Strike-back damage
- Strike-back damage is applied whenever you are hit by a foe.
- In most cases, foes take Physical damage. These go with the message:
- Your opponent is damaged by your fierce defenses, and takes X damage.
- Strike-back damage cannot kill an opponent. When an opponent would have been killed by strike-back damage it is canceled and you get the message:
- Your opponent appears to be in pretty bad shape. It pulls back before your defenses cause it critical damage.
- insanely super bowl shield and Fire Shield do elemental damage, and have different messages. See specifics on their pages.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| insanely super bowl shield | Offhand Item | 10% of damage | Always | sonic damage +5% dodging ability +10% Strength - for Naturalists only | |
| Fire Shield | Elemental Buff | 5 + 2*S + round(level/5) | 30 + S minutes | fire damage | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Doctor Talon's anklet | Accessory | 5 | Always | Level 8 | +10% Reflexes |
| paper cut gloves | Gloves | 5 | Always | Level 10 | |
| 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 |