Changes: Lichen

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F lichen
Difficulty	1
Attacks	Touch sticky

Base level	0
Base experience	4
Speed	1
Base AC	9
Base MR	0
Alignment	0

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Common
Genocidable	Yes

Weight	20
Nutritional value	200
Size	Small

Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None

Other attributes	A lichen: does not breathe. cannot pick up items. has no eyes. has no limbs. has no head. is mindless. does not eat. (*) is neither male nor female. always starts as hostile.

Reference	monst.c#line1397

A lichen (not to be confused with a lich) is one of the easiest monsters in the game. They are extremely slow and incapable of dealing any actual damage; their main attack is a sticky attack which holds you in one place, but this is trivial considering they are easy to beat. It does, however, prevent you from attacking any target except the lichen, wasting the turn you attempted to attack the other monster (for a minimum impact of two turns as you realise you need to dispose of the lichen first).

Lichen corpses are not considered meat and, unlike most corpses, never rot (but they do become old for the purposes of sacrificing). They can be carried indefinitely as normal comestibles which are always safe to eat, and also used to tame horses.

There is no such thing as a master lichen.

Encyclopedia entry

The chamber was of unhewn rock, round, as near as might
be, eighteen or twenty feet across, and gay with rich
variety of fern and moss and lichen.  The fern was in
its winter still, or coiling for the spring-tide; but
moss was in abundant life, some feathering, and some
gobleted, and some with fringe of red to it.
        [ Lorna Doone, by R.D. Blackmore ]

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-A '''lichen''' (not to be confused with a [[lich]]) is one of the easiest [[monster]]s in the game. They are extremely [[speed|slow]] and incapable of dealing any actual damage; their main attack is to [[sticky|hold you in one place]], but this is trivial considering they are easy to beat. It does, however, prevent you from attacking any target except the lichen, wasting the turn you attempted to attack the other monster (for a minimum impact of two  turns as you realise you need to dispose of the lichen first).
+A '''lichen''' (not to be confused with a [[lich]]) is one of the easiest [[monster]]s in the game. They are extremely [[speed|slow]] and incapable of dealing any actual damage; their main attack is a [[sticky attack]] which holds you in one place, but this is trivial considering they are easy to beat. It does, however, prevent you from attacking any target except the lichen, wasting the turn you attempted to attack the other monster (for a minimum impact of two  turns as you realise you need to dispose of the lichen first).
 Lichen [[corpses]] are not considered meat and, unlike most corpses, never rot (but they do become old for the purposes of sacrificing). They can be carried indefinitely as normal [[comestible]]s which are always safe to eat, and also used to tame [[horse]]s.