Bugaboo

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bugaboo You're fighting a bugaboo

Some of the bugbears aboard the mothership died during their long voyage back to the Kingdom. Their bodies were frozen and then jettisoned into the volcano out in the ocean, which freed their ghost souls to roam the land looking for new bodies to inhabit.

Don't blame me if that doesn't make much sense. Religion's complicated, man.

Hit Message(s):

It swoops through you, totally freaking you in. (sleaze damage) Oof! Ow! Ooh! Ooh! Ugh! Argh!

It possesses you and makes you hit yourself in the face a couple hundred times. Oof! Ugh! Ugh! Eek! Argh! Argh!

It swoops toward you, moaning, shrieking, totally freaking you out. (spooky damage) Ugh! Ouch! Ouch! Eek! Oof! Ugh!

It drips ectoplasm all over you. Ew. (sleaze damage) Ow! Argh! Ooh! Argh! Ugh! Ouch!

Critical Hit Message:

It possesses you, makes you hit yourself in the crotch a couple dozen times, then repossesses you and has you kick your own teeth in. Ooh! Ow! Ooh! Oof! Argh! Ouch!

Miss Message(s):

It swoops toward you, but you duck and it goes sailing over your head.

It tries to drip ectoplasm on you, but you offer it a tissue.

It tries to swoop through you, but you tell it "not on the first date."

It tries to possess you, but you're not the possessive type.

Fumble Message:

You manage to free your mind from the free-floating strands of alien thought trying to possess you, and feel briefly like you can levitate and stuff. But that's silly. (FUMBLE!)


After Combat
You acquire an item: BURT (100% chance)*

Notes

References

  • The description may be a reference to the "thetans" of Scientology, which were supposedly placed near volcanoes by Xenu and killed using hydrogen bombs, causing their essence to be released and subsequently possess people.
  • The attack message about possessing you and making you hit yourself in the crotch may be a reference to the Adam Sandler movie Little Nicky, specifically the mind-wrestling scene early in the movie.