Towering construct (translated)

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Towering construct
Monster ID	673
Locations	A Shimmering Portal with El Vibrato translator equipped
Hit Points	450
Attack	350
Defense	360
Initiative	20
Meat	None
Phylum	construct
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	trapezoid, triangle, square
Drops	El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes), El Vibrato punchcard (176 holes)
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a towering construct

You step through the shimmering portal and find yourself in a cluttered underground room. Towering piles of carved stone shapes dominate the landscape in every direction.

You wander through the stacks for several minutes, looking for a way out, when you suddenly bump into something that is definitely not an inanimate pile of stone blocks. It's a towering crane-like construct, and it seems to have noticed you bumping into it.

Hit Message(s):

It grabs you by the <shoulder> with a clamp-like manipulator, and squeezes until your <shoulder> is only 10% of its original width.

The construct picks you up with one of its clamp-like appendages, lifts you several feet into the air, and then drops you. Right on your <shoulder>.

"JUNK DETECTED. SITE CLEANING PROTOCOL INITIALIZING," it bellows, as it swats you across the room with an immense clamp-like manipulator.

Critical Hit Message:

"TOWER WINCH PROTOCOL ACTIVATED," it bellows, as it picks up an immense stone block and drops it on you from several feet above. Your body (and your affect) are flattened.

Miss Message(s):

The construct picks you up with one of its clamp-like appendages and lifts you several feet into the air. If you were anywhere near your house, you'd probably be able to see your house from here, but you're not, so you get bored and climb back down.

It grabs you by the leg with a clamp-like manipulator, but you've always had sort of a thin leg, so you slip out before it gets the chance to do any real damage.

It swings one of its massive clamp-like manipulators at you, but abruptly stops, bellows "ERROR DETECTED. RECALIBRATING," and quickly returns to its original position.

Fumble Message:

"JUNK DETECTED. SITE CLEANING PROTOCOL INITIALIZING," it bellows. It tries to swat you with an immense clamp-like manipulator, but your catlike reflexes allow you to hop onto a nearby stone block and avoid the blow. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes) (15.3% chance)*

You acquire an item: El Vibrato punchcard (176 holes) (15.5% chance)*

You gain 87-88 <substat>.

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Occurs at A Shimmering Portal with El Vibrato translator equipped.

Notes

• Adventuring at A Shimmering Portal without El Vibrato translator equipped results in encountering towering construct instead.
• Copies of this monster encountered without the translator equipped show the untranslated messages.
  • "JUNK DETECTED. SITE CLEANING PROTOCOL INITIALIZING" translated from "SOM NOGACHA. FU BEZEVEHO GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA".
  • The critical hit message "TOWER WINCH PROTOCOL ACTIVATED" translated from "ANZAK NIFU GACHOKUZ ZEVEFUNO".
  • The miss message "ERROR DETECTED. RECALIBRATING" translated from "BELA NOGACHA. NOKPAHONO".

Command Sequences

• When instructed to BUILD DRONE:

The construct opens a previously invisible hatch in the wall, and pull out a handful of small rectangular objects. Using its manipulator arms, it assembles the objects into a hexagonal object, which it then hands to you. You marvel at the technology that allows a hexagon to be constructed out of rectangles.

You acquire an item: El Vibrato drone

• When instructed to BUILD TARGET:

The construct quickly uses its crane-like manipulator to rearrange one of the piles of blocks into a crude (and not particularly flattering) likeness of you.

• When instructed to MODIFY SELF:

It turns its manipulators on itself, slowly but surely transforming itself into a bizarre construct/a hulking construct/an industrious construct/a lonely construct/a menacing construct.

• When instructed to MODIFY DRONE with an El Vibrato drone in inventory:

The construct reaches into your sack with one of its manipulators, and pulls out an El Vibrato drone. Sparks fly as it twists and yanks on the drone, leaving it thoroughly broken.

You acquire an item: broken El Vibrato drone

• When instructed to MODIFY SPHERE with an El Vibrato power sphere and no relics in inventory:

The construct reaches into your sack with one of its manipulators, and pulls out one of the El Vibrato power spheres. There is a shower of sparks as it squeezes, pokes, and prods the sphere into a completely different shape. The modifications complete, it hands you back the former sphere.

You acquire an item: El Vibrato helmet

• When instructed to MODIFY SPHERE with an El Vibrato power sphere and only a helmet in inventory:

The construct reaches into your sack with one of its manipulators, and pulls out one of the El Vibrato power spheres. There is a shower of sparks as it squeezes, pokes, and prods the sphere into a completely different shape. The modifications complete, it hands you back the former sphere.

You acquire an item: El Vibrato energy spear

• When instructed to MODIFY SPHERE with an El Vibrato power sphere and a spear or leg guards in inventory:

The construct reaches into your sack with one of its manipulators, and pulls out one of the El Vibrato power spheres. There is a shower of sparks as it squeezes, pokes, and prods the sphere into a completely different shape. The modifications complete, it hands you back the former sphere.

You acquire an item: El Vibrato leg guards

• When instructed to MODIFY SPHERE without an El Vibrato power sphere in inventory:

You slide the punchcard into a slot in the towering construct. It bellows "KROTATA KUZGA GA NOGACHA. ZEVEPACHA SOM BULA BUFULA."

• When instructed to MODIFY SPHERE without an El Vibrato power sphere in inventory, with El Vibrato translator equipped:

You slide the punchcard into a slot in the towering construct. It bellows "SPECIFIED OBJECT NOT DETECTED. REVERTING TO DEFAULT BEHAVIOR."

References

• "Flattened affect" refers to a psychological symptom, usually found in depression, schizophrenia, and other disorders. It is the lack of expression (though not necessarily the absence) of emotion.
• The hexagon shape is caused by the rectangles forming a three dimensional cube and being viewed at a rotated angle in a two dimensional game.