Clockwork beetle

clockwork beetle

You are fighting a clockwork beetle.

These three-foot-long clockwork beetles serve as specialized labor down in the mines, sorting and carrying smaller loads that the larger mining machinery can't get to. This beetle thinks your equipment counts as a load to be sorted and carried.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The beetle flies up to the rafters, ticking so loudly your teeth chatter and mortar filters down from cracks above. damage + (sonic) damage
• Two spots on the beetle begin glowing brighter and brighter. By the time you realize it's not just a clockwork pyrophorus, you're already caught in the flame jets. damage + (fire) damage
• The beetle sorts through the electronics it was carrying to recycle and instead reduces its load by reusing one computer as a projectile. damage + (electric) damage

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The beetle flies up to the rafters, ticking loudly. If clockwork weren't supposed to tick, that'd be a little creepy.
• Two spots on the beetle begin glowing brighter and brighter. But you know a warning sign against predators when you see one and back away.
• The beetle looks through the electronics its carrying, apparently fascinated by the forgotten arcade panels and broken GooseBerries.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 205 experience.

You got an item: clockwork core (39.6 ± 1%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Immune to sonic damage.
Immune to psychic damage.

Locations

• Castle Hundenswein
  

References

• The second hit message refers to Pyrophorus beetles.
• The third miss message mentions Gooseberry PDA's, the same brand as broken PDA's.

This enemy is a robot with an electronic brain.

This enemy is a clockwork enemy.