Manimal

manimal

You are fighting the manimal.

The manimal is a man who can supposedly take the form of any animal he wants in order to achieve his goals. In practice he always picks the same three animal forms, no matter the situation.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The manimal runs out of good ideas and just turns into a gorilla to punch you. It seems to do the trick.
• The manimal turns into an aardvark and rakes you with his powerful claws. Wait, is he just going in alphabetical order now?
• The manimal turns into a platypus and stabs you with his venomous heel spur. Wait, venomous heel spur? damage + psychic

he hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The manimal runs out of good ideas and starts taking suggestions. Apparently hawks and panthers are overdone. Even manimals have to have standards.
• The manimal turns into an aardvark, but you distract him by offering up a thriving ant nest.
• The manimal turns into a horrible monstrosity combining the worst attributes of a duck, a beaver, and an otter. It... wait? That's a thing?

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! he takes X damage.

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

You gain 66-114 chips.

You gain 88 experience.

You got an item: shackles (22.3 ± 2.3%)
You got an item: drumsticks (13.4 ± 1.9%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to psychic damage.
50% weak to sonic damage.

Locations

• Teeter Street
  

References

• Dropping drumsticks is a reference to Animal, the crazed drummer from The Muppet Show.
• The enemy's name and description are references to the Manimal television program.