Talk:My Own Pen Pal kit

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Checked my messages after using, got this:

Dear Necrogetti: I hope that your father is as strong as a mighty oak. (I thought it would be funny to say that.)

I still have to depilitate my little sister to earn my allowance, and I usually blow it on comic books and bubble gum. My favorite comic right now is The Legend of Biff Black -- I can't believe the stuff he gets up to every month!

You'll never guess what my buddy Todd Tyson showed me after school today. He had this magazine that he said his dad keeps hidden under a mattress, and he totally stole it. So, he opens the magazine and there's this big fold-out poster in the middle, and... The poster was this big list of instructions for remixing Lucky Surprise Eggs. I don't know why you'd hide a magazine like that, and I'm not sure why I was so disappointed. Go fig.

Victor from my science class has a broken foot, so I made him this special crutch to help him walk faster. He didn't like it, though. It's too short for me, so I guess you can have it.

You acquire an item: electric crutch Okay, gotta go. Write me back! Your pen pal, Benny Banks

electric crutch Attaching a bunch of batteries and wires to this metal crutch made it less effective as a crutch, but far more effective as an armpit shocker.

Type: weapon (1-handed staff) Power: 30 Selling Price: 300 Meat. Enchantment: Spell Damage +20

Lvl 8 Sauceror.--Necrogetti 06:47, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Another message

Heyo!

Coach Cervantes made us all take an extra shower after gym class today. Sometimes I wonder about that guy.

Today we were sitting around the fort and Ronnie said we should do a raid on the fort that the kids from the other side of town made. It sounded like a good idea until Benny pointed out that Big Matty is in their gang. That took the wind out of our sails pretty quick! That guy is HUGE, and I bet he has to shave like twice a day. So we built laser-guided missiles in case they decide to raid us.

My mom made me a super scary monster suit for the school play. She had to make two pairs of pants, though, because she made the first ones too big. Maybe they'll fit you? monster pants You acquire an item: monster pants Okay, smell ya later!

Your pen pal, Charlie Cox

Another message

Dear Modran:

I hope that your wife is fresh as the morning dew. (My teacher, Mrs. Jacobson, said to always be polite.)

My buddies and I joined an after-school Quidditch team. Oh, I think you call it "billiards" over there, is that right? How confusing. Anyway, my mom says I spend way too much time playing video games (I like Zombie Zone 6 the best), so I have to play outside so I don't get fat. Whatever! I only weigh 2200 candygrams. I'm not sure how that converts to whatever weight you guys use.

My mom says I should hang out with the new kid at school. His name's Carter Bush, if you can believe it. His mom packs him these weird organic lunches and when he gets close to peanuts, he swells up like a balloon. It's kind of a cool trick. I dunno. He's kind of a Poindexter, but I'm trying. I even traded him my hamburger rolls at lunch yesterday for one of his gluten-free vegetable protein smoothies. I should get a medal.

My mom got this big variety pack of juice boxes, and it came with this super-gross one -- I dare you to drink it! fish juice box You acquire an item: fish juice box My dad's shouting about something, I'd better go see what he wants. Bye!

Your pen pal, Nate Nelson--Modran 07:22, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Names

As far as I can see from today stories, everyones first and last name start with the same letter (Benny Banks, Charlie Cox, Nate Nelson). So maybe there are 26 different messages and 26 different items... Just an idea --Christog 08:42, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

  • I got a message from Chip Cotton, so that rules this idea out... Though we should compile a list of names, like the hobo names. --Turing 14:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Items Not Random

According to the forums, "There is no randomness associated with the gifts you get from your pen pal in Ronin or Hardcore". There is also an additional tier of items that DO seem to be randomized for players in aftercore. But more pertinently, it seems that on a fresh ascension, a class is given a class(or stat?) specific equipment as their first item. This item also has a 200 meat sell price and no stat requirements.

