Sophocles

Sophocles

You are fighting Sophocles.

Even The Bard has to sleep sometimes. When he does, a man calling himself Sophocles takes the director's chair and instructs any of the available actors to play out his scenes of tragedy, woe, and just a touch of jewelry theft.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• Sophocles mistakes you for his rival, a security consultant confusingly named Odysseus. The results are tragic.
• Sophocles attempts to justify his actions as civil disobedience and, while you're distracted, gets surprisingly uncivil with you.
• Sophocles introduces you to a complex complex. It doesn't make you tear your eyes out, but it's still pretty weird. (psychic) damage

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• Sophocles grabs some livestock and drags it backstage, then returns later, explaining that he mistook the sheep for you.
• Sophocles attempts to justify his actions as civil disobedience, but he's doing a lot more damage than just burying someone without permission.
• Sophocles says you should tear your eyes out, but you'd rather listen to a duck-billed platypus than this guy.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain ?-32-214-? chips.

You gain (8*Level, cap 400) experience.

You got an item: Sophocle's monocle (Guaranteed Drop)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses.

Locations

• Cube Theater
  

This enemy is a static Villain.

References

• Based on Sophocles.
• The first hit and miss messages refer to Sophocles's play Ajax.
• The second hit and miss messages refer to Sophocles's play Antigone.
• The third hit and miss messages refer to Sophocles's play Oedipus the King. Sigmund Freud named the "Oedipus complex" after the play.