Oscus

Oscus
Monster ID	696
Locations	The Heap: Deep Enough to Dive
Hit Points	6500
Attack	500
Defense	450
No-Hit	510
Initiative	200
Meat	None
Phylum	hobo
Elements	stench
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	arm, head, leg, torso
Drops The Ballad of Richie Thingfinder, Oscus's dumpster waders, Oscus's flypaper pants, Oscus's garbage can lid, Oscus's pelt, Oscus's neverending soda, Wand of Oscus, jar of fermented pickle juice, Garbage-covered Rags
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting Oscus

You climb into the dumpster and close the lid over your head. As your eyes adjust to the darkness, you see a filthy-looking hobo glaring at you from the other end of the dumpster.

"Didn't you read the sign? This is my property." he says.

"Oh yeah? And who are you, exactly?" you reply.

"Who am I? WHO AM I!?" the hobo shouts. "I am Oscus! The Hegemon of the Heap! The Warlord of Waste! The Regent of Refuse!"

"Okay, okay, I get i..."

"The Duke of Detritus! The Lord of the Landfill! The Tzar of Trash! The..."

You figure the best way to stop this speech is to hit him.

Hit Message(s):

He picks up a bag full of garbage, tears it open, and hurls it at you. Eww, there was Indian food in there! Ugh! Oof! Ow! Oof! Ouch! Oof! Ooh! Argh! Oof! Ow!

He picks up a carton of years-old eggs and throws them at you one at a time. Ouch! Eek! Ugh! Argh! Ooh! Oof! Eek! Argh! Argh! Ouch!

He stomps on the floor of the dumpster, creating a tidal wave of garbage that engulfs you. Ow! Eek! Ooh! Eek! Ooh! Argh! Argh! Ooh! Eek! Ooh!

He dives beneath the garbage, and reemerges underneath you, biting you on the ankle. Ow! Ouch! Eek! Argh! Ow! Argh! Ooh! Ow! Oof! Ooh!

Critical Hit Message:

He screams a hobo war chant and leaps through the air toward you, landing on your head and holding you underneath the surface of the mostly-liquid garbage for several minutes. Argh! Ooh! Ow! Ow! Ugh! Oof! Ooh! Ooh! Ouch! Argh!

Miss Message(s):

He picks up a bag full of garbage and hurls it at you, but he throws like a stupid girl, so it comes nowhere near you.

He stomps on the floor of the dumpster, creating a tidal wave of garbage, but you grab a discarded styrofoam cooler lid and wakeboard to safety.

He picks up a carton of years-old eggs and throws them at you, but it turns out they're duck eggs, so you're able to easily avoid them.

He dives beneath the garbage, and reemerges a few feet to the left. "Dangit," he mutters.

Fumble Message:

He leaps through the air toward you, but is knocked senseless when he hits his head on the lid of the dumpster. You'd think he'd be used to that by now. (FUMBLE!)

Special Move(s):

Oscus produces a cloud of noxious gas, which surrounds you, causing you to gag and choke.

The noxious gasses make you choke and gag. It really hurts, and the cloud seems to be getting thicker...

You lose some hit points.

You lose some hit points. (stench damage)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: The Ballad of Richie Thingfinder (???% chance)*

You acquire 1-10 jars of fermented pickle juice

An item drops: Oscus's dumpster waders

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.) or

An item drops: Oscus's pelt

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.) or

An item drops: Wand of Oscus

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.)

An item drops: Oscus's flypaper pants (20% chance)*

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.)

An item drops: Oscus's garbage can lid (20% chance)*

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.)

An item drops: Oscus's neverending soda (20% chance)*

(This item goes to your clan's basement, and may be distributed to anyone who participated in this Clan Dungeon.)

You acquire a clan trophy:

Garbage-covered Rags

You gain ~125 <substat>.

Notes

• The gas cloud attack doubles in intensity every round.
• Oscus also has an aura that does stench damage every round:

  Oscus himself smells pretty bad.

  You lose some hit points. (stench damage)

• Hobopolis bosses are immune to effects which would cause them to be unable to act over multiple rounds, such as entangling noodles, chloroform rags, and Richard's Grenades.
• Oscus has a soft damage cap, after which a special damage reduction is applied. If an attack would do no more than 500 damage, then no damage reduction is applied. Otherwise, if x is the base damage done, then the actual damage Oscus takes is 500+floor((x-500)^.75). This formula is applied to any type of damage and to any source of damage.
• The number of jars of fermented pickle juice dropped increases with item drop bonuses at 1 for 100%. That is, you will receive floor(item/100) jars.
  • A maximum of 10 jars can drop.
• Oscus will always drop exactly 1 piece of his outfit.
• The other 3 drops have a 20% chance of dropping, unaffected by +item.
• This monster cannot be copied.

History

• Prior to October 27, 2021, there was no limit to how many jars of fermented pickle juice you could obtain in one fight.

References

• Oscus, his multiple titles and his artifacts are a reference to Orcus from D&D.
• He is also a nod to trash-loving Oscar the Grouch.
• The miss message is a reference to the song "Stupid Girl", by (who else?) Garbage.

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