Sleepcap

Useful Info

Sleepcaps are early Dungeon monsters, appearing on D:4-8. Their melee attacks have a 50% chance to put the opponent to sleep if any damage is dealt. Unbreathing creatures are immune to sleep-inducing spores.

Tips & Tricks

• Sleep is threatening to any character vulnerable to it. Being put to sleep gives monsters a free turn to hit you, during which your EV is reduced to 0, and you take 2.5x melee damage. When it gets the sleep effect, the sleepcap alone can deal up to 32 damage per round.
  • If you are immune to sleep (Undead, Gargoyle, Djinni, have clarity, or during berserk) or are unbreathing (Ice Form), then you have much less to fear.

History

• Sleepcaps were added in 0.30.