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[[Image:turtletamer.gif|Male]]
[[Image:turtletamer_f.gif|Female]]
[[Image:class2.gif|Tattoo]]
[[Image:class2hc.gif|Hardcore Tattoo]]
[[Image:class2hco.gif|Hardcore Oxygenarian Tattoo]]
[[Image:Revclass2.gif|Legendary Regalia Tattoo]]
[[Image:revturtletamer_f.gif|Legendary Regalia Female]]
[[Image:revturtletamer.gif|Legendary Regalia Male]]
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The '''[[Turtle Tamer]]''' class skill system was revamped on November 8, 2013. The following is an archive of the class page prior to the change.

==Description==
*(Male) The [[Turtle Tamer]]'s mystical connection with his terrapin brethren imbues him with great power. He excels at moving very slowly and winning footraces with smug satisfaction. His [[Muscle]] is the key to his success, and to his long lifespan.
*(Female) The [[Turtle Tamer]]'s mystical connection with her terrapin sisters imbues her with great power. She excels at moving very slowly and winning footraces with smug satisfaction. Her [[Muscle]] is the key to her success, and to her long lifespan.

==Skills==
Most Turtle Tamer skills are learned from [[The Brotherhood of the Smackdown]]. All Turtle Tamers begin the game with [[Patience of the Tortoise (skill)|Patience of the Tortoise]] and [[Toss]].

