Poison Bolt Toad

Poison Bolt Toad

You are fighting Poison Bolt Toad.

Not to be confused with the poison arrow frog, this is, first of all, a toad. Secondly, it's shorter, faster, and doesn't have any fletching.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• You grab the toad and lick it. What is wrong with you?! (acid) damage
• The toad launches itself out of a crossbow and sticks in your arm.
• The toad flies at you, but it misses. Sadly, all that poison doesn't. (acid) damage

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! It hits you for X damage.

Miss messages:

• You grab the toad to lick it, but remember what a terrible idea that is.
• The toad launches itself out of a crossbow, but you duck behind a handy merlon.
• The toad starts yelling and arguing with you, but that's the wrong kind of quarrel.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!

You gain Y*Level (capped at 250) experience.

You got an item: bolt toad poison (22.7 ± 2.8%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% weak to ice damage.
Immune to acid damage.

Locations

• Hopping Pond
  
• Hopping Pond (Echo of Downtown)
  

Notes

• Y can be 8, 9 or 10.
• Drops only available in the Echo of Downtown version of the location.

References

• Refers to the poison arrow frog. The description and the third miss message refer to the differences between an arrow and a quarrel, also known as a bolt.
• The first hit and miss messages refer to the practice of licking a psychoactive toad.
• A merlon, mentioned in the second miss message, is the solid part of an embattled parapet between two crenels.