Flamethrower pillar

flamethrower pillar

You are fighting a flamethrower pillar.

A small mechanized tower firing jets of flame stands between you and your goal. You think just once you'd like to run into a flame-catching pillar instead.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• You fall for the sign indicating this thing is a mailbox. It waits until you get close with your mail, and then WHOOSH! (fire) damage
• The pillar decides it thinks you're a liar, and adjusts the temperature of your pants to accommodate that vision. (fire) damage
• You try to maneuver around the turret, you get out of range of the flamethrower, but the back hatch swings open and slams into your face.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• Flamethrower pillar? But you hardly even know 'er! You back off warily.
• You whip out your portable grill and catch the jet of flame, making yourself some tasty barbecue in the process.
• You stick the tip of your little finger into the flamethrower nozzle, blocking its attack.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 73 experience.

You got an item: electronic cabling (15.6 ± 2.6%)
You got an item: titanium plating (13.9 ± 2.5%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Immune to fire damage.
50% weak to sonic damage.

Locations

• Military base of the Unborn
  

Notes

• Has zero dodge, i.e. every attack which is not a fumble will hit.
• Has increased defense and offense (source).

This enemy is a robot with an electronic brain.

References

• The name of the foe, the image and the first hit message refer to pillar box, a free-standing post box used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• The second hit message refers to the Jump-rope rhyme 'Liar, liar, pants on fire.'