Sewer rat of unusual size

sewer rat of unusual size

You are fighting a sewer rat of unusual size.

This is a rat that's grown so large it's almost inconceivable. As it climbs from its inconceivably large nest, there is a hungry gleam in its eyes that is almost inconceivable. Its claws are inconceivably sharp, and its teeth appear inconceivably wicked. You know, maybe I don't have such a good feel for what that word means.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• A flea from the rat bites you and gives you the plague. You get over it, but not without a lot of pain.
• You try to disbelieve that the rat exists, but frankly, it bites you anyway.
• The rat squeaks out a poignant rodent version of, "You killed my father, prepare to die!" before it bites you. At least you assume that's what it said; you don't really speak any rodent.

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• It leaps at you, but a jet of exploding sewer gas causes it to miss.
• Using your powers of logic and reason, you prove that no rat could ever grow to this size, and thus it must not exist. The rat has a moment of existential confusion, allowing you to back off.
• The rat swings a claw at you and scratches you so lightly it doesn't even count as a wound. You'd worry about infection, but thankfully rat scratch fever doesn't exist.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain 22 experience.

You got an item: Cryptonase (19.2 ± 2.8%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

100% weak to ice damage.

Locations

• the neighborhood sewers
  

This enemy is an animal.

References

• Refers to the movie The Princess Bride.

• The foe's name is similar to ROUS (rodent of unusual size).
• In the second hit message you "try to disbelieve they exist" which is an almost direct quote "ROUS’s? I don’t believe they exist."
• The third hit message quotes Inigo Montoya.
• The description references the overuse of the word "inconceivable" by Vizzini.
• The first miss message is similar to the fire spurts from the fire swamp.
• The second miss message is typical of Vizzini's logic.