Hodgman, The Hoboverlord

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You're fighting Hodgman, The Hoboverlord

You approach the immense, wizened hobo on the throne, and say "Are you in charge here?"

"[random nonsense]" he replies.

"Umm. What?"

"[random nonsense]"

"Ah, I get it. You're completely insane."

"[random nonsense]" he says, as he stands up and lumbers toward you.

Hit Message(s):

Hodgman's bow tie

An item drops: Hodgman's bow tie

Hodgman's porkpie hat

An item drops: Hodgman's porkpie hat

Hodgman's lobsterskin pants

An item drops: Hodgman's lobsterskin pants

Hodgman's almanac

An item drops: Hodgman's almanac

Hodgman's lucky sock

An item drops: Hodgman's lucky sock

Hodgman's metal detector

An item drops: Hodgman's metal detector

Hodgman's varcolac paw

An item drops: Hodgman's varcolac paw

Hodgman's harmonica

An item drops: Hodgman's harmonica

Hodgman's garbage sticker

An item drops: Hodgman's garbage sticker

Hodgman's cane

An item drops: Hodgman's cane

Hodgman's whackin' stick

An item drops: Hodgman's whackin' stick

Hodgman's disgusting technicolor overcoat

An item drops: Hodgman's disgusting technicolor overcoat

Hodgman's imaginary hamster

An item drops: Hodgman's imaginary hamster

hobo fortress blueprints

You acquire an item: hobo fortress blueprints

Stuffed Hodgman

You acquire an item: stuffed Hodgman

Hodgman's blanket

You acquire some flasks of Hodgman's blanket

tin cup of mulligan stew

You acquire some tin cups of mulligan stew

Hodgman's journal 1: The Lean Times

You acquire an item: Hodgman's journal #1: The Lean Times

Hodgman's journal 2: Entrepreneurythmics

You acquire an item: Hodgman's journal #2: Entrepreneurythmics

Hodgman's journal 3: Pumping Tin

You acquire an item: Hodgman's journal #3: Pumping Tin

Hodgman's journal 4: View From The Big Top

You acquire an item: Hodgman's journal #4: View From The Big Top

You acquire a clan trophy:

Hodgman's skivvies

Hodgman's skivvies

Occurs as a choice of Enter The Hoboverlord in Hobopolis Town Square, once all Normal hobos have been killed.

Notes

• Hodgman will drop either tin cups of mulligan stew or flasks of Hodgman's blanket when defeated, never both. The number dropped increases with item drop bonuses at 1 for 50%, then 1 for each 150% item drop.
• Hodgman will always drop exactly 1 piece of his outfit.
• Hodgman will always drop exactly 1 of his offhand items (Hodgman's almanac, Hodgman's metal detector, Hodgman's varcolac paw, Hodgman's harmonica, Hodgman's garbage sticker, or Hodgman's cane).
• Hodgman's lucky sock is not one of these, but has some independent chance or mechanism, and can drop in addition.
• Hodgman will drop only 1 of the Journals, if he drops any at all, OR the hobo fortress blueprints, OR a stuffed Hodgman.
• If the elemental bosses of Hobopolis are not killed, they will give Hodgman a hand in battle.

• If Ol' Scratch is still alive (removes all buffs, even if fewer than 5 are active):

Ol' Scratch runs up from behind you and sets you on fire. You manage to put yourself out, but it shakes you up a little.

• If Frosty is still alive (reduces damage by a lot):

Frosty hops up to Hodgman and gives him a rubdown. Hodgman shivers.

• If Oscus is still alive (causes 5 + 5 damage, tripling each round, with no known cap)

Oscus saunters in, waves at Hodgman, and saunters out. The memory remains, however, as does the stench.

• If Zombo is still alive (unequips all accessories, hat, pants, and shirt):

Zombo sneaks up behind you and scares the crap out of you. Well, not the crap, but all of your clothes. And not out, but off, I guess.

• If Chester is still alive (ignores your damage resistances):

Chester walks up to Hodgman and whispers something in his ear. You don't catch what it is, but you do catch Hodgman's eyes getting wider in a way you don't exactly like...

• Killing Hodgman closes off all Hobopolis subzones, whether they're finished or not.
• Hobopolis bosses are immune to effects which would cause them to be unable to act over multiple rounds, such as Entangling Noodles, chloroform rags, and Richard's grenades.
• Hodgman has a special form of damage reduction that depends on whether or not Frosty has been defeated.
  • With Frosty defeated, a 25% reduction is applied to the base damage of any attack. If the remaining damage is no more than 500, then no further reduction is applied. Otherwise, the amount of damage done by a base damage of x (before the 25% reduction) is 500+floor((ceiling(0.75*x)-500)^0.85).
  • With Frosty undefeated, a 95% reduction is applied to the base damage of any attack. If the remaining damage is no more than 300, then no further damage reduction is applied. Otherwise, the amount of damage done by a base damage of x (before the 95% reduction) is 300+floor((ceiling(0.05*x)-300)^0.75)
  • The following table shows the amount of damage done to Hodgman for various base damages

References

• The fact that the hobo speaks in random nonsense possibly refers to Foul Ole Ron, a beggar in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series who speaks only gibberish, most notably the words "Bugrit!" and "Millennium Hand and Shrimp!" The message that is given if Oscus is alive may be another reference to the smell of Foul Ole Ron, which has a life of its own.
• John Hodgman is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, which includes a list of 700 hobo names (expanded to 800 in the paperback edition), among other hobo trivia. The admins asked for and were granted permission by Hodgman for the use of parts of his hobo names, as well as for permission to use him as the final boss of Hobopolis. Hodgman was reportedly "flattered".