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.

Ability: Attacks like a pickle and occasionally buffs you.

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: sweet nutcracker

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

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.

Arena Messages

When entered in an Obstacle Course:
Anything without knees has a tough time in the obstacle course, and <name>, sadly, lacks knees.

This familiar will attack every round of combat.
- Damage ranges from X/2+1 to X+7, where X is the weight of the familiar.
- This familiar will hit successfully 40 + 10*(ceiling(X/5))%. This means between 1-5 pounds, the familiar hits 50% of the time. Between 16-20 pounds, the familiar hits 80% of the time, and appears to not miss at 26 pounds and above.
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.

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 which are segments 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".