Pitch-black knight

pitch-black knight

You are fighting a pitch-black knight.

You ready your weapon and step up. "Have at you!" the knight roars, charging you.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

The knight slashes your arm with his sword, leaving you glad it's still attached.
The knight slice and dices you. The slices hurt, but it's actually the dice that deal the damage.
The knight stands there, refusing to let you pass, until you make a break for it and he catches you with a gauntlet.

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

The knight slashes your arm with his sword, but it was just a flesh wound.
The knight tries to slice and dice you, even make Julienne fries, but is wielding completely the wrong sort of weapon for it.
The knight stands there, refusing to let you pass, so you content yourself with beating him up.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain 60-100 chips.

You gain 80 experience.

You got an item: special wooden cup (Semi-rare)
You got an item: two coconut halves (30.6 ± 3.5%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses.

Deafeating this foe with a Bedraggled Squire sidekick active OR a horse / Red Hex / pegasus / armored pegasus / Night Mare / frog's court horse / sleepy draft horse / nameless horse equipped while having 4150 XP or more at the end of the fight initiates the Riding in the Lists Quest.

References the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail in several ways.
- The foe resembles the Black Knight, and the line "Have at you!" is also spoken by him.
- The emblem on his chest is the white Rabbit of Caerbannog.
- The wooden cup dropped is off course the Holy Grail.