Estemmenosuchus

estemmenosuchus

You are fighting an estemmenosuchus.

This is either the king of the prehistoric crocodiles, or the birth name of Emelio Estevez before he picked a more pronounceable stage name.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The estemmenosuchus is starting a breakfast club! And you're invited! Unfortunately, it doesn't turn out as well as you'd hope.
• The estemmenosuchus solves a paleontological controversy by taking a bite out of you.
• It gores you with its crown.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• The estemmenosuchus is starting a breakfast club! And you're invited! Unfortunately, you have to work that day.
• The estemmenosuchus tries to take a bite out of you, but you manage to deflect it with inquiries about its diet.
• It tries to gore you with its crown, but you remind it "Twilight is a democracy"! You decline to mention all the times it's taken over by supervillains.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 165 experience.

You got an item: red claw (14.2 ± 1.8%)
You got an item: red tooth (14.2 ± 1.8%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to ice damage.
50% resistant to electric damage.

Locations

• Triassic Park and Bestiary
  

This enemy is an animal.

References

• Estemmenosuchus is a genus of large, early omnivorous therapsid living 255 million years ago. "King" hints to the meaning of the name, "Crowned Crocodile".
• References actor, director and writer Emilio Estevez. It might reference the fact that Estevez did not choose to use the stage name of his father, Martin Sheen.
• The first hit and miss messages refer to Emilio Estevez's role in the movie The Breakfast Club.
• The second hit and miss messages refer to the paleontological controversy over whether Estemmenosuchuses were carnivorous or herbivorous or omnivorous.