Gryphon

gryphon

You are fighting a gryphon.

The wheel of fortune turns, and you find yourself in great jeopardy, facing a gryphon named Merv. It's part eagle, part lion, and all menace.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• You make the mistake of getting between a gryphon and a horse. It's one of the classic blunders, only slightly better than getting involved in a land war in Asia.
• The gryphon claws at you and hisses. After the former, the latter is mostly irrelevant.
• You hear the click of the gryphon's claws hitting you.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• A horse wanders by, distracting the gryphon's attention.
• The gryphon caws at you and misses. Should have used its claws instead.
• You hear the click of being cancelled after two seasons. It's chilling, but not damaging.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 170 experience.

You got an item: targe vert with human rampant (19.6 ± 2%)
You got an item: eagle feather (22.4 ± 2.1%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to fire damage.
50% resistant to sonic damage.

Locations

• Triassic Park and Bestiary
  

This enemy is an animal.

References

• The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and often wings of an eagle.
• References Merv Griffin, creator of the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
• The first hit and miss messages refer to the griffin's diet of horses. The first hit message also refers to the classic blunder of getting involved in a land war in Asia, as mentioned in the movie The Princess Bride.
• The third hit and miss messages refer to Click, another game show created by Merv Griffin.