Spice Ghost/Old

Spice ghost

By using scintillating powder you establish a connection with a spice ghost.

You can then summon it from the first round of combat after getting the jump on it; it will aid you throughout the fight.

Combat messages

• When summoning it:

You conjure up a swirling cloud of spicy dried couscous, and there is a crackle of psychokinetic energy as <name> possesses it.

• Sometimes after summoning it:

<name> shakes some of the spice into your opponent's eyes as he gets accustomed to his new body.

• Message after summoning when you have already summoned a pastamancer combat ghost 7 or 8 times today:

Your brain feels tired.

• Message after summoning when you have already summoned a pastamancer combat ghost 9 times today:

You are mentally exhausted by the effort of summoning <name>.

• When it hits an opponent:

• <name> raises his power bands and fires a cloud of confusing spice at your opponent.
• <name> engulfs your opponent's head, raising a choking cloud of spice.
• <name> asks your opponent if she is getting enough oxygen, which is pretty much guaranteed to be "no," because of the choking cloud of spice around her head.

• When it levels up:

<name> looks stronger...

• After combat, usually first summoning of the day:

<name> shakes loose a considerable quantity of spice. You conjure up a canister and collect it.

You acquire an item: spices

Name

The spice ghost can have one of the following names:

• Hickhock
• Mixmux
• Cropcrip
• Gangon
• Gungon
• Bukbak
• Jinkjunk
• Bufbef
• Hemhim
• Puckpack
• Rockrack
• ...

Notes

• The name "spice ghost" comes from the name of the image, "spiceghost.gif".
• Drops spices after the first combat of each day in which it is summoned.
• One of the three Pastamancer combat ghosts.

References

• The name "Spice Ghost", the image of the ghost, and some of the combat messages are references to the cartoon character Space Ghost.
• The line about "getting enough oxygen" refers to one of Space Ghost's catchphrases on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, "Are you getting enough oxygen, citizen?"