[unit]
id=Mermaid Initiate
name= _ "female^Mermaid Initiate"
race=merman
gender=female
image="mermaid-initiate.png"
image_defensive="mermaid-initiate-defend.png"
profile=portraits/core/Alex_Jarocha-Ernst/mermaid-initiate.png
hitpoints=27
movement_type=swimmer
movement=6
experience=50
level=1
alignment=lawful
advanceto=Mermaid Priestess,Mermaid Enchantress
undead_variation=swimmer
cost=19
usage=mixed fighter
unit_description= _ "Young Mermaids are often initiated into the water magics native to their people. The wondrous abilities this grants are inimitable by any other race, a mark of the faerie side of these creatures.

Despite their frailty, this makes them quite formidable in combat, as they can call upon the very water about them to smite their enemies.

Special Notes: the blasts of water conjured by mermaids are magical in nature, and always have a high chance of hitting their opponents."
get_hit_sound=mermen-hit.wav
	[attack]
	name=staff
	type=impact
	range=short
	damage=7
	number=1
		[frame]
		begin=-100
		end=100
		image="mermaid-initiate-staff-attack.png"
		[/frame]
		[sound]
		time=-100
		sound=staff.wav
		[/sound]
	[/attack]

	[attack]
	name=water spray
	icon=attacks/waterspray.png
	type=impact
	range=long
	special=magical
	damage=8
	number=2
		[frame]
		begin=-450
		end=-400
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack1.png"
		[/frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-400
		end=-350
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack2.png"
		[/frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-350
		end=-300
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack3.png"
		[/frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-300
		end=-225
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack4.png"
		[/frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-225
		end=-140
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack5.png"
		[/frame]
		[missile_frame]
		begin=-165
		end=0
		image="projectiles/water-spray.png"
		image_diagonal="projectiles/water-spray.png"
		[/missile_frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-140
		end=-75
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack6.png"
		[/frame]
		[frame]
		begin=-75
		end=0
		image="mermaid-initiate-water-attack7.png"
		[/frame]
		[sound]
		time=-75
		sound=hiss-big.wav
		[/sound]
	[/attack]
[/unit]