Hippo Ballerina

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Familiar number: 138
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Hippo Ballerina
No tiny dancer chubby pirouettes en pointe She is too-too cool.

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Ability: Has the properties of both a Leprechaun and a Baby Gravy Fairy. Also attacks for sleaze damage and blocks enemy attacks.

Throne/Bjorn: +20% Meat from Monsters, sometimes delevels opponent

Hatchling: hippo tutu

Familiar-Specific Equipment: immense ballet shoes

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message(s):

  <name> does a high kick that's a little too high, revealing things that should never be seen. Fortunately, she's facing him, not you, so he gets the X damage.

  <monster> is too entranced (or bored) by the hippo ballet to attack this round.

  <name> challenges it to a pirouetting contest. It forgets to spot, and ends up pretty dizzy by the time it loses.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• After Combat:

<name> does a series of perfect ballet poses. "If only I knew a dark-skinned hippo who could teach me how to combine urban dance with my ballet," she sighs, blinking wistfully.

<name> does a jeté and lands nimbly, but with earth-shaking force. She bows as you applaud, and winks saucily.

<name> does a dozen pirouettes in a row. "It'd be easier to keep my balance if I had some kind of frilly little skirt to wear," she says, and winks mischievously.

<name> goes up en pointe and tiptoes around you. "I hope I didn't step on any tulips," she says, winking.

Instead of ballet, <name> just jogs in place until she's drenched with sweat. "My," she says, "I'm dancing like I've never danced before!" She winks once she sees that you've caught the reference.

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <Name> convinces them to try standing en pointed. They crash to the ground, looking a little the worse for wear.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <Name> tips you a wink beneath the Tam O'Shanter.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <Name> does a pas de un around the Maypole. Next time, you should join her!

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> smiles through the wax lips, as the little bird that cleans her teeth tries to figure out how to get into her mouth.

Arena Messages

• When entered in Hide and Seek:

  Hippo ballerinas are dancers, not hiders.

Notes

• Acts 50% of the time, split evenly between all 3 actions.
• Damage ranges from floor(wt/2)+1 to wt+1
• Delevelling ranges from 1 to floor(wt/4)

References

• The first post-combat message refers to the film Save the Last Dance.
• As with the hatchling, the third post-combat message (and others) refers to the, uh, firestorm of controversy over the Hippo Ballet To You adventure.
• The haiku refers to the Elton John song "Tiny Dancer".