Spooky zombie

Spooky zombie
Monster ID	1404
Locations	Dreadsylvanian Village
Hit Points	800
Attack	500
Defense	500
Initiative	25
Meat	None
Phylum	undead
Elements	spooky
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso
Drops grandfather watch, Mark of the Zombie, Freddy Kruegerand, Dreadsylvanian Almanac page
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting Vivian "Ashen Arm" Duffey

You stop to admire yourself in a shop window. You look great! Your hair's perfect, your nose is set at just the right angle, there's a creepy pale face reflected in the glass behind you...wait, what?

You spin around to see a zombie, his skin an unhealthy yellowy white, maggots crawling from his eye sockets. "Sooouuuuuulllllssss..." he hisses, reaching for you.

Hit Message(s):

He pulls out one of his eyes and throws it at you. It doesn't hurt, but it's plenty freaky. Ooh! Argh! Ouch! Ow! (spooky damage)

He pulls off his face and shows you the maggots writhing beneath it. Ooh! Oof! Eek! Oof! (spooky damage)

He stares at you with his empty eyes as a worm crawls out of one socket and up his decaying nose. Ouch! Oof! Ooh! Ooh! (spooky damage)

He crawls toward you way too fast for decomposing flesh to be moving (I mean, ideally decomposing flesh wouldn't be moving at all). Oof! Eek! Ugh! Oof! (spooky damage)

He raises one arm, points a decaying finger at you, and says, "I WAS ONCE LIKE YOU." Eek! Argh! Argh! Argh! (spooky damage)

He clicks together the bones in his arms in a rather unsettling way. Ow! Argh! Argh! Eek! (spooky damage)

Critical Hit Message:

He grabs you and sinks his teeth into your brain, letting all of his dark energy flow right into your amygdala. You feel like a tiny mouse, alone in a dark full of eyes and teeth. (CRITICAL HIT!) Oof! Eek! Ugh! Ooh! (spooky damage)

Miss Message(s):

He stops to pull a couple of maggots out from under his fingernails.

He pulls out one of his eyes, then does a funny pirate impression.

He crawls toward you, all broken limbs and inverted joints, but the effect is ruined when one of his arms fall off.

He stares at you with his empty eyes, looking a little goofy, actually.

He tries to freak you out by playing a tune on his ribs, but can only manage "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

He pulls off his face, tightens it up a little, and puts it back on again.

Fumble Message:

He actually manages to creep himself out, and has to wait for his goosebumps to go away. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: grandfather watch (.1% chance)*

You acquire an item: Mark of the Zombie (?% chance)*

You acquire an item: Freddy Kruegerand (?% chance)*

You acquire an item: Dreadsylvanian Almanac page (?% chance)*

You gain ??? <substat>.

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Occurs at Dreadsylvanian Village.

Notes

• This monster cannot be copied.
• The Freddy Kruegerand and Dreadsylvanian Almanac page drops are not affected by item drop modifiers. They are similar to the beer lens drop and drops from crates. In particular, they can still drop after being stomped.
• If any elements in the village are banished, starting combat with a spooky Dreadsylvanian curses you, giving one of the messages:
  • A black crow flutters down to a tree branch near you and meows loudly.
  • You feel the hair on the back of your neck stand on end.
  • A ghost shrieks in the distance, breaking your concentration without even apologizing. You shiver.
  • The wind whistles through the trees nearby, startling you and making you lose track of what you were doing. A chill runs down your spine.
  • The creepy vibes in this place really mess with your head. You shudder.
  • A black cat looks up at you and says, "what are you staring at, jagoff?" It hisses and crosses your path as it leaves.
  • You shudder. Something isn't right, here.

You acquire an effect: Curse of Exposure (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Impotence (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Forgetfulness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Misfortune (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Weakness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Hollowness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Dullness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Clumsiness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Loneliness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Sluggishness (duration: N Adventures)

or

You acquire an effect: Curse of Vulnerability (duration: N Adventures)

• Getting hit by a Dreadsylvanian zombie in combat causes a loss of N turns of your top N effects, giving one of the messages:
  • That last piece of brain the zombie chewed on seemed to have been an important one.
  • If the zombie would just quit chewing on your brain for a second, you'd be able to upshot the canneloni.
  • All the zombie wants to do is eat your brains, and stopping it from doing so is making it hard to concentrate.
  • The zombie's constant brain-chewing is making it hard for you to concentrate.
  • The zombie noms on a fairly important area of your brain, making you feel encyclopedia tatershock.
  • The zombie asks if it can eat your eyes. You're startled by such an unreasonable request, and forget one of your effects.
  • It's a little hard to brain when someone's eating your brain. You feel your concentration slipping.
  • All the brain-chewing going on is making you a little banana flywheel.
  • The zombie bites right into your brain, making it hard to tacorhythmic genocide.
  • The zombie bites the part of your brain that was holding a particular effect. You wince as you feel it dissipate.

You lose some of an effect: ... something (N Adventures)[[Data:{{{effect}}}]]

• If any elements in the village are banished, getting hit by a spooky Dreadsylvanian in combat causes a loss of MP, giving one of the messages:
  • You struggle to stay alert, your mental acuity fading as this place drains your energy.
  • You find yourself losing focus, unable to concentrate.
  • Your energy drains away, leaving you feeling exhausted.
  • Just holding onto your sanity in this place drains your energy.
  • You slump forward, suddenly exhausted.
  • You suddenly feel inexplicably sleepy.
  • You groan. It feels like you haven't eaten in days.
  • Your eyes glaze over as your willpower drains away.
  • You shudder and feel energy drain from you.
  • Your eyes unfocus as you feel your mental energy draining away.

You lose Y Mana Points.

• N is the number of times the monsters in the Dreadsylvanian Village have been modified by a noncombat in the current run.
• The name, image, and introduction text of this monster are all randomly selected:

You feel the hairs prick up on the back of your neck, as if someone's behind you. You can almost feel its breath on your neck, the feeling's so strong. You spin around and come nose-to-nose-cavity with a particularly spooky zombie. It chuckles mirthlessly as it prepares to disembrrraaaiiin you.
The wind whistles down a deserted alleyway, blowing leaves in a little dust devil, making a plastic bag take (beautiful) flight. It's so quiet in here that it makes you a little nervous, like something's waiting to leap out from behind--oh, let's say that trash can over there--and scare the crap out of you. Yup, there was, and he did, and it's the spookiest zombie you've ever seen.
A zombie crawls out of the shadows towards you, every joint bending the wrong way, clicking its teeth together hungrily as it approaches. You feel your bowels turn to ice water, and not in a good way.
A zombie steps out of a nearby alleyway and limp-shambles your way. You check your metaphorical watch as he takes his time limping towards you. Then you blink, and it's standing inches from your nose! "RUNNNNNN..." it burbles, then laughs a high-pitched, manic laugh.