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{{familiar
{{familiar
|famid=3
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|hatchling=potato sprout
|hatchling=potato sprout
|equipment=many-eyed glasses
|equipment=many-eyed glasses
|ArenaStrong=Hide and Seek
|ArenaStrong=[[Hide and Seek]]
|ArenaWeak=Ultimate Cage Match}}
|ArenaWeak=[[Ultimate Cage Match]]}}


*Regular message:
*Regular message:
*:<name> entangles your opponent with powerful vines, preventing <him/her/it/them> from attacking you.
*:<name> entangles your opponent with powerful vines, preventing <it> from attacking you.
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> eyes your slain foe and finds some extra meat it had hidden away.
*:<name> eyes your slain foe and finds some extra meat it had hidden away.
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*Blocking occurs 1.5X% of the time, where X is the weight of the familiar.
*Blocking occurs floor(1.5*wt)% of the time, with a maximum of 90% (attained at 60 pounds and above), where "wt" is the weight of the familiar.
*At high levels, one of these becomes useful in defeating the [[The Sorceress' Tower#The Familiars|NS]].
*Monster criticals do not bypass the potato's ability.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:06, 30 November 2008

There are some vague or non-exact figures and information on this page. Some spading is required.

The formula from 1 to 4 pounds needs additional spading.
Levitating Potato

An eye for an eye
Hey, hovering potato
Might trip up your foes.

Ability: Trips your foe, might make them miss their attack

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: potato sprout

Familiar-Specific Equipment: many-eyed glasses

Ultimate Cage Match Scavenger Hunt Obstacle Course Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details
Cannot breathe underwater
Combat Messages
  • Regular message:
    <name> entangles your opponent with powerful vines, preventing <it> from attacking you.
  • With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
    <name> eyes your slain foe and finds some extra meat it had hidden away.
  • With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
    <name> grabs the maypole with a vine and swings around it.
  • With wax lips equipped:
    <name> smiles a tuberiffic, tubular smile with his wax lips.

Arena Messages

  • When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match
    <name> is a lover, not a fighter. Well, not really -- potatoes just suck at this event.

Notes

  • Blocking occurs floor(1.5*wt)% of the time, with a maximum of 90% (attained at 60 pounds and above), where "wt" is the weight of the familiar.
  • Monster criticals do not bypass the potato's ability.

References

  • A "Levitating Potato" is very similar to the hovering potato which Bender has to peel blindfolded, in the episode entitled "30% Iron Chef" of the animated television series Futurama.
  • The second line of the haiku references the song Hovering Sombrero by They Might Be Giants. (Note that this familiar predates the introduction of the Hovering Sombrero familiar.)
  • The first line of the haiku refers to the quote "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" from the Bible (Exodus 21:24).
  • The special arena message is a reference to the Lazy Lester song I'm a Lover Not a Fighter.
  • The wrapping of tentacles may be a reference to the "Archie's Weird Mysteries #3" in which a giant potato uses tentacle vines to turn people into mindless slaves.