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IT wizard

You are fighting an IT wizard.

This guy is decked out in long shimmering robes and is waving around something that looks kind of like a wand. It would be more humorous than fearsome if that wand wasn't shooting out a series of little fireballs.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The wizard reaches into his robe and withdraws a number of small objects, which he hurls at you. The objects turn out to be old ram chips, and their corners are surprisingly sharp!
• The wizard sends bad data to your hero's wristwatch, making it crash.

Into a wall.

Taking you with it.

• He wiggles his wand to and fro in a ridiculous fashion. You bust out laughing, until WHOOSH! a giant fireball slams into you. Apparently it is the way you wiggle the wand that counts. damage+ (fire) damage

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The wizard points his wand at you, but you wander out of range.
• He tries to invoke lightning with his laptop, but a y2k bug delivers the bolt to 1907.
• He tries to smack you around like a pinball, but he's not that kind of wizard.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain 41-68 chips.

You gain 54 experience.

You got an item: digital robes (28.7%)
You got an item: roman candle wand (23.3%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to electric damage.
100% weak to fire damage.

Locations

• Guild for Imaginative Metachronism
  

References

• The second miss message references the y2k bug.
• The third miss message references The Who's song, Pinball Wizard.