Harvestman

Harvestmen are enemies in Fear & Hunger.

Location & Behaviour
Harvestmen can be found patrolling the streets of the past version of Ma'habre to the east of the Grand Library, in the region acessible with the The Passages of Ma'habre, and near the Tower of the Endless. They will only appear in the latter location once the player returns from the dream sequence caused by sleeping in the tower.

On Terror & Starvation mode, there can be a unique scene with a Harvestman if the Girl is in the player's party. Upon walking past a hole in a wall in Ma'habre, a Harvestman will reach out and kidnap the Girl. The Girl can then be found in the streets with the Harvestman stroking her head. The Harvestman must be slain to retrive the Girl.

Strategy
The Harvestmen, at first, appear to not be dangerous. Even after initiating combat it will only smile, whistle and pet the player. However, after approximately its third turn, the Harvestman will suddenly attempt to grab the player which initiates a Coin Flip. If successful it will result in player's immediate death, though not before triggering a unique game-over animation.

If the player is wearing the Penance armor, the Harvestmen's coin flip attack will not work against them.

The simplest strategy is to cut off the creature's head immediately.

Trivia

 * The Harvestman's design was inspired by one of Kurt Cobain's album covers, more specifically from Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings.
 * Orange~ explains that the first design came from helping a friend to make a cover image for his EP.
 * The overworld entity acts in a very unusual manner, frequently getting stuck walking in place when reaching map limitations and will start a battle in seemingly impossible situations, such as through objects or from really far away.