Monster Modifier

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A Monster Modifier is a modifier on a monster that has an effect on the way it looks or behaves. It was introduced with the One Crazy Random Summer path, but can also be encountered outside the path by wearing the equipment rewards from the path. Bosses are also affected by modifiers, but new modifier(s) will be chosen if that boss is not defeated.

Monsters can have multiple modifiers, for example by being on the One Crazy Random Summer path and having the Curse of Randomness will make every monster have 2 modifiers.

Modifiers that adjust a monster's stats take effect before adjustments for Monster Level.

Modifiers

Name prefix	Image variation	Notes
1337	none	Name is spelt in leet speak, e.g. "paper towelgeist" becomes "p4p3r 70w31g3157"
American	American flag overlay	All hit sound effects changed to jingoistic things like "AMERICA! LAND OF THE FREE! EAGLE! HOME OF THE BRAVE! INCOME INEQUALITY! SYSTEMIC RACISM! MOM! APPLE PIE!"
Annoying	none	Sometimes prevents you from doing anything: "He makes the most annoying noise you've ever heard, stopping you in your tracks." Sometimes prevents your familiar from acting: "It makes the most annoying noise you've ever heard. %familiarname winces."
Artisanal	None	None
Askew	Tilted	+10% attack
Australian	Upside down	All hit sound effects replaced with Australian exclamations (JUMBUCK! G'DAY! TUCKERBAG! OY! JUMBUCK! CRIKEY! BILLABONG!)
Blurry	Blurry	??
Bouncing	Bounces	+50% attack
Broke	none	Sets base meat drop to a very small number. Oddly, this applies even if the monster's normal meat drop is 0, so such a monster will actually drop more meat when broke.
Cartwheeling	Image rolls	Sometimes avoids attacks: "It cartwheels out of the way of your attack."
Clingy	none	After defeating the monster, immediately fight it again. Modifiers will reroll. Ending combat other than defeating the monster does not activate this. Uncopyable monsters will not receive this modifier. The second monster does count towards kill counters.
Cloned	Two images (one on top of the other)	Attacks twice. Single monsters are treated as group size 2.
Cloud-based	Image replaced with Somebody else's butt	???
Clowning	Replaced by clown image	Drops 2-3 clown-themed items (acid-squirting flower, big red clown nose, bloody clown pants, big bass drum, clown shoes, clown skin, long skinny balloon) with a roughly equal probability of any particular item
Cowardly	Yellow	Cowers instead of attacking
Cursed	none	Sometimes curses you: "It drags a finger down your cheek and whispers "randomer..."" You acquire an effect: Curse of Randomness (duration: 10 Adventures) This modifier never occurs for monsters with 2 or more modifiers.
Dancin'	Moves sideways	+50% defense
Disguised	Replaced by random outfit image	none
Drunk	Drunk sparkles	Drops 2-3 drinks. There are over 100 different possible drinks, but all drinks appear to be good quality or worse, and have a potency of 3 or less
Electrified	Electric arcs	Converts your HP to MP (20% of max HP) every round it acts: "A bolt of lightning arcs from your foe to you." You lose X hit points. You gain X Mana Points.
Filthy	Surrounded by flies	Does additional stench damage with the message "Ugh. It smells awful."
Floating	Hovers up and down	+50% defense
Foul-mouthed	Animated with grawlixes	Does additional sleaze damage with the message "<He> swears like a sailor."
Fragile	none	Has just 1 HP
Fratty	Boozles	Drops 2-3 frat house items (deodorant, frilly skirt, homoerotic frat-paddle, ice-cold fotie, ice-cold Sir Schlitz, Orcish baseball cap, Orcish cargo shorts) with a roughly equal probability of any particular item
Frozen	Encased in a block of ice	Cold-aligned, cannot attack. "He is frozen in place, and cannot attack you."
Generous	none	Increased item drop rate (probably +100%)
Ghostly	Faded image	Takes significantly reduced physical damage
Haunted	Flashing bed sheet ghost in the background	Does additional spooky damage with the message "<She> looks at you, and your heart seizes up with fear."
Hilarious	Image replaced with salad	Combat messages have "salad" instead of other words.
Hopping-mad	Bounces up and down	Always hits no matter how high your Moxie is, like a Gremlin
Hot	None	Does additional hot damage with the message "Waves of unbearable heat radiate from <it>, roasting you where you stand."
Huge	Huge	All stats doubled
Ice-cold	Image is blue	Monster is cold-aligned
Invisible	No image.	??
Jittery	Jiggles	Always wins initiative
Lazy	Sideways	Sometimes doesn't attack: "He is too lazy to attack you."
Left-handed	Flipped horizontally	Attack and defense swapped
Narcissistic	none	Occasionally skips attack with message "It pulls out a mirror and admires its reflection for a while."
Negaverse	Black and white reversed in picture block or outline thicker and gray depending on browser	None
Obscene	Big Censored label over the image	??
Optimal	None	Combat does not take an adventure
Phase-shifting	Transparency fades in and out	Blocks skills sometimes: "<He> blinks out of existence before you can use that skill." Blocks attacks sometimes: "<He> blinks out of existence before your attack can connect."
Pixellated	Pixellated	Drops 3-5 pixels (40% white, 15% red, 15% blue, 15% green, 15% black) Hit sound effects replaced with BLEEP!, BEEP!, or BOOP!.
Quacking	Has "quacking" over it	All hit sound effects replaced with QUACK!, all monster messages replaced with Quack!
Red-hot	Red	Monster is hot-aligned
Restless	Moves all over the page	Sometimes dodges attacks: "<He> quickly moves out of the way of your attack." Sometimes blocks items: "<He> will have moved by the time you can finish using that item." Sometimes blocks skills: "<He> moves out of the way before you can use that skill."
Shaky	Image shakes rapidly	Attacks 3 times every round
Short	Short	Defense doubled, HP halved
Skinny	Skinny	Defense and HP are halved
Shy	Briefly pops up from the bottom of the screen	??
Sleazy	Pink	Monster is sleaze-aligned
Solid gold	Sparkling	Sets base meat drop to 800-1200, overrides Broke
Spooky	Gray	Monster is spooky-aligned
Stingy	none	Reduced item drop rate (probably -50%)
Stinky	Green	Monster is stench-aligned
Throbbing	Pulsates (small to big)	Double HP
Ticking	none	Counts down to an explosion which will deal 1 million damage. If you somehow manage to survive this, you will still lose. If you return to combat after losing, you will then instantly win. (Stupid complicated game.) Does not count down while stunned. You hear a faint ticking sound coming from inside of <its> stomach. The ticking sound seems louder now, and more urgent... <It> explodes. You lose 1,000,000 hit points.
Tie-dyed	Has color gradient	Drops 2-3 hippy items (beach glass bead. carob chunks. clay peace-sign bead. filthy knitted dread sack. filthy corduroys. hemp string. herbs. patchouli incense stick. phat turquoise bead. reodorant. tambourine bells. Uncle Jick's Brownie Mix. wad of tofu) with a roughly equal probability of any particular item; increasing normal drops.
Tiny	A little dot	All stats set at 10% of normal before applying bonus Monster Level
Turgid	??	Five times normal HP
Twirling	Image spins	Monster randomly misses with the message "He is too dizzy to successfully attack you."
Unlucky	none	Attack, defense and HP set to 13
Unstoppable	none	Immune to stuns and staggers
Untouchable	none	All damage sources are capped at 5.
Wet	Underwater overlay (similar to Heavy Rains)	Does addition cold damage with the message "He splashes you with water. It's cold!"
Yuletide	Green and red	Drops 3-5 Crimbo consumables (candy cane. eggnog. fruitcake. gingerbread bugbear) with a roughly equal probability of any particular item

