Skull In The Flames

Opponent

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Combat Name	The skull
HP	40
Stats	Perception: 5 Reflexes: 5 Strength: 0 Will: 15
Power	Melee: Ranged: Fire: 0 Etheric: 0 Stealth: Evasion: Unopposed: 5
Defense	Melee: 5 Ranged: 5 Fire: > 20 Etheric: > 64 Stealth: 5 Reactive: 15
Traits	Flying, Made of Fire, No Organs
Awards	You found: ectoplasmic sample (sometimes) (with Myers sampling kit equipped) You found: sulfur (sometimes) (with Myers sampling kit equipped) 5 XP

Encountered

The Charnel House (reopened) during The Missing Artist quest, after destroying at least one black stone wall in the Dry Riverbed choice encounter.

On Winning

Gives this message when using a Myers sampling kit:

It's challenging, but you manage to catch some samples from the flames' dying embers.

Defeating this opponent with a binding tome equipped:

You say a few words over the dying embers, binding them to yourself. The tome in your hand quivers, serving not as a trap, but as a conduit as the flames burrow into your mind.

You learned a new Technique: Pyrophobia

Defeating this opponent with an unscathed sketchbook equipped:

You feel strangely compelled to draw the flame as its last embers vanish. You do a strangely good job with it and end up feeling a bit better about yourself.

You learned a new Technique: Pyrophobia

Defeating it otherwise gives this message:

The flames slowly fade to embers then vanish. You're relieved, but it's a little sad somehow.

Info

Technique	Chain	Power	Type	Notes
Blazing Jaws	2	5-6	Fire
Overlap Bodies	3	15	Etheric
Breathe Fire	4	6	Fire
Wall of Flame	4	Atk: 5 Def: 10	Fire (M, E,?)	Gives 1 turn of Wreathed in Flames Damage is applied after Fire Defense reduction
Pyromancy	5	10	Fire	(following Pyrophobia) If your Etheric Defense > Fire Defense
''		10	Etheric	(following Pyrophobia) If your Etheric Defense ≤ Fire Defense
Pyrophobia	6	10	Fire	If your Etheric Defense > Fire Defense
''		10	Etheric	If your Etheric Defense ≤ Fire Defense
This opponent has +5 Power to all techniques when Unopposed.

Text

Technique	Text
Blazing Jaws	The skull closes its blazing jaws around you, dealing <X> damage.
Overlap Bodies	The skull rushes forward until its body overlaps with yours. As your sense of self is confused your body begins to fail for <X> damage.
Breathe Fire	The skull breathes fire on you, dealing <X> damage.
Wall of Flame	A wall of flame springs up around the skull, pushing back towards you to deal <X> damage. <You attack>, but the flames push you back, disrupting your attack and preventing all but <X> / of the damage.
Pyromancy	Following Pyrophobia, if your Etheric Defense > Fire Defense: The skull's fires push closer to you, dealing another <X> damage. Following Pyrophobia, if your Etheric Defense ≤ Fire Defense: The skull's unnatural fires continue to pursue you, dealing another <X> damage.
Pyrophobia	If your Etheric Defense > Fire Defense: The skull calls forth a blaze that crashes into you for <X> damage. If your Etheric Defense ≤ Fire Defense: The skull conjures a gout of green flame that snakes around you, dealing <X> damage.

Chains

Chain		Chance
3:2	Overlap Bodies:Blazing Jaws	1/10
4:3	Breathe Fire:Overlap Bodies	1/10
4:3	Wall of Flame:Overlap Bodies	1/10
4:3:2	Breathe Fire:Overlap Bodies:Blazing Jaws	1/10
4:3:2	Wall of Flame:Overlap Bodies:Blazing Jaws	1/10
6:5	Pyrophobia:Pyromancy	1/10
6:5:4	Pyrophobia:Pyromancy:Breathe Fire	1/10
6:5:4	Pyrophobia:Pyromancy:Wall of Flame	1/10
6:5:4:3	Pyrophobia:Pyromancy:Breathe Fire:Overlap Bodies	1/10
6:5:4:3	Pyrophobia:Pyromancy:Wall of Flame:Overlap Bodies	1/10

Notes

You devour the burning mists, feeling x Energy surge through your veins. The world around you cracks like a mirror as the mists begin eating back into you. You've gained x energy of Broken World.

You see the echo of a skull in the mists, whispering secrets of fear and fire. You learned a new Technique: Pyrophobia