FREQUENCY: Uncommon
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Dungeon Level VII])

NO. APPEARING: 1 (1-4)
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 1"/9"
HIT DICE: 10
% IN LAIR: 50%
TREASURE TYPE: C, Y
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 10
DAMAGEIATTACK: 1-6
SPECIAL AttACKS: Surprise on 1-4, smother prey in 2-5 rounds
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Non-
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (20' "wing" spread)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VII | 1500 + 14

The lurker above is a carnivorous creature found only in subterranean places.
If the chamber or cave is large there might be as many as 4 of
them, but normally only 1 is encountered. A lurker' can creep along
surfaces but slowly (1") or by using a gas which it generates and excretes
into sacs about its body. This gives the lurker above a neutral bouyancy,
and it then flaps its wing-like appendages and flies about.

They surprise prey an a 1-4 (on a 6-sided die). When disturbed the lurker'
drops from the ceiling, smothering all creatures beneath in the tough folds
of its "wings." This constriction causes 1-6 points of damage per round,
and the victims will smother in 2-5 rounds in any event unless they kill the
lurker' and thus break free. Unintelligent, the lurker' will fight until dead.
Prey caught in its grip cannot fight unless the weapons used are both short
and in hand at the time the creature falls upon them.

Description: This terrible beast somewhat resembles a large manta ray. Its
greyish belly is so textured as to appear to be stone, and the lurker'
typically attaches itself to a ceiling where it is almost impossible to detect
(90%) unless actually prodded.

<"As usual for its kind, the lurker will attack without hesitation and FIGHT until dead" - T1-4, Room 332>