Dandy Lion

From TheKolWiki

Dandy Lion
Shocking, cringing cat without the vim and verve, true But he sure can dance.

Increases item drops and restores HP and MP after combat

Ability: Fairy + Ghuol Whelp. Increases item drops and restores HP/MP after combat. Snappy dresser! NB: Hidden ability: occasionally attacks when you attack with a whip type weapon equipped

Throne: Regenerate 2-8 HP and MP per adventure, sometimes delevels

Hatchling: dandy lion cub

Familiar-Specific Equipment: woolen cravat

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

• Regular message:

  <name> notices you're bleeding, nearly faints at the sight, then bandages you with a strip torn from his ruffly sleeves.

  You gain some hit points.

  <name> touches you with one exquisitely-manicured claw. The built-up static electricity in his wool suit shocks you.

  You gain some Mana points.

  <name> does a mincing two-step, swinging his tail like a cane. Though it's utterly lacking in vim and verve, you applaud politely.

• With the safarrri hat equipped:

  <name> cowers in fear, peeking occasionally at your hat. You tell him to be a lion, not a mowouse, but he doesn't listen.

• With a whip-type weapon equipped as your primary weapon:

  Like the majority of whipholders, you crack your whip. <name> is startled by the noise and goes feral, clawing your opponent for X damage. All fear the kitten with a whip!

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <Name> delivers a scathing critique of his ensemble and hygiene. He looks pretty demoralized after the attack.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> winks underneath his Tam O'Shanter. Somehow he's found a matching scarf, so he's impeccably dressed as always.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> does a little country lion dancing around the maypole. Don't hit me.

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name>'s fangs poke through the wax lips, making him lisp even more than usual.

Arena Messages

• When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:

  <name> doesn't want to get his nice clothes dirty. He's a dancer, not a fighter.

Notes

• Increases item drops by the same factor as a Gravy Fairy.
• HP and MP are both determined by the familiar's weight: anywhere from (N+5)/2 to N+5, where N is the familiar's weight. (A 1-pound Dandy Lion will restore from 3 to 6 HP/MP, while a 25-pound Dandy Lion will restore 15-30 HP/MP.) Fractions are rounded down.
• The Dandy Lion will restore HP/MP roughly 50% of the time.
• The formula for damage dealt with a whip equipped appears to be the same as a Sabre-Toothed Lime: (floor(weight/2)+2) to (weight+2). The lion will attack 50% of the time.
• If both the safarrri hat and a whip are equipped, you will only get the hat message, never the whip message/effect.
• If you are full on either HP or MP when the Dandy Lion activates, the corresponding message(s) will not be displayed.
• In a 100 adventure test run, there were no special effects when the Cat-Herding Prod was equipped.

References

• The name "Dandy Lion" is a pun on the common dandelion, a dandy being a man (or lion) who places importance on fashion and style.
• Several aspects are references to the movie The Wizard Of Oz. The Cowardly Lion's song "If I Only Had The Nerve" contains the lines "without the vim and verve", "I'm just a dandy lion", and "But I could show my prowess / Be a lion, not a mowess". The wax lips message is a reference to the Cowardly Lion's lisp. (See also similar references on the White lion's page)
• The description haiku and arena message may refer to the animated movie Cats Don't Dance.
• The message displayed with miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped is a pun on Country line dancing (hence the "Don't hit me" at the end).
• "Kitten With A Whip" is a 1965 Ann-Margret movie featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.