Nioth korghai

nioth korghai

You are fighting a nioth korghai.

This creature looks like a long series of thick, fleshy ropes; tentacles, if you will. Its biology is as inexplicable as its name, but most people sum up both by calling it a "space vampire". It really hates that name, though, and it's going to show you just how much.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• It cracks you across the head with one of its tentacles, making your head ring. And by ring, I mean, "plays the morning bells like they talk about in that Frere Jacques song."
• It wraps its long tentacles around you, crushing you viciously. Is there any other way to crush someone?
• It wraps its long tentacles around you, draining your life force. Adding insult to injury, Konami slaps you with a lawsuit for copyright infringement on the phrase Life Force.

Special Attack: Contact with the nioth korghai causes your limbs to numb and weaken. You acquire an effect: drained. (Added for 30 minutes.)

it hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• It slaps you across the head with one of its tentacles, but it's more squishy than anything, lacking bones and all.
• It wraps its long tentacles around you, giving you a great big hug.
• It tries to drain your blood, but you show it your "I Donated Blood!" sticker, and tell it to go to the blood bank.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! it takes X damage.

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

You gain 590 experience.

You got an item: tok'l ore (19 ± 3%)
You got an item: bone flute (13.4 ± 2.6%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to sonic damage.

Locations

• The Depths of Space
  

References

• The Nioth-Korghai are fictional creatures in the Cthulhu Mythos.
• The first hit message mentions "that Frère Jacques song".
• The third hit message references the arcade game Life Force made by Konami.