourceforge.net Official IVAN homepage]''' (outdated) |
| − | *'''Nightingale''' - type of bird known for singing at night time. | + | * '''[http://www.attnam.com IVAN forum]''' |
| − | *'''Nuas''' - legendary sea monster that apparently gave birth to the Mola Mola, as well as other demons. Similar to the leviathan. | + | * [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ivan-support Google Groups forum] |
| − | *'''Octopus''' - eight-legged sea animal intended to challenge IVAN's bodypart engine. | + | * [http://wikiwiki.jp/ivan/ Japanese wiki] |
| − | *'''Philosopher's stone golem''' - turns everything it touches into [[gold]]. | + | * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivan Sourceforge page] |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachu Pikachu]''' - popular lightning-rat pokémon. Figurehead of the entire Pokémon series.
| + | * [http://freecode.com/projects/ivan?branch_id=21825&release_id=131719 FreeCode Project] |
| − | *'''Piranha''' - vicious fish that would make short work of swimming players.
| + | * [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/IterVehemensAdNecem TvTropes page] |
| − | *'''Poison dart frog''' - deadly poisonous frogs native to Central and South America.
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| − | *'''Reef stonefish''' - deadly poisonous fish that strongly resembles a rock. Often poisons people who tread on them and the poisonous spines lining their back.
| + | </td> |
| − | *'''Scorpion''' - small arachnid with pincers and a deadly poisonous tail.
| + | </tr> |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]''' - six-headed sea monster and counterpart to Charybdis, sits opposite Charybdis to attack ships who strayed too close to her in order to avoid the whirlpool. | + | </table> |
| − | *'''Shaman''' - would randomly curse you and lower the enchantment of a random piece of equipment.
| + | |
| − | *'''Snowman''' - melts in summer and drops a carrot.
| + | __NOTOC__ |
| − | *'''Splitting monsters''' - monsters that would separate into smaller monsters when defeated.
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| − | *'''Smurfs''' - "Devout communists."
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| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(mythology) Titan]''' - Absolutely enormous deities from Greek mythology. Overthrown and imprisoned in Tartarus by the Greek gods. | |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennin Tennyo]''' - Buddhist beings similar to western angels that possess a beautiful robe ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]) that allows them to transcend the boundaries of heaven and earth (i.e. fly). If this robe is taken from them they will become the servant of the thief in order to retrieve it. | |
| − | *'''Tooth fairy''' - common childhood mythological figure. Likely rewarded gifts of teeth with gold.
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| − | *'''Troll''' - features ungodly hp regeneration, their [[troll blood]] heals anyone it lands on.
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| − | *'''Vampire''' - charismatic undead that would be damaged by bright lights. | |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaha Varaha]''' - divine boar from Hindu legend.
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| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus Wumpus]''' - tundra creature that would reward the player if caught. | |
| − | *'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziz Ziz]''' - gigantic man-eating bird monster. | |
