Oil slick

Oil slick
Monster ID	1235
Locations	Oil Peak
Hit Points	60
Attack	85
Defense	77
Initiative	50
Meat	None
Phylum	slime
Elements	sleaze
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	oil
Drops	bubblin' crude
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting an oil slick

Some oil seeps from the ground in front of you and flows your way. "Hey, wanna fight?" it burbles. "It'll be a gas. Get it?"

"Yes, and now I'd like to give it back," you say.

or

Some oil seeps up from the ground in front of you, burbling evilly. "Well, come on and fight me, then," you say, "are you a lubriCAN, or a lubriCAN'T?"

Hit Message(s):

not known

Critical Hit Message:

not known

Miss Message(s):

It tries to slap a pseudopod across your mouth, but for one brief and rare instant, your mouth is closed.

Fumble Message:

not known

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After Combat

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Occurs at Oil Peak with 0-19 Monster Level active. Mind-control devices do not count.

References

• The bit about the pressure going down in "microbowies per mercury" David Bowie and Queen (incl. Freddy Mercury) released a song called "Under Pressure."
  • The liquid metal mercury was once used to register pressure (in "inches of mercury") and the term is still used.
• Beating a slick with grace is a reference to Jefferson Airplane/Starship member Grace Slick.