Spider gremlin

Spider gremlin
Monster ID	552
Locations	Near an Abandoned Refrigerator, Over Where the Old Tires Are, The Junkyard (Post-War), The Junkyard (Retired)
Hit Points	170
Attack	172
Defense	151
No-Hit	∞
Initiative	60
Meat	40-60
Phylum	humanoid
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	arm, head, leg, torso
Drops	gremlin juice, gremlin mutagen (if Retrieve Yossarian's Tools was completed as a Frat Boy), extra-potent gremlin mutagen (if Retrieve Yossarian's Tools was completed as a Hippy)
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a spider gremlin

What has eight hairy legs, giant venomous mandibles, fangs, claws, and slimy green skin?

Umm... that wasn't a riddle. I just wanted to know if you knew what's sneaking up behind you right now.

Though I guess the answer would be "a creature genetically engineered by scientists who decided combining the DNA of two malicious predators would be a really, really good idea."

Hit Message(s):

It tries to mate with you, then tries to decapitate you. You can't decide which is worse. Ugh! Ow! Ooh! Argh! (sleaze damage)

It shoots webbing all over your face. You choke and black out. Ow! Oof! Eek! Oof!

It spears you with all sixteen claws at the end of its eight legs. Gah!Ouch! Argh! Eek! Argh!

It spins a web around you to hold you still, then tramples you with its eight legs while chewing on your leg with its mandibles. It promised not to kill you, but it didn't promise it wouldn't maim you. Ugh! Ow! Eek! Ouch!

and exactly one of these two:

It bites you in the fibula with its mandibles. The pain is far from nebulous. Ouch! Ouch! Argh! Ouch!

or

It whips out a pair of pliers and fastens them firmly on your foot. If only it'd tried to ply you with booze instead. Ouch! Ow! Eek! Argh!

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After Combat

You gain 40−60 Meat

You acquire an item: gremlin juice (3.2% chance)*

• If Yossarian's quest was completed as a War Frat:

You acquire an item: gremlin mutagen (5.4% chance)*

• If Yossarian's quest was completed as a War Hippy:

You acquire an item: extra-potent gremlin mutagen (4.8% chance)*

You gain 43 <substat>.

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Occurs at

• Over Where the Old Tires Are and Near an Abandoned Refrigerator in The Junkyard
• The Junkyard (Post-War)

Notes

• Never misses.
• There are two different versions of this monster: one with the molybdenum tool (for Yossarian's quest) and one without.

References

• The first attack message is a play on the lyrics to 'Yer So Bad' by Tom Petty.
• As with erudite gremlin, vegetable gremlin, and batwinged gremlin, the character is based on one of the mutated gremlins in the 1990 film Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
• The combat message "It promised not to kill you" is a reference to the They Might Be Giants song, "Spider".
• The description of pain being "far from nebulous" from being bitten in the fibula likely refers to "The Fibula Nebula", originally observed from The LAAAAME Observatory.