Mimic (Cloak)

Mimic
Monster ID	283
Locations	The Dungeons of Doom: Ouch! You bump into a door!
Hit Points	50
Attack	45
Defense	40
No-Hit	55
Initiative	70
Meat	None
Phylum	weird
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	leg
Drops	None
Quest	dead mimic
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a mimic

You drop your 5,000 meat at Izchak's feet, and go to pick up your cloak (or whatever it is.)

Wait, that's a mimic!

Hit Message(s):

The mimic rises into the air and lands on your foot, hard. Ow! Ouch!

The mimic pantomimes your actions. You feel the sting of embarrassment. Oof! Argh! Oof!

Critical Hit Message:

The mimic picks up a nearby question mark and reads it. A swarm of killer bees appears and stings you repeatedly in the <lower back> and <lower back>. Eek! Oof! Ow!

Miss Message(s):

The mimic tries to close its lid on you, but you deftly duck out of the way.

The mimic tries to crush you against the back wall of Izchak's shop, but you sidestep.

Fumble Message:

The mimic picks up a nearby question mark and reads it. It looks around, suddenly unsure of where it is. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: dead mimic

You gain 9 <substat>.

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Occurs at The Dungeons of Doom, as a choice of Ouch! You bump into a door!.

Notes

• If you fight and beat the mimic, the store will not reoccur (becoming a one time adventure). If you lose, the store will become unavailable until after rollover.

References

• As with everything else in the Dungeons of Doom, this is a reference to the computer game NetHack.
• A mimic in a shop often appears as the character "]", which is easy to confuse with "[", the symbol for cloaks and other outerwear.
• The fumble and critical hit message refer to scrolls in NetHack, which are represented by question marks and can also be read by literate monsters (although not mimics). The mimic's scrolls are a scroll of create monster and a scroll of amnesia or confuse monster.