Blackberry bush

Blackberry bush
Monster ID	418
Locations	You Found Your Thrill, The Black Forest (OLD)
Hit Points	136
Attack	126
Defense	114
No-Hit	136
Initiative	30
Meat	None
Phylum	plant
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	berries, stalk
Drops blackberry, blackberry, blackberry
Manuel Entry
refreshedit data

 You're fighting a blackberry bush

A regular blackberry bush is one of the most vicious things nature has to offer -- it's all sharp thorns, and rigid, whiplike stalks, and tangly brambles.

Now imagine if one came to life. Actually, you don't have to imagine it, because it just happened, right before your eyes.

Hit Message(s):

It tangles you in its tangly brambles. You didn't gamble on brambles, did you? Ouch! Ugh! Argh! Oof!

It whips you in the skull with a thorny tendril. Eek! Oof! Oof! Ouch!

It smacks you upside the arse with a thorny stalk, simultaneously whipping and scratching you. Ooh! Ooh! Eek! Ooh!

It hurls blackberries at you. You get some juice in your eye, which stings like a stinging thing. Argh! Ow! Ooh! Ow! Eek! Eek!

Critical Hit Message:

It wraps a thorny tendril around your neck, and you learn some new math: strangulation + puncture wounds = intense pain. Oof! Ooh! Eek! Ouch!

Miss Message(s):

It hurls a few blackberries at you, but you duck. Then you spend a few seconds wondering if blackberries would taste good with duck.

It starts to attack, but pauses to check its email.

It tries to tangle you in its brambles, but you ramble away.

It tries to slap you with some briars, but you easily avoid them, having been born in a briar patch.

Fumble Message:

It hurls several blackberries at you. You catch them in your mouth, and find that they're juicy and sweet. What a pleasant attempt at an attack! (FUMBLE!)

Special Move(s):

You get all scratched up by your opponent's thorns.

You lose 4-6 hit points.

---

After Combat

You acquire an item: blackberry (20% chance)*

You acquire an item: blackberry (20% chance)*

You acquire an item: blackberry (20% chance)*

You gain 31-32 <substat>.

---

Occurs in You Found Your Thrill. Occurred in The Black Forest (OLD).

Notes

• Attacks with melee weapons will cause the blackberry bush to deal damage from its thorns.

References

• The miss message about "checking its emails" refers to the BlackBerry, a hand-held device which you can use to check your emails.
• "Born in a briar patch" refers to the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar baby.