The Mimic – Mimic from Dungeons & Dragons
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Mimic
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Most_Valued_Treasure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
Hassan is the Ossuary Guardian outside the Overlord’s Ossuary in Alkali Barrows. Hassan will not let you into Xerxes vault unless you bring him a Purzzian Golden Tapestry.
After defeating Vault Conscripts and Lesser Djinni, you come across a seemingly unguarded chest. That chest is the last guard, it is in fact a mimic.
“Haha! Fooled you! I look like a chest, but I’m actually a Mimic! Not fair? Oh yes it is! You want my treasure, you’ll have to fight for it!” The Mimic
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the mimic is a type of fictional monster. It is portrayed as being able to change its shape to disguise its body as an inanimate object, commonly a chest. The mimic uses a powerful adhesive that holds fast to creatures that touch it, allowing the mimic to beat its victims with its powerful pseudopods. The mimic was introduced in the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game’s original Monster Manual. The mimic has appeared in subsequent editions. Several variants of the creature have been introduced, with a variety of abilities and sizes.
The mimic made its first appearance in the original Monster Manual (1977), by Gary Gygax. This book described mimics as “subterranean creatures which cannot stand the light of the sun. They are able to perfectly mimic stone or wood.” According to the book, mimics thus pose as items such as stonework, doors, or chests; when a character or creature touches the disguised mimic, the mimic can lash out with a bludgeoning pseudopod. A mimic excretes an adhesive glue to hold fast whatever touches it. The book states that all mimics move about constantly in search of prey. Mimics are described as neutral in alignment.
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