Knight (Snake)

Knight
Monster ID	398
Locations	The Haunted Gallery: Out in the Garden
Hit Points	130
Attack	115
Defense	103
No-Hit	125
Initiative	50
Meat	None
Phylum	dude
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso
Drops	serpentine sword, snake shield
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a knight

You walk up to the knight, whose shield depicts the head of a deadly-looking coiled snake.

"What are you doing here?" he says. "Are you here to impugn the dignity of these maidens? Have at you, then!"

Before you can respond, you're locked in combat. Well, not really locked, so much as... engaged.

Hit Message(s):

He slices open your <eye> with his swift sword. Ow! Ugh! Ugh! Ow! Ugh! Ouch!

Critical Hit Message:

The knight bends over and whispers something into the grass. A huge, ghostly black snake emerges from nowhere, slithers up to you, and bites you in the head. It's as horrifying as it is painful. Ugh! Ouch! Oof! (spooky damage)

Miss Message(s):

He tries to hit you with his sword, but it's neither terrible nor swift enough to do any damage.

He rushes at you with his sword, but you knock his visor closed and he charges into a nearby tree, instead.

The knight rushes toward you, but stops at the last minute and doubles over with laughter. You ask him what's so funny, but he's laughing too hard to answer you.

He swings his sword at you in a wide arc, but you go off on a tangent and he misses.

Fumble Message:

not known

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After Combat

You acquire an item: snake shield (?% chance)*

You acquire an item: serpentine sword (?% chance)*

You gain 0 Meat (average: ?, stdev: ?)*

You gain 20-21 <substat>.

With tattered snake standard:

As you step into the painting toward the knight, his eyes light up at the sight of the tattered standard. "Where did you find that? I lost it ages ago! Thank you for retrieving it.

I have no gold with which to repay you, but I can teach you a battle technique that I learned long ago from a wise and powerful shaman.

He taught me how to commune with the spirits of dead animals, you see. I use it on snakes, personally, but you can use it on any animal you'd like."

You're not sure what "gold" is, but you gladly accept the training.

You gain a skill: Spectral Snapper

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Occurs at The Haunted Gallery by selecting "The second knight" in the adventure Out in the Garden.

References

• His "swift sword" and the other reference to his sword being "neither terrible nor swift" are probably references to lyrics in The Battle Hymn of the Republic.