Hastatus monster 162

The complete definition of this monster in the game's own mod format. Command names link to the reference.

newmonster    "Hastatus"
descr         "Somewhat better armored than the Velites, the Hastati make up the main bulk of the army.  Though their chances of survival are slightly better, they are often used as fireball fodder, being the first in line in any battle.  If they survive 25 years of service, they will be given a small farm upon their release from their contract.  Most will rejoin within a year after they have pawned their farm and drunk most of the money.  This was seen as a regrettable loss to the Senatorial finances until all pawn businesses were expropriated by the state, and pawned estates reissued to the next generation of soldiers."
armor         1
hp            7
str           4
mor           4
mr            4
rank          1
rangedweapon  0 24
meleeweapon   0 8
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Record definition from the base game data (v5.33 extraction), shown with Illwinter's permission. Unaffiliated with Illwinter Game Design.