Quantum Mechanic

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You're fighting a quantum mechanic

This is a Quantum Mechanic. With his tools, he manipulates the universe at a subatomic and probabilistic level. With his vorpal sword, he attempts to decapitate you.

Hit Message(s):

large box

You acquire an item: large box (39.4% chance)*

vorpal blade

You acquire an item: vorpal blade (15.3% chance)*

Occurs in The Dungeons of Doom.

Notes

• A successful attack from this monster has a chance of making your position uncertain:

Teleportitis

You acquire an effect: Teleportitis (duration: 10 Adventures)

References

• As with everything else in the Dungeons of Doom, this is a reference to the computer game NetHack.
• The vorpal blade is a reference to the poem Jabberwocky in Lewis Carroll's 1871 children's book, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There:

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

...

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

• The Vorpal Blade is also an artifact weapon in the game NetHack.
• The Quantum Mikes are a reference to the British band Mike & the Mechanics. The first attack miss refers to the lyrics, "I didn't care if you went away", from their song All I Need Is a Miracle. One of the successful attacks mentions their song The Living Years.
• The teleportitis message comes from NetHack, referring to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics.
• The fumble message's "snicker snack" is referring to the candy bar Snickers, which has the catchline is "Hungry? Grab a Snickers".
• The Critical hit message, specifically the line "It doesn't exactly decapitate you, but it does turn you into a PEZ dispenser", is referencing Frank Miller's Sin City, issue number two of the "The Big Fat Kill" story arc.