Bellhop

Bellhop
Monster ID	580
Locations	The Mouldering Mansion
Hit Points	Scales with player stats
Attack	Scales with player stats (Max 125)
Defense	Scales with player stats
Initiative	50
Meat	None
Phylum	dude
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso
Drops bellhop bell
Manuel Entry
refreshedit data

 You're fighting a bellhop

You might think that this guy's job is to show guests around the house, but it's not; that's the usher's job. The bellhop's job is to polish and otherwise maintain the profusion of bells that the house contains: silver bells, brass bells, iron bells... bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells. How many bells is that? A lot, and that's why they have a bell-specific caretaker. At the moment, though, he's taking a break from his bells, and trying to kill you instead.

Hit Message(s):

He brazenly smacks you in the head with a large brass bell. It's not particularly ironic. Ooh! Oof!

He clocks you with one of his bells. It turns out that it does indeed toll for thee. Eek! Ouch!

He pounds you with one of his bells -- an iron bell -- and the lump upon your forehead inexorably swells. Oof! Oof!

He whips you with a strand of silver bells. What a world of injury their melody fortells! Ugh! Ouch!

Critical Hit Message:

He grabs a giant bell and tries to ring it at you, but it's missing its clapper. He looks confused -- what can he use to make the bell go clang? Oh yeah, your head. Ow! Ow! Ooh!

Miss Message(s):

He brazenly attacks you, but you steel your nerves and dodge mercurially.

He starts to pound you with an iron bell, but the melancholy menace of his tone gives you ample warning.

He starts to whip you with a strand of silver bells, but you hear them sing, ring-a-ling, and get out of the way.

He tries to clock you with one of his bells, but you make a run for the border.

Fumble Message:

He bellows in a bellicose fashion, but you stuff some belladonna in his mouth and he slumps over, poisoned. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: bellhop bell (20% chance)*

You gain some <substat>.

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Occurs at The Mouldering Mansion.

References

• The description of this monster and several of the attack messages refer to the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe.
• The messages that talk about this monster "brazenly" attacking with a brass bell is a play on the fact that "brazen" is another term for "made of brass."
• The lines "... bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells. How many bells is that? A lot ..." refers to the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs, a movie featuring Tim Roth. Tim Roth also played Ted the Bellhop in Four Rooms.
• The miss message "hear them sing, ring-a-ling," is a reference to the song "Silver Bells," but with an inverted clause order, no pun intended.
• The hit message "toll for thee" is a reference to the poem "Meditation XVII" by John Donne, popularized as the inspiration for the title of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls.
• The miss message "make a run for the border" is a reference to an advertising slogan for Taco Bell.