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- Arrival messaging
A brackish bilge mass squirms in on mismatched limbs that slowly retreat into its tarry bulk.
- Spell prep messaging
A brackish bilge mass pulses grotesquely, sprouting mouths that chant in an ugly arcane tongue.
- Unstun messaging
- Death messaging
A brackish bilge mass's hideous shape shakes with one last gurgling quaver before slumping into stillness.
- Search messaging
Bones and skulls trapped within a brackish bilge mass begin cracking and turning into clumpy dust as its tarry form boils away, leaving nothing behind.
Combat messaging
- Goo
A thick length of stringy goo detaches from a brackish bilge mass and whips toward you!
AS: +490 vs DS: +483 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +63 = +102
... and hits for 1 point of damage!
Low grazing shot.
- Rush
A brackish bilge mass's fetid mass erupts toward you in a vile rush!
AS: +485 vs DS: +483 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +64 = +97
A clean miss.
- Gas
With a rumble, a brackish bilge mass releases an intense fetor that fills the air with shimmering sheets of nauseous gas.
Starburst patterns of pale blue light sweep forward from your chest and infuse the deep blue glow with their energy.
CS: +437 - TD: +462 + CvA: -41 + d100: +72 == +6
Warded off!
You manage to keep your wits about you despite the atrocious stench.
- Fetid Storm
A brackish bilge mass wobbles warningly, bubbles crawling through its bulk before bones of all shapes and sizes erupt from its tarry surface and whirl into a fetid storm!
[SMR result: 5 (Open d100: 8, Penalty: 3)]
Filthy bones fly by you, stinking but leaving you unharmed!
- Horror
The surface of a brackish bilge mass ripples, twisting into gaping, eyeless faces and writhing fingers trapped within the clotted bulk. You find yourself transfixed by the phantasmagoric manifestations!
[MDR result: 113 (Open d100: 87, Penalty: 4)]
Horror twists in your gut and burns in the back of your throat, vomit stifling a scream of terror!
Inflicts horrified debuff.
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