Howling Balloon Monkey

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Familiar number: 9
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Howling Balloon Monkey
So full of hot air Inflatable simian Shockingly useful.

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Ability: After achieving 11 pounds, electrocutes enemies and restores MP

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: balloon monkey

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny balloon knife

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message (10 pounds or less):

  None (The familiar does nothing at this weight)

• Regular message (11 pounds or more):

  <name> rubs his legs together. He reaches out and shocks your opponent for X damage.

  <name> rubs his arms together. He reaches out and shocks you.

  You gain X Mana Points.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> shocks your slain foe's body and shakes loose some extra meat.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> does a squeaky simian dance around the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> squeaks and shifts uncomfortably beneath his wax lips.

Arena Messages

• When entered in a game of Hide and Seek:

  The squeaking makes it really easy for <name> to be found. Or maybe it's the howling. Either one.

Notes

• This familiar will not act until it weighs at least 11 pounds.
• Damage ranges from int(X/4) to int(X/2), where X is the weight of the familiar. It acts roughly 22.5% of the time.
• MP restore ranges from int(x/4) to int(X/2), where X is the weight of the familiar. It acts roughly 27.5% of the time.

References

• The monkey is one big reference to the song "Shock the Monkey", from the album Security by Peter Gabriel, in 1982. Being made of balloons, it is also natural that rubbing it would accumulate a static charge.