Swamp skunk
| Swamp skunk | |
|---|---|
| Monster ID | 1353 |
| Locations | The Weird Swamp Village |
| Hit Points | 65 |
| Attack | 68 |
| Defense | 66 |
| Initiative | 50 |
| Meat | 32-48 |
| Phylum | beast |
| Elements | stench |
| Resistance | None |
| Monster Parts | arm,head,leg,torso |
| Drops | bouquet of swamp roses, floral-print skirt, pogo stick |
| Manuel Entry | |
| refreshedit data | |
You're fighting a swamp skunkOff in one corner of the weird little shantytown, you find a large rosebush. The flowers are an odd but not unattractive shade of greenish-pink, and the plant seems well-tended, in the manner of someone who doesn't really know what they're doing, but is doing the best they can with their lack of knowledge and resources (e.g. thumbs).
You look around warily as you approach, certain that you're not going to be allowed to pick any flowers without a fight. Sure enough, a large skunk waddles out of a nearby hut on her hind legs -- you can tell she's female by the muck-spattered floral-print skirt. It's really kind of impressive how much some ancient magical leakage can screw up the local wildlife.
"Hey, listen," you say. "I don't want to start a ruckus. I just want a couple roses, and I'll be on my way." You gesture at the rosebush, and the skunk growls at you. "Seriously," you say, "let's not make a thing of this. Do you even speak English? Parlez-vous anglais?"
As you take another step toward the rosebush, the skunk leaps at you with her claws extended. So much for diplomacy.
Hit Message(s):
She spins around suddenly and thwaps you in the face with her tail. It doesn't hurt much, but the smell! Ugh! Oof! Oof! Ugh! Ooh! (stench damage)
She pushes you into a pile of rosebush clippings. Mess with her roses, you get the thorns. Ouch! Ow! Oof! Ouch! Argh!
She claws at you with her horrible, filthy, stink-ridden claws. No, Virginia, there is no sanitary claws. Eek! Argh! Oof! Argh! Ugh! (stench damage)
She bites you on the <eye>, and you should probably get that looked at by a doctor, because the chance of infection is likely to be about 160%. Ugh! Oof! Eek! Eek! Oof! (stench damage)
 | You acquire an effect: Skunkulated (duration: 10 Adventures) |
She tries to slap you with her tail, but you remain untailslapped. Sometimes I wish this game were in German.
She pushes you into a pile of rosebush clippings, but you've been in thornier situations.
She tries to bite you, but you refuse to let any part of your anatomy get anywhere near the mouth of a swamp-dwelling skunk.
She attempts to claw you with her horrible, filthy, stink-ridden claws, but you dodge, and don't have to read a really awful pun. Whew!
The skunk gets a confused look, and starts acting oddly coquettish for a moment. Soon enough, though, her natural instincts kick back in and she starts snarling at you again. (FUMBLE!)
 | You gain 32-48 Meat (average: 40, stdev: 3.65)* |
 | You acquire an item: floral-print skirt |
 | You acquire an item: bouquet of swamp roses |
 | You acquire an item: pogo stick (~1-2% chance)* |
Notes
- Immune to insta-kills.
- Every round in combat with this monster, the following message appears:
- The skunk's fierce odor makes your insides sad.
You lose 7−11 hit points. (stench damage)
- The critical hit effect, Skunkulated, is a blockable Negative Status Attack.
Occurs at The Weird Swamp Village.
References
- This is a reference to Miss Mam'zelle Hepzibah from the Pogo comic strip.
- Attempting to speak French to it may be referring to the Looney Tunes character Pepé Le Pew. Hepzibah also spoke with a gratuitous 'French' accent in 'Pogo'.
- Pogo stick.
