Living Sludge

For narrative speculation on this opponent, see Historia Aetherium: Living Sludge.

Opponent

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Combat Name	The sludge
HP	40
Stats	Perception: 2 Reflexes: 2 Strength: 4 Will: 2
Power	Melee: 0 Ranged: 0 Fire: — Etheric: — Stealth: — Evasion: — Unopposed:
Defense	Melee: 6 Ranged: 6 Fire: -2 Etheric: 2 Stealth: 6 Reactive: 0
Traits	No Organs
Awards	4 XP You found: (sometimes)   1-2 of:      - damp seaweed (1/2)      - partially digested fish (1/2) You found: sludge heart (100%, if you've talked to Boris) You found: 1-2 samples of petrol sludge (sometimes) (with Myers sampling kit) You found: 3-5? lake squid (with fishing pole - needs confirmation!)

Encountered

Tainted Shoreline
Using shivering cell culture (fight 2-4)

Attacks

Info

Technique	Chain	Pow	Dam	Def	Type	Notes
Toxic Sludge	2 or 4	-		-	-	(first time) Prevents running away
''		Atk: 10 Def: ???	10	?	None/Evasion (R)	(further times) Gain 5 turns of Slags Poisoning
''		-		-	-	(vs. Evasion or Fire)
''		-		-	-	(with containment suit) See below
Crushing Punch	3	5	5-9	-	Melee
Acid Spit	4	8	8-10	-	Ranged
''		20	20-22	Ranged	(vs. Writhing Flesh)

Text

Technique	Text
Toxic Sludge	First time (if not evaded): The sludge flows around you, covering you in toxic sludge. Further times (if not evaded): The sludge bears down on you. You can feel your skin burning from contact with the sludge and take x damage. Vs. Ranged <Your ranged attack>, but the sludge is too close to get an effective shot off. It avoids all but <X> / of the damage. The sludge bears down on you. You can feel your skin burning from contact with the sludge and take x damage. Vs. Evasion: The sludge slides towards you, but you sidestep its advance before the sludge engulfs you. Vs. Fire: The sludge recoils from the fire. While wearing a full containment suit: The sludge squeezes tight around your legs. You hear an ominous hiss as the bottom of your containment suit loses its seal. or The sludge lunges at you and bears you to the ground. You hear an ominous hiss as the top of your containment suit loses its seal.
Crushing Punch	The sludge punches you, throwing the whole weight of its body behind it and dealing x damage.
Acid Spit	The sludge pulls back her head and spits a stream of acid at you, dealing x damage. Vs. Writhing Flesh: The sludge spits a stream of acid at you, etching horribly into your flesh for x ranged damage.

Chains

Chain		Chance
3	Crushing Punch	1/4
3:?	Crushing Punch:Toxic Sludge	1/4
4	Acid Spit	1/4
?	Toxic Sludge	1/4

Notes

When fighting it in the Tainted Shoreline and wearing Containment suit it can turn your containment suit pants into unsealed pants, or containment suit top into an unsealed top, only when you have all three pieces equipped.
Note: This also applies to wearing the infested containment top, infested containment pants and infested containment helmet. You'll only get the same unsealed parts as a result, though, so be careful.

The sludge squeezes tight around your legs. You hear an ominous hiss as the bottom of your containment suit loses its seal.

The sludge lunges at you and bears you to the ground. You hear an ominous hiss as the top of your containment suit loses its seal.

You slurp down some of the slime. It's surprisingly filling, restoring x Energy, but probably not very good for you. You've gained x duration of Slags Poisoning.

1 XP