Plexiglass pith helmet

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plexiglass pith helmet
plexiglass pith helmet

This helmet is the clearest of the clear, the strangest of the strange. Forged beneath the misty mountains by 7-foot dwarves (or possibly forged in a nice house in the suburbs by slightly taller-than-average accountants), it is shiny, indestructible, and undeniably badass. Wear this and you're bound to be full of pith. Vinegar is optional.

Type: hat
Power: 180
Moxie Required: 75

Outfit: Transparent Trappings
  (6 items)


Cannot be traded or discarded

+5 to Familiar Weight
Regenerate 10-12 HP and 10-12 MP per adventure
Muscle +30%


(In-game plural: plexiglass pith helmets)
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Item number: 1231
Description ID: 954817595
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Obtained From

Ascension Reward
Complete a hardcore oxygenarian ascension as a Turtle Tamer.

Notes

  • Oddly enough, headbutt recognizes this item as a turtle helmet and thus deals more damage when this item is equipped.
  • On June 30, 2006, the regeneration aspect of the helmet was changed from its original value of 4-8 HP and 4-8 MP to its current 10-12 HP and 10-12 MP.
  • While certainly "shiny ... and undeniably badass," it is not quite indestructible; it can be pulverized.

References

  • The item description semi-quotes the song "Queer", by Garbage: "The queerest of the queer/The strangest of the strange..."
  • The Misty Mountains is a reference to the Lord of the Rings books by J. R. R. Tolkien.
  • The last two sentences are a play on the phrase "full of piss and vinegar," meaning feisty and/or full of energy. ("Pith and vinegar" is a common bowdlerization of "piss and vinegar", and thus it is conceivable that Jick was directly playing off of the "pith" version.)

See Also

Collection

  • 🥇: watchless dead guy (#343975) - 50
  • 🥈: Schlurp (#1470756) - 40
  • 🥉: LuxNecronis (#718270) - 30
  • #4: Iron Bob (#592920) - 24
  • #5: Cristiona (#626099) - 22
  • #6: Karl Marx (#1288066) - 20
  • #7: SRO (#303371), warebar (#34061) - 17
  • #9: GCByzantine (#611169) - 16
  • #10: smash24 (#593127) - 14

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Ascension Rewards
Gemstones: pork elf goodies sack (baconstone - hamethyst - porquoise)
Paths: Retenez L'Herbe Paté - bottle of single-barrel whiskey - Breathetastic™ Premium Canned Air
Challenge Paths (any time): Thwaitgold statuette - note from Clancy - dice gear - Garland of Greatness -
ring - Manual of Lock Picking - ert grey goo ring - quantum of familiar -
The Big Book of Every Skill - residual chitin paste
Challenge Paths (in-season only): bottled day - beautiful rainbow - picky tweezers - still-beating spleen -
bowl of Tastee-Wheet™ - adventurer bobblehead - License To Kill - perfectly fair coin -
Booke of Vampyric Knowledge - The Imploded World - red coin
Other: disassembled clover (formerly) - big rock

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pie clip
 
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wizard's pouch
 
water purifier
 
whoopie panama
 
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skullcap
 
solitaire
 
scarf
 
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suspenders
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pikestaff
 
pith helmet
 
pocketwatch
 
pinky ring
 
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