Tentacle

The Tentacle is a creature type in Dungeon Keeper.
== General Information ==
Tentacles are attracted to dungeons that have sufficiently large Temples and access to water. They plant their lairs adjacent to water, idle in the water, and when they sleep beside the water they gain experience. Tentacles have high health and defense, and low overhead, making them nice alternatives to more expensive meat shields such as Dragons.
Tentacles regain their ample health extremely slowly when sleeping. This should be taken in stride with the fact that as long as the Lair is adjacent to water, they gain a meagre 2 experience points per turn. At that rate, it takes over an hour and three quarters for a Tentacle to reach level 2 from sleep alone (and that's if the game is running at maximum speed and the Tentacle is asleep the entire time, which he won't be), so it is hard to imagine what kind of circumstances would make a Keeper want a horde of low-level Tentacles to endlessly sleep their way to level 10 at the waterside.
===Tables===
 Combat Statistics
	Speed: 	32
	Base Health: 	700
	Base Strength: 	50
	Defence: 	50
	Base Skill: 	50
	Base Dexterity:	65
	Luck: 	3
 Tasks & Management
	Primary Job 	Do Nothing
	Base Research Skill 	1
	Base Manufacturing Skill	1
	Training Skill 	1
	Training Cost /64t 	14
	Base Scavenging Skill 	2
	Scavenging Cost /64t 	8
	Praying Anger 	-50
	Sleeping Anger 	-1
	Sleep Recovery 	1
	Hunger 	1 / 8000t
	Base Wage 	45
== Trivia ==
*If possessed, the view is slightly misted.
*Tentacles will join the enemy if they become angry.
*'Scum Tentacle' is an early name for the Tentacle. The Dungeon Keeper Goodies Disc contains wave files of Mentor dialogue that were cut from the game, some of which mention it. The Dungeon Keeper Goodies Disc.
*The Tentacle was likely the penultimate creature implemented: the creature portrait (albeit a placeholder one) existed in a 1996 trailer, and the levels' .DOC files (dated 13 August 1996) do not have the Tentacle listed on the list of creatures; the only other creature (except the Imp and the Floating Spirit) missing is the Orc, which was the final creature implemented. The Tentacle also comes right before the Orc in the internal creature order.
==Gallery==
Dungeon Keeper Tentacle Puss.png|A placeholder portrait using that of the Tentacle. Seen in an early 1996 trailer.
Dungeon Keeper Tentacle Dog.png|Another placeholder portrait, this time with 'Dog' written on it.
==References==