Penne Dreadful

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Penne Dreadful

The Penne Dreadful is a Pasta Thrall which can accompany Pastamancers in combat. A Pastamancer can bind an Penne Dreadful by using the skill Bind Penne Dreadful.

Effects

• Equalizes Moxie to Mysticality.
• Starting at level 5, it will weaken enemies at the start of combat
• At level 10, gives 10 Damage Reduction.

Name

• Penne Dreadful names follow a specific pattern - they begin with a man's first name and end with one associated with detective stories (such as "Danger", "Gently", "Gray", "Malone", "Noir", "Slade", "Sloan"). Some examples are "Ace Noir", "Cliff Slade", "Mitch Malone", and "Nick Danger".

References

• The name of this guardian is a pun on the phrase "penny dreadful", cheap fiction in the 19th century, and Penne pasta.
• The possible names reference a number of fictional "private eyes". These include Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams and possibly Ace Malone of DocorFlash.com. Both the first and last names of Guy Noir are also used; he is the central character of a recurring skit on A Prairie Home Companion by Garrison Keillor. Episodes of the latter usually begin "It was a dark night, in a city that knows how to keep its secrets." This may be the inspiration for one of the voiceover messages. "Nick Danger" was the main character in a parody of radio detective dramas performed and recorded by The Firesign Theatre.

History

• The Penne Dreadful was significantly changed in the 2013 Pastamancer Revamp. It used to be a Pasta Guardian. The old wiki page is archived at Penne Dreadful/Old.

See Also

• Delevelling
• Damage Reduction