Raver Giant

Raver Giant
Monster ID	173
Locations	The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky (Top Floor), The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky (Retired)
Hit Points	150
Attack	140
Defense	126
No-Hit	150
Initiative	40
Meat	120-180
Phylum	humanoid
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso
Drops	Angry Farmer candy, giant needle, Mick's IcyVapoHotness Rub, rave whistle
Bounty	discarded pacifier
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a Raver Giant

This giant is wearing huge, baggy pajama pants, a very large Scooby-Doo T-shirt, and an enormous red-and-white striped hat. He waves two gargantuan glowsticks at you while he chews on a positively brobdingnagian pacifier. He seems peaceful, but his ungainly elephantine feet are dancing ever closer to you while repetitive electronic music goads him on.

Hit Message(s):

He drops his enormous pacifier on your sensitive skull. Ouch! Argh! Eek! Ooh! Eek! Ooh!

He swings one of his glowsticks, which is tied to a giant shoelace, and whacks you in the thigh. Isn't that obnoxious? Argh! Ouch! Oof! Oof! Ouch! Ow!

He manages to stomp on you, but doesn't miss a beat. Eek! Ooh! Ouch! Ow! Oof!

Critical Hit Message:

He drops his giant jar of Mick's IcyVapoHotness Rub. The fumes overwhelm you and you pass into some kind of minty fugue state. When you come to, you find he's dropped his pacifier on you a couple of times, judging by the giant bruises. Ugh! Ooh! Argh! Argh! Ouch! Ugh! Argh!

Miss Message(s):

He drops his pacifier, but recovers it without missing the beat.

He swings a glowstick on a string at you, but misses.

He almost stomps on you, but is distracted by how wonderful the texture of the walls is.

Fumble Message:

He dances toward you again, almost stepping on you repeatedly, but suddenly clutches his chest and drops to the floor. Looks like he had a heart attack! He lies unconscious for a while, then gets back up and starts dancing. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 121−183 Meat (average: 152.7, stdev: 12.8)*

You acquire an item: Angry Farmer candy (30.6% chance)*

You acquire an item: Mick's IcyVapoHotness Rub (29.2% chance)*

You acquire an item: giant needle (28.4% chance)*

• If you are on the appropriate bounty hunt:

You acquire an item: discarded pacifier (100% chance)*

You gain 28 <substat>.

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Occurs at The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky.

References

• Some ravers wore striped hats inspired by The Cat in the Hat in the 1990s. They are still purchasable at many amusement parks.
• The Thomas Covenant novel "The Illearth War" features three Giants who are possessed by spirits called Ravers.
• The phrase "dancing ever closer to you while repetitive electronic music goads him on" is a reference to the book King Rat by China Mieville, in which a modern Pied Piper uses electronic music to cause party-goers to attack rats by stamping non-stop.
• Users of stimulant drugs like Ecstasy have very elevated heart rates, and the fumble message refers to reports of dancers at raves (where those drugs are common) having heart attacks as a result. Ecstasy also causes the grinding of teeth, hence the need for a pacifier.
• The item drop of Mick's IcyVapoHotness Rub is a reference to Vicks VapoRub, a cold relief product. Vicks is sometimes used alongside Ecstasy with enhanced sensations being gained from the combination.
• "Brobdingnagian" refers to Brobdingnag, a fictional continent populated entirely by giants in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, also listed in many dictionaries as a synonym for "huge", although it is rarely used.