# I brought one shoggoth to the town at midnight

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 27, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194 "2018-10-27T10:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_k1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_k1/32/1335_2.png) [@\_k1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_k1)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/1 "2018-10-27T10:11:31Z")

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I brought one shoggoth to the town at midnight. The next day it’s a horde of shambling unkillable jelly giants parading down the street. They combed through a burning and collapsing house and only a few died…

Brutes and shockers that tried to stop them just collapsed to the touch.

I haven’t seen how long a hulk can hold against them, but I think I may have started the real apocalypse now.

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**Author:** ![Kadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kadian/32/214_2.png) [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/2 "2018-10-27T13:24:03Z")

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A single Shoggoth has 400hp, regenerates 50hp per round, a melee skill of 10, and it has 10 bash armor and 30 cut armor ; It also does 7d5+6 damage, so 13 - 41. They also multiply with biomass…

Compare that to a Zombie Hulk with 480hp, no regeneration, a melee skill of 5, 8 bash armor and 12 cut armor and 4d8 damage, aka 4 - 32.

So, in total, even a hulk would only survive…probably around 20-30 rounds against a shoggoth, while the hulk can’t even hurt the Shoggoth…  
Why do you have the remnants of humanity so much? ☹

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**Author:** ![\_k1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_k1/32/1335_2.png) [@\_k1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_k1)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/3 "2018-10-27T13:35:40Z")

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Beakdog of Providence, the last survivor of Gilmanton River Basin, the self-taught Demon Master, now officially announces that he has lost control of his shoggoth herd.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/4 "2018-10-27T14:46:25Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/e/e0e37954419c70fd253acc140db4b074dc95f515.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Kadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kadian/32/214_2.png) [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/5 "2018-10-27T15:01:28Z")

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Beakdog, start Damage control. Wall off the City where you unleashed the Shoggoth Scurge and start burning the city down.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/6 "2018-10-27T16:37:22Z")

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> [@Kadian](#):
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> Beakdog, start Damage control. Wall off the City where you unleashed the Shoggoth Scurge and start burning the city down.

NO! Dont burn the buildings down, they will just eat the debris and both multiply and gain even more health.

Build a huge pen, cover the ground in gasoline, lure them inside and trap them with a pulley/rope door. Then light em up. Alternatively, trap them, and then call in a nuclear missile on the tile.

If you have a vehicle with a turbolaser or laser cannon (or preferably several), and a shitload of power, you might be able to get them to follow you pied piper style while you gradually gun them down.

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**Author:** ![Orange01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/orange01/32/2469_2.png) [@Orange01](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Orange01)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/7 "2018-10-27T23:19:39Z")

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A automatic burst of 7.62 form a SCAR-H can take one down in one turn. If you can find a belt or two of these you might stand a chance.

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**Author:** ![SirPendrak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@SirPendrak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SirPendrak)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/8 "2018-10-28T02:11:07Z")

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yea, thats a very rare instance where automatic fire comes in handy. And recoil reducing mods as well.

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**Author:** ![Sanehatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sanehatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanehatter)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/9 "2018-10-28T03:00:57Z")

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I’d find a missile silo and bring that whole town down. Fast.  
Mininukes also come in handy.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/10 "2018-10-28T03:24:48Z")

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What is the radius on one of those things? I thought it was just 1 map tile.

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**Author:** ![Theundyingcode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theundyingcode/32/500_2.png) [@Theundyingcode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Theundyingcode)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/11 "2018-10-28T04:42:50Z")

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Real nukes 💥 a 3x3 radius.  
Mininukes only nuke one map tile.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/12 "2018-10-28T04:46:14Z")

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Thats it? Blast needs to be bigger. Its a nuclear missile for gods sake, those things are citybusters. 5x5 or 10x10 at the least. I burned down an area bigger than that with a damn flamethrower containing a fungal infestation.

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**Author:** ![Theundyingcode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theundyingcode/32/500_2.png) [@Theundyingcode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Theundyingcode)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/13 "2018-10-28T04:50:48Z")

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pretty sure… It’s been a long time since I used one but there is a screen shot included in:

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/13770>

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/14 "2018-10-28T04:53:40Z")

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That guy tried to nuke a bandit leader? Thats fucking awesome!

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**Author:** ![Kadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kadian/32/214_2.png) [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/15 "2018-10-28T16:14:31Z")

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That explains all the craters in the Cataclysm World - everyone is using nukes to get rid of bandits, of course you see craters everywhere 😛

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**Author:** ![valusian\_snek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valusian_snek/32/3477_2.png) [@valusian\_snek](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/valusian_snek)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/16 "2018-10-28T22:58:42Z")

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It’s a real shame that nukes only change the tiles and don’t actually kill anything.

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**Author:** ![\_k1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_k1/32/1335_2.png) [@\_k1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_k1)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-brought-one-shoggoth-to-the-town-at-midnight/17194/17 "2018-10-30T05:29:40Z")

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I want to fungalize the whole place.

We need a uber nuke that permanently transforms the terrain to lava.