Rotaviola

rotaviola

You are fighting a rotaviola.

A swirling, spinning ball of energy ricochets down the tunnel, bouncing off walls and almost entirely oblivious to anything in its path. It seems vaguely drawn to anything showing signs of a life force, which at the moment happens to be you.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• You try to dodge, but the rotaviola takes a funny bounce and knocks you into a nearby pool of lava. (fire) damage
• You try to freeze the rotaviola with a handy ice cube, but that just causes the whole ball to land on top of you. It's surprisingly heavy. (fire) damage
• The rotaviola rotas through you and hits you painfully in the viola, wherever that is. (fire) damage

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• You freeze the rotaviola with a handy ice cube, and then kick the ball around for a few minutes, soccer-style.
• The spinner has an existential moment where it decides that being named after a musical instrument doesn't make any sense, and it drops into a funk.
• The viola gets itself lodged in a corner, ricocheting back and forth between a mine cart and the wall for a few minutes.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain <scaling> experience.

You got an item: uncut diamond (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: uncut emerald (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: uncut ruby (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: uncut ruby (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: uncut sapphire (Unspecified Drop rate)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Immune to fire damage.

Locations

• Brynne Fair mine
  
• Moira mine shaft
  
• Spelunking
  

Notes

• The XP gained is dependent on the location. In Brynne Fair mine it was capped at 350 and in Moira mine shaft it was capped at 400.

References

• Refers to Multiviola, a monster from the original Metroid game.