Small barrel mimic

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Possibly needs 1 more attack message.
You're fighting a mimic

You enter the barrel, and attempt to smash a barrel. But what you thought was a barrel turns out to actually be a mimic mimicing a barrel! You're confused -- you thought these things could only mimic chests!


It does a pretty decent impression of a monster kicking the stuffing out of you. Eek! Eek!

It does a good impression of a monster laying the smack down. Ouch! Ugh! Ouch!

The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, which gives you a stern talking-to. You claw your eyes out in horror. Ugh! Eek! Ugh! Argh! Argh! Ow!

The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels. You gobble them down, and choke on one. Eek! Ouch! Ooh!


It does a fairly lousy impression of something that's able to hurt you.

It does an awful impression of a monster hitting you in the elbow.

The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, but her varicose veins form a map that lets you evade her scolding

The mimic mimics a rock and tries to trip you, but you're not trippin'.

The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels, but you say "no thanks, I'm trying to cut down."


You gain 1-2 <substat>.


Occurs at The Barrel full of Barrels.

References

  • Long predating the Dungeons of Doom, this was the first Nethack reference in the Kingdom of Loathing.
  • The 'bag of pretzels' attack may reference an incident with President George W. Bush, who choked on a pretzel at home while relaxing, causing him to lose consciousness for several minutes.