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{{familiar
|name=Scary Death Orb
|famid=56
|H1=shiny ball of death
|H2=cuts, slices, eviscerates
|H3=who? it's not picky
|ability=Attacks your enemies (and occasionally you)
|function=Attacks either your foe (inflicting spooky damage) or you, a la [[Stab Bat]].
|throne=[[Mysticality]] +15%, sometimes gives 5-6 [[MP]].
|hatchling=scary death orb
|equipment=tuning fork
|ucm=3
|sh=2
|oc=1
|hns=0
|hands=0
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=0
|eyes=0
|mechanical=1
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=1
|flying=0
|evil=1
|bug=0}}

*Regular message(s):
*:<name> drills into your skull and siphons out some of your blood, to the tune of X damage.
*:<name> swoops at your head, but you duck just in time.
*:<name> drills into <his/her/its> skull (or skull-analogue) and siphons out {{element|Spooky|dmg=X}} HP worth of its blood. 
*:<name> swoops at <him/her/it>, but misses.
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]:
*:<name> drills into your skull, clearing out the pathways where mystical energy enters your third eye. {{MP|amount=5-6}}
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]:
*:<name> plugs itself into your ear in a way you're *really* not comfortable with, but you can't argue with the results. {{MP|amount=5-6}}
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> drills into your opponent's wallet and siphons out some extra meat.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> floats around the maypole a few times, whirring musically.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<name> bobs up and down in the air, with the wax lips stuck to its front. This is not the strangest thing you've ever seen, but it's close.

==Arena Messages==
*When entered in Hide and Seek:
*:<name> doesn't seem to be very good at hiding -- it keeps swooping out at anything it thinks looks like an ice-cream man. Which is most things, apparently.

==Notes==
*There exists a [[stuffed scary death orb|stuffed]] version of this familiar.
*Acts every round.
**Without a tuning fork, this familiar attacks the monster 66% of the time, and the player 33% of the time.
**With a tuning fork equipped, this familiar attacks the monster 80% of the time, and the player 20% of the time.
**It will succeed in its attack 10 * ceiling(X/6)% of the time, where X is the familiar's weight. This means between 1 and 6 pounds, it hits 10% of the time; from 13-18 it hits 30% of the time. Theoretically, a 55-pound Scary Death Orb will not miss.
*Regardless of opponent, a Scary Death Orb will do int(X/2)+2 to X+2 in damage, where X is the weight of the familiar.
**Damage to monsters is {{element|spooky}}.
**Damage to players is physical.

==References==
*The familiar is an homage to the shiny, flying kill-bit-sporting death balls called [[Wikipedia:Sentinel Sphere|Sentinel Spheres]] by fans of the ''[[Wikipedia:Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]'' horror movie series from which they originate.
*The arena message given when entering the Scary Death Orb into Hide and Seek is likely a reference to one of ''Phantasm'''s protagonists, Reggie (played by [[Wikipedia:Reggie Bannister|Reggie Bannister]]), who works as an ice cream vendor.
*The Scary Death Orb could also be an homage to Rover, a balloon-like security sentinel from the 1967 British Sci-fi program ''[[Wikipedia:The Prisoner|The Prisoner]]''. It chases and kills or pacifies individuals who attempt to leave "the Village" and is a primary antagonist for Number Six. It was parodied on ''The Simpsons'' at least [[Wikipedia:The Joy of Sect|two]] [[Wikipedia:The Computer Wore Menace Shoes|times]].
* Additionally, The Scary Death Orb could be a reference to the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/IT-O_Interrogator IT-O Interrogator] in the Star Wars movie [[Wikipedia:Star Wars: A New Hope|Star Wars: A New Hope]]
* Due to the Tuning Fork familiar equipment, this is a reference to Phantasm, as the tuning fork is a key plot device in this movie.

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