Avatar of Jarlsberg

Avatar of Jarlsberg is the Spring 2013 special challenge path, introduced on February 15, 2013. This path adds variant rules and restrictions to an ascension run. Its description in The Bureau of Reincarnation reads "You're filled with the spirit of Jarlsberg, the Legendary Wizard of the Times of Old. Armed with the secrets of the cosmos, you'll use an entirely new set of powerful spells to devastate your foes."

In practice, that's exactly what happens.

Restrictions

• Consumption
  • You cannot consume ordinary food or booze. Only food and booze created in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen can be consumed. (You can, however, still use a steel margarita to get Liver of Steel.)
  • Your stomach is size 10, and your liver is size 9. You will become too drunk to adventure at 10 drunkenness.

• Items and Equipment
  • Skill-granting items, such as Spellbook: Drescher's Annoying Noise, cannot be used:

    Jarlsberg didn't read fiction.

  • Blank-Out cannot be used:

    Jarlsberg hated getting his hands dirty. There is no way he would mess with this crap.

• Familiars
  • You do not have access to any familiars. Instead, you can create food-based companions.
  • Familiar hatchlings cannot be put in your Terrarium:

    Jarlsberg won't trust a companion he didn't conjure.

• Skills
  • None of your permed skills are available. Mystical Bookshelf skills, however, can be used.
  • You cannot attack with your weapon:

    Jarlsberg didn't like to get his hands dirty, and this opponent looks to be absolutely crawling with germs.

  • There is nothing under the mahogany nightstand, so you cannot get a skill from the Spookyraven Manor Quest
  • Skills from Fragnk, the Regnaissance Gnome are available if your moon sign allows access.

• Locations
  • You cannot use the VIP Lounge fax machine:

    Jarlsberg was more into magic than technology.

  • Since you cannot join a guild, you do not have access to any zones that require a guild quest to unlock.
  • There is no slot into which you can donate meat at Jarlsberg's Gate.
  • Avatars of Jarlsberg cannot enter The Sea. Clicking An Old Man gives the following message:

    That old man you saw on the main map was just a picture of an old man drawn on the ground.

Divergences

Class

Rather than playing any of the traditional 6 classes, you will play as an Avatar of Jarlsberg with entirely different skills.

• Your main stat is Mysticality.
• You have the usual Mysticality class bonus of +5% resistance to all elements.
• You will not be accepted into any of the traditional guilds. You will not be able to use a guild to unlock any quests or areas. Attempting to join a guild gives the message

  Jarlsberg never really fit in well in social organizations.

• Unlike Saucerors and Pastamancers, Jarlsberg's spells have a hard cap on spell damage (before percentage multipliers) based on the MP spent to cast a spell. This cap may be inadvertently lowered by bringing an astral bracer into a run.
• Upon breaking the prism, you will lose the Jarlsberg class (as well as all related special Quest items), and be asked to choose one of the original classes to play until you ascend again. Your stats will be switched to fit the new class.

Avatar

Your avatar is replaced by:

When wearing outfits, the outfit avatar overrides this avatar. A custom avatar is not affected.

Items and Equipment

• You start each ascension with Jarlsberg's hat and Jarlsberg's key.
• Your normal kitchen in your Campground will be replaced by Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen.
  • You may still install a Dramatic™ range and use it to cook fancy non-Cosmic dishes such as the Knob cake.
• You can equip chefstaves. Several can be crafted in the Cosmic Kitchen, but you can also use non-Cosmic chefstaves in softcore ascensions.

Quests

• Starter quest sends you to Dungeoneer's Association to learn your skills via the Jarlsberg's Gate in the same manner as Avatar of Boris does.
• No star starfish is needed in the lair. Using the star key (with hat and weapon) gives the following message: "You telekinetically retrive^[sic] the sheet music."
• No wand of Nagamar is needed, as the sorceress is replaced by a meeting with The Avatar of Boris.
• A Bugbear of a Problem cannot be completed, as it requires one to equip an ordinary familiar.

Companions

You may have one companion at a time, made from cosmic ingredients and magic. These companions are somewhat similar to familiars, but they do not gain weight or levels, and equipment/effects that increase familiar weight have no effect on them.

