A KoL Wiki:Established Standards/Familiar Pages

Familiar pages should contain the following elements in the order shown here.

Follow the link for information on coding and contents for each element.

Header

{{Familiar
   |famid=N
   |H1=Sharp and acidic
   |H2=Forget tequila and salt
   |H3=No bark but great bite.
   |ability=Attacks enemies
   |function=Attacks enemies
   |throne=Moxie +15%, sometimes delevels opponent
   |hatchling=sabre-toothed lime cub
   |equipment=tiny shaker of salt
   |ucm=N
   |hns=N
   |oc=N
   |sh=N}}

• FamID: The familiar's in-game ID number
• H1, H2, H3: The three lines of the haiku of the familiar's description, as it appears in the Kingdom.
  • Note: This is the familiar's description from clicking it in the terrarium, not the hatchling's item description.
• Ability: The blue text that appears in-game, under the familiar's haiku, typically a very brief description of the familiar's effect.
• Function: A more thorough description of the familiar's game mechanics.
• Throne: The effect of the familiar in the Crown of Thrones, both the static effect (listed on the Throne itself) and the in-combat effect.
• Hatchling: What item is used to acquire this familiar.
• Equipment: What familiar equipment is unique to this familiar?
• Arena parameters, which are values from 0-3:
  • ucm: The familiar's rating in the Ultimate Cage Match
  • hns: The familiar's rating in Hide and Seek
  • oc: The familiar's rating in the Obstacle Course
  • sh: The familiar's rating in a Scavenger Hunt
• The name, image, and gender for the familiar are stored on the familiar's metadata page, linked from the upper-right corner of the page. After inserting the familiar template into a page, follow the "Create metadata" link to create the metadata page for the familiar. For more information on this, see Established Standards: Data Pages.

Our above example would yield:

Create metadata
Familiar number: 5
View in-game: view

Unspecified Familiar Name
Sharp and acidic Forget tequila and salt No bark but great bite.

Attacks enemies

---

Ability: Attacks enemies

Throne/Bjorn: Moxie +15%, sometimes delevels opponent

Hatchling: sabre-toothed lime cub

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny shaker of salt

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

Combat Messages

• The heading is already provided for you from the template.
• Bullet all messages.
• First list normal combat messages, then with the Lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped, and so on with the Mr. Store equipment, in that order.
  • Use <name> and <him/her/it> in place of your familiar's name and the monster's pronoun, respectively.

*Regular message(s):
**<name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
**<name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
:<name> finds your foe's wallet stuck between its fangs.

*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
:<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole.

*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
:<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips.

yields:

• Regular message(s):
  • <name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
  • <name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> finds your foe's wallet stuck between its fangs.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:

<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips.

Arena Messages

Enter special arena messages here, particularly the messages for this familiar's weak/strong events, if applicable:

*When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:
:<name> has no eyes, and no legs... 

yields:

• When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:

<name> has no eyes, and no legs...

Other Information

I think we've already covered how to list Notes, History, References, or See Also sections (in that order).

Category

Any page that uses the {{familiar}} template will be automatically categorized in Category:Familiars. For other pages, add the following to the end of the page on its own line:

[[Category:Familiars| {{PAGENAME}}]]