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Added more monsters from the older Finnish monster file, monsut.txt
*'''Bees''' - ''BEEEEEES!''
*'''Behemoth''' - giant sea-dwelling monster resembling a hippo.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beholder_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) Beholder]''' - extra-dimensional levitating spherical creature able to fire a variety of magical rays from its many eyeballs. The central eye nullifies any magic in its gaze.
*'''Black mamba''' - world's deadliest snake, able to outrun humans.
*'''Brainsucker''' - leaps onto your head and sucks your brains. Can be worn as a helmet. Launched from a special launcher.
*'''[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]
*'''Chocobo''' - charismatic bird mount from the Final Fantasy series.
*'''Coal slug''' - self-descriptive? May be a reference or joke.
*'''Coatl''' - Aztec snake. Not to be confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl].
*'''[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.
*'''Cow''' - a common farm bovine. Apparently IVAN's cows have achieved enlightenment, yet only respond with "MU" (μ) if questioned.
*'''Cyclops''' - one eyed giant
*'''Dark bug''' - drawn toward darkness.
*'''Dark elf''' - evil pointy-eared forest dwellers. These were intended to come in two forms: bards and wizards.
*'''Daemons''' - referred to in the developer's documentation as being elemental beings for the 4 elements: fire, ice, air and earth.
*'''Deep sea blowfish''' - rapidly expands its size when threatened. Bloating poison could be extracted from its corpse.
*'''Disruptor''' - blue creature able to bypass armor when attacking.
*'''Dog''' - stated to come in big, small and pack-leader varieties.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger Dopplegänger]''' - mythological creature able to imitate a person's form.
*'''Dragon''' - Giant four-legged, winged reptiles of various descriptions. The developer files refer to varieties that use fire, ice, and have varying numbers of heads.
*'''Dwarf''' - wield pickaxes and randomly dig walls. Should be able to bribe them with gold.
*'''Elemental''' - physical manifestations of the forces of nature.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk Elk]'''
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent Ent]''' - giant tree people from Middle-earth.
*'''Exploding mushrooms''' - self explanatory.
*'''Falcon''' - large bird of prey. Not to be confused with eagles, especially not golden ones.
*'''Flying ass''' - attacks with lightning and chemical weaponry.
*'''Flying squirrel''' - self explanatory.
*'''Forgotten Hero''' - no description given.
*'''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."
*'''Genocider''' - no description given other than its ability to instantly kill opponents with a death ray.
*'''Giant''' - extremely large humanoids.
*'''Giant anteater''' - is big and eats ants.
*'''Goat'''
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnoll Gnoll]''' - intelligent humanoid hyena creatures similar to kobolds or goblins.
*'''Gnome''' - extremely short humanoids.
*'''Golden Eagle''' - "Hyper-powerful."
*'''[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.
*'''High-level thief''' - self explanatory.
*'''Hippie''' - peace loving smelly creature that confuses opponents.
*'''[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.
*'''Huge firefly''' - giant bug that emits light. Would be useful as a pet.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus Kerberus]''' - attacks with three heads at once.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong King Kong]''' - 6 meter tall great ape.
*'''Ki-rin''' - extremely powerful lawful-good creature resembling a horse with a flaming mane. Able to fly, walk on water, control the wind and summon lightning, among a host of other abilities.
*'''[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."
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan Leviathan/Tiamat]''' - generally any gigantic, horrible, biblical sea monster.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha Narasimha]''' - half-man, half-lion monster known for its deadly nails.
*'''Nightingale''' - type of bird known for singing at night time.
*'''Nova''' - sentient star. The developer notes mention this is meant to be a "materia köntti" or blob of material (translation help needed).
*'''Nuas''' - legendary sea monster that apparently gave birth to the Mola Mola, as well as other demons. Similar to the leviathan.
*'''Octopus''' - eight-legged sea animal intended to challenge IVAN's bodypart engine.
*'''Piranha''' - vicious fish that would make short work of swimming players.
*'''Poison dart frog''' - deadly poisonous frogs native to Central and South America.
*'''Quantum Physician''' - self-descriptive but stated to be able to cast fireball spells.
*'''Reef stonefish''' - deadly poisonous fish that strongly resembles a rock. Often poisons people who tread on them and the poisonous spines lining their back.
*'''Scorpion''' - small arachnid with pincers and a deadly poisonous tail.
*'''Splitting monsters''' - monsters that would separate into smaller monsters when defeated.
*'''Smurfs''' - "Devout communists."
*'''Tiger'''
*'''[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.
*'''Vampire''' - charismatic undead that would be damaged by bright lights.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaha Varaha]''' - divine boar from Hindu legend.
*'''Walking plate mail''' - cleverly disguised mimic in the form of armor
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus Wumpus]''' - tundra creature that would reward the player if caught.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorn_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) Xorn]''' - voracious beings from the elemental plain of earth that eat earth, silicate, gems and precious metals. The devs intended these to be living mahogany.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziz Ziz]''' - gigantic man-eating bird monster.
