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desc=This is a frozen ant on a stick. Oh, wait, that'd be spelled differently. This is a farm implement the ants used to use on their ant farms. It's largely been replaced by ant combines, but the ant-thropomorphic personification of Ant Death still uses it to reap ant souls. It practically glows with spookiness from beyond the ant grave. Ant ant ant.|
desc=This is a frozen ant on a stick. Oh, wait, that'd be spelled differently. This is a farm implement the ants used to use on their ant farms. It's largely been replaced by ant combines, but the ant-thropomorphic personification of Ant Death still uses it to reap ant souls. It practically glows with spookiness from beyond the ant grave. Ant ant ant.|
type=familiar equipment|
type=familiar equipment|
familiar=any|
autosell=75|
autosell=75|
enchantment=Your familiar will sow pain and reap Meat.|}}
enchantment=Your familiar will sow pain and reap Meat.|}}


==Drop Location==
==Obtained From==
*[[The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert]]
;[[The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert]]
:[[swarm of fire ants]]


==Messages==
==Messages==
====Attack Messages====
====Attack Messages====
*<name> reaps (no anagrams, please) your enemy for {{element|Spooky|dmg=10-12}} damage.
*<name> reaps your enemy for {{element|Spooky|dmg=10-12}} damage.


====After Combat====
====After Combat====
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*Deals {{element|Spooky}} and adds +10-15 to Meat drops at the end of combat.
*Deals {{element|Spooky}} and adds +10-15 to Meat drops at the end of combat.
*If the monster does not drop Meat, you will not get the extra Meat gain.
*If the monster does not drop Meat, you will not get the extra Meat gain.
*Combat familiars can do their normal attacks and a hoe attack in the same round of combat.
*Combat familiars can do their normal attacks and a sickle attack in the same round of combat.
*Does not otherwise remove your familiars' normal abilities.
*Does not otherwise remove your familiars' normal abilities.
*Familiar will make a sickle attack approximately 40% of the time.
*Familiar will make a sickle attack approximately 40% of the time.
*An unknown time ago, the attack message was changed. The old message was:
:*<name> reaps (no anagrams, please) your enemy for {{element|Spooky|dmg=10-12}} damage.


==References==
==References==
*"No anagrams, please" refers to the fact that "reaps" is an anagram of "rapes."
*Although [[wikipedia:Death (personification)|Death]] is now most often portrayed as carrying a [[wikipedia:Scythe|scythe]], he has also historically been portrayed with a [[wikipedia:Sickle|sickle]].
*Although [[wikipedia:Death (personification)|Death]] is now most often portrayed as carrying a [[wikipedia:Scythe|scythe]], he has also historically been portrayed with a [[wikipedia:Sickle|sickle]].
*"Ant Death" is a reference to a similar construct in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'' series -- "Death of Rats."
*"Ant Death" is a reference to a similar construct in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'' series -- "Death of Rats." Also, in the series, characters like "Death of Rats" and "The Hogfather" are referred to as "anthropomorphic personifications."


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Meat from Monsters]]
*[[Meat from Monsters]]
*[[Passive Damage]]


==Zapping==
==Zapping==
{{Template:ZAP Familiar Ant Tools}}
{{ZAP Familiar Ant Tools}}


==Collection==
==Collection==
<collection>2573</collection>
<collection>2573</collection>
[[Category:Familiar Equipment]]

Latest revision as of 13:44, 13 September 2022

ant sickle
ant sickle

This is a frozen ant on a stick. Oh, wait, that'd be spelled differently. This is a farm implement the ants used to use on their ant farms. It's largely been replaced by ant combines, but the ant-thropomorphic personification of Ant Death still uses it to reap ant souls. It practically glows with spookiness from beyond the ant grave. Ant ant ant.

Type: familiar equipment
Familiar: any
Selling Price: 75 Meat.

Your familiar will sow pain and reap Meat.


(In-game plural: ant sickles)
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Obtained From

The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
swarm of fire ants

Messages

Attack Messages

  • <name> reaps your enemy for 10-12 damage.

After Combat

  • <name> reaps some extra Meat from your foe and gives it to you.

Notes

  • Deals Spooky Damage and adds +10-15 to Meat drops at the end of combat.
  • If the monster does not drop Meat, you will not get the extra Meat gain.
  • Combat familiars can do their normal attacks and a sickle attack in the same round of combat.
  • Does not otherwise remove your familiars' normal abilities.
  • Familiar will make a sickle attack approximately 40% of the time.
  • An unknown time ago, the attack message was changed. The old message was:
  • <name> reaps (no anagrams, please) your enemy for 10-12 damage.

References

  • Although Death is now most often portrayed as carrying a scythe, he has also historically been portrayed with a sickle.
  • "Ant Death" is a reference to a similar construct in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series -- "Death of Rats." Also, in the series, characters like "Death of Rats" and "The Hogfather" are referred to as "anthropomorphic personifications."

See Also

Zapping

ant hoe | ant pick | ant pitchfork | ant rake | ant sickle

Collection

  • 🥇: nooBsAucE (#1589628) - 2,298
  • 🥈: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 1,559
  • 🥉: Pastahead (#486552) - 1,526
  • #4: Firekast (#1070038) - 385
  • #5: MeLcator (#524795) - 139
  • #6: Nikademus (#95105) - 122
  • #7: Dr_Van_van_Mojo (#178055) - 120
  • #8: GhostRider (#1042872) - 117
  • #9: Darkling (#1687415) - 100
  • #10: Magister30 (#1577341) - 61

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