A KoL Wiki:Established Standards/Familiar Pages

Familiar pages should contain the following elements in the order shown here.

Follow the link for information on coding and contents for each element.

Header

{{Familiar
   |famid=N
   |name=Sabre-Toothed Lime
   |image=familiar5.gif
   |H1=Sharp and acidic
   |H2=Forget tequila and salt
   |H3=No bark but great bite.
   |function=Attacks enemies
   |hatchling=sabre-toothed lime cub
   |equipment=tiny shaker of salt
   |ArenaStrong=Ultimate Cage Match
   |ArenaWeak=Scavenger Hunt}}

• FamID: The familiar's in-game ID number
• Name: The familiar's name, as it appears in the Kingdom.
  • Note: This is the name of the familiar in your terrarium, not the hatchling.
• Image: The familiar's image from the Kingdom, uploaded to the wiki in the same format.
• H1, H2, H3: The three lines of the haiku of the familiar's description, as it appears in the Kingdom.
  • Note: This is the familiar's description from clicking it in the terrarium, not the hatchling's item description.
• Function: What the familiar does, in terms of game mechanics.
• Hatchling: What item is used to acquire this familiar.
• Equipment: What familiar equipment is unique to this familiar?
• Arenastrong: In which area of the cake-shaped arena does the familiar excel?
• Arenaweak: In which area of the cake-shaped arena does the familiar fail?
  • Note: This is the one where the arena produces an actual message about how bad your familiar is.

Our above example would yield:

Create metadata
Familiar number: 5
View in-game: view

Unspecified Familiar Name
Sharp and acidic Forget tequila and salt No bark but great bite.

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Ability: Attacks enemies

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: sabre-toothed lime cub

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny shaker of salt

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

Combat Messages

• The heading is already provided for you from the template.
• Bullet all messages.
• First list normal combat messages, then with the Lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped, and so on with the Mr. Store equipment, in that order.
  • Use <name> and <him/her/it> in place of your familiar's name and the monster's pronoun, respectively.

*Regular message(s):
**<name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
**<name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
:<name> finds your foe's wallet stuck between its fangs.

*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
:<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole.

*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
:<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips.

yields:

• Regular message(s):
  • <name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
  • <name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> finds your foe's wallet stuck between its fangs.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole.

• With wax lips equipped:

<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips.

Arena Messages

Enter special arena messages here, particularly the messages for this familiar's weak/strong events, if applicable:

*When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:
:<name> has no eyes, and no legs... 

yields:

• When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:

<name> has no eyes, and no legs...

Other Information

I think we've already covered how to list Notes, References, or See Also sections (in that order).

Category

Any page that uses the {{familiar}} template will be automatically categorized in Category:Familiars. For other pages, add the following to the end of the page on its own line:

[[Category:Familiars| {{PAGENAME}}]]