Just the Facts

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Just the Facts

Type: Passive
MP Cost: N/A

You know basically every bit of trivia about every monster in the Kingdom. A veritable Ken Jennings of Loathing.

You will recall facts about monsters as you adventure

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Skill number: 228

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Source:	book of facts
Price:	N/A
Class:	N/A
Level:	N/A
Effect:	Monsters are seeded to drop extra items, stats, or effects. Items include pocket wish (3/day), tattered scrap of paper. Also grants 2 combat skills, one grants an effect that is consumed fighting monsters of the same phylum and grants extra rollover adventures. The other is usable 3x per day to create 4-5 wandering copies of a monster.

Notes

• Gives the combat skills Recall Facts: Monster Habitats and Recall Facts: Circadian Rhythms.

• Usually gives additional items, item drop percent, meat, stats, or effects after combat; monsters that drop nothing might drop something in other battles. The rewards are sometimes also phylum dependent. The messages themselves have some variance to them based on phylum, location, and body parts.

Outcome type	Phylum	Messages	Notes
items	any?	I bet you didn't know that the chalkdust wraith has a secret bone in its eye, that if you stick it up your nose, it will grant you a wish. You acquire an item: pocket wish	Limit 3 per day
other	any?	Some biologists believe that these creatures evolved from hagfish, but others believe they were created by an angry god to punish us.	This message type replaces the pocket wish drop after all three are obtained from this skill for the day
items	any?	Although they won't admit it publicly, biologists agree that the Knight in White Satin has a secret pouch under its solar plexus, where its stores its lucky charms. You acquire an item: worthless gewgaw	worthless trinkets, fat stacks of cash
items	any?	These guys usually have a bunch of extra armpit hair wadded up in a fold of skin somewhere. You acquire an item: gob of wet hair
items	any?	These monsters have vestigial organ that collects things they can't digest. You acquire... something. [[Data:]]	I Refuse! items?
items	Beasts	These things have a really long muscle near their calf that tastes just like pork! You acquire an item: long pork
items	Constructs	Every white chocolate golem has a tiny little mechanical core. You acquire an item: clockwork key	Supertinkering items?
items	Fish	This type of fish has way more scales than you'd expect. You acquire 3 dull fish scales
other	any?	These guys will drop a lot more stuff if you turn them upside down and shake them.	A message that implies increased item drops. Effect unknown.
other	any?	This type of monster is immune to every sexually-transmitted disease but one. Nobody knows which one.	From a monster that can give you an effect, but didn't. Includes the secret gummi monsters.
effect	any?	Did you know that on average every fourth pygmy headhunter is actually made of gummy material? You take a bite out of this one, and sure enough, it is! You acquire an effect: Gummibrain (duration: 10 Adventures)	monster may not always give effect
effect	any?	Did you know that on average every fourth pygmy headhunter is actually made of gummy material? You take a bite out of this one, and sure enough, it is! You acquire an effect: Gummiheart (duration: 10 Adventures)	monster may not always give effect
effect	any?	Did you know that on average every fourth pygmy headhunter is actually made of gummy material? You take a bite out of this one, and sure enough, it is! You acquire an effect: Gummiskin (duration: 10 Adventures)	monster may not always give effect
effect	any?	Did you know that the angry piñata has a very particular flavor? Go ahead, give it a try! You acquire an effect: Ooh, Bitter! (duration: 10 Adventures)
effect	any?	I bet you didn't know that the magical fruit bat keeps itself hydrated by storing emergency water in its butt, like a camel. or Renowned biologist Dr. Peter Grödenfarb discovered that the pygmy witch nurse keeps itself hydrated by storing emergency water in its butt, like a camel. You acquire an effect: Ultrahydrated (duration: 5 Adventures)
effect	any?	Monsters 101 will teach you that the ganger secretes a natural antiantifreeze from its giblets to keep it cool during the hot summer months. You acquire an effect: Antiantifrozen (duration: 10 Adventures)
effect	any?	Nine out of ten cryptozoologists agree that the sabre-toothed ferret's giblets smell so bad, the human brain temporarily shuts down its scent processing functions rather than deal with it. You acquire an effect: Disabled Olfactory Processing (duration: 10 Adventures)
effect	any?	It's well known in biology circles that the pygmy witch lawyer 's guts are so hot, even just imagining cutting one open and crawling inside will keep you warm for hours. You acquire an effect: Imagining Guts (duration: 10 Adventures)
effect	any?	Did you know that the Eldritch Tentacle has a secret orifice that grants great shame to anyone who sees it. You acquire an effect: Shamed (duration: 10 Adventures)
effect	Slimes	It's totally fun to swim around in the remains of this kind of slime after you defeat it. You acquire an effect: Slimed (duration: 20 Adventures)
HP restoration	any?	There's a compound in the blood of this particular creature that acts as a potent medicine. You gain X hit points.	HP restored varies based on something
MP restoration	any?	These creatures always have a soda stashed somewhere nearby. You fine one in in a puddle of slime and chug it. You gain X Mana Points.	MP restored varies based on something
stats	Slimes	The gooey coating on the outside of the ascender part of this type of slime is a powerful hallucinogen. You gain X Beefiness. You gain X Magicalness. You gain X Roguishness.	stat gain is 3-ish?

References

• Ken Jennings is famous as a very successful contestant on American quiz show Jeopardy!, later becoming a host of the same show.

See Also

• Elemental Resistance
• Antiantifrozen
• Disabled Olfactory Processing
• Imagining Guts
• Shamed
• Spooked