Flans

Flans Flans are one of the few varieties of natural wildlife left on Mount Zhayolm. Although their bodies are pliable and gelatinous, flans also possess large, sharp eyes used in searching out prey, and a flexible mouth filled with fangs. Despite their outward appearance, flans are also known for being highly intelligent, and reports of flan using extraordinarily powerful magic are not uncommon. However, they are unskilled in suppressing their emotions, and a flan's mood tends to have an enormous effect on its actions. Flans live in groups that seem to be connected in some inexplicable manner... or so it is said, but not much is currently known due to the dangers of researching such formidable creatures. Flan can take on a number of appearances, or "modes" - namely, a "spiky" mode and a "scrunched" mode. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the flan will take more magical damage and less physical damage when in spiky mode.

Family Information Type: Amorphs Subfamilies: Gold Flan, Alabaster Flan Common Behavior: A, S, JA Common Job(s): Black Mage Traits: Elemental Magic Damage Taken +25% Charmable: Pankration: Aspir: Drain:

Special Attacks[]

Special Abilities	Aht Urhgan Areas	Wings of the Goddess Areas	Abyssea	Pankration
Boiling Point: Cone Attack Magic Defense Down	Check✓		Check✓
Amorphic Spikes: Single-target, 5 hit attack	Check✓		Check✓	Check✓
Amplification: Raises Magic Attack Bonus and Magic Defense Bonus	Check✓		Check✓
Synergism: AOE Drain from other nearby Puddings. This will wake any hurt flan.	Check✓		Check✓	Check✓
Xenoglossia: Next spell will be cast instantly. Only used by Notorious Monsters.	Check✓
Amorphic Scythe: Conic 2-hit physical attack. Only used by custards and the Immortal Flan.	Check✓
Note: Notorious Monsters in this family may use all of the above and/or additional unique special abilities.

Notorious Monsters in Family[]

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Dextrose	Forced spawn by trading Granulated Sugar to the ??? at (J-6)		Halvung	Achilles' Spear Ruby Seraweels
Flammeri			Halvung	Musanto
Guimauve	Lottery Spawn from Licorice.		Abyssea - Konschtat	Clout Boots Savant's Treatise
Quest NMs: Immortal Flan Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: Two-Faced Flan (ISNM) Nyzul Isle NMs: Anise Custard, Caraway Custard, Cinnamon Custard, Cumin Custard, Ginger Custard, Nutmeg Custard, Mint Custard, Vanilla Custard Salvage NMs: Black Pudding (Bhaflau Remnants), Empathic Flan (Bhaflau Remnants), Flux Flan (Bhaflau Remnants), Princess Pudding (Arrapago Remnants) Other NMs: Fighting Flan (Besieged), Mokkuralfi (Einherjar - Wing II), Liquified Einherjar (Einherjar - Wing III), Treasure Gobbler (MMM - Appropriation Team), Roly-Poly (Voidwatch - Jeuno T2)

Monsters in Family[]

Name	Level	Zone
Black Pudding	72-75	Halvung
		Nyzul Isle (amorph layouts)
Ebony Pudding	76-77	Nyzul Isle (amorph layouts)
	77-79	Halvung
	79-81	Mount Zhayolm
Pitchy Pudding	77-79	Beadeaux (S)
Licorice		Abyssea - Konschtat

Historical Background[]

Black pudding (also called blood sausage or blood pudding) is a sausage made by cooking down the blood of an animal with meat, fat or filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. In the West, pig or cattle blood is most often used, sheep and goat blood are used to a lesser extent, while blood from poultry is very seldom used. In fact, there are ancient references to sausages made with blood, e.g. from Homer's Odyssey - "As when a man besides a great fire has filled a sausage with fat and blood and turns it this way and that and is very eager to get it quickly roasted...".

Flan is a dish originating in Spain. It is a soft caramel topped custard dish that is similar to Crème brûlée. The word Flan is in fact a French word. Even Spanish natives refer to it by its French name.