Imp

An unprototyped Shale imp.

Imps are the most common and unchallenging underlings of Sburb's denizens. Described as cannon-fodder,^{[citation needed]} they provide an easy way to obtain more common forms of grist, such as the highly versatile build grist, which almost all imps presumably drop.

Their tricksterish behavior is only amplified by the harlequin prototyping of John Egbert's sprite in the B1 session. Rose Lalonde and Dave Strider's entry provided further prototyping data in the form of the impaled crow and undead cat-princess, becoming stronger with each prototyping;^{[citation needed]} after the prototyping of Becsprite, some imps even took on his reality-warping abilities and radioactive properties, beginning to drop similarly-radioactive grist. In the [[A2

Fitting their low level, imps are pushovers, visibly afraid of higher ranking creatures,^{[citation needed]} and the easiest way to get rid of them is to just tell them to get out. I'm not sure why you haven't thought of that. During John and Jade Harley's three-year battleship trip, some imps even became friendly, participating in a viewing of John's favorite movie.

Types

Original Planet	Imp	Grist	Description
L O W A S	Shale Imp		A variety of imp which appeared in John's house in Act 2. Shale Imps are responsible for John's Dad's kidnapping and are almost certainly the source of the oil-like sludge strewn throughout John's house, as the greater part of the creature is pitch-black and drips visibly during Strife with John. These Imps are linked to John's associated item, Oil. Their name is probably a reference to oil shale. John blames the Shale Imps for the defacing of his posters, but it turns out he had defaced them himself months ago in his sleep.
	Mercury Imp		Mercury Imps are a variation of imp that drops mercury. They have more health than Shale Imps, but less health than Cobalt Imps. It is unknown whether or not they are coated in toxic mercury.
	Cobalt Imp		Cobalt Imps appeared at the start of Act 4, along with Mercury Imps. They are a dark blue color and drop cobalt, as their name suggests.
L O L A R	Chalk Imp		Chalk Imps appear in Act 4. These imps are made of Rose's Associated Item, Chalk. They are first seen on Dave's computer screen in the Sburb window attacking Rose, something to which Dave didn't pay much attention. They appear to leave small piles of chalk behind them as they move.
	Marble Imp		This variety is first seen on the Land of Light and Rain when one attacks Rose. They appear as white with swirls of pink, with a marbled effect, as their name would suggest.
L O H A C	Amber Imp		Amber imps are encountered by Dave in the Land of Heat and Clockwork. They are based on his Associated Item, Amber.
	Rust Imp		A Rust Imp is first seen in Derse when Parcel Mistress appears to get Jade's parcel. More are seen getting killed by Dave in the Land of Heat and Clockwork.
L O F A F	Uranium Imp		Uranium Imps are based on Jade's Associated Item, Uranium. They inherited reality-warping powers from Becsprite, which allow them to warp themselves and others around the Medium. Additionally they appear to be unusually tough for imps, barely taking damage from Fear No Anvil, one of John's strongest weapons. One of them made it 'nigh impossible to farm (Salamanders') goddamn mushrooms' and was encountered by John near mushroom farm in John: Enter village.
LOPAH		Unknown green
LOTAF		Unknown red
LOTAM		Unknown teal
LOSAZ		Unknown orange
LOMAT		Unknown blue	Their distinct color could suggest these imps are composed of cobalt grist, fitting both Vriska Serket's cobalt blood and the grist found on the planet of her associated human.
LOCAS		Unknown yellow
LOQAM
LOLCAT		Unknown pink
LOBAF		Unknown pink
LOCAH LOMAX LOPAN LOTAK	[image?]		Lacking any prototyping data whatsoever, all underlings in the void session are skeletal, and like many skeletal enemies in gaming (such as the famous Dry Bones) are capable of simply rearranging their bones back into place after an apparent defeat. Despite the increased effort required to beat them, they still drop the same pittance of grist typical of imps.

Various types of imp, sans prototyping.

Trivia

• The UnNetHack and dNetHack modifications of video game NetHack both feature a Homestuck-inspired uranium imp enemy.