Phoenix

Perhaps you were looking for a more food-based Phoenix?

Opponent

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Combat Name	The phoenix
HP	45-53
Stats	Perception: 25 Reflexes: 25 Strength: 10 Will: 20
Power	Melee: Ranged: Fire: see below Etheric: Stealth: Evasion: Unopposed: 0
Defense	Melee: 10 Ranged: 10 Fire: 0 (but immune - see below) Etheric: 25 Stealth: 15 Reactive: 0
Traits	Flying, Powerful Wings, Made of Fire, Dynamite immune
Awards	5-10 XP You found: blazing feather (Only if you have Fighting the Sun, see below) You've learned a new technique: Call the Firebird (With Fighting the Sun and binding tome)

Encountered

Hall of Paintings

Attacks

Info

Technique	Chain	Power	Type	Notes
Flying Talon Rake	3	11	Melee	(normal)
''		11-14	Melee	(SOME CONDITION)
Blazing Wing Batter	4	17	Fire
Race Down the Hall	5		Evasion (M,R,F,E,S)	(normal)
''		Nothing		(at long distance - vs. chain ≥ 7)
Beat Wings Viciously	5	6	Ranged	(normal)
''		19	Fire/Evasion (F)	(vs. Fire)
''		12	Ranged/Evasion (R)	(vs. Ranged)

Text

Technique	Text
Flying Talon Rake	Normally: The phoenix flies by you, raking you with her talons for x melee damage. SOME CONDITION: While you're still dealing with the phoenix's wings, The phoenix rakes you with the phoenix's talons for x damage.
Blazing Wing Batter	The phoenix batters you with her blazing wings, dealing x fire damage.
Race Down the Hall	The phoenix races off down the hall. <You attack>, but she is far enough away to avoid all of the damage. At Long Distance (Chain 7 or higher) The phoenix races off down the hall, but you have enough range to catch it anyway.
Beat Wings Viciously	Normally: The phoenix beats her wings viciously, kicking up a cloud of debris to cut into you for x ranged damage. Vs. Fire: The phoenix beats her wings viciously, blowing fire back onto you for x damage. <You attack>, but the phoenix deflects all of the damage back with a massive blast of wind. Vs. Ranged:__ The phoenix beats her wings viciously, blowing projectiles back onto you for x ranged damage. <You attack>, but the phoenix deflects all of the damage back with a massive blast of wind.

Chains

Chain		Chance
2:3:4	Flying Talon Rake:Blazing Wing Batter:Race Down the Hall	2/7
3:2	Blazing Wing Batter:Flying Talon Rake	1/7
3:4	Blazing Wing Batter:Race Down the Hall	1/7
5	Beat Wings Viciously	1/7
5:4	Beat Wings Viciously:Race Down the Hall	2/7

Notes

If you do fire damage to the Phoenix (using a Fire technique that was not fully evaded), it adds [square root of damage done, rounded down] to the Phoenix's Fire Power. The Phoenix has Impenetrable Armor vs Fire attacks and takes no damage from them.

Each fire attack is added separately, so if you did consecutive fire attacks doing 16 and 8 and 1 damage respectively, the Phoenix would gain 4 + 2 + 1 = 7 Fire Power. The Fire Power bonus is applied as soon as the damage is received, so if the Phoenix uses fire attacks later in the round, she gets bonus Fire power.

Successful fire attacks give the following message:

<You attack>, but the fire just seems to make her stronger.

On the pass that the Phoenix gets at least 10 bonus Fire Power, you get one of the following messages, and a new effect for the rest of the battle:

Normally:
<You attack>, but the fire just seems to make her stronger. The pheonix is now glowing like the sun, threatening to sear out your eyes.

(Gain 1 turn of Fighting the Sun (blinded))

If you have sunglasses:
<You attack>, but the fire just seems to make her stronger. The pheonix is putting off waves of heat like the noonday sun. It's a good thing you don't have to look at it.

(Gain 1 turn of Fighting the Sun (protected))

Further Fire attacks give the normal "just seems to make her stronger" message (presumably increasing Fire Power).

On Winning

If you have Fighting the Sun active, and win the fight, you can get a blazing feather. You can get the feather even if it starts blazing on the round that you kill it.

You gulp down a mouthful of the phoenix. It feels like it'll burn out your innards, but you feel a surge of x Energy.

1 XP?