Pufferfish

Pufferfish
Monster ID	757
Locations	Madness Reef
Hit Points	750
Attack	400
Defense	450
No-Hit	410
Initiative	100
Meat	160-240
Phylum	fish
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, tail, fin
	Drops pufferfish spine, rough fish scale, seaweed
Manuel Entry
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You're fighting a pufferfish

This fish seems to have inhaled a large quantity of something, and is trying very, very hard not to let it out.

Hit Message(s):

It accidentally slaps you with its tailfin. The bruise it leaves makes it look like it wasn't an accident.

It coughs in your face, which makes you start coughing. It takes you a while to stop, and makes you sore.

It snorts and giggles at you. You recall embarrassing grade school memories, and blush so hard that you burst a capillary in your cheek.

It drifts into you, scratching you with its spines and grinning like an idiot.

It slaps you with one of its fins, giggles a little, then slaps you with the other one.

Critical Hit Message:

It lets out a huge, racking cough. The reverberations dislodge a big rock from somewhere above you, which crashes down and crushes your knee. Ow!

Miss Message(s):

It regards you with a bloodshot eye. You disregard its regard.

It swims toward you to attack, but gets distracted by something you can't see.

It snorts and giggles. A few cloudy-looking bubbles escape from its mouth.

It stifles a cough, then grins as broadly as it can without actually opening its mouth.

It looks at you, swims to the other side of you, looks at you again, then stifles a laugh. What's so funny?

Fumble Message:

It seems to forget where it is for a few seconds. (FUMBLE!)

Special Move(s):

The pufferfish swims toward you really fast, and jabs one of its spines deep into your stomach. A wave of nausea passes over you.

You lose 4 hit points.

Eurgh! Your insides twist up from the pufferfish poison. It seems to be getting worse...

You lose some hit points.

After Combat

You gain 160-240 Meat (average: 200, stdev: 16.73)*

You acquire an item: seaweed (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: pufferfish spine (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: rough fish scale (4% chance)*

Notes

This monster has a special poison attack:
Eurgh! Your insides twist up from the pufferfish poison. It seems to be getting worse...
You lose some hit points.
- This poison deals 4 damage at first, and HP loss doubles every subsequent round in which you take an action other than attempting to run away.
- Poison damage continues into the last round of combat. Dying of poison – even after killing the pufferfish – happens prior to combat "ending", and thus denies you the opportunity to collect post-combat stats, meat/item drops, HP/MP gains from equipment/effects, etc.
The initial poisoning occurs during the first round in which the pufferfish attacks, regardless of whether it is actually able to hit. It's possible to avoid the poison by getting the jump, then stunning the pufferfish.