Companions will vanish at the end of each day, but can be created anew after each rollover. Creating a new type of companion also causes the previous one to vanish.

Companions have procedurally generated random names tied to your account. They retain their names when recreated, even across ascensions.

The Eggman (made from a cosmic egg) gives you +50% items drops, equivalent to a 20 pound Baby Gravy Fairy.

The Hippotatomous (made from a cosmic potato) gives you +3 stats per combat.

The Radish Horse (made from a cosmic vegetable) gives you +50% combat initiative.

The Cream Puff (made from a cosmic cream) increases monster level by 20 .

Skills

As with the Avatar of Boris path, you cannot use class skills, and instead a separate skill tree exists for Avatars of Jarlsberg.

You also start with the Curdle skill and can use spells from Your Mystical Bookshelf.

The class skills are learned in Jarlsberg's Gate. There are four skill paths: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert. Unlike previous challenge paths, you do not have to progress linearly down each skill tree. There are some skills that branch out of the main stem of each skill path.

You start with 3 skill points, plus 1 point for each normal AoJ ascension completed, and 2 points per Hardcore AoJ ascension. You gain 1 additional point per level. (Unlike the Avatar of Boris path, you continue to gain skill points after level 15.) A cosmic bucket is also available in Mr. Store which grants up to 15 Jarlsberg skill points (permanently).

Each Conjure Cosmic Food skill may be used once per day to receive 3 of that item (4 with Early Riser or Jarlsberg's pan, 5 with both).

You may only have one active sphere skill at a time. Casting a second sphere removes the first one.

You may only have one food companion at a time. Calling a second companion removes the first one. Any active food companion will also vanish at rollover. Each time you call a companion, it costs you another cosmic ingredient.

All Avatar of Jarlsberg combat spells have a damage cap dependent upon how much MP is used to cast the spell. This means that any equipment or effects that reduce the MP cost of a spell also lower the damage cap. Conversely, things that raise the MP cost of the spell also raise the damage cap.

• These damage caps apply to the total spell damage, including the random base damage, the bonus damage from Mysticality, and all other non-percentage Bonus Spell Damage. Percentage increases are applied after the cap.
• The exact damage cap is (MP spent * 10) for all spells except Grill.
• For Grill, the caps are believed to be (MP spent * 5) for the Hot Damage half, and (MP spent * 10) for the Spooky Damage half.

Click an icon to see a skill description. Click an available (flashing) skill to buy it.

