Sweet Nutcracker

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Familiar number: 44
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Sweet Nutcracker
Little wood soldier Inspiration in his dance No bark, but strong bite.

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Ability: Attacks like a pickle and occasionally buffs you.

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: sweet nutcracker

Familiar-Specific Equipment: metal mandible

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular Messages:

• <name> tries to crack your opponent like a nut, but misses.
• <name> bites him with a resounding "clop," doing X damage
• <name> performs a passable rendition of the "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies."

  You acquire an effect: Aspect of the GravyPlum Fairy (duration: X Adventures)

• <name> hops around and kicks its little wooden legs in a decent attempt at "The Russian Dance."

  You acquire an effect: Rushin' Hands (duration: X Adventures)

• <name> simultaneously ululates and gyrates as it goes through the motions of "The Arabian Dance."

  You acquire an effect: Arabian Knighthood (duration: X Adventures)

• <name> does its best to bow to you before dancing an ungainly rendition of "The Chinese Dance."

  You acquire an effect: Oriental Mysticism (duration: X Adventures)

• <name> skips stiffly around in what appears to be "The Dance of the Reed Pipes."

  You acquire an effect: Reedy Pipes (duration: X Adventures)

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
  • <name> somehow winks one painted eye underneath the Tam O'Shanter.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
  • <name> does the "Dance of the Phat Loot" around the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:
  • <name> makes muffled "clop" noises underneath the wax lips.

Notes

• The buff duration is equal to its weight divided by three, rounded up.
• The Nutcracker can buff you against the Naughty Sorceress, any round.
• The buffs are cast on the first round of combat.

References

• The name of this familiar is a play on The Nutcracker Suite, a condensed version of The Nutcracker, a lengthy ballet composed by Tchaikovsky.
• Each buff message mentions a dance: "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies", "The Russian Dance", "The Arabian Dance", and "The Dance of the Reed Pipes". All of those are segments, are from The Nutcracker and/or The Nutcracker Suite. The "Dance of the GravyPlum Fairies" is a gravy-fairyation of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy".