Strike-back damage

• Strike-back damage is applied whenever you are hit by a foe.
• Each damage type has a specific message associated to it.

Your opponent is damaged by your fierce defenses, and takes X damage.

Part of your opponent's blow comes into contact with your sonic defenses, causing your equipment to reverberate with a resounding CLONGGGGG! It causes X damage to your opponent.

Your opponent's attack triggers a blast of frost that sprays them for 3 damage.

• Fire Shield and Gwneuthurwr Deganau's hunllef puzzle have a different message. See specifics on their pages.

• Strike-back damage cannot kill an opponent. When an opponent would have been killed by strike-back damage it is canceled and you get a message right after the regular message, depending on damage type:

Physicial: Your opponent appears to be in pretty bad shape. It pulls back before your defenses cause it critical damage.

sonic: Your opponent appears to be pretty shaken up by the noise.

ice: Your opponent appears to be pretty shaken up by the noise.

• Frusion Enemies take only one Strike-back damage every hit, with a special message:

Your opponent seems slightly put off by your defenses, and takes 1 damage.

• Amounts for Skills are affected by S, the number of skill points invested in the skill.

Source	Source type	Increase	Duration	Requirements	Notes
bully pulpit	Accessory	20% of damage	Always	Level 10	ice damage
chalkboard shield	Offhand Item	15% of damage	Always	Level 10	sonic damage
insanely super bowl shield	Offhand Item	10% of damage	Always		sonic damage +5% dodging ability +10% Strength - for Naturalists only
Midnight's Cloak	Shirt	10% of damage	Always	Level 5	psychic damage +10% dodging ability
Sunset's Flaming Sharovary	Pants	10% of damage	Always	Level 5	fire damage +10 to your maximum Power Points
Fire Shield	Elemental Buff	5 + 2*S + round(level/5)	30 + S minutes		fire damage
Gwneuthurwr Deganau's hunllef puzzle	Accessory	2*Level, cap 30	One turn		acid damage When trigger Green Other beneficial results
Spines of the Echidna	Naturalist Buff	5 + S	30 + 3*S Minutes
Vambraces of the Star Spawn	Gloves	10	Always	Level 40	-15 foe toughness. -6% chance of weapon fumbles.
triangle triptych	Offhand Item	7	Always	Level 7	+4 defense
Paradox Naught	Talisman	6	Always		+3 HP per turn -15% Intellect
stamped boots of stamping	Boots	6	Always	Level 7	+2 damage absorption
Aegis Flux Incapacitor	Offhand item	5	Always		Can discharge elemental attacks +X damage absorption +20% resist fire, ice, electric, and acid damage +20 to maximum HP
dataclub	Melee weapon	5	Always	Level 6	+10 electric damage
Doctor Talon's anklet	Accessory	5	Always	Level 8	+10% Reflexes
paper cut gloves	Gloves	5	Always	Level 10
spiky heels	Boots	5	Always	Level 10	+5 Melee damage
pseudo-chitin armor	Full-body suit	3	Always	Level 8	+5% acid damage resistance +5 damage absorption
cold shoulder shirt	Shirt	2	Always	Level 5	+4 ice damage
spooked credo	Pants	2	Always	Level 2
attache case	Offhand Item	1	Always	Level 10	+50% drops for SQUID and CTHULHU discs