Monster Parts

All monsters can have specifically assigned body parts that affect some skills, familiars, one combat item, and the hit messages of one weapon.

Skills & Items Affecting Body Parts

• Hogtie is available from the Cow Puncher skill list in Avatar of West of Loathing, and only works against creatures with legs.
• El Vibrato restraints only work against creatures with arms.

All three of the skills below are only available with the Mutant Couture.

• Strangle can be used against creatures with heads.
• Disarm can be used against creatures with arms.
• Entangle can be used against creatures with legs.

Reanimated Reanimator

The Reanimated Reanimator can collect the following body parts:

• Heads
• Arms
• Legs
• Wings

In addition, the Reanimator can collect weird body parts by default, which can occur even if the monster has no body parts defined.

Parts in Game Messages

Monster parts are also used in combat messages generated by several different sources.

Adorable Seal Larva

The Adorable Seal Larva's primary combat message uses Monster Part.

<name> fangs your opponent in the <monster part> and greedily sucks the vital juices from the wound. It then slimes its way over to you and bites your ankle, injecting you with the aforementioned juices while blinking its big brown eyes at you. It's so adorable!

You gain X hit points.

Adventurous Spelunker

One of the Adventurous Spelunker's combat messages uses Monster Part.

<name> whips your opponent in the <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Drills

Drill-type weapons, including the battery-powered drill and high-temperature mining drill, have a regular hit message that identifies a random monster part:

You drill a neat hole in your opponent's <monster part> which deals X damage. BARF! KAPOW! ZOT!

Electronics kit

The use message of the electronics kit use a Monster Part.

You wire up a quick circuit and hook it to your opponent's <monster part>. You flip the switch and watch the sparks fly!

Extract

Messages generated by Extract use a Monster Part.

You reach into your foe's <monster part> and pull out some juicy, pulsating data.

Hammer Smash

Using the Path of the Plumber combat skill Hammer Smash identifies a random monster part:

You smack your foe right in the <monster part> with your hammer, dealing X damage.

Junk Mace Smash

Using the You, Robot combat skill Junk Mace Smash identifies a random monster part:

You bash it right in the <monster part> with your Junk Mace, dealing X damage and causing bits of scrap to fly off in every direction.

Left-Hand Man

One of the Left-Hand Man's combat messages uses a Monster Part.

<name> smacks your opponent in the <monster part> with the <off-hand item> clutched in his... head... It deals X damage.

Little Mouse Skull Buddy

The Little Mouse Skull Buddy has a combat message that identifies a random monster part:

	The cute little floating mouse skull nibbles at your opponent's <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Rabid Dogwood

The outdoor Rabid Dogwood from The Florist Friar's Cottage has a message that identifies a random monster part:

The Rabid Dogwood jumps up and nails your opponent in the <monster part> in a misguided show of affection. It looks pretty ticked off.

Shoot

Using the Avatar of West of Loathing combat skill Shoot identifies a random monster part:

You draw your sixgun and shoot your foe right in the <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Shoot Pea

Using the You, Robot combat skill Shoot Pea identifies a random monster part:

You shoot a pea-sized projectile at his <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Small Golem

The small golem in its combat message can identify any body part possessed by the creature.

Your little golem punches your foe in the <monster part> for X damage. Adorable!

Solenoid Slam

Using the You, Robot combat skill Solenoid Slam identifies a random monster part:

You power up your solenoid and slam your piston right into its <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Stream of Sauce

One of the messages generated by Stream of Sauce uses Monster Part.

You blast it with a stream of hot <sauce>, dealing X damage. Right in the <monster part>!

Swing Pound-O-Tron

Using the You, Robot combat skill Swing Pound-O-Tron identifies a random monster part:

You swing your Pound-O-Tron in a wild circle, eventually connecting with your foe's <monster part> and dealing X damage.

Ultrasonic Ululations

The message generated by Ultrasonic Ululations identifies a random monster part:

You shriek in the direction of your foe's <monster part>, vibrating it to the tune of X damage.

Unleash Terra Cotta Army

Some of the Unleash Terra Cotta Army soldiers identify a random monster part:

A terra cotta flame wizard blasts your foe in the <monster part> with a fireball, dealing X damage. A terra cotta ninja viciously slashes your foe's <monster part>, dealing X damage and leaving it bloody. A terra cotta swordsman slashes your foe in the <monster part>, dealing X damage.

Utensil Twist

One of the normal messages generated by Utensil Twist identifies a random monster part:

You slap your <utensil> against the ground, kicking up a spark that strikes your foe in the <monster part>, dealing X damage.

See Also

• Monsters With No Parts
• Monsters With Specific Parts
• Monsters With Unknown Parts
• Monsters With Unknowable Parts