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Statistics and Attributes Key

 EXP - The experience points your party will gain when killing this monster.
Gold - The gold your party will gain when killing this monster.
 ATK - The attack power of the monster.
 DEF - The defense power of the monster.
 AGI - The agility of the monster that also affects its speed.

 Fire - Fire attribute (Frizz, Frizzle, etc)
  Ice - Ice attribute (Crack, Crackle, etc)
 Wind - Wind attribute (Woosh, Swoosh, etc)
Blast - Explosion and thunder attribute (Bang, Boom, etc)
Earth - Earth attribute (Funereal fource, etc)
 Dark - Dark attribute (Zam, Zammle, etc)
Light - Light attribute (Starburst throw, Life fource, etc)

Dazle - Hallucinate/Illusion effect
Sleep - Sleep effect
Death - Instant death effect
DrnMP - Drain MP effect
Confu - Confusion effect
Fizle - Block spellcasting effect
 Stop - Stop action effect
Poisn - Poison effect
Prlyz - Paralyze effect
DecAK - Decrease attack effect
DecDF - Decrease defense effect
DecSP - Decrease speed effect
DecMR - Decrease magic resistance effect
Msmrz - Susceptibility to become mesmerized by character's style

Each monster has a value given for each of the above attributes. A higher number in a given attribute represents a weakness towards that attribute. A lower number represents strength and resistance towards that attribute. Neutral is defined by the value of 100. Values above 100 indicate weakness while values below 100 indicate strength. A value of zero (0) indicates immunity to that attribute.

For example, if a monster has Fire at 75 and Ice at 150, it would only take 75% damage from fire based attacks, but 150% damage from ice based attacks.

The numbers for the Status Attributes indicate how likely that particular status is to affect the monster when cast upon it. So you are not very likely to put a monster to sleep that has the Sleep status attribute at 25.

Finally, the percentages next to the item drops represent the percentage chance you have of acquiring that item at the end of a battle.

Gruffon

#119 | Demon

They may be strong have have high HP, but they're just to laid back to last. Strike first, and you're bound to beat them.

They're so lazy that sometimes they can't even be bothered to eat, and they throw rocks to avoid having to move to attack.

Haunts: Lonely Coast; Mt Ulzuun

Items Dropped: Wing of bat (12.5%); Terrible tattoo (3.13%)

Exp	540	Gold carried	136	HP	136	MP	12	Atk	118	Def	106	Agi	76
Fire	125	Ice	100	Wind	100	Blast	100	Earth	100	Dark	100	Light	125
Dazle	50	Sleep	75	Death	50	Drain MP	100	Confusion	50	Fizle	0	Stop	50
Poison	75	Paralyze	50	Dec Atk	75	Dec Def	75	Dec Speed	75	Dec MR	50	Mesmerize	50

Great gruffon

#129 | Demon

Thick fur means the cold doesn't concern them, and great might makes them formidable when they muster their strength.

Brigadiers of the brrearthenwarrior's battalions, they patrol icy parts, checking that they're chilly enough.

Haunts: Snowberia; Cringle Coast

Items Dropped: Wing of bat (12.5%); Fur poncho (1.56%)

Exp	1180	Gold carried	126	HP	150	MP	12	Atk	120	Def	120	Agi	70
Fire	125	Ice	50	Wind	100	Blast	150	Earth	100	Dark	75	Light	125
Dazle	50	Sleep	100	Death	50	Drain MP	100	Confusion	50	Fizle	0	Stop	75
Poison	100	Paralyze	50	Dec Atk	75	Dec Def	75	Dec Speed	75	Dec MR	100	Mesmerize	35

Gramarye gruffon

#143 | Demon

Grown-up gruffons who are beyond the boulder-throwing badness of their boyhoods, and now know Zammle as well.

They bought books to learn about Zammle, but were so busy slacking off that it took them a century to study it.

Haunts: Eastern Wormwood; Western Wormwood

Items Dropped: Wing of bat (6.25%); Safety shoes (1.56%)

Exp	1310	Gold carried	145	HP	215	MP	22	Atk	150	Def	125	Agi	76
Fire	100	Ice	100	Wind	100	Blast	150	Earth	100	Dark	50	Light	100
Dazle	50	Sleep	50	Death	50	Drain MP	100	Confusion	75	Fizle	75	Stop	50
Poison	100	Paralyze	50	Dec Atk	75	Dec Def	75	Dec Speed	75	Dec MR	75	Mesmerize	25