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==Characteristics==
Hammerhoods are diminutive creatures, often reaching only knee-high to the average person. They are notable for their giant wooden mallets, which are larger than them. They have tan-coloured bodies and wear purple fur hoods, and have small eyes and small limbs. Since their introduction, hammerhoods have been portrayed as incompetent monsters that deal laughable damage but, often when given the chance, can land critical hits on their enemies. With this in mind, players have to be genuinely unlucky or very careless for these monsters to pose a threat.

Hammerhoods are typically portrayed as being timid and easily shaken in their resolve, something especially noticeable with the hammerhood in [[Waterfall Cave]] of ''Dragon Quest VIII''. They tend to stutter syllables in their speech, though if this is due to their nerves or done as a form of emphasis is unknown.