Talk:Scintillating powder
I got this as a noncombat adventure in the kitchen. Using this item as a pastamancer allowed me to summon a spirit called Hickhock during the first round of combat for no mana:
- You conjure up a swirling cloud of spicy dried couscous, and there is a crackle of psychokinetic energy as Hickhock possesses it.
http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/adventureimages/spiceghost.gif
During combat, the picture of the spirit appeared left of the monster picture and one of the following messages was shown every round:
- Hickhock raises his power bands and fires a cloud of confusing spice at your opponent.
- Hickhock asks your opponent if she is getting enough oxygen, which is pretty much guaranteed to be "no," because of the choking cloud of spice around her head.
- Hickhock engulfs your opponent's head, raising a choking cloud of spice.
No idea what anything of this does.
After combat, this text sometimes appered:
- Hickhock looks stronger...
The first time I used it, I got spices after combat, but I didn't save the message.
After a few times, I would get
- Your brain feels tired.
and then
- You are mentally exhausted by the effort of summoning Hickhock.
when summoning it, after which I was no longer able to summon him. I have not been able to get a second one of these.
--Missim 10:01, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
- It's Space Ghost! Well, sort of. --Quietust (t|c) 10:10, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
- Naw, it's definitely him! -MarcyRoni 10:47, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
- It's Spice Ghost, I think. --Drab Emordnilap 10:50, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
- Naw, it's definitely him! -MarcyRoni 10:47, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
Bukbak shakes loose a considerable quantity of spice. You conjure up a canister and collect it.
You acquire an item: spices
---Chopstix
OK, I got one of these today and tested it. I was able to summon 10 times. As other people have mentioned, it's like pickpocket in that you can only cast it if you get the jump. On summon #8 I started getting the "brain feels tired" message and I got the "exhausted" message on the final summon. I got the "<name> looks stronger" message on summon #4 and again at #9. This is consistent with familiar weight gain, actually. Spices dropped for me only off summon #1. Finally, my ghost acted (I'm going to assume it was deleveling) every round. --Prestige 07:35, 12 April 2008 (CDT)
- One the two days when I've had this, I got spices on summon #1 and no others. Because my pastamancer is brand new, I can't really test deleveling yet. (Hopefully tomorrow.) --Starwed 01:34, 13 April 2008 (CDT)
If the leveling is consistent with familiar weight gain, is it possible that Brother Corsican's blessing affects it?--Antoids 19:24, 13 April 2008 (CDT)
Shouldn't Ghostbusters be added as a reference (PKE)? --Antoids 12:23, 27 April 2008 (CDT)
Found the plural for this item by selling two of them.
- "You sell your 2 scintillating powders to an intelligent shade of blue for 800 Meat."--Vladimir 22:04, 22 May 2008 (CDT)
PKE reference
In this case PKE is a reference to Public Key Encryption, I think, re: copyright violation. Makes more sense than Ghostbusters, even if this is a ghost.--Fotav 03:43, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
