X-headed Hydra

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The stairway to the next level down is guarded by a ferocious n-Headed Hydra. Looks like you've got a lot of heads to chop off if you want to get any further.

Round m...Fight!

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The Hydra bites you in the <arse>, the <arse>, the <arse>, and the <arse>. Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

The Hydra bites you in the <arse> with several of its heads. At least a half-dozen. Eek! Ow! Ouch!

One of the Hydra's heads breathes fire at you. Your throat, $prat, and $prart are bathed in flame.

One of the Hydra's heads breathes a ray of incredibly cold air at you. How it does that without getting brain freeze, you'll never know. Ugh! Ouch! Ugh! (cold damage)

One of the Hydra's heads breathes a noxious cloud of green vapor at you. The other heads cough and sputter, and so do you. Ugh! Eek! Ooh! (stench damage)

It tries to bite you in several different places at once, but ends up straining three of its necks.

The Hydra attempts to bite you in the <arse> with several of its heads, but they end up bumping into each other instead.

One of the Hydra's heads breathes fire at you, but you give it a quick etymology lesson and the fire is abruptly extinguished.

One of the Hydra's heads tries to breathe a ray of incredibly cold air at you, but you're too hot to handle. And... to freeze.

One of the Hydra's heads attempts to breathe a noxious cloud of green vapor at you, but it turns out to be vaporvapor, and it never gets released.

You gain X <substat>.

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Occurs at Fernswarthy's Basement.

Notes

• m is the current basement level
• n appears to be equal to lvl^1.4 + 2.
• Stats gained from this adventure are based on your level.

References

• The title of this adventure is clearly a reference to the quote that begins each round in most fighting games.
• The miss text for the "ray of incredibly cold air" references the saying, "Too hot to handle, too cold to hold."
• The hot and cold attacks may be a reference to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which includes a boss fight against a hydra, with a blue head that attacks using ice and a red one that attacks using fire.