Ninja snowman assassin

There are some vague or non-exact figures and information on this page. Some spading is required. What are the windows for "more frequent" and "100%"? Are these numbers or the frequencies themselves affected by combat modifiers? How is his attack damage calculated?

Ninja snowman assassin
Monster ID	1185
Locations	Lair of the Ninja Snowmen
Hit Points	10
Attack	150
Defense	135
Initiative	150
Meat	None
Phylum	elemental
Elements	cold
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, torso
Drops	ninja rope, ninja crampons, ninja carabiner
Bounty	coal button
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a ninja snowman assassin

A sinister ninja snowman assassin drops from the ceiling without a sound. You must've alerted him to your presence with all your blustering and stomping about.

Hit Message(s):

He deftly hurls a shuriken at your <ear>. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

He silently draws an icy wakizashi across your <ear>. Then he silently draws a lotus flower with your blood. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

He throws a smoke bomb to the ground and vanishes. When he reappears, it is inside your <ear>! He cuts his way back out, silently but painfully. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

He vanishes, then reappears behind you, strangling you with his icy hands. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

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After Combat

You acquire an item: ninja rope

You acquire an item: ninja crampons

You acquire an item: ninja carabiner

• If you are on the appropriate bounty hunt:

You acquire an item: coal button (100% chance)*

You gain some <substat>.

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Occurs at Lair of the Ninja Snowmen.

Notes

• Only occurs with Combat Frequency increasers in effect.
• After a certain number (20?) of turns these become more frequent. After even more turns (40?) they become 100%.
• Never misses.
• His attacks do a very large amount of Cold Damage -- much more than his attack value would normally permit. This is for two reasons:
  • First, the assassin's attack deals damage as if your cold resistance were five levels lower, to a minimum level of 0 resistance.
  • Second, rather than using the default monster damage formula, the assassin's attack is calculated according to the formula:

[base damage] = max([monster attack]-[buffed moxie],0) + [100 to 120].

• Always drops exactly one item (regardless of the coal button) – the first you don't have of the rope, the crampons, or the carabiner. If you have all three, it will not drop any items.
• Combat Macros will NOT disable against him.
• Some initial spading on the encounter rate has been done.

History

• This monster was added during the level 8 quest revamp on July 24, 2012.
• Prior to December 11, 2012, this monster did not drop the coal button when the player was doing a bounty.