Swarm of scarab beatles

Swarm of scarab beatles
Monster ID	456
Locations	The Oasis
Hit Points	131
Attack	136
Defense	117
No-Hit	146
Initiative	50
Meat	140-210
Phylum	bug
Elements	spooky
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, leg
Drops	carbonated water lily, Colonel Mustard's Lonely Spades Club Jacket, Corporal Fennel's Lonely Clubs Club Jacket, General Sage's Lonely Diamonds Club Jacket, happiness, hot date, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, mojo filter, palm frond, Private Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Jacket, rocky raccoon, savoy truffle
Quest	Hugo's Weaving Manual
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a swarm of scarab beatles

These bugs clearly neither want to hold your hand or be your man. They skitter along helter-skelter, looking for a chance to make you twist and shout. You feel like you should run for your life, or at least get some help.

Hit Message(s):

They gnaw on your <shoulder>. How could they gnaw on another, when they saw you standing there? Argh! Ow! Ugh! Ooh!

They gnaw through you skin until your inside is out and your outside is in. Ow! Ow! Ouch! Oof!

You tell the beatles that you love them, but that only causes them to chew on you more. You should hide that stuff away, man. Argh! Eek! Eek! Oof!

They paw you with their velvety claws, but you're well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand, like a lizard on a windowpane. Ooh! Ugh! Eek!

Critical Hit Message:

They fumble around inside their respective carapaces for a second and each produce a tiny silver hammer. They then bring those silver hammers down upon your head, intent on making sure that you are dead. Bang bang! Ow! Ouch! Ooh! Oof! Ooh!

Miss Message(s):

They try to gnaw on your <shoulder>, but you dodge so your life goes on, bra.

They try to pull out your internal organs, but you keep your inside in and your outside out.

You remember that beatles are attracted to love, so you hide your love away.

They try to claw you, but your hands are busy working overtime, brushing them away.

Fumble Message:

They rise into the air and swarm toward you, intent on picking your flesh from your bones, but a female scarab beatle arrives and starts making an unholy screeching noise. One of the beatles seems to like it, but the rest fly away. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 140-210 Meat (average: 175, stdev: 14.69)*

You acquire an item: mojo filter (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: Hugo's Weaving Manual

You acquire an item: palm frond (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: rocky raccoon (40% chance)*

You acquire an item: savoy truffle (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: carbonated water lily (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: hot date (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: happiness (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: Colonel Mustard's Lonely Spades Club Jacket (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: Corporal Fennel's Lonely Clubs Club Jacket (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: General Sage's Lonely Diamonds Club Jacket (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: Private Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Jacket (5% chance)*

You gain 34 <substat>.

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Occurs at The Oasis.

Notes

• Hugo's Weaving Manual (once per ascension), the palm frond, and the four jackets (at most one per encounter) are Conditional Drops and not forceable with a yellow ray.
• Only one of the four jackets can drop at a time.
• This monster counts as a group (of size four). It takes manifold damage from area-of-effect skills such as Wave of Sauce.

References

• The monster's picture, its description, and most of its drops reference The Beatles.
• The description references several Beatles songs: "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Helter Skelter", "Twist and Shout", "Run for Your Life", and "Help!".
• The female scarab beatle described in the fumble message is a reference to John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono, well known for being disliked by the rest of the members of The Beatles as well as for her "avant-garde" artistic bent.
• The first hit message is a reference to the song "I Saw Her Standing There".
• The first miss message is a reference to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da".
• The second hit message and the second miss messages are references to the song "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey".
• The third hit message and the third miss messages are references to the song "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away".
• The fourth hit and fourth miss message is a reference to the song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun".
• The critical hit message is a reference to the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".