# Brood wasp

a baby brood wasp 

Difficulty

6

Attacks

Sting 2d3 poisonous (dexterity)

a baby brood wasp 

Difficulty

6

Attacks

Sting 2d3 poisonous (dexterity)

Base level

3

Base experience

35

Speed

18

Base AC

-1

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

0 (Not randomly generated)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

30

Nutritional value

30

Size

Small

Resistances

poison

Resistances conveyed

poison (20%)

A baby brood wasp:

 can fly.

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 is poisonous to eat.

 does not eat. (*)
 is normally generated hostile.

a brood wasp 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Sting 2d3 poisonous (dexterity), Sting 2d3 inject larvae

a brood wasp 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Sting 2d3 poisonous (dexterity), Sting 2d3 inject larvae

Base level

8

Base experience

162

Speed

18

Base AC

-1

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

2 (Quite rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

100

Nutritional value

100

Size

Large

Resistances

poison

Resistances conveyed

poison (53%)

A brood wasp:

 can fly.

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 can lay eggs.

 is poisonous to eat.

 does not eat. (*)
 is female.

 is normally generated hostile.

 is nasty.

The brood wasp, a, is a defunct monster in SpliceHack, which has since been replaced by ichneumon. Brood wasps were very fast, and possessed attacks that were very dangerous to unprepared players.
Upon hitting a player that is not thick-skinned with its inject larvae attack, there was a one in four chance that the brood wasp injected larvae into the creature. This was denoted by the message The brood wasp injects something into you!. 100-300 turns later, the player would take 10d4 damage as 2-4 baby brood wasps hatch from their body. Carrying brood wasp larvae was considered a major trouble for purposes of prayer, and could be cured via application of a unicorn horn.
Brood wasps and players polymorphed into brood wasps had a one in four chance of injecting larvae upon hitting a monster with 5 or less hit points. Upon doing so, if the attacker was the player, a tame baby brood wasp would be created. Otherwise, the monster was instantly slain.

Strategy
Due to their high speed, poisonous sting, and ability to create tame monsters, a brood wasp could be a useful monster to polymorph into, especially in the early game.

Encyclopedia Entry

These insects are feared for their ability to lay eggs inside
	the bodies of their prey.

 

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