Difference between revisions of "Drat cat"

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drat cat

You are fighting a drat cat.

Even better than the cat that got the canary is the cat that gets chauffeured around on an artist's palette by a flock of orange balloons. Unless that cat is a metaphor for the weight of traffic pulling your network down, in which case it's a disappointing sight indeed.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The cat pops all the balloons and drops the artist's palette on your head. Even though the cat has a long fall, naturally she lands on her feet.
• he cat grabs you with her front paws, bowls you over, and kicks at you repeatedly with her hind paws. Drat, that hurts.
• The drat cat claws you until you're all a-twitter about finding some medical attention.

she hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The cat sails ferociously at you, but then stops to give herself a brief bath.
• The drat cat swipes at you, but you dodge. Tweet! Excuse me, I meant to say, "sweet."
• She wants to attack, but a gust of wind blows the entire ensemble away from you.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! she takes X damage.

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

You gain 10 experience.

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified

Locations

• There's a Blog.Org for This
  

Notes

• Occurs when you choose "ftp", "link", or "port", or "telnet" on There's a Blog.Org for This.
• Using a degausser destroys this foe, yielding subscript alpha.

References

• Looking like the cat that got the canary is an idiom meaning appearing as if one had just had a great success.