Sources

Source	Type	Notes
One Crazy Random Summer	Path	Just being in the path
Curse of Randomness	Effect	From monsters with the cursed modifier (10 turns), or using Powdered dice (100 turns)
dice ring	Accessory	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as a Seal Clubber May not equip more than one
dice belt buckle	Accessory	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as a Turtle Tamer May not equip more than one
dice-print pajama pants	Pants	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as a Pastamancer
dice-shaped backpack	Back Item	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as a Sauceror
dice-print do-rag	Hat	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as a Disco Bandit
dice sunglasses	Accessory	Reward for completing One Crazy Random Summer as an Accordion Thief May not equip more than one
kill screen	Familiar equipment	Dropped by Puck Man or Ms. Puck Man after 256 combats Can be equipped by most familiars

Notes

• Modifiers that cause additional items to drop (clowning, drunk, fratty, pixellated, tie-dyed, yuletide) stack, dropping in the following order: tie-dyed, fratty, clowning, drunk, pixellated, and yuletide.
• Modifiers that alter hit sound effects (Australian, American, pixellated, quacking) do not overlap: American takes precedence, then pixellated, then quacking, then Australian.
• A monster that is both shaky and cloned will attack 3 times in total.
• A monster that is both cloned and ticking will only count down once per unstunned round, even though it acts twice.
• Stats for scaling monsters are unaffected by modifiers that alter the monster's attack, defense, or HP.
• Modifiers that alter the monster's attack, defense, and HP overlap. A monster that is both turgid and throbbing will have 10xHP, a turgid and short monster will have 2.5x HP.
• Fragile overrides all other modifiers that affect HP, except for unlucky.
• Unlucky overrides all other modifires that affect attack, defense and HP, including fragile. (Thus, a fragile unlucky monster will have 13 HP instead of 1 HP).
• Modifiers that affect the monster's elemental alignment do not appear to overlap.
• Modifiers that add an elemental attack can overlap.