Swarm of scarab beatles

Swarm of scarab beatles
Monster ID	456
Locations	The Oasis
Hit Points	131
Attack	136
Defense	117
No-Hit	146
Initiative	50
Meat	140-210
Phylum	bug
Elements	spooky
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, leg
Drops	carbonated water lily, Colonel Mustard's Lonely Spades Club Jacket, Corporal Fennel's Lonely Clubs Club Jacket, General Sage's Lonely Diamonds Club Jacket, happiness, hot date, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, mojo filter, palm frond, Private Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Jacket, rocky raccoon, savoy truffle
Quest	Hugo's Weaving Manual
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a swarm of scarab beatles

These bugs clearly neither want to hold your hand or be your man. They skitter along helter-skelter, looking for a chance to make you twist and shout. You feel like you should run for your life, or at least get some help.

Hit Message(s):

They gnaw on your <arse>. How could they gnaw on another, when they saw you standing there? Ooh! Oof! Eek! Ooh!

They gnaw through you skin until your inside is out and your outside is in. Ow! Ugh! Oof! Ooh!

You tell the beatles that you love them, but that only causes them to chew on you more. You should hide that stuff away, man. Argh! Ugh! Ow! Ow!

Critical Hit Message:

They fumble around inside their respective carapaces for a second and each produce a tiny silver hammer. They then bring those silver hammers down upon your head, intent on making sure that you are dead. Bang bang! Oof! Ouch! Argh! Eek! Eek!

Miss Message(s):

They try to pull out your internal organs, but you keep your inside in and your outside out.

You remember that beatles are attracted to love, so you hide your love away.

They try to gnaw on your <arse>, but you dodge so your life goes on, bra.

They try to claw you, but your hands are busy working overtime, brushing them away.

Fumble Message:

They rise into the air and swarm toward you, intent on picking your flesh from your bones, but a female scarab beatle arrives and starts making an unholy screeching noise. One of the beatles seems to like it, but the rest fly away. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain ? Meat

You acquire an item: mojo filter

You acquire an item: Hugo's Weaving Manual

You acquire an item: palm frond

You acquire an item: rocky raccoon

You acquire an item: savoy truffle

You acquire an item: carbonated water lily

You acquire an item: hot date

You acquire an item: Maxwell's Silver Hammer

You acquire an item: happiness

You acquire an item: Colonel Mustard's Lonely Spades Club Jacket

You acquire an item: Corporal Fennel's Lonely Clubs Club Jacket

You acquire an item: General Sage's Lonely Diamonds Club Jacket

You acquire an item: Private Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Jacket

You gain ? ? ? <substat>.

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Occurs in The Oasis.

Notes

• This monster is weak to hot damage.
• This monster is weak to sleaze damage.

References

• The monster's picture and most of its drops reference The Beatles.
• The female scarab beatle described in the fumble message is a clear reference to John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono, well known for being disliked by the rest of the members of The Beatles as well as for her avant-garde artistic bent.
• The first hit message is a reference to the song I Saw Her Standing There.
• The second hit message and the first miss messages are references to the song Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.
• The third hit message and the second miss messages are references to the song You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.
• The critical hit message is a reference to the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
• The third miss message is a reference to the song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
• The fourth miss message is a reference to the song Happiness Is a Warm Gun.