Floating eye

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A floating eye is a levitating eyeball. They are very small so they are very hard to hit. If you miss during a melee attack, its gaze will paralyze you, causing you to lose consciousness. By themselves, they are simply a nuisance, but if you are unconscious this leaves you very vulnerable to attack. On the other hand, they make useful pets since they can also paralyze your enemies.

If you eat a floating eye corpse it will bequeath ESP on you temporarily (the ability to detect intelligent creatures which are out of visible range).

Floating eyes are for the most part hostile creatures. However, there are a few tame ones living in Attnam.

Tips

Their only defense is in response to a missed melee attack. Therefore an easy way to kill them is to throw something, such as a dagger, zap them with a wand (lightning for example), or even vomit on them. As long as you don't attempt to melee them they can cause no harm.

They are also fairly slow, which means you can lead them into a room and lock them inside.

It can also be useful to polymorph into a floating eye if you are in grave danger. Your small size and paralyzing effect will be just as annoying to them as it is to you!