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Nightcroc Sheet
Basics
- Name: Nightcroc
- Affinity: Thunder
- XP: 21
Weapon Levels
- n/a
- Items: Missile, Jelly Sandwich, Ice Cream Sandwich, Mole Cricket, Dark Boo's Sheet, Dig Badge
- Armor: None
Combat Stats
- HP: 30
- VP: 0
- MP: 0
- Attack Power: 15
- Magic Power: 1
- Defense Power: 0
- Brain Power: 2
Field Stats
- Strength: 9
- Hand-Eye: 6
- Platform: 1
- Knowledge: 6
- Clever: 6
- Charisma: 6
- Unique: Able to burrow through sandy ground.
- Weight: 9
Attacks
Basic Attack
- Underground: Pops up underneath the target and chomps them between its jaws, remaining exposed above the sand afterward.
- Aboveground: Burrows back under the sand, dealing no damage to anyone but subsequently counting as Underground.
Weapons
- None
Special Attacks
- None
Psychic Attacks
- None
Magical Attacks
- None
Elemental Modifiers
- Earth x0
- Ice --
- Water --
- Wind --
- Fire --
- Thunder --
- Poison --
- Plant --
Information
A light blue subspecies of Sandcroc seen in sand pits along the Outer Wall. It has the same amount of HP as a regular Sandcroc, but its bite does even more damage.
Notes
- A Nightcroc alternates between hiding underground and having its head exposed above the sand, where it's vulnerable to attacks like a normal grounded target. While underground, they can only be hit by psychic attacks and earthquake-type attacks, just like a character who has the Underground Status Benefit, but a Nightcroc being underground doesn't count as a Status Condition, and it therefore can't be forced aboveground by items or abilities that remove Status Conditions. Being ambush predators, the players will generally be unaware that Nightcrocs are even present in battle until they first emerge to attack, unless a Nightcroc has made a First Strike, in which case its attack cycle will be offset compared to any other Nightcrocs in the same battle. Even if a multitarget psychic or earthquake-like attack damages Nightcrocs before they've been revealed, the attacker may not be made aware of their presence. However, a character preparing to use a single-target psychic attack might sense a Nightcroc's mind as a potential target, revealing its existence without using up that character's turn.