(When winning or not gambling)
(When losing)
Description
A drawing of a gambler in it’s true form with a crow head.
The Gamblers are entities that exclusively reside in Level 2 (Altrooms) and it's sub-levels. When in a passive state, Gamblers appear as ordinary, middle aged humans who are seemingly obsessed with gambling.
These entities always have a 75% chance of winning any casino games they play, as well as any card games or games of chance that involve gambling. They will often challenge Wanderers to card games, and if they win, any money or valuables you possess will instantly vanish, presumably taken by the Gambler. If a Gambler loses a game however, they will enter a hostile state in which they are filled with an uncontrollable rage and transformed into their true form.
Secondary Form
After losing a casino game, Gamblers reveal their true form as they go into a fit of rage, twisting and turning and growling in pain from the transformation. Their bodies will double in size and their skin will ripple with newfound musculature capable of tearing a man apart. Most bizarre of all, blood will begin to drip from their eyes and mouths as their heads are contorted into the shape of an animal.
Once in a hostile state, these entities will attack anything and everything around them, barely even distinguishing between living and non living targets during their assault. They will charge at walls, destroy slot machines and attack wanderers and anything else that stands in the way of their blind fury. The only things that will attract the attention of a Gambler in this state will be tokens, poker chips, and especially cash money, which it will immediately charge towards and take it by force before devouring it like a ravenous animal. Once a Gambler has fed upon enough money, roughly 10,000 $ worth of cash, it will revert to its passive state and behave as though nothing even happened.
Behavior
Gamblers tend to behave in a number of ways which depend on what animal head their true form possesses. Examples of these animalistic gambler heads and their behaviors are as follows:
This is the most common gambler type. When passive, they will simply resemble a very drunk middle aged gambler. However when enraged, gamblers appear very similar to the mighty minotaur from greek legend, and behave very similar as well, charging headfirst at anything that moves. These gamblers are also known to be attracted to the color red, but disoriented by flashing lights.
Gamblers with rat heads are even less likely to lose at games, as they cheat freely unlike the majority of other gamblers. When enraged, rat headed gamblers gain the ability to summon massive hordes of Death Rats and command them to attack their targets. These rats will also bring the gambler any cash or coins they find, continuing to feed the gambler they are reverted to their passive state, at which point the rats will disperse.
Gamblers with crow heads move faster than Bull headed gamblers, and are attracted to shiny, metal objects as well. When they are harmed or frustrated, they will emit a deafening screech that stuns those caught unprepared momentarily.
These gamblers will appear like very overweight humans, and will remain largely immobile at a single slot machine while in a passive state. When enraged, these entities will not only feed on coins, but practically everything else around them. Though they will move around more in a hostile state, pig headed gamblers are still very slow and are actually more likely to revert back to a passive state by tiring themselves out and falling asleep instead of reverting due to consuming enough cash, unlike other gamblers.
Do not cheat against a dog headed gambler, as it will notice it immediately and go into a rage state in seconds.
Discovery
This entity was discovered when an unknown wanderer found one next to a poker table. The wanderer is assumed to be dead.