Death mask

Death mask
A death mask has risen from his grave.

Inflicted phobias
Phobias	Nosophobia

Item drops
Search	(Death mask and Chainmail dress)
Steal	(2 Tobacco)

Overworld data
HP	9 (+1 extra) or 7 (+1 extra)
Executable	True
Gunslinger/Rifle	True
Marksmanship	True
HP to Damage	[Torso] -100 at 8 or 6 HP [Torso] -250 at 7 or 5 HP [Torso] -400 at 6 or 4 HP
Bear trap	Stuck in place
Booby trap	Stuns for 1.33 seconds, Applies Can't do shit 3 in Battle

Battle Theme
“Breath Of The Moon”

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The Death mask is an Enemy encountered in Fear & Hunger 2: Termina.

Location & Behaviour

Death masks can spawn from coffins placed in the overworld after the player walks over the spawn tiles (as seen in Gallery) three times. Their locations are as follows:

• Old Town - Gate - Next to the shop
• Old Town - Slums - Next to the bridge over the train tracks
• Prehevil - Staircase - After taking the stairs on the right
• Prehevil - North-West - Below the stairs leading to the Orphanage
• Church of Alll-mer - Level 2 - Square room after going south of the Martyr effigy
• Prehevil - Temple Site (Museum) - West of Donnovan's House

At the start of a Fear & Hunger run, up to two random Death masks are chosen which will be able to spawn during a run. The two Death masks that can spawn in Old Town will not activate until the player has opened one of the entrances to the city. Specifically entering the Deep Woods through the broken shack, entering the Golden Gates, opening the Sewer gate or the main gate to the inner city. Their speed is faster than that of most enemies, meaning they can more easily catch up to the player.

In Easy(er) mode, Death masks are absent from the run.

In Masoχ-S/M mode, all six Death masks will be able to spawn without restrictions.

Battle

Stats

Body Part	HP	Blunt	Slashing	Piercing	Fire	Otherwordly	Ev. Rate	Magic Ev.	Resistances
Head	1200	130%	80%	80%	80%	120%	80%	40%	None
Torso	3200 (8000)						None	None
Torso (Rot)	2800 (7000)						None	None
Right Arm	1800						None	None
Left Arm	1800						None	None
Right Leg	1200						None	None
Left Leg	1200						None	None

• Note: HP in parenthesis is only used for Damage-over-Time calculations.

Skills

Body Part	Skill	Effect	Condition	Chance	Success Rate
Head	Death gurgle	Deals 5-7 Mind damage.	Always	75%	100%
	Blank stare	Does nothing.	Always	25%	N/A
Torso	Tackle	Deals 15-22 Blunt damage, can knock Olivia off a wheelchair.	Arms are destroyed	100%	95%
Right Arm	Slasher	Deals 28-30 Slashing damage, can cause Arm loss.	Always	100%	90%
Left Arm	Slasher	Deals 28-30 Slashing damage, can cause Arm loss.	Always	100%	90%

Strategy

Fear & Hunger Mode

The death masks are extremely tough because of their large pools of health and their ability to easily dismember limbs. They can use their swords to slash twice per turn, with each slash guaranteed to dismember limbs from characters without protective equipment (e.g. arm guards). They can also use a laughing move to drain Mind from the player's party.

It is better to avoid fighting them altogether; however, this will restrict the player's movement, as they risk causing a death mask to spawn every time they pass an unopened coffin. If the player wants to fight a death mask, they must consider that both of the death mask's arms have very high health, so removing them to avoid damage and limb loss is not a viable option unless the player has a full party with very high damage potential. The head also has high health, so the best bet is to blind the death mask using glass shards or black smog, ignore the arms entirely, and focus on the torso with status effects such as burn, poison and bleed to get through the health pool as fast as possible.

Alternatively, the player can attempt to eliminate a death mask without engaging in combat at all. Using the bear trap on a Death mask from outside the combat won't cripple their legs, but it will permanently immobilize them on the overworld, making it easier to either avoid them or outright eliminate them with firearms.

Masoχ-S/M Mode

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Dialogues

Battle start

• A masked person walks towards you without a pause. It seems dead set on confronting you...
  • Player: “Hold on! I don't want to start a fight!”
    • Your words have no effect. The masked man keeps on pursuing you.
  • Player: “What is going on here!?”
    • Your words have no effect. The masked man keeps on pursuing you.
  • Player: “I'm ready to defend myself, just so you know.”
    • Your words have no effect. The masked man keeps on pursuing you.

Talk

• Death mask: “...”
  • Player: “I don't want any confrontation!”
    • The death mask doesn't appear capable of speech or understanding.
  • Player: “Stay back, or else...!”
    • The death mask doesn't appear capable of speech or understanding.
  • Player: “Please, just let me pass!”
    • The death mask doesn't appear capable of speech or understanding.
  • Player: Nevermind

Interactions

“The monstrosity is down...”

Action	Result	Flavour text
Use Brain flower	Success	“You've laid down the seed for the flower.”
Use Heart flower	Success	“You've laid down the seed for the flower.”
Beat him	Nothing	“No reaction. He must be dead. But for how long?”
Medical diagnosis	Nothing	Player: “The person seems to still be alive. At least you can still feel his pulse. This goes against everything you know and understand. The wounds on his body should be lethal but something is keeping him alive. You do not have answers for this.” If Daan is in the party: “I'm confused. I can still feel a pulse from this thing. All the wounds and beating this guy took would suggest that he's good as dead, but no... I don't know. Don't ask me these hard questions. Even I don't have all the answers.”
Search	(Death mask and Chainmail dress)	Nothing
Leave	Success	Nothing
Devour (Unavailable) (Bug)	Success	“You devoured the remains.”
Harvest an organ	Success	Nothing
Saw off his head	(Death mask head)	Nothing
Necromancy	Failure	“The soul is too corrupted and frail to be summoned back to the body. The necromancy failed.”

Trivia

• The design for Death masks was mainly influenced by the Menos Grande from Bleach.

Gallery

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  Menos Grande from Bleach.

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  Death Mask coming out of the coffin.

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  Spawn tiles for Old Town - Gate.

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  Spawn tiles for Old Town - Slums.

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  Spawn tiles for Prehevil - Staircase.

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  Spawn tiles for Prehevil - North-West.

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  Spawn tiles for Church of Alll-mer - Level 2.

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  Spawn tiles for Prehevil - Temple Site (Museum).