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{{familiar
|famid=44
|name=Sweet Nutcracker
|H1=Little wood soldier
|H2=Inspiration in his dance
|H3=No bark, but strong bite.
|ability=Attacks enemies and buffs you in combat
|function=Attacks like a [[Ghost Pickle on a Stick|pickle]] and occasionally [[buff]]s you.
|throne=Regenerate 2-8 [[HP]] and [[MP]] per adventure, sometimes gives either a [[fruitcake]], [[candy cane]], [[gingerbread bugbear]], or an [[eggnog]].
|hatchling=sweet nutcracker
|equipment=metal mandible
|ucm=2
|sh=3
|oc=0
|hns=1
|hands=0
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=1
|eyes=1
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=1
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0}}

*Regular Messages:
*:<name> tries to crack your opponent like a nut, but misses.
*:<name> bites him with a resounding "clop," doing X damage
*:<name> performs a passable rendition of the "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies."{{acquireEffect|effect=Aspect of the GravyPlum Fairy|duration=Y}}
*:<name> hops around and kicks its little wooden legs in a decent attempt at "The Russian Dance."{{acquireEffect|effect=Rushin' Hands|duration=Y}}
*:<name> simultaneously ululates and gyrates as it goes through the motions of "The Arabian Dance."{{acquireEffect|effect=Arabian Knighthood|duration=Y}}
*:<name> does its best to bow to you before dancing an ungainly rendition of "The Chinese Dance."{{acquireEffect|effect=Oriental Mysticism|duration=Y}}
*:<name> skips stiffly around in what appears to be "The Dance of the Reed Pipes."{{acquireEffect|effect=Reedy Pipes|duration=Y}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]:
*:<Name> goes *clop clop clop* atop your head, then gives you a present to make up for all of the clopping.
<center>{{acquire|item=candy cane}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=gingerbread bugbear}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=eggnog}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=fruitcake}}</center>
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]:
*:You hear a ''clop clop clop'' sound behind you, and <name> passes you a gift. You decide to not look either the gift or the giver in the mouth. 
<center>{{acquire|item=candy cane}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=gingerbread bugbear}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=eggnog}}
''or''
{{acquire|item=fruitcake}}</center>
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> somehow winks one painted eye underneath the Tam O'Shanter.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> does the "Dance of the Phat Loot" around the maypole.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<name> makes muffled "clop" noises underneath the wax lips.

==Arena Messages==
*When entered in an Obstacle Course:
*:Anything without knees has a tough time in the obstacle course, and <name>, sadly, lacks knees.

==Notes==
*This familiar will attack every round of combat.
**Damage ranges from X/2+1 to X+7, where X is the weight of the familiar.
**This familiar will hit successfully 40 + 10*(ceiling(X/5))%. This means between 1-5 pounds, the familiar hits 50% of the time. Between 16-20 pounds, the familiar hits 80% of the time, and appears to not miss at 26 pounds and above.
*The buff duration is equal to its weight divided by three, rounded up.
*The Nutcracker can buff you against the Naughty Sorceress, any round.
*The buffs are cast on the first round of combat.

==References==
*The name of this familiar is a play on [[Wikipedia:The Nutcracker|''The Nutcracker Suite'']], a condensed version of [[Wikipedia:The Nutcracker|''The Nutcracker'']], a lengthy ballet composed by [[Wikipedia:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].
*Each buff message mentions a dance - "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies", "The Russian Dance", "The Arabian Dance", and "The Dance of the Reed Pipes", all of which are segments from ''The Nutcracker'' and/or ''The Nutcracker Suite''. The "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies" is a [[Baby Gravy Fairy|gravy-fairyation]] of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy".
*The buddy bjorn message refers to the proverb "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".

==See Also==
*[[Monster Level]]
[[Category:Robotic Familiars]]