Hanukkimbo Dreidl

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Familiar number: 27
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Hanukkimbo Dreidl
Made of magic clay Ancient toy, random rewards Oy to you and me.

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Ability: Randomly attacks enemies, gives you MP or meat, or keeps enemies from attacking.

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: Hanukkimbo dreidl

Familiar-Specific Equipment: menorette

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular messages:

  <name> Spins and gives different results:

  Shin = <name> spins and lands on Shin. <name> flies towards your foe and whacks it in both shins (doing X damage.)

  Heh = <name> spins and lands on Heh. <name> tells you some ancient mystical jokes, and with each "heh" you feel your Mana/Mojo/Muscularity Points rise.

  You gain some Mana Points.

  Nun = <name> spins and lands on Nun. Suddenly, you're dressed as a nun and the monster doesn't want to attack you.

  Gimmel = <name> spins and lands on Gimmel. <name> gimmels you some Meat.

  You gain some Meat.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> takes an extra spin and lands on Gimmel. It gimmels you an extra stack o' meat.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> dances a little Hava Nagila around the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> spins again and lands with the wax lips facing up in a very kosher smile.

Arena Messages

• None - familiar has no weaknesses.

Notes

• Damage (Shin) ranges from 2 to 2X where X is the familiar's weight. Damage will be an even number.
• Meat given (Gimmel) ranges from 1 to 3*X where X is the familiar's weight.
• MP restore (Heh) ranges from 1 to X+1 where X is the familiar's weight.
• The Dreidl has an equal chance of landing on any of its four sides. It has an approximated 1.7X+19% chance of acting. (See Discussion page)
• When the Nun result occurs, the monster won't attack you that turn, similar to the effects of a procrastination potion.
• By mistake, this used to give no-delete status.
• The transliterations of the Hebrew letters are deliberately off to allow for them to correspond to English words. (Gimmel is usually transliterated as Gimel and Heh as Hei or He)

References

• The name of this familiar is a play on a Hanukkah Dreidl, a traditional Jewish spinning top related to the holiday of Hanukkah. Haiku, name, and combat messages may be funnier to those Jewish people reading them.
• The last line of the haiku is a reference to the line "joy to you and me" from the song Joy to the World (the song by Three Dog Night, not the popular Christmas carol).