Whitesnake

Whitesnake
Monster ID	65
Locations	Whitey's Grove
Hit Points	21
Attack	35
Defense	30
No-Hit	45
Initiative	60
Meat	8-12
Phylum	beast
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, tail
Drops bird rib, white snake skin
Manuel Entry
refreshedit data

 You're fighting a whitesnake

This is a fierce white snake. Like a drifter, it was born to slither alone.

Hit Message(s):

It starts to rock you like a hurricane, then realizes it's not a scorpion and bites you instead. Eek! Oof!

It makes up it's [sic] mind that it ain't wastin' no more time, and quickly sinks its fangs into your <arse>. Ouch! Oof!

It starts to wait on love's sweet charity. While it's waiting, it decides to chomp on your <ankle>. Ooh! Oof!

Here it goes again, sinking its fangs into your <giblets>. Eek! Ugh!

Critical Hit Message:

It finds a hidden cache of heavy, wrapped parcels on the battleground. It picks them up in its mouth, then uses its tongue to flick them rapidly at you, bruising your <thigh> and your <groin>. Damn parcels! Damn tongue! Eek! Argh!

Miss Message(s):

It tries to rock you like a hurricane, but you remind it that it's not a scorpion.

It starts to bite you again, but can't make up its mind whether to waste more time before doing so.

It starts to chomp on your <arm>, but decides to wait on love's sweet charity.

Here it goes again on its own, trying to sink its fangs into your <groin>. But you dodge before he gets a mouthful.

Fumble Message:

It starts to attack again, then sinks despairingly to the ground. "You know," it says, "I never seem to find what I'm looking for." You respond, "You too? Man, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, either." (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 8-12 Meat (average: 10, stdev: 1.15)*

You acquire an item: white snake skin (30.5% chance)*

You acquire an item: bird rib (25% chance)*

You gain 8-9 <substat>.

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Occurs at Whitey's Grove.

Notes

• A successful attack from this monster has a chance of poisoning you:

You are poisoned by the attack...

You acquire an effect: A Little Bit Poisoned (duration: 10 Adventures)

• Prior to the revamp of June 9, 2014, the bird rib had a 35% drop rate after talking to Mr. Alarm, but before giving him the wet stunt nut stew. Otherwise, it was a 20% drop.

History

• The image for this monster used to be this:
  
  • Jick's wife teased him until he improved it, but Mr. Skullhead has stated on the radio show (26th Feb 2007) that he prefers Jick's original drawing.

References

• The adventure title and monster description reference hair-metal band Whitesnake, which had a major hit with "Here I Go Again" on its 1987 album Whitesnake 1987: "Here I go again on my own / Like a drifter I was born to walk alone." The companion video featured a scantily clad Tawny Kitaen who was later charged with battering her then-husband, pitcher Chuck Finley of the Cleveland Indians.
• "Rock you like a hurricane" is a reference to a different metal band, Scorpions, and its song Rock You Like a Hurricane from its 1984 album Love at First Sting.
• The critical hit message refers to Parseltongue, the language of snakes in the popular Harry Potter series.
• The fumble message refers to the band U2, and their song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
• The new snake image is similar to Sly from the flash game The Asylum.