I accumulated 7 energy of venomous sting throughout this battle.
Stats after gaining venomous sting in the first round of combat
Perception: 10 (17) Reflexes: 11 (9) Strength: 10 (13) Will: 6 (9)
Bonuses after venomous sting and after entrapping coat:
Etheric Power: 1 Evasion Power: 1 Melee Power: 8
Etheric Defense: 10 Melee Defense: 12 Ranged Defense: 1
First Aid: 1
Ocean Song, Inspired Force, Venomous Sting
Round 1
You dive and tumble, your coat billowing.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 8 damage and leaving a burning welt, but you catch the worst of the attack in your billowing coat, avoiding all of the damage.You dive for cover.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 22 damage.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 2 damage.
Round 2
You dive and tumble, your coat billowing.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 2 damage, but you catch the worst of the attack in your billowing coat, avoiding all of the damage.You dive for cover.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 1 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 2 damage.
Round 3
You dive and tumble, your coat billowing.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You dive for cover.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 1 damage and leaving a burning welt, but you duck behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 1 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 1 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 1 damage.
Round 4
You dive for cover.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 18 damage.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 1 damage and leaving a burning welt.You slam into the twisted bum and deal 14 damage before he can fend off the attack.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.You've won the battle!
You've earned 4 XP in Perception
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've gained Strength!
Got beaten to hell in the first round and had 2 energy of Venomous Sting after the combat. So I probably accumulated 3 energy during the combat and when it ended, it changed straight away to 2 energy before I could take note of the 3 energy.
Stats after gaining Venomous Sting
Perception: 6 Reflexes: 8 (10) Strength: 10 Will: 6 (11)
Bonuses after Venomous Sting
Etheric Power: 5 Melee Power: 4 Evasion Power: -3
Etheric Defense: 7 Melee Defense: 4 Ranged Defense: 1
Battle for the Gift, Defense of the Gift, Venomous Sting
Round 1
You lead with a strong jab for 14 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You slam into the twisted bum and deal 9 damage before he can fend off the attack, but you're knocked off balance by your tentacle strike, letting it avoid all of the damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 10 damage.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 12 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 10 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 9 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
After combat I had 4 energy of Venomous Sting. Which means I got a total of 5 energy during combat and one got energy got used up as soon as the combat was over.
Stats after gaining Venomous Sting
Perception: 6 Reflexes: 8 (7) Strength: 11 Will: 7 (12)
Bonuses after gaining Venomous Sting
Etheric Power: 2 Melee Power: 4 Evasion Power: -3
Etheric Defense: 8 Melee Defense: 6 Ranged Defense: 3
Venomous Sting, Battle for the Gift, Defense of the Gift, Patched Pants
Round 1
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 9 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all of the damage.You raise your scaled shield to block.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 11 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 10 damage.
Round 2
You raise your scaled shield to block.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 6 damage, but your shield absorbs all of the damage.You slam into the twisted bum and deal 11 damage before he can fend off the attack.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.You get the twisted bum with a quick punch for 5 damage.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 12 damage.The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 8 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
Seems like avoiding all damage from one of the stinger attacks also let's you avoid gaining an energy level of Venomous Sting. Accumulated a total of 5 energy of Venomous Sting from this combat.
Stats after gaining Venomous Sting
Perception: 7(8) Reflexes: 8 (7) Strength: 11 Will: 7 (12)
Bonuses after gaining Venomous Sting
Etheric Power: 2 Melee Power: 4 Evasion Power: -3
Etheric Defense: 8 Melee Defense: 6 Ranged Defense: 3
Venomous Sting, Battle for the Gift, Defense of the Gift, Patched Pants, Bloodied Patch
(Battle for the Gift and Defense of the Gift were on their last energy level entering combat)
Round 1
You lead with a strong jab for 15 damage, but you're knocked off balance by your tentacle strike, letting it avoid all of the damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 8 damage.You slam into the twisted bum and deal 8 damage before he can fend off the attack.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.You raise your scaled shield to block.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 8 damage, but your shield absorbs all of the damage.You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 10 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 1 damage.The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 13 damage.
