Howler in darkness

howler in darkness

You are fighting a howler in darkness.

You've seen some horrific things, but this thing is one of the worst. Aside from being neck-breakingly tall, it has three hoofed feet, three arms ending with glistening claws, and a long, blood-red tentacle coming up from where its head should be.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• It thrusts its arms in the air while it undulates almost hypnotically. You stop watching when it summons a lightning bolt from the sky to blast you. (electric) damage
• Using one clawed hand, it lashes at you, smacking and cutting you horribly. damage

it hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• It tries to slash you with its claws, but it seems that disgusting tentacle doesn't have any eyes on it. It tears up the ground ten feet to your left.
• It thrusts its arms in the air while it undulates almost hypnotically. Actually, now that you think about it, it seems to be doing a hula dance. You applaud politely.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! it takes X damage.

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

You gain ~ experience.

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified

Locations

• The Farthest Reaches of Insanity