Batwinged gremlin (quest)

Batwinged gremlin
Monster ID	549
Locations	Next to that Barrel with Something Burning in it, The Junkyard (Retired)
Hit Points	170
Attack	169
Defense	153
Initiative	60
Meat	40-60
Phylum	humanoid
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso, wing
Drops	gremlin juice
Quest	molybdenum hammer (when molybdenum magnet is used on the correct attack message)
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a batwinged gremlin

Gremlins, on the whole, are little slimy, mottled-green creatures with more warts, fangs, and claws than you can shake a stick at. This gremlin takes the whole "good old-fashioned nightmare fuel" theme on step further -- it has gigantic leathery wings growing out of its back. As such, this gremlin is a lot more effective than a gremlin-winged bat (since gremlins don't normally have wings, gremlinwinged bats are pretty much just amputee mice). It swoops around above you, cackling madly and getting ready to power-dive you.

Hit Message(s):

It dives down at you, raking your scalp with its razor-sharp claws. Ugh! Oof!

It swoops down and chomps you with its mouth full of fangs. Fang goodness there wasn't a bad pun in that attack. Uh, oops. Ugh! Argh! Oof! Argh!

It buffets you in the foot with its leathery wings. It hurts worse than being buffetted in the jimmy, oddly enough. Ouch! Eek! Ow! Ooh!

Quest Identifying Message

It dives down at you, hammering your scalp with its hammer. Ooh! Ouch! Ooh! Ugh! Ooh!

Critical Hit Message:

It picks you up, flies as high as it can, then lets you fall. You shout "I can see my campsite from heeeeeeeere" before you land in a crumpled heap on one of the crumpled heaps in the junkyard. (CRITICAL HIT!) Ow! Eek! Oof! Ugh! Argh!

Miss Message(s):

He tries to you^[sic] in the <nipple>, but misses.

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After Combat

Using molybdenum magnet on the correct message

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the hammer is wrenched out of the gremlin's hand. It looks at you glumly, then slinks back off into the junkyard.

You acquire an item: molybdenum hammer

You win the fight!

You gain 40−60 Meat

You acquire an item: gremlin juice (3.1% chance)*

You gain 42-43 <substat>.

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Occurs at The Junkyard.

Notes

• Never misses, unless forced to miss by something like The Crown of Ed the Undying.
• There are two different versions of this monster: one with the molybdenum tool (for Yossarian's quest), and one without the tool.

References

• "Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel" is a phrase used on Mystery Science Theater 3000 by Mike and the Bots to describe the movie Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders.
• "Buffetted in the jimmy" is a reference to musician Jimmy Buffett.
• "jimmy" is also sometimes used as a euphemism for male genitalia.
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch contained a genetically modified flying Gremlin.
• The phrase "I can see my campsite from heeeeeeeere" resembles the stock phrase "I can see my house from here!"