the Cartwheeler’s four blades is capable of doing damage to the player on contact, and
some attacks will allow the creature to hit with multiple blades at once.
- Ground Slash Right, Left, Both: While on the ground and standing on its legs,
the Cartwheeler can slash at its target with its right or left arms individually, or
swipe with both blades at once. The Cartwheeler can perform this attack while
moving. - Ceiling Slash Right, Left: While on the ceiling the Cartwheeler can swipe
downward with either of its arms, slashing at a target when in range. The
Cartwheeler can perform this attack while moving. - Ceiling Swing Slash Front, Back: While on the ceiling, the Cartwheeler can pull
both its legs out of the ceiling while staying attached to the ceiling with its arms and
swing toward its target, potentially striking it with both blades. Similarly, it can
leave its legs attached to the ceiling and swing down with its arms. After
completing one of these attacks, the Cartwheeler will immediately swing back up
to the ceiling, once again attaching itself with all four of its limbs. The Cartwheeler
must be stationary in order to perform this attack. - Leaping Attack: The Cartwheeler leaps through the air toward the top of its
target, with all four of its blades facing forward. The Cartwheeler can significantly
damage the target with all four of its weapons using this attack.
Ranged Attacks
The Cartwheeler has no projectile attack, though its ability to leap through the air and
do a melee attack achieves a similar effect (see above).
Behavior
The Cartwheeler and Mainliner are natural enemies of each other and will attack each
other on sight. The Cartwheeler prefers to ally itself with the Burrower.
In some areas on specific NPCs, the Cartwheeler can do an “impaling” attack
where it runs its blades deep into a creature, killing it instantly. Performing this move
will not be part of its regular behavior, and will be considered scripted.
Cartwheelers tend to favor the darkness and will try to avoid the player’s Flash-
light beam or other sources of intense light. Despite their fear of the light,
Cartwheelers are still quite effective when in an illuminated environment.
Mainliner
The Mainliner was killed by lethal injection, though the form of its body is far more
twisted and horrific than such a manner of execution would imply. The creature resem-
bles a human torso with its two legs amputated right below the knee, one arm missing
its hand, and the other arm longer than the first, bony, and multi-jointed. The second,
longer hand clutches a massive hypodermic needle. In its back are jabbed thirty or more
hypodermic needles, which wiggle a bit as it moves. Its head is bald, though two
syringes have been jabbed completely through the back of its skull (where the plunger
ends still stick out) and exit the skull where the Mainliner’s eyes once were. Except for
the syringes, the creature is reminiscent of some of the more disturbing carnival char-
acters in the movieFreaks.
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