Round 2
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You raise your scaled shield to block.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 9 damage and leaving a burning welt, but your shield absorbs all of the damage.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 9 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 12 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
Perception: 7
Reflexes: 9 (7)
Strength: 10
Will: 7 (11)
Power
Etheric Power: 2 Melee Power: 11
Defense
Etheric Defense: 6 Ranged Defense: 2
Other
First Aid: 1
You dive for cover.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum for 12 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all of the damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 13 damage.You wait until the last moment, then leap into the twisted bum, dealing 21 damage.
You dive for cover.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum for 19 damage.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 13 damage and leaving a burning welt.You wait until the last moment, then leap into the twisted bum, dealing 14 damage.
You've won the battle!
After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 1 hit point.
You've earned 3 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 3 XP in Strength
You've gained Strength!
Perception: 68 (72)
Reflexes: 31 (16)
Strength: 33 (18)
Will: 39 (21)
Power
Etheric: 7 Melee: 11 Stealth: 8 Power to techniques using Strength: 2
Crushing Punch, Shield Bash, and Cruel Slash use Strength
Defense
Etheric: -2 Melee: 8 Ranged: 2
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield
Net
4 Memory
4 Processor
-5 Code Finesse
Other
1 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid
You pause for a moment to root around in your pockets. Hey, a bullet! It has 'YMIR' pressed into its casing.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 20 damage.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 7 damage and leaving a burning welt.You strike out at the twisted bum suddenly with your offhand for 16 damage.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 5 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 6 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
Gained 4 energy of Venomous Sting
You toss aside the bullet and root around in your numerous pockets. Hey, a knuckle bone! You might be wrong, but that seems like a strange thing to find in your pocket.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 29 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all but 10 damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 6 damage.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 9 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 6 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
ended up with 6 energy of Venomous Sting after combat which means I gained 3 energy of the effect on the second round.
Perception: 69 (62)
Reflexes: 32 (16)
Strength: 33 (8)
Will: 39 (21)
Power
Etheric: 6 Melee: 11 Stealth: 8 Power to Techniques using Strength: 2
Crushing Punch, Sudden Bash, Cruel Slash use Strength
Defense
Etheric: 4 Melee: 8 Ranged: 2
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield
Net
4 Memory
4 Processor
-5 Code Finesse
Other
1 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid
You pause for a moment to root around in your pockets. Hey, a knuckle bone! You might be wrong, but that seems like a strange thing to find in your pocket.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 19 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all of the damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 5 damage.You strike out at the twisted bum suddenly with your offhand for 11 damage.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.You sway calmly from side to side, lulling the twisted bum into a false sense of security before you strike! Your vicious lunge deals 26 damage.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 6 damage.The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 7 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 6 damage.
Got Venomous Sting. No I did not catch how much exactly.
You toss aside the thingy and root around in your numerous pockets. Hey, a bullet! Someone's etched 'SURT' into its side with a blowtorch.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You set your stance and prepare to block.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 8 damage and leaving a burning welt, but you foul the attack, avoiding all but 4 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
Perception: 69 (62)
Reflexes: 32 (15)
Strength: 33 (8)
Will: 39 (21)
Started fight with 1 energy of Venomous Sting
Power
Etheric: 6 Melee: 11 Stealth: 8 Evasion: -3
Defense
Etheric: 4 Melee: 8 Ranged: 2
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield
Net
4 Memory
4 Processor
-5 Code Finesse
Other
1 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid
You strike out at the twisted bum suddenly with your offhand for 8 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You sway calmly from side to side, lulling the twisted bum into a false sense of security before you strike! Your vicious lunge deals 25 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all but 3 damage.
You sway calmly from side to side, lulling the twisted bum into a false sense of security before you strike! Your vicious lunge deals 25 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all but 3 damage.
