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{{familiar
|famid=31
|name=Personal Raincloud
|H1=May flowers? No sir.
|H2=Raindrops falling on your head
|H3=bring random goodness.
|ability=Does various weather-related things
|function=During combat, will randomly attack enemy, lower enemy's level,  or give you [[HP]] or [[MP]].  After combat, may randomly give you [[HP]] or [[MP]] or increase substat gains for a random stat.
|hatchling=personal raindrop
|throne=All Attributes +10, sometimes restores your [[HP]] and [[MP]]
|equipment=rainbow tie
|ucm=2
|sh=1
|oc=3
|hns=1
|hands=0
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=0
|eyes=0
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0}}

*Regular messages:
**During combat:
**:<name> rains on your opponent's parade. He looks sort of disappointed.{{delevel|att=X|def=Y}}
**:A bolt of lightning arcs out of <name> and strikes your opponent for X damage.
**:A bolt of lightning arcs out of <name> and recharges your batteries. So to speak. {{MP|amount=X}}
**:<name> drifts over your head and pours a refreshing Spring rain on you. {{HP|amount=X}}
**After combat:
**:<name> rises above you, and a gentle rain begins to fall. A gentle purple rain. And purple is the color of muscles! {{stat|mus=gain 2-3}}
**:<name> rises above you, and a gentle rain begins to fall. The rain refreshes your mind and your spirit. Hippy. {{stat|mys=gain 2-3}}
**:<name> rises above you, and a gentle rain begins to fall. You sing in the rain for a while, then dance in the rain. Moxious! {{stat|mox=gain 2-3}}
**:<name> rises above you, and a gentle rain begins to fall. The slightly acidic rain cleanses your pores, increasing your overall health. {{HP|amount=X}}
**:<name> rises above you, and a gentle rain begins to fall. You notice that the cloud has a golden lining, and it inspires you. {{MP|amount=X}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]
*:<Name> rains on you. It's probably because you lied when you were seventeen, but it's refreshing nonetheless, and the tiny lightning bolts are as invigorating as they are adorable. {{HP|amount=5-6}} {{MP|amount=3-4}}
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]:
*:Noticing that <name> has filled the Buddy Bjorn with rainwater, you stop to take a refreshing drink free of commie subterfuge. {{HP|amount=5-6}} {{MP|amount=3-4}}
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter|lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name>'s Tam O'Shanter whips around in the wind, snagging some extra Meat out of midair.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> does a rain dance around the maypole. Bit of a self-fulfilling dance, that.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<name> smiles quickly with the wax lips, before you can wonder how you can stick wax lips on a cloud.

==Arena Messages==
*None - familiar has no weaknesses.

==Notes==
*The value of X is between 1 and Y+3, where Y is the familiar's weight.
*When it delevels (the disappointed message), it delevels 1 to floor(weight/4) levels (similar to a [[Spooky Pirate Skeleton]]).
*The familiar acts 20+(weight*2.5)% of the time. All combat actions are equally likely.

==References==
*"May flowers" refers to the saying "April showers bring May flowers".
*One of the victory messages mentions ''[[Wikipedia:Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'', which is the name of a song/album/film by [[Wikipedia:Prince (musician)|Prince]]. The "purple is the color of muscles!" may also be a reference to the purple zits some people get when they take steroids.
*The second line of the Haiku refers to the [[Wikipedia:Burt Bacharach|Burt Bacharach]] and [[Wikipedia:Hal David|Hal David]] song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", performed by [[Wikipedia:B. J. Thomas|B.J. Thomas]] on the soundtrack of the 1969 movie ''[[Wikipedia:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid|Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''.
*The concept of a "personal raincloud" that follows someone around probably dates from the "world's worst jinx" character [[Wikipedia:Joe Btfsplk|Joe Btfsplk]] in the Al Capp comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:Li'l Abner|Li'l Abner]]''. Personal dust clouds or rainclouds have appeared with numerous other characters since then, including [[Wikipedia:Pig-Pen|Pig-Pen]] in the ''[[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]'' comic strip and the animated Schleprock in ''[[Wikipedia:The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show|The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (also a terrible jinx). Rain and rainclouds follow the character Rob McKenna in ''[[Wikipedia:So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish|So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]] wherever he goes. A localized rain-and-thundercloud also floats above the rolling home of [[Wikipedia:The Addams Family|The Addams Family]] in their original [[Wikipedia:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]] animated series.
*The name may be a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Metal Slug (series)|Metal Slug]]'' series of games, in which the player could obtain a personal thundercloud that attacked enemies with lightning bolts.

==See Also==
*[[HP Restorers]]
*[[Monster Level]]
*[[MP Restorers]]
*[[Stat Gains from Fights]]