Disco Bandit

Description

• (Male) The Disco Bandit boogies to and fro, hither and yon. Whence comes he? No man knows. Whither strikes he next? All men live in fear of him and his Moxie.
• (Female) The Disco Bandit boogies to and fro, hither and yon. Whence comes she? No man knows. Whither strikes she next? All men live in fear of her and her Moxie.

Skills

Most Disco Bandit skills are learned from The Department of Shadowy Arts and Crafts. All Disco Bandits begin the game with Disco Aerobics and Suckerpunch.

Level	Skill	Description	Effect	Type	MP Cost	Train Cost
0	Disco Aerobics	By disco dancing at your campsite, you can put yourself in a Disco State of Mind. Your Moxie will increase for a period of time.	Disco State of Mind (+2 Moxie) (5 Adventures)	Non-combat	1	N/A
0	Suckerpunch	Have you ever been punched in the stomach when you were least expecting it? If so, aren't you itching for revenge? This skill will let