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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" valign="center"
| '''Level'''
| '''Skill'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Effect'''
| '''Type'''
| '''MP Cost'''
| '''Train Cost'''
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Patience of the Tortoise (skill)}}
| By reflecting on the nature of the Tortoise, you can gain temporary enlightenment. Your Strengthliness and maximum HP will increase for a period of time.
| [[Patience of the Tortoise (effect)|Patience of the Tortoise]]<br />(+1 [[Muscle Modifiers|Muscle]] and +3 [[HP Modifiers|HP]])<br />(5 Adventures)
| align="center" | Non-combat
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | N/A
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align ="center" | 0
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Toss}}
| This skill allows you to toss your familiar, if you have one, or something else, if you don't. Just make sure that something else isn't a dwarf -- nobody does that, y'know?
| [[Familiar Weight|Weight]] <7lbs:(weight+3) damage; otherwise: (10+floor(sqrt(weight-7))) damage
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | N/A
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Headbutt}}
| This skill allows you to follow up a successful attack with a vicious headbutt to your opponent. The damage done by the headbutt is increased if you're wearing any kind of turtle as a helmet.
| [[Weapon Damage|Regular Attack]] + 10-20% of helmet power (min 1) damage; bonus with turtle helmets
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 250 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Skin of the Leatherback}}
| This skill makes it so your back is thick, like leather. Like a leather back. Like a leatherback. You'll take less damage from enemy attacks.
| [[Damage Reduction|Reduces damage]] taken by floor(level/2), minimum 1
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Amphibian Sympathy}}
| Being sympathetic to the ins and outs of the amphibian lifestyle makes you more sympathetic to the lifestyles of all creatures. Your familiars will be more sympathetic and more powerful as a result of your powerful sympathy.
| +5 to [[Familiar Weight]]<br />-5 pounds to [[Inflatable Dodecapede]]
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 1000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Ghostly Shell (skill)}}
| This skill conjures the shell of a ghostly tortoise, which envelops you (or another player) in a protective shield, greatly reducing damage taken in combat.
| [[Ghostly Shell (effect)|Ghostly Shell]]<br />(+80 [[Damage Absorption]])<br />(X Adventures)
| align="center" | [[Buff]]
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 1500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Armorcraftiness}}
| This skill allows you to make advanced helmets and pants. Advanced pants.
| Allows you to make advanced Helmets, Pants, Shirts and Bucklers at the cost of 1 Adventure
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 2500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Tenacity of the Snapper (skill)}}
| This skill makes you (or another player) relentless in combat, like the fierce Snapping Turtles of the Days of Old. It will increase the damage done by each strike.
| [[Tenacity of the Snapper (effect)|Tenacity of the Snapper]]<br />(+8 [[Bonus Weapon Damage|Weapon Damage]])<br />(X Adventures)
| align="center" | [[Buff]]
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 3500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Kneebutt}}
| If you can almost hear your opponent thinking "I need you to knee me," this is the perfect skill for you. Nothing takes an opponent down a notch (MAB!) more than a well-placed knee to the naughty bits.
| 
* [[Weapon Damage|Regular Attack]] + 10-20% of pants power (min 1) damage
* +20 Muscle for [[Hit Chance]]
* 50% chance of [[Stunning|stun]]
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 5000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Empathy of the Newt}}
| This skill makes you (or another person) temporarily gain an uncanny empathy towards your (or their) familiar
| [[Empathy]]<br />(+5 to [[Familiar Weight]])<br />(X Adventures)
| align="center" | [[Buff]]
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 6500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Reptilian Fortitude (skill)}}
| By imbuing you with the physical strength of 1000 snakes and lizards, this skill temporarily boosts your maximum HP.
| [[Reptilian Fortitude (effect)|Reptilian Fortitude]]<br />(+30 [[HP Modifiers|HP]])<br />(X Adventures)
| align="center" | [[Buff]]
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 8000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Shieldbutt}}
| We all know that a shield is primarily used to, y'know, shield one from damage. With this skill, though, your shield becomes a powerful weapon as well. Your attacks will do extra damage based on your shield power. Just try and resist the urge to change into a blue leotard with little wings on the cowl.
| 
* Damage based on shield
* -5 [[Monster Level|Monster Attack]]
* Never misses 
* Must be wearing a shield as your off-hand item
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 10000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Wisdom of the Elder Tortoises}}
| You have achieved a level of awareness that almost matches that of the Elder Tortoises in the Days of Old. Your maximum MP is dramatically increased.
| +50% [[MP Modifiers|MP]]
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 12500 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Astral Shell (skill)}}
| This is a vastly improved version of the Ghostly Shell skill. It increases the amount of damage absorbed by your (or another player's) hat and pants in combat. Additionally, it will protect you (to a limited degree) from the elements of heat, cold, stench, spookiness, and sleaziness.
| [[Astral Shell (effect)|Astral Shell]]<br />(+80 [[Damage Absorption]])<br />Slight resistance to all [[Elemental Resistance|elemental damage]]<br />(X Adventures)
| align="center" | [[Buff]]
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 15000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Cold-Blooded Fearlessness}}
| Ever wonder why turtles never run? It's because they're not afraid of anything, man. This skill will make you more like them -- spooky stuff won't spook you as much.
| So-So {{element|Spooky|Resistance}}
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 20000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Hero of the Half-Shell}}
| Your mastery of shields has elevated you to hero-like status amongst your tortoise brethren. Your skills have the beauty and balance of a Renaissance painting. As such, whenever you take damage in combat, your Muscle will be used to reduce the damage you take instead of Moxie, whenever you are wielding a shield.<br /><br />NOTE: This will only take effect if your Muscle is higher than your Moxie.
| [[Damage Reduction]] normally influenced by Moxie is based on Muscle when wearing a shield (Unless your Moxie is higher)
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 25000 Meat
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Tao of the Terrapin}}
| Like hippies, turtles live in their clothes. Unlike hippies, turtles' clothes provide a hard protective shell for their sensitive innards. Well, unlike hippies who are only on day fifteen of a new outfit. You have sufficiently pondered the mystery of the turtle, whose clothes are both home and protection, to understand how to imbue your clothing with the same properties. As such, any hat or pants you equip will be doubled in power. Now go take a shower, hippy.
| Doubles power of [[:Category:Hats|hats]] and [[pants]] for the purposes of calculating [[Damage Absorption]] and [[Headbutt|Tamer]] [[Kneebutt|combat]] [[Shieldbutt|skills]].
| align="center" | Passive
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 30000 Meat
|- align="center" valign="center"
| style="height: 40px" colspan="7" | '''[[Spookyraven Manor Quest|Spookyraven Manor Quest Skill]]'''
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Spectral Snapper}}
| This skill allows you to summon the spirit of a deceased snapping turtle.
| (10-40) + ([[Muscle]]/5) '''{{element|Spooky|}}''' Damage
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | N/A
|- align="center" valign="center"
| style="height: 40px" colspan="7" | '''[[Sea_Monkees_Quest#Rewards|Sea Floor Skill]]'''
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Summon Leviatuga}}
| You've learned to call upon Leviatuga, the Great Turtle of the Deep. He'll heed your call, and bite your enemies with his ancient, powerful jaws. 
| 300-350 damage; works only underwater
| align="center" | Combat
| align="center" | 40
| align="center" | N/A
|- align="center" valign="center"
| style="height: 40px" colspan="7" | '''[[Crimbo Town (2009)|Crimbo '09 Skill]]'''
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Jingle Bells}}
| This skill allows you to conjure up some festive holiday bells to hang around your familiar's neck. Or around something else, if your familiar is something that doesn't have a neck.
| [[Jingle Jangle Jingle]]<br /> (Familiar will act more often in combat) <br /> (x Adventures)
| align="center" | Buff
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | N/A
|- align="center" valign="center"
| style="height: 40px" colspan="7" | '''[[The Traveling Trader|The Traveling Trader Skill]]'''
|- align="left" valign="top"
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | {{StackItem|Curiosity of Br'er Tarrypin (skill)}}
| This skill allows you to bestow upon yourself (or another player) the homespun wisdom and innate curiosity of an anthropomorphic turtle in a folk tale.
| [[Curiosity of Br'er Tarrypin (effect)|Curiosity of Br'er Tarrypin]]<br /> (+1 Familiar Experience Per Combat)<br /> (x Adventures)
| align="center" | Buff
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | N/A
|}

