Monster Changing

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Some combat actions in the game can change the current monster encounter into a different one, without leaving the combat. This has the following effects:

• The new monster is not affected by bonus Monster Level; its stats are normal (if it is not a scaling monster), and it will not have extra abilities from exceeding certain thresholds of +ML.
• The new monster shares the 30-round limit for combat with the previous monster(s).
• Once-per-combat actions are usable once again.
• Monster Modifiers, if any, are rerolled.

Most of these actions cannot be used against special monsters, with some exceptions.

Source	Type	Result	Notes
CLEESH	Combat Skill	frog, salamander, or newt	Equal chance of each outcome. Not usable on monsters in The Sea.
Baby Bugged Bugbear	Familiar	frog, salamander, or newt	Has a 2% chance of CLEESHing the current opponent on each combat round when the familiar is in use Does not occur when the bugged balaclava is equipped
software glitch	Combat Item	bugged bugbear	Also gives 1 Adventure when successfully used for the first time in a day.
tangle of rat tails	Combat Item	tomb rat king	Only when used on tomb rat, deals damage otherwise.
Unleash Nanites	Skill	little blob of gray goo, largish blob of gray goo, or enormous blob of gray goo	Only available with the Nanobrainy effect at 40 turns or more The effect is acquired by using a mysticality combat skill with a fully charged Nanorhino in use The monster fought is dependent on the target's ML
Daily Affirmation: Adapt to Change Eventually	Combat Item	Random monster	Also usable as a potion to give 100 turns of Adapt to Change Eventually.
Macrometeorite	Combat Skill	Other monster in the location, or tumbleweed	10 uses per day The new monster is chosen using the possible encounters in the zone, and cannot be the current monster. Becomes a tumbleweed if this is not possible (non-adventure.php combat, combat initiated from non-combat Adventure, or no other monsters in the zone). If the new monster is a scaling monster, its stats will be increased by +ML, but still not gain ML-based abilities.
wand of pigification	Combat Skill	pig	Usable multiple times per day, with a chance of losing the wand with each use that day.