You pause for a moment to root around in your pockets. Huh, this lit stick of dynamite is probably a hallucination, but you toss it at the twisted bum anyway.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 4 damage.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 7 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 8 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
The stick of dynamite explodes beneath the twisted bum for 15 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
Got 3 energy of Venomous Sting at the end of the fight. Started off with 1. So that means I gained 3 energy of Venomous Sting at the end of that round.
Perception: 69 (72)
Reflexes: 32 (16)
Strength: 33 (23)
Will: 40 (22)
Power
Etheric: 4 Melee: 10 Stealth: 4 Power to techniques using Strength: 2
Crushing Punch, Cruel Slash, and Sudden Bash use Strength
Defense
Etheric: 6 Melee: 6
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield
Other
1 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid
You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 21 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You strike out at the twisted bum suddenly with your offhand for 8 damage.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 9 damage and leaving a burning welt.You sway calmly from side to side, lulling the twisted bum into a false sense of security before you strike! Your vicious lunge deals 19 damage.
Gained 1 energy of Venomous Sting
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the twisted bum for 22 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 29 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all but 16 damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 5 damage.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 7 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 9 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 7 damage.
4 energy of Venomous Sting total. Which means I gained 3 energy this round
You set your feet and prepare for a powerful parry.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You bring a hammer-like blow down on the twisted bum for 32 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all but 15 damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 6 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
You barely crawled away from that fight intact, but your enemy is in way worse shape.You've earned 3 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've earned 1 XP in Will
Experience Gains not to be taken as indicative of rewards for this encounter as I have Serpent Venom active.
Perception: 69 (72)
Reflexes: 32 (16)
Strength: 33 (23)
Will: 40 (23)
Power
Etheric: 4 Melee: 10 Stealth: 4 Power to techniques using Strength: 2 Evasion: -3
Defense
Etheric: 10 Melee: 9
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield
Other
1 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid
Started combat with 2 energy of Venomous Sting
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the twisted bum for 26 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all but 6 damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You raise your scaled shield to block.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 5 damage and leaving a burning welt, but your shield absorbs all of the damage.You wait for the perfect moment to reverse, striking the twisted bum with your shield for 19 damage.
You follow through on the reversal, lunging at the twisted bum like a serpent for 16 damage.
Gained no energy of Venomous Sting
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the twisted bum for 29 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.You punch the twisted bum, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 16 damage, but you're knocked off balance by the twisted bum's tentacle strike, letting it avoid all of the damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 4 damage.You viciously slash the twisted bum for 19 damage.
You've won the battle!
After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 2 hit points.You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 3 XP in Strength
You've earned 1 XP in Will
Do not take the total XP rewards as indicative for this opponent as I have Serpent Venom active.
Myers sampling kit failed to get any drops.
Perception: 20
Reflexes: 11
Strength: 11
Will: 11
Powers
Ranged: 10 Stealth: 3
Defenses
Etheric: 2 Melee: 9 Ranged: 5
Other
2 Bonus Eclipse Duration
1 First Aid
A scuttling shape drops from the ceiling with a hiss. It moves in a blur, but you're able to recognize him as the same test subject you released.
Apparently he's forgotten the meaning of gratitude.
You fire a shotgun blast into the twisted bum. Although the pellets spread over the distance they still deal 13 damage, but the twisted bum skitters away, avoiding all of the damage.
The twisted bum skitters unpredictably along the ground.And you end it with a single explosive round for 19 damage.
The twisted bum stings you with one of his tentacles, dealing 7 damage and leaving a burning welt.The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
The twisted bum arcs one of his stingers down into you, dealing 6 damage.
The twisted bum arcs a second stinger down, dealing 7 damage.
The twisted bum brings his last tentacle around, stabbing you for 5 damage.
Gain 4 energy of Venomous Sting
Reflexes: 11 (8)
Evasion Power: -3
You catch the twisted bum with a point-blank shotgun blast for 22 damage.
The twisted bum slaps you with one of his tentacles, dealing 2 damage.And you end it with a single explosive round for 22 damage.
The twisted bum lunges forward and grabs hold of you, preparing his stingers.
You've won the battle!
You've earned 5 XP in PerceptionYou've earned 1 XP in Will