Flying polyp
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You are fighting a flying polyp.
You're assailed by an invisible monster, and that's just not fair. Luckily, it makes a bit of a piping noise, so you have a vague idea where it is. It doesn't help much, but you'll take anything you can get.
Your opponent attacks ...
Hit messages:
- It summons a whirling cyclone, tossing you around and bouncing you off a few walls. Or possibly it's a whirlwind. You can't remember if there's a difference.
- The invisible monster slams into you over and over again. This just isn't fair.
- You learn that it has feet as it kicks you in the face.
it hits you for X damage.
Critical hit message:
Your opponent has a critical hit! it hits you for X damage.
Miss messages:
- You think it's summoning a cyclone, but it just seems to be blowing around some dust. You whistle a few bars of "Dust in the Wind" to accompany it.
- It's trying to do something, but whatever it is, it's not successful. Or so you assume.
- You have no idea what it's doing, but it certainly isn't hurting you. You can't decide if that implies it's making you stronger or not.
Fumble messages:
Your foe fumbles! it takes X damage.
Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!
You gain 760 experience.
You got an item: summoning cone 
(20.7 ± 3.1%)
You got an item: liao 
(16.7 ± 2.8
%)
Known resistances/weaknesses
Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses.
Locations
References
- A flying polyp is a member of a fictional alien race in the Cthulhu Mythos.
- The first miss message refers to the song Dust in the Wind by the American progressive rock band Kansas.
- The third miss message refers to Friedrich Nietzsche's aphorism "That which does not destroy us makes us stronger".