Gargantulihc

Gargantulihc
Monster ID	194
Locations	The Defiled Niche
Hit Points	120
Attack	71
Defense	65
No-Hit	81
Initiative	60
Meat	None
Phylum	undead
Elements	spooky
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head
Drops lihc eye, lihc eye, lihc face
Manuel Entry
refreshedit data

 You're fighting a gargantulihc

This lihc is friggin' huge! A spooky aura emanates from its... er... the place where its body would be if it had a body.

Hit Message(s):

It asphyxiates you in its giant ghostly tentacles. Ow! Ouch! Oof! Ouch! (spooky damage)

It stares deep into your soul with its spooooky, empty eyes. You die a little inside. Ooh! Eek! Ooh! Eek! (spooky damage)

It chomps on your head. Since it's not a physical being, that just means you get ectoplasm all over you. Still, ew. Ow! Ugh! Ugh! Oof! (spooky damage)

Critical Hit Message:

It swoops high into the air, then pile-drives down at you, colliding with you and passing through your body from head to toe. You end up shaken, bruised, and thoroughly skeeved out. Brrr. Ouch! Argh! Ooh! Ooh! (spooky damage)

Miss Message(s):

It tangles you in its giant ghostly tentacles. It's not painful, but it's pretty icky.

It stares deep into your soul with its spooooky, empty eyes, but you also stare back into its soul.

It tries to chomp on your head, but forgets that it's not a physical being. Stupid gargantulihc.

Fumble Message:

It swoops high into the air and pile-drives down toward you, intent on passing through your entire body! Fortunately, you sidestep and leave it passing through layer after layer of sedimentary rock in the earth's crust. Ha! (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: lihc eye (12% chance)*

You acquire an item: lihc eye (12% chance)*

You acquire an item: lihc face (3% chance)*

You gain 53 <substat>.

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Occurs in The Defiled Niche when the evil in that zone is at or below 25.

Notes

• The combat ends with a message that closes the Niche: "As the gargantulihc fades away into nothingness, your Evilometer emits a single loud beep."

History

When this was a choice of Lich in the Niche, this was its description:

As you draw nearer the lihc, you get a better idea of how big it is -- it's friggin' huge! In addition to being scary because of its size, it's scary because of the really spooky aura emanating from its... er... the place where its body would be if it had a body.

It half-screams, half-moans (scroans?) as it floats toward you.

References

• The combat text refers to a quote by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."