Sandman

sandman

You are fighting a sandman.

This isn't a man of sand, it's a man that lives out in the sand. Well, maybe a man. He's so wrapped up in bandages, so it's hard to tell. A sand-person.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• He grabs you and throws you down a dune till you have a case of vertigo. damage + (psychic) damage
• He bashes you over the head so hard that you exit light, and enter night.
• He sticks his tusk in you. I didn't mention the tusk? Well, sometimes you have to stick a tusk in for a pun.

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• He tries to spin you right round, but you turn the tables on him and give him vertigo so badly he can barely stand up, let alone attack you.
• He takes a few potshots at you with his rifle from a distance, but misses every shot. Doesn't he know that only the guards from Castle Hundenswein are that precise?
• He offers to compare favorite numbers with you. He picks 1138, you pick 1337. He runs off in shame, but he'll soon be back, and with greater numbers.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain ?-44-? chips.

You gain 67 experience.

You got an item: ordinary sand (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: magic sand (Unspecified Drop rate)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified

Locations

• Outskirts of Area 54
  

References

• The description contains a reference to Sandman, a comic book villain made of sand.
• The description refers to Tusken Raiders (also known as "Sand People") from Star Wars.
  • The second miss message refers to the bad marksmanship of Stormtroopers in Star Wars.
  • The third miss message refers to Star Wars director George Lucas and his love of putting THX 1138 references in his other movies.
  • Also, the Tusken Raiders were feared to return in in greater numbers.
• The second hit message refers to the song "Enter Sandman" by Metallica.
• The first miss message refers to the song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive.