Howling Balloon Monkey

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Familiar number: 9
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Howling Balloon Monkey
So full of hot air Inflatable simian Shockingly useful.

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Ability: After achieving 11 pounds, electrocutes enemies and restores MP

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: balloon monkey

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny balloon knife

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message (10 pounds or less):
  • None (The familiar does nothing at this weight)

• Regular message (11 pounds or more):
  • <name> rubs his legs together. He reaches out and shocks your opponent for X damage.
  • <name> rubs his arms together. He reaches out and shocks you.

You gain X Mana Points.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> shocks your slain foe's body and shakes loose some extra meat.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> does a squeaky simian dance around the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:

<name> squeaks and shifts uncomfortably beneath his wax lips.

Arena Messages

• When entered in a game of Hide and Seek:

The squeaking makes it really easy for <name> to be found. Or maybe it's the howling. Either one.

Notes

• This familiar will not act until it weighs at least 11 pounds.
• Damage ranges from int(X/4) to int(X/2), where X is the weight of the familiar. It acts roughly 22.5% of the time.
• MP restore ranges from int(x/4) to int(X/2), where X is the weight of the familiar. It acts roughly 27.5% of the time.

References

• The monkey is one big reference to the song "Shock the Monkey", from the album Security by Peter Gabriel, in 1982.
• The monkey, like the aforementioned song, could also be a reference to the fact that if you rub a balloon against something, it accumulates a static charge.