Burrowing stalker

burrowing stalker

You are fighting a burrowing stalker.

Vaguely insectoid and about the size of a tiger, this creature zips through tunnels below ground with the rapidity of a cartoon gopher. It also bursts from the ground and attacks you with the ferocity of, well, a cartoon gopher.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

Its head pops out of the ground. You try to whack it, but miss, hitting your own ankle.
It burrows into the ground and apparently disappears. A few seconds later, the ground collapses at your feet and you fall into a caustic sinkhole. damage + (acid) damage
It tries to beg, burrow, and steal from you, but only one of the three succeeds. A quick check of your HP and chips (over there on the left, see it?) should tell you which one.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

It tries to stalk and burrow, but ends up stocking a burro instead.
It burrows into the ground and apparently disappears, only to pop up several feet away from you. It must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
It tries to steal up and burrow into you, but you beg off.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 106 experience.

You got an item: cosmic crystals (31.7 ± 3.5%)
You got an item: quivering antenna (25.3 ± 3.3%)