Pincers of the queen

A pair of deadly silver pincers await a new owner.

Identify

Object 'pincers of the queen' is infused with your magic...
It is a level 49 armor, weight 9.
Locations it can be worn:  hands
Special properties:  invis metal
Classes allowed:  Ranger Paladin
Genres allowed:  sorcerer shaman
Alignments allowed:  good neutral
This armor has a gold value of 1000000.
Armor class is 12 of 12.
Affects wisdom by 3.
Affects damage roll by 5.
Affects hp by 5.
Affects mana by 50.
Affects carrying capacity by 5.

Information

• Mob: Frostcreeper Queen
• Area: Winterlight Island
• Pop: No (but is invis)
• Manufactured: No
• Out of Game: No
• Minimum Level: Unknown
• Maximum Level: Unknown
• Known keywords: Unknown

Description/Exam

These deadly silver pincers are quite large, and extremely sharp. The silvery
surface seems to reflect everything around, making them very hard to see.

Notes

IP: 1 or possibly 2, otherwise she heals herself.

Aggro: Yes

Tunneled: ?

Mob main attacks: Frost Breath. Physical dmg program ("slashes you with her talons").

Your best defense: Ice girth and other save_vs_breath gear, resist_cold gear (outlined below)

Options for attack:

Nasr works just fine. Warrior stun does not land. Have not tried Immob yet. Nasr also good for clearing the aggro frostcreeper warriors on the path to her.

She does Frost Breath and a physical dmg program ("slashes you with her talons") which does a fair amount of dmg. (couple hundred HP but does tend to hit eq a lot).

If using say a devout Nasr warrior you can beef up on resist_cold gear to help reduce damage from her frost breath. Rav Plate (10) or White Cuirass (20), snug winter boots (10), helm of wisdom (10), and lizard hide (10 from Inner Warmth, cast when worn) is an easy way to get 40-50% resist_cold without sacrificing much in the way of stats.

Druid can wear all the above gear minus cuirass, so 40 + 10 from Dance of Vines and I need to investigate if Boaanaich is cas table in that room, if so it's another 15 for potentially 65% resist_cold (75 with a Rav shield...)

Druids have Fire based attack spells (Firebreath for example) which I suspect may hit nicely. While they won't have a Nasr, if you have a Beholder glove set + gauntlet weapon, the shocking_grasp may hit (pending investigation!)

If fire-based elemental damage does hit against her, I may need to take a Nasr to Mulcibers Forge ....

Also need to try an Augurer. If she is in fact suscept_fire than Coil of Flame may hit quite nicely...

Anyhow it's easy enough with two hitters, and shouldn't be a terribly hard solo if you are prepared.

I have also used an evil Vamp with no problems. Both Vomica and Grasp hit.