You're fighting the X-32-F Combat Training Snowman
The snowman's head speaks: "You'll never defeat me with a puny uppercut such as yours!" or
The snowman's head speaks: "To defeat me you must sneak like the crow!" or
The snowman's head speaks: "You must have mastery over your own bicep if you ever wish to defeat me." or
The snowman's head speaks: "I will savage your <forehead> like the mighty leopard!" or
The snowman's head speaks: "Defend your diaphragm!" or
The snowman's head speaks: "You will never survive my snakeknee!" or
The snowman's head speaks: "I'm going to thumb strike you so hard, you'll land in Gary, Indiana!"
Your first 10 wins against the snowman per day do not cost an adventure. Losing or running away do, though.
Cannot be fought while overdrunk (will give Drunken Stupor response).
The snowman resets each day.
You may set the snowman's mode at its control console. The three stat modes grant item drops, while Tournament mode allows you to compete against other players on a daily leaderboard, visible in The Snojo. Winning first place in the daily leaderboard awards Martialest Arts trophy
After ascension, attempting to fight a snowman prior to using the console directs you to Is This Thing On? (No.)
Items
Item drops are determined by the total number of free fights won in the current mode. The number of fights is tracked separately for each mode.
After every 7 free fights (in Muscle, Mysticality or Moxie modes), the snowman drops consumables:
on Muscle mode:
The snowman says "You must keep up your strength, my student. Try these herbs."
The snowman begins each day with a head, base, and one body section. Each time you win against the snowman, another body section is added to the stack for the next fight, giving the snowman increased stats and special abilities. These remain fairly consistent each time you fight the snowman that day, but are reset at rollover. The snowman for tournament mode is different from the one for muscle, mystically or moxie modes.
However, when using Muscle, Mysticality, or Moxie modes, some of the body parts switch with each other. These include:
Undaunted, the snowman continues to function normally.
Atomic Batteries
Makes the snowman immune to stunning.
Undaunted, the snowman continues to function normally.
Tennis Racket
Prevents you from using combat items.
Bullwhip and Chair
Prevents your familiar from acting.
Chrome Plate
Gives the snowman 10% resistance to spells.
Reinforced Steel Ball
Gives the snowman 10% resistance to Physical damage.
Asbestos Scarf
Gives the snowman 50% resistance to Cold damage.
Space Heater
Gives the snowman 50% resistance to Hot damage.
Censor Bar
Gives the snowman 50% resistance to Sleaze damage.
Opaque Sunglasses
Gives the snowman 50% resistance to Spooky damage.
Stainless Steel Carrot
Gives the snowman 50% resistance to Stench damage.
Precision Manipulation Chassis
Lets the snowman penetrate 50 points of Damage Absorption.
Industrial Snow Machine
Lets the snowman penetrate 5 levels of Cold Resistance.
Omnidirectional Blowtorch Assembly
Lets the snowman penetrate 5 levels of Hot Resistance.
X-Ray Specs
Lets the snowman penetrate 5 levels of Sleaze Resistance.
Evil Eye
Lets the snowman penetrate 5 levels of Spooky Resistance.
Jumbo Air Freshener
Lets the snowman penetrate 5 levels of Stench Resistance.
Targeting Computer
Increases the damage of the snowman's attacks.
High-Speed Broom
Deals Physical damage each round.
The snowman uses his high-speed broom to literally sweep you off your feet.
The snowman uses his broom to sweep all the skin off of your <shoulder>.
The snowman uses his broom to pummel you mercilessly. Frankly, I think that's the only way he knows how to pummel someone.
The snowman whaps you in the <neck> with his broom several times.
The snowman hits you with his broom. It must be sweeps week.
The snowman whips his broom around, hitting you in the back of the <forehead>.
Your <forehead> shrivels up as the snowman steals all the blood out of it for himself.
The snowman drains some of your blood and squirts it into himself, making a big gross red spot.
The snowman stabs you with a hypodermic needle and steals some of your blood. I'm not sure how human blood helps a snowman, but...
The snowman sucks some of your blood out with a needle, and squirts it on himself like a gross meat-flavored snocone.
The snowman syringes a bunch of blood out of your <forehead> and injects it into himself.
Deals physical damage and drains some of your MP each round.
The snowman jabs you with a cattle prod, which is not a traditional kung-fu weapon but what are you going to do about it? The snowman electrocutes your <giblets> with his cattle prod. The snowman prods you with his cattle poke. Wait... well, whatever. The snowman's cattle prod sends like a bazillion volts right into your <skull>. The snowman thinks your <shoulder> is cute. Electro-cute.
Deals multiple sources of Physical damage each round.
The snowman shoots you in the <thigh> with a dart. How annoying!
"Pew pew!" says the snowman, as he shoots you with one of his darts.
The snowman walks up to you, pulls a dart out of his dart battery, and stabs you in the <groin> with it.
The snowman shoots a dart at you, and it hits you in <place>. No, wait, I read that wrong. The <neck>.
Hey, look! There's a dart sticking out of your <thigh>!
A dart flies out of the snowman's battery and hits you in the <foot>!
A dart flies out of the snowman's dart battery and skewers your <bung>.
You should probably do something about that dart in your <calf>.
The snowman draws a little bullseye on your <bung> and shoots a dart at it.
The snowman launches a dart at your <head>, and pops it.
The snowman sticks an icicle right in your <throat> and it's really cold and not fun at all.
The snowman pokes you several times with his icicle knives, in an unpleasant fashion.
The snowman stabs you in the <lower back> with an icicle, and your <elbow> freezes and falls off.
The snowman stabs you in the <elbow> with an icicle, and now your <forehead> is so cold, so very cold.
The snowman stabs you with an icicle, and your <forehead> shatters. You should've been wearing your <forehead>-mittens.
The snowman slices you up with his icicle knives. Well, not really 'slices', because they don't have cutting edges, but I'm trying not to use 'stabs' in every single one of these messages.
The snowman blasts you with a very large and (fortunately for him) very precise hairdryer.
The snowman blasts you with a giant hairdryer, held at arm's length.
The snowman uses his giant hairdryer to give you a permanent. A permanent third-degree burn on your <shins>.
The snowman blasts a professional-strength hairdryer at your <bung>, which begins to melt.
The snowman points a giant hairdryer at you, and the smell of delicious frying bacon fills the room. Oh wait...
Something taps you on the shoulder, and when you look around, the snowman's spooky shrunken head is RIGHT THERE. Aah!
The snowman bonks you in the <nipple> with his spooky shrunken head.
The snowman's shrunken head makes a noise like a <animal> being strangled. Brr.
The snowman's spooky shrunken head steals part of your soul! Or something!
The snowman's spooky shrunken head stares into your eyes. You feel ill.
The snowman's spooky shrunken head bites you on the <forehead>!
The snowman grabs your <solar plexus> and dunks it in lukewarm grease.
The snowman dribbles lukewarm grease across your <arm>.
The snowman slowly rubs his grease-bucket against your <throat>.
The snowman dumps his bucket of rancid grease all over you. Don't worry though, he's got another one.
The snowman pummels you mercilessly with his disgusting garbage bags.
The snowman knocks you to the ground with a sack of stinking trash.
The snowman smashes you right in the <forehead> with a bag of smelly garbage!
The snowman catches your <nipple> between his filthy garbage bags!
The snowman waves a bag of stinking garbage right under your <forehead>!
The snowman crushes you between two bags of stinking garbage!