Cold bat

cold bat

You are fighting a cold bat.

You run into what looks like another bold cat, until it unwings its furls--unfurls its wings. Old care--er, cold air--buffets you. That's not a bold cat, that there is a cold bat!
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

The bat squeaks piercingly. It hurts like chalk on a fingerboard. No, like board on a fingerchalk. Well, something like that. damage+ (sonic) damage
The cold bat lights you on the beg--bites you on the leg. A shill runs down your chin. Make that a chill and your shin. damage+ (ice) damage
The bat dive-bombs you and hands in your lair. Er, lands in your hair. In your panic you brain yourself with your weapon trying to get it out.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

As the bat swoops toward you, you point to one side and shout "Book, it's Latman!" The bat becomes confused by your strange talk and pulls up short.
It whaps its flings at you--flaps its wings--but doesn't do any damage.
The bat flashes a dire fang, but you fend it off with a dang fire.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

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

You gain 23 experience.

You got an item: dark arts (Unspecified Drop rate)
You got an item: rank bun (Unspecified Drop rate)