Sneak King

Sneak King

You are fighting the Sneak King.

As you look through the storage closet, the surrounding area grows quiet. Having been on campus long enough to know how strange that is, you glance back into the hall.

And not a moment too soon, as a crowned figure emerges from the shadow. "Just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?" he asks, in the clearly rhetorical way of a villain who's about to get punched.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The Sneak King calls the shadows to cut at you like blades.
• The Sneak King moves too fast for your eyes to follow, salting you with throwing knives. Which is a lot like peppering you, but with salt to add insult to injury.
• The Sneak King blows some poison dust in your face. It smells like burning. (acid) damage

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The Sneak King calls the shadows to cut at you like blades, but you're not a vampire.
• The Sneak King moves too fast for your eyes to follow, peppering you with throwing knives, but you dodge until he runs out of pepper.
• The Sneak King blows some poison dust in your face, but you hold your breath.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain 300 experience.

You got an item: slip of borrowing (Guaranteed Drop)
You got an item: Sneak King shadow (Guaranteed Drop)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified

Locations

• School of Villainy
  

Notes

• Part of the Who Stalks the Stalkers quest
• After every attack, the foe becomes Stalking, with the following message:

Your opponent slips into the shadows.

• Before the next attack, the foe loses Stalking with the following message:

He emerges from the shadows to attack.