Table

Path	Name	Prerequisite	Type	Cost	Effect	Notes
Breakfast	Boil	N/A	Combat Spell	5 MP	Deals Moderate Hot Damage	Allows you to Boil in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Breakfast	The Most Important Meal	Boil	Passive	N/A	Gain a bunch more Adventures and stats from the first thing you eat each day
Breakfast	Conjure Eggs	Boil	Noncombat	10 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic eggs	Summons 3 cosmic eggs (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Breakfast	Egg Man	Conjure Egg	Noncombat	15 MP	Converts a Cosmic Egg into a Companion That Helps You Find More Items	Must be re-summoned each rollover, but keeps the same name. Grants +50% Item drops
Breakfast	Conjure Dough	Boil	Noncombat	30 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic doughs	Summons 3 cosmic doughs (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Breakfast	Early Riser	Conjure Dough	Passive	N/A	+1 Food Conjuration	Increases the number of summoned cosmic items from 3 to 4.
Breakfast	Fry	Conjure Dough	Combat Spell	20 MP	Deals a Lot of Sleaze Damage	Allows you to Fry in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Breakfast	Coffeesphere	Fry	Noncombat	10 MP	Gives 20 turns of Coffeesphere	Monsters are significantly more attracted to you (+15% combat)
Lunch	Conjure Vegetables	N/A	Noncombat	10 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic vegetables	Summons 3 cosmic vegetables (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Lunch	Radish Horse	Conjure Vegetables	Noncombat	15 MP	Converts a Cosmic Vegetable into a Companion That Increases Your Combat Initiative	Must be re-summoned each rollover, but keeps the same name.
Lunch	Chop	Conjure Vegetables	Combat Spell	5 MP	Deals Moderate Physical damage.	Allows you to Chop in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Lunch	Conjure Cheese	Chop	Noncombat	30 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic cheeses	Summons 3 cosmic cheeses (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Lunch	Slice	Chop	Combat Spell	20 MP	Deals Heavy Physical damage and weakens enemies.	Allows you to Slice in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Lunch	Working Lunch	Slice	Passive	N/A	+50% Companion Effectiveness
Lunch	Lunch Like a King	Slice	Passive	N/A	Stomach Capacity +5
Lunch	Oilsphere	Lunch Like a King	Noncombat	10 MP	Gives 20 turns of Oilsphere	Gives Serious resistance to all elements.
Dinner	Bake	N/A	Combat Spell	5 MP	Deals Hot Damage Over Multiple Rounds	Allows you to Bake in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Dinner	Food Coma	Bake	Passive	N/A	Rest Without Spending an Adventure (10x / day) Resting Restores All MP	10 Free Rests per day, and full MP restore when resting.
Dinner	Conjure Potato	Bake	Noncombat	10 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic potatos	Summons 3 cosmic potatos (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Dinner	Hippotatomous	Conjure Potato	Noncombat	15 MP	Converts a Cosmic Potato into a Companion That Helps You Earn More Stats From Fighting	Must be re-summoned each rollover, but keeps the same name. Grants +3 stats per fight.
Dinner	Conjure Meat Product	Conjure Potato	Noncombat	30 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic potted meat products	Summons 3 cosmic potted meat products (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Dinner	Never Late For Dinner(?)	Conjure Meat Product	Passive	N/A	+50% Combat Initiative +10 Adventure(s) per day	+Initiative, free rollover adventures!
Dinner	Grill	Conjure Meat Product	Combat Spell	30 MP	Deals a Lot of Hot and Spooky Damage	Allows you to Grill in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Dinner	Gristlesphere	Grill	Noncombat	10 MP	Gives 20 turns of Gristlesphere	+20 Monster Level
Dessert	Conjure Fruit	N/A	Noncombat	10 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic fruits	Summons 3 cosmic fruits (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Dessert	Best Served Cold	Conjure Fruit	Passive	N/A	Spell Damage +100%
Dessert	Freeze	Conjure Fruit	Combat Spell	5 MP	Deals moderate Cold damage.	Allows you to Freeze in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Dessert	Nightcap	Freeze	Passive	N/A	Liver Capacity +5
Dessert	Conjure Cream	Freeze	Noncombat	30 MP	Allows you to summon cosmic creams	Summons 3 cosmic creams (+1 with Early Riser). Usable once per day.
Dessert	Blend	Conjure Cream	Combat Spell	7 MP	Prevents opponent from attacking for several rounds.	Allows you to Blend in Jarlsberg's Cosmic Kitchen
Dessert	Cream Puff	Conjure Cream	Noncombat	15 MP	Converts Cosmic Cream into a Companion That Makes Your Enemies Stronger	Must be re-summoned each rollover, but keeps the same name. Grants +20 ML
Dessert	Chocolatesphere	Cream Puff	Noncombat	10 MP	Gives 20 turns of Chocolatesphere	Monsters are significantly less attracted to you (-15% combat)

Rewards

• Embarking upon an Avatar of Jarlsberg ascension gives a class tattoo:
• Completing an Avatar of Jarlsberg run gives a Thwaitgold firefly statuette.
• Completing a Hardcore Avatar of Jarlsberg run gives an ascension tattoo:
  • This tattoo is received at the start of the next run.
• Reaching Level 30 as an Avatar of Jarlsberg makes you eligible for the Cosmic Thing trophy.
  • Freeing the King, or dropping Avatar of Jarlsberg, will make you ineligible for the trophy.

Strategy

See Avatar of Jarlsberg/Strategy for tips & strategies.

Notes

• Jarlsberg's combat spells have damage caps that vary according to the actual MP cost of the skill.
• Attempting to acquire a skill that isn't available to you yet through remote form submission or URL manipulation yields the following message:

  You don't have the prerequisite skill for that skill. Also stop submitting bogus data.

• Attempting to attack a monster physically through a skill such as Lunging Thrust-Smack (formerly available through a bug exploit) gives the "no-physical-hits" message:

  Jarlsberg didn't like to get his hands dirty, and this opponent looks to be absolutely crawling with germs.

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