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{{familiar
|famid=53
|name=Astral Badger
|H1=Come take a journey
|H2=To the center of your mind
|H3=Or just beat up foes.
|ability=Attacks enemies and unlocks trippy new content
|function=Attacks like a [[MagiMechTech MicroMechaMech|MicroMechaMech]], and drops up to five [[astral mushroom|Astral Mushrooms]] a day, which let you go into a new "[[A Journey to the Center of Your Mind|area]]."
|throne=Maximum HP/MP +10, delevels first 3 rounds of combat and drops 2 mushrooms on that third round of combat.
|hatchling=astral badger
|equipment=badger badge
|ucm=3
|oc=2
|hns=3
|sh=0
|hands=1
|wings=0
|animal=1
|clothes=0
|eyes=1
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0}}

*Regular messages:
*:<name> claws your opponent with his pan-dimensional claws for X damage.  (X = floor(weight/2) - 5 to weight - 5)
*:<name> claws your opponent with his pan-dimensional claws for X damage. If only the monster had a "non-pandimensional claws clause" in his contract.  (X = floor(weight/2) - 5 to weight - 5)
*:<name> claws your opponent with his pan-dimensional claws and bites him with his astral teeth for X damage. (X = floor(weight/2) to weight)
*:<name> claws your opponent with his pan-dimensional claws and bites him with his astral teeth for X damage. Ladies and gentlemen, coming to the stage right now: ASTRAL TEETH! (X = floor(weight/2) to weight)
*:<name> reaches into a higher plane and pulls out a snake! A snake! It's a snake! He throws the snake at your opponent, and the snake bites for X damage. It's a shame Samuel L. Jackson isn't around to see this.  (X = floor(weight/2) + 10 to weight + 10)
*Every so often, up to five times a day:
*:You hear a small *pop!* as <name> produces a rainbow-colored mushroom from... well, from somewhere. You couldn't really tell. He sniffs the mushroom, then tosses it away. You pick it up because, hey, free mushroom. {{acquire|item=astral mushroom}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]] (First three rounds) :
*:<name> badgers your opponent for a while, leaving him annoyed. {{delevel|att=5-9|def=5-9}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]] (On the third round):
*:Hey, look, some mushrooms!
{{acquire|item=spooky mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=spooky mushroom}}
<center>or</center>
{{acquire|item=knob mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=knob mushroom}}
<center>or</center>
{{acquire|item=knoll mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=knoll mushroom}}
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]] (First three rounds):
*:<name> badger badger badger badgers your opponent. {{delevel|att=5-9|def=5-9}}
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]] (On the third round):
*:<name> makes a squeaky exclamation-type noise. Mushroom, mushroom!
{{acquire|item=spooky mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=spooky mushroom}}
<center>or</center>
{{acquire|item=knob mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=knob mushroom}}
<center>or</center>
{{acquire|item=knoll mushroom}}
{{acquire|item=knoll mushroom}}
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:You witness the badger wink at you from beneath the Tam O'Shanter. Better to witness the badger than badger the witness, I always say.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:You witness the badger do a very repetitive but catchy dance around the maypole. Better to witness the badger than badger the witness, I always say.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:You witness the badger slightly shred the wax lips with his sharp teeth. Better to witness the badger than badger the witness, I always say.

==Arena Messages==
*When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:
*:<name> is lousy at scavenger hunts. He can see hundreds of dimensions at once and is never sure in which one the hunt is taking place.

==Notes==
*[[Mr. Store|Familiar of the month]] for June 2006.
*The badger attacks every round for at least one damage.
*The badger will use the claws-only attack 70% of the time, the claws+teeth 15% of the time, and the snake 15% of the time.
*After ascending, you can summon five more mushrooms that day.
*You can win astral mushrooms from each NS form.
*The [[doppelshifter]] can change into a badger and does drop mushrooms.
*If the Badger is adventuring in the Nearby Plains, you may get "It's a shame Samuel L. Jackson isn't around to see this." added at the end of an action performed in your turn. This is also true for the Battlefield.
*There exists a [[Stuffed astral badger|stuffed]] version of this familiar.
*After roughly 1 minute, the arms of the badger will move up and down in the same way as the badgers in [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/ Weebl's Badger Loop]. (also see below)
*Similar to other [[Content Familiar|Content Familiars]], the base drop rate on astral mushrooms per day decreases for every additional mushroom you get, but for each turn you spend and do not get a mushroom, the drop rate for that mushroom increases by 5 percentage points.
*Equipping the [[badger badge]] increases the base drop rate of dropping a mushroom by 5 percentage points
:{| style="text-align: center" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 border="1px"
|+ [[astral mushroom]] Drop Rates
|-
! || mushroom #
| 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5
|-
! rowspan="2"| with [[badger badge]]
! Drop Rate 
| 30% + 5%*N || 25% + 5%*N || 20% + 5%*N|| 15% + 5%*N|| 10% + 5%*N
|-
! Expected combats from last drop
| 2.81 || 3.03 || 3.42 || 3.91 || 4.52
|-
! rowspan="2"| without [[badger badge]]
! Drop Rate 
| 25% + 5%*N || 20% + 5%*N || 15% + 5%*N || 10% + 5%*N || 5% + 5%*N
|-
! Expected combats from last drop
| 3.03 || 3.42 || 3.91 || 4.52 || 5.29
|}

==References==
*The mushroom collection message, "because, hey, free mushroom" is based on a quote from ''Deep Thoughts'' by Jack Handey: "If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy."
*The Familiar's haiku references the 1968 song "Journey to the Center of the Mind" by the Amboy Dukes, of which Ted Nugent was a founding member.
*The entire badger/mushroom/snake deal is a reference to [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/ Weebl's Badger Loop]... this includes "a snake! A snake! It's a snake!".
*After 1 minute, the badger's image dances for 5 seconds in the style seen in the Badger Loop video.
*The badger reaching into a higher plane to pull out a snake is a reference to the movie [[imdb:tt0417148|''Snakes on a Plane'']], starring Samuel L. Jackson. The additional message about Samuel L. Jackson not being around to see it when adventuring in the Nearby Plains is also a reference, being a Snake on a Plain (from a plane), and apparent from the other end in the [[Higher Plane Serpents]] miss message and the [[tomb asp]] fumble message.