Fisherfish

Fisherfish
Monster ID	764
Locations	The Marinara Trench
Hit Points	650
Attack	550
Defense	427
No-Hit	560
Initiative	100
Meat	240-360
Phylum	fish
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, tail
Drops glowing esca, halibut, rough fish scale
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a fisherfish

You're not being presented with much of a choice, here -- looks like you're going to have to go with the fish.

While you may have heard of anglerfish, they're actually not the most effective at what they do -- this fish is familiar with angling, flyfishing, and even such exotic methods as trout tickling and fishing with dynamite. And now it's fishing for the most dangerous catch of all -- you.

Hit Message(s):

It ensnares you with a little filament of mucus, then bites you on the <giblets>. Eww. And Ouch. Ow! Ow! Ouch! Ugh! Ooh! Argh! Ouch! Eek! Argh! Argh!

It gnaws on your <nipple> with needle-like teeth. It's like getting dozens of simultaneous tattoos. Ooh! Oof! Oof! Ow! Ow! Eek! Ouch! Argh! Ugh! Ugh!

It opens its enormous jaws around your <thigh> and nearly bites it off. Oof! Ow! Argh! Eek! Oof! Argh! Ugh! Eek! Ugh! Eek!

Critical Hit Message:

It goes into a feeding frenzy and completely skeletonizes your <solar plexus> in just 3 seconds. Ow. Oof! Ugh! Ouch! Argh! Ooh! Argh! Eek! Ow! Ooh! Argh!

Miss Message(s):

It tries to ensnare you with a filament of mucous, but you produce a hanky and wipe it off.

It swims toward you to attack, but gets distracted by its own dangling face-appendage and ends up swimming in circles for a while instead.

It opens its enormous jaws to bite you, but its TMJ flares up and its mouth gets stuck open.

Fumble Message:

It swims toward you to attack, but the the little light on its forehead goes out, and it's unable to see you until it goes downstairs to replace the fuse. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 240-360 Meat (average: 300, stdev: 24.9)*

You acquire an item: glowing esca (2% chance)*

You acquire an item: halibut (3% chance)*

You acquire an item: rough fish scale (3% chance)*

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Occurs at The Marinara Trench.

Notes

• The halibut drops only after asking Grandpa about fisherfish.

References

• The first line about not having much of a choice refers to a way to interpret the fisherfish's name: "fish or fish". Also, being in the Marinara Trench, it could be a pun (intentional or otherwise) on "fissure fish".
• The name comes from anglerfish, an order of fish that uses an esca to lure prey towards it. "Angler" is a synonym for "fisher" -- a reference itself to the mode of predation of an anglerfish.
• The line about "most dangerous catch" is a reference to the story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.
• TMJ, mentioned in the third miss message, is a reference to the temporomandibular joint, the joint for the jaw. TMJ is usually used by laymen to describe any sort of disorder with the joint (such as lockjaw or tetanus).