Bruiser

Bruiser

You are fighting Bruiser.

Legend has it that Bruiser was the demon king of a race of genetically modified tortoises. Normally, you'd think that's nonsense, but after all the bizarre things you've seen since you start super heroing, and the shell-like shield he's carrying, you're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. After you send him packing, of course.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

He flings his shield at you and it smacks you in the face painfully.
He rears back and then lets loose a blazing hot fireball. You don't shrink to half size, but it certainly hurts. (fire) damage
He swings a huge fist at you. He's slow, so you jump back, but you fall into a pit.

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

He flings his shield at you, but another hero with red boots and a blue body suit deflects it with his own shield.
He rears back and then lets loose a blazing hot fireball, but you jump on a convenient platform and avoid it.
He swings a huge fist at you, but he's so slow that you can easily duck.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

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

You gain 150 experience.

You got an item: Bruiser's shell shield (100

References

This boss is based on Bowser from Super Mario Brothers and (keeping with the theme of this area) Super Smash Brothers.
The hero in the first miss message is Mario from Super Mario Brothers.%)

You take some additional suspicious items from the brute.