Whether the items are given out depending on what level you are or whether you have an item of that type in your inventory remains to be seen.--Darkwolf 10:06, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Items appear to be given out based on your classes main stat but are not class specific. They also appear to be based on what level you are to some extent. Each additional tier's sell price seems to increment its sell price by 100 meat, making them easier to predict before we see them all. --Darkwolf 20:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm simplifying the below list to show the preducited outcome

Moxie
Level 1-5: rubber band gun, 1 handed ranged, +5 moxie, 200 meat sell price
Level 6-9: pin-stripe slacks, pants, +20% ini, 300 meat sell price
Level 11-13: sticky gloves, +20% pick pocket acc, 400 meat sell price

Myst
Level 1-5: Van der Graaf helmet, +mp and mana regen, 200 meat sell price
level 6-9: electric crutch, 1 handed staff, +20 spell damage, 300 meat sell price
level 11-13: shock belt, acc, 2 turn stun on being hit, 400 meat sell price

Muscle
level 1-5: ashtray, Sheild, +5 muslce, 200 meat sell price
level 6-9: orange leather lanyard, acc, +15 weapon damage, 300 meat sell price
level 11-13: monster pants, pants, x3 crit, 400 sell price)

Aftercore Items:
Ultracolor™ shirt
Pokëmann figurines
Li'l Businessman Kit
Nuclear Blastball
willyweed (sea content)
fish juice box
paint bomb
stress ball


Squeeze Ball

Dear X:

I hope that your cousin is as strong as a mighty oak. (That's how my grandma says I should start letters. Only she calls 'em "missives" -- what's that all about?)

Today at school Mrs. Davidson taught us all about drawing a pair of suspenders. I was pretty neat at it.

After school, I usually hang out with my friends, unless they ask me if I want to do drugs. Then I say, "I like you, but I don't like drugs. Let's play cards instead!" That usually cures my problem of having any friends.

My dad went a little crazy last night and painted my whole room cerulean. And I mean the *whole* room. So now my sheets are all stiff and everything smells like wet paint. Do you know how to get paint off of a video game? I'm seriously jonesing without my Call of Island 15 -- I mean, I just unlocked the variant Emerald Mount before all this happened!

My mom gave my dad this rubber ball thing as a present. He got pretty mad, and said "That's not what I meant." Then he gave the ball to me and locked himself in his study. I played with it for a while, but got bored, so I figured I'd send it on to you. stress ball You acquire an item: stress ball Not much else has been happening. Bye!

Your pen pal, Timmy Thompson

stress ball -- This is a rubber ball that you're supposed to hold in your hand and squeeze when you feel stressed out. If the only thing that stresses you out is not having both of your hands free, you don't need it. -- Type: off-hand item Mysticality Required: 35 Selling Price: 40 Meat.

Enchantment: Maximum HP/MP +100

Sticky Gloves

I received this as a Level 12 Disco Bandit, in HC - Boozeafarian.

Dear Soldan:

Hello!

We had a math test at school today. Even though I studied for a good 9 hours, I still only got a C on it. It sucks, because my Dad said if I got an A, he would buy me a bag of my favorite candy, Gooey Bobcat Snakes. Oh, well.

Today Chuckie Potter came over after school and I showed him my pet banana slug, Cutesworth. He said that was a dumb name and said I should've named it Tiny, but what does he know? He named his pet hissing cockroach Rex, and that's just ridiculous.

I invented these great gloves. They're regular gloves, but they're covered with maple syrup on the outside, so it's way easier to pick stuff up. Mr. Davis at the comic book shop said it made it a little too easy to pick stuff up, especially stuff like Pokëmann cards I hadn't paid for. He banned me from the store until I got rid of the gloves, but they're so cool that somebody ought to have them. sticky gloves You acquire an item: sticky gloves That's all I can think of to tell you. See you later! (Well not really but you know what I mean.)

Your pen pal, Larry Leach

sticky gloves

In addition to being tacky -- seriously, red and purple plaid? -- these gloves are sticky. They're covered with some kind of viscous syrup that smells edible but probably isn't. They're not meant to be a fashion statement, though; they're for all your illicit gaffling needs.

Type: accessory Selling Price: 400 Meat. Enchantment: +20% Pickpocket Chance NOTE: You may not equip more than one of this item at a time. --

Another Message

As a level 8 Seal Clubber:

Dear KamikazePilot: I hope that your niece is fresh as the morning dew. (I learned that in school!)