==Levels==
{{Levels|stat=Muscle|level1=Toad Coach|level2=Skink Trainer|level3=Frog Director|level4=Gecko Supervisor|level5=Newt Herder|level6=Frog Boss|level7=Iguana Driver|level8=Salamander Subduer|level9=Bullfrog Overseer|level10=Rattlesnake Chief|level11=Crocodile Lord|level12=Cobra Commander|level13=Alligator Subjugator|level14=Asp Master|level15=Turtle Tamer}}
==Class-Specific Powers==
*'''+50% HP:''' Turtle Tamers (and Seal Clubbers) have an innate 50% bonus to their maximum [[HP]].
*'''[[Turtle Taming]]:''' Turtle Tamers can use [[turtle pheromones]] to find various turtle items around the Kingdom with no Adventure cost.
*'''Butt Combos:''' Turtle Tamers can combine [[Headbutt|Head-]], [[Kneebutt|Knee-]], and/or [[Shieldbutt]] into one attack, with all the effects of each part of the combo. The MP cost for any combo is the total cost of all skills involved plus 1, affected only once by [[Skill MP Cost Modifiers]].
*Turtle Tamers who have passed their guild's test can access [[The Smacketeria]] and, if they have learned [[Pulverize]], use [[The Malus of Forethought]].
*Turtle Tamers can cast [[Toss]] in combat for 0 MP.
*The [[Untamed Turtle]]'s attack-blocking ability is more powerful if you are a Turtle Tamer.

==Class Gear==
*Turtle Tamers start with a [[helmet turtle]] and a [[turtle totem]] in their inventory.
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Epic Weapons|Epic Weapon]] is the [[Mace of the Tortoise]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Legendary Epic Weapon]] is the [[Chelonian Morningstar]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Ultimate Legendary Epic Weapon]] is the [[Flail of the Seven Aspects]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Epic Hats|Epic Hat]] is the [[Elder Turtle Shell]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Epic Pants]] are the [[Galapagosian Cuisses]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Epic Accessories|Epic Accessory]] is the [[Garter of the Turtle Poacher]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Legendary Regalia]] is the [[Legendary Regalia of the Chelonian Overlord]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Hardcore]] [[ascension]] reward is the [[stainless steel skullcap]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Hardcore]] [[Oxygenarian]] [[ascension]] reward is the [[plexiglass pith helmet]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Bad Moon]] [[ascension]] reward is the [[Brimstone Bunker]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[secret from the future]] reward is the [[brazen bracelet]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Hateful Habiliment]] item is the [[Girdle of Hatred]].
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Violent Vestments]] item is the [[Brand of Violence]].
*Turtle Tamers can get a [[washboard shield]] from the [[Instru-mental|Hobo Marketplace]].
*The [[chintzy turtle brooch]] confers its enchantment bonus only to Turtle Tamers.
*The [[Dire Drifter Duds]] and its components confer their enchantment bonuses only to Turtle Tamers.
*The Turtle Tamer's [[Nemesis Familiars|Nemesis Quest familiar]] is the [[Untamed Turtle]].
*The Turtle Tamer's level 30 trophy is the [[Tzar of Turtles]].

===Buffs===
*A totem is required to cast Turtle Tamer buffs. The totem used determines the number of adventures granted per cast:
**[[turtle totem]] -- 5 Adventures
**[[Mace of the Tortoise]] -- 10 Adventures
**[[Chelonian Morningstar]] -- 15 Adventures
**[[Flail of the Seven Aspects]] -- 20 Adventures
*If a specific totem is wielded, it will be used to cast all buffs. Otherwise, the ''best'' totem in the player's inventory will be automatically selected.

==Notes==
*Many Turtle Tamers use their high muscle stat to fight with [[Combat_Style#Melee|melee]] attacks, aided by their buffs.

==History==
*Turtle Tamers received their level 13 skill on March 5, 2006, and a more thorough [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=118011 skill revamp] on March 15, 2006.

==References==
*The description of this class refers to the classic fable, "[[Wikipedia:The Tortoise and the Hare|The Tortoise and the Hare]]", in which a slow and steady tortoise defeats a boastful hare in a race.
*The level 5 title, Newt Herder, may allude to a quote from the ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' movie ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|The Empire Strikes Back]]'', in which [[Wikipedia:Princess Leia Organa|Princess Leia]] calls [[Wikipedia:Han Solo|Han Solo]] a "scruffy-looking nerf herder." Also, Nerf Herder is the name of the band that is best known for the theme song to ''[[Wikipedia:Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
*The level 12 title, [[Wikipedia:Cobra Commander|Cobra Commander]], is also the name of the masked nemesis of the [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]] team and the leader of [[Wikipedia:Cobra Organization|Cobra Command]].
*The level 14 title, Asp Master, refers to the insult "Assmaster".

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