Dandy Lion

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Familiar number: 66
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Dandy Lion
Shocking, cringing cat without the vim and verve, true But he sure can dance.

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Ability: Fairy + Ghuol Whelp. Increases item drops and restores HP/MP after combat. Snappy dresser! NB: Hidden ability: occasionally attacks when you attack with a whip type weapon equipped

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: dandy lion cub

Familiar-Specific Equipment: woolen cravat

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message:

<name> notices you're bleeding, nearly faints at the sight, then bandages you with a strip torn from his ruffly sleeves.

You gain some hit points.

<name> touches you with one exquisitely-manicured claw. The built-up static electricity in his wool suit shocks you.

You gain some Mana Points.

<name> does a mincing two-step, swinging his tail like a cane. Though it's utterly lacking in vim and verve, you applaud politely.

• With the safarrri hat equipped:

<name> cowers in fear, peeking occasionally at your hat. You tell him to be a lion, not a mowouse, but he doesn't listen.

• With a whip-type weapon equipped as your primary weapon:

Like the majority of whipholders, you crack your whip. <name> is startled by the noise and goes feral, clawing your opponent for X damage. All fear the kitten with a whip!

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> winks underneath his Tam O'Shanter. Somehow he's found a matching scarf, so he's impeccably dressed as always.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> does a little country lion dancing around the maypole. Don't hit me.

• With wax lips equipped:

<name>'s fangs poke through the wax lips, making him lisp even more than usual.

Arena Messages

• When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:

<name> doesn't want to get his nice clothes dirty. He's a dancer, not a fighter.

Notes

• Increases item drops by the same factor as a Gravy Fairy.
• HP and MP are both determined by the familiar's weight: anywhere from (N+5)/2 to N+5, where N is the familiar's weight. (A 1-pound Dandy Lion will restore from 3 to 6 HP/MP, while a 25-pound Dandy Lion will restore 15-30 HP/MP.) Fractions are rounded down.
• The Dandy Lion will restore HP/MP roughly 50% of the time.
• The formula for damage dealt with a whip equipped appears to be the same as a Sabre-Toothed Lime: (floor(weight/2)+2) to (weight+2)
• If both the safarrri hat and a whip are equipped, you will only get the hat message, never the whip message/effect.
• If you are full on either HP or MP when the Dandy Lion activates, the corresponding message(s) will not be displayed.
• In a 100 adventure test run, there were no special effects when the Cat-Herding Prod was equipped.

References

• The name "Dandy Lion" is a pun on the common dandelion, a dandy being a man (or lion) who places importance on fashion and style.
• Several aspects are references to the movie The Wizard Of Oz. The Cowardly Lion's song "If I Only Had The Nerve" contains the lines "without the vim and verve" and "I'm just a dandy lion". (See also similar references on the White lion's page)
• The idea of a lion wearing wool and sheepskin is a reference to the expression "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb".
• The description haiku and arena message may refer to the animated movie Cats Don't Dance.
• The arena message may also refer to a line from The Girl Is Mine, a 1982 duet by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney in which Michael at one point says, "Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover, not a fighter"
• The message displayed with miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped is a pun on Country line dancing (hence the "Don't hit me" at the end).
• "Kitten With A Whip" is a 1965 Ann-Margret movie featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.