I just read a bunch of manuals about braiding little green army men, and can't wait to try it!

Are you good at video games? I can't beat Area 6-7 of Mortal Hill 7. It's got platforms that disappear and too many turrets and IF you make it to the boss he shoots you with missiles and if he kills you, you have to go all the way back to the beginning! Arrrrrrrrrgh!! Mom heard me yelling at it and said if I wasn't having fun I should stop playing. Parents just don't understand video games!

I bought some new Pokëmann figurines today. I wish you could pick the one you got, I keep getting doubles! You can have this one.

You acquire an item: Pokëmann figurine: Hoboking

I'll tell you more about it next time. Your pen pal, Mikey Moses

Pokëmann figurine: Hoboking

Pokëdex Entry: #0034 Figurine Code: 8/15 Name: Hoboking Type: Normal, Bum Special Attack: Hobo Mud Hoboking, the Derelict Pokëmann. Will often refuse to obey commands, out of pride and/or laziness, but is quite adept at stealing pies from windowsills.

Type: accessory Cannot be discarded

Enchantment: So-So Stench Resistance

NOTE: You may not equip more than one of this item at a time. --Kamikazepilot 15:30, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Category

It seems like there is the potential for a whole mess of new items coming from the daily messages. Would it behoove us to set up a Category:Pen Pal Items or something similar to assist in keeping these organized? --Soldan

  • Yes, please! Also, we need to dissect and list the Pen Pal messages and their parts somewhere. --Turing 17:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
    • Waiting to hear on the Standards page, only reply so far was a nay. A table with links to each item page may be better than what we have going at the moment, as it is going to take up a lot of space on the page depending on how many unspaded items there are. --Soldan
      • Usually we only categorize items together if they have a common mechanic in how they work. If you're really interested in keeping track of all of them, you can take a look at itemids 5074-5112 in those lists. At last check I think there were only about 10 or so blank spots.--Toffile 19:11, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
  • This item works in a unique way, so there isn't already a set way to handle it. Though since these items are not actually received from this item, but from Your Pen Pal, maybe we should create that page to put all the kmails texts, items, pen pal name formula, frequency of kmails, etc. there. This item gives you a pen pal when used, not really directly dropping any items. --JRSiebz (☎|§|‡) 03:22, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
    • Yeah, I've been thinking we should do this. It should also help standardize the "Obtained From" section of all these items. --Turing 03:29, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

A new item

Dear gianterq: I hope this letter finds you well. (I learned that in school!)

Life here is the same as it ever was. Every morning, I have to laminate the dishes before I can eat breakfast. Usually, I have a big plate of mini-quiches with a side of parsnips, and wash it down with a glass of "juice".

Yesterday I dared Donny Bender to throw a rock at Old Mr. Thompson's house. I didn't think he'd do it, but he totally did! The old man came running out in a dirty old bathrobe, waving his cane and yelling. I didn't really hear what he said because I was running too hard, but it sounded like "Arrrrgh blargle blargle blargle!" It was really scary, I thought he was gonna kill us! He isn't a very fast runner though.

I found this in the trash by my mom's desk -- it smells kind of funny. I thought maybe you'd know what it was for.

You acquire an item: correction fluid Anyway, talk to you later! Your pen pal, Chuckie Cole


correction fluid This is a bottle labeled "typewriter correction fluid". Since you almost never use a typewriter anymore, maybe you could use it to correct a different problem -- that problem you have where your enemies bloodstreams are frequently not at all filled with deadly toxic correction fluid.

Type: potion Effect: The Solution Duration: 30 Adventures Selling Price: 100 Meat.


The Solution

Your weapon is coated in highly toxic typewriter correction fluid. To an Adventurer with only a poison-coated weapon, every problem looks like an unpoisoned monster. Weapon Damage +25


Hopefully I did that right. --Gianterq 04:53, 4 May 2011 (UTC)


i too got a new item: [ http://www7.kingdomofloathing.com/desc_item.php?whichitem=788627405]

box of Pokëmann band-aids

This is a tin of band-aids with various Pokëmann characters printed on it. If it did what it says on the tin, it'd simultaneously freeze, incinerate, crush and electrocute you, so let's hope it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Type: usable Selling Price: 100 Meat.


When Used:

You open the tin and dump out the band-aids. Hmm. Turns out it was mostly empty. Pokëmann band-aid You acquire 6 Pokëmann band-aids

[1]

--Loretta Mcfunk 05:49, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

'nother 'ssage

Dear Modran:

I hope your skull has been freshly washed. (That's how my mom says I should start letters. Only she calls 'em "missives" -- what's that all about?)

We just added a council chamber to the awesome tree fort that me and Willy and Larry are building. Some of the girls came by while we were working on it, but we told them "No Girls Allowed." Then I had to run after and tell Addison Rodriguez that she could come look after the other guys were gone.

All of my friends are getting into arranging model airplanes, but I think it's just a fad.

My mom gave my dad this rubber ball thing as a present. He got pretty mad, and said "That's not what I meant." Then he gave the ball to me and locked himself in his study. I played with it for a while, but got bored, so I figured I'd send it on to you.

Anyway, talk to you later!

Your pen pal, Nate Nelson --Modran 06:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Hiya!

My mom totally spied through all my stuff and took all of the best issues of Sergeant Malvolio and the Viridian Fiends, can you believe it! I mean, sure, there's that scene where the guy gets his lymph node punched through with a railroad spike, but c'mon. I'm mature enough to handle that.

Jamie Rollins asked me to go to the Sladie Thompkins dance with her. I haven't decided. She's alright, I guess. She's funny, and kind of cute. It's better than not being asked at all. I'd rather go with Morgan Morrison, but she's going out Mr. Bigshot golf star Carter Hatfield, so fat chance of that. He thinks he's so cool, but he's a huge jerk. I don't know what she sees in him.

Do you collect Pokëmanns? I think they're neat. I got doubles of this one, so you can have it. My dad's shouting about something, I'd better go see what he wants. Bye!

Your pen pal, Nate Nelson--Modran 06:20, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Level incorrect?

Hmm, did I forget to save? Anyway... got an Okee-Dokee soda on day 3 which I started at level 9. So the table on the main page is either wrong, or it's confusing me, since I interpreted it to mean level 9 would get me a shock belt. The table up there ^^^ seems quite different. -Greycat 14:09, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

I agree, the table on the main page is wrong and should be fixed. I just got a correction fluid at level 9 instead of sticky gloves (already had the slacks). Do you need to be level 10 or 11 to get the last item? --Anmbia 06:29, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


As a level 9 AT, I just got the pin-stripe slacks rather than the expected sticky gloves. I autosold my slacks yesterday, so is that it? The way the page reads makes me think I should have gotten the sticky gloves. --CheezyBob 05:23, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


Don't know why the tables said 9, guess someone made a bad guess? Likewise with the table further up the talk page. Anyway, the data here indicates that the breakpoints are levels 5 and 10. --Starwed 15:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Closet info incorrect?

I put my pin-stripped pants in the closet, and recieved another pair the next day - this contradicts the info on the PP kit page. --Grimdel 19:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

  • Got a third pair of pin-stripped pants today w/ the other two in the closet. The iotm does not check your closet --Grimdel 17:46, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Limit to items received if not logging in

After not logging in for over a month, it seems you're limited to only receiving a maximum of 5 items at once. Anybody want to confirm? --Melon 09:46, 30 June 2011 (CEST)

load up, load up

  • the double bullet is a wiki thing. the list level is two but the preceeding paragraph is not part of a list. you get the same effect if you leave blank lines between list items. (so don't do that.) the only way I can think of to fix this is to remove one or both of the asterisks. research (or someone useful) needed. --Evilkolbot (talk) 08:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
    • I know, I said it because I can't seem to find a way to make it work with the table. — Cool12309 (talk) 11:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
      • to answer the question you pose in your edit comment, i start a discussion with a bullet because it's in the Established Standards for the main space and i'd rather people didn't get the wrong idea. --Evilkolbot (talk) 12:34, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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