El Vibrato Megadrone (familiar)

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Familiar number: 81
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El Vibrato Megadrone
Strange ancient magic, or is it technology? It's probably both.

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Ability: Attacks, Delevels, Heals at the End of Combat, Increases Weapon Damage, or Prevents the Opponent from Attacking, depending on function selected with El Vibrato Punchcards

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: El Vibrato Megadrone

Familiar-Specific Equipment: N/A

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• <Name> floats around in circles, endlessly repeating "NO BEFUNO BUGACHA." (indicates no punchcards have been inserted, and thus no function selected)

• <Name> says "TAFU: STALA PUNOK BUGACHA, BEBU GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA." as it fires a beam of energy at your opponent, dealing X damage. (Only occurs after inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (115 holes))

• At Start of Combat: <Name> says "TAFU: GAFU PUNOK BUGACHA, FUZEVEZEVECHO GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA." as it performs a series of painful-looking body modifications on your opponent. He comes out of it looking a little worse for wear. (Only occurs after inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (213 holes))

• At End of Combat: <name> says "KROKUZ NOKZAKPAAN GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA." It presses itself against your head, and your whole body feels warm. You gain X hit points. (Only occurs after inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (97 holes))

• When Attacking: <name> says "TAFU: KROSOMPA ZAKCHO BUNOGA BUGACHA. SOM GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA." as a beam of energy arcs out of it and into your <weapon>. (Only occurs after inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (129 holes))

• <Name> says "FUAN GACHOKUZ FUCHANOKCHA" as it sweeps back and forth in front of your opponent, building a wall out of thin air. Your opponent has to walk around it, and doesn't have time to attack you. (Only occurs after inserting an El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes))

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

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• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

glides in circles around the maypole, leading you to wonder whether neutrons are important to its operation.

• With wax lips equipped:

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Notes

• Having this familiar as your active familiar puts an [insert into the drone] link under each of the following El Vibrato punchcards in your inventory: 115 holes, 97 holes, 129 holes, 165 holes, and 213 holes. Inserting a card selects a function (Attack, Repair, Buff, or Build). Selecting a new function clears any old functions.
• X in the attack formula appears to vary from Weight/2 to Weight.
• The "Buff" effect occurs some of the time while attacking. It appears to increase damage.
• The "Build" effect prevents the opponent from attacking that round.
• The "Modify" effect appears to delevel occasionally at the begining of combat.
• When an El Vibrato punchcard (115 holes) is inserted, the following message is displayed: You slide the punchcard into a slot in <name>. A voice emerges: "BEFUNO GABECHA: BEBU." (Function Accepted: Attack)
• When an El Vibrato punchcard (97 holes) is inserted, the following message is displayed: You slide the punchcard into a slot in <name>. A voice emerges: "BEFUNO GABECHA: TAGA." (Function Accepted: Repair)
• When an El Vibrato punchcard (129 holes) is inserted, the following message is displayed: You slide the punchcard into a slot in <name>. A voice emerges: "BEFUNO GABECHA: SOM." (Function Accepted: Buff)
• When an El Vibrato punchcard (165 holes) is inserted, the following message is displayed: You slide the punchcard into a slot in <name>. A voice emerges: "BEFUNO GABECHA: TUAN." (Function Accepted: Build)
• When an El Vibrato punchcard (213 holes) is inserted, the following message is displayed: You slide the punchcard into a slot in <name>. A voice emerges: "BEFUNO GABECHA: FUKRO." (Function Accepted: Modify)

References

• The lines of the haiku refer to Clark's third law, stating that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."