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moon beast

You are fighting a moon beast.

Frooooooogs iiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaace! Ahem. A moon beast is a huge, frog-like critter, glistening like it had been coated in oil. It lurches towards you with a hideous gurgling sound. Yes, in space nobody can hear you scream, but you can hear them gurgle. That's just how it works.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• It rears up and slashes you with its powerful front legs. Who knew frogs had powerful front legs?
• It lunges at your face, attacking you with its face-tentacles, which is so many levels of disgusting that you don't want to think about it any more.
• It bull-rushes you, crashing into you with its shoulder. Must be a space bullfrog.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• It rears up and slashes at you with its powerful front legs, but you remind it that frogs don't have powerful front legs.
• It lunges at your face, but you smack it in the nose, making it back off.
• It bull-rushes at you, but you distract it with a red cape.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 545 experience.

You got an item: bone flute (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: space mead (Unspecified Drop rate)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to sonic damage.

Locations

• The Depths of Space
  

References

• "Frooooooogs iiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaace!" is a reference to the Pigs in Space sketch in The Muppet Show.
• A Moon-beast is a fictional creature in H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle.
• The description contains a reference to the movie Alien, which was promoted with the slogan "In space, no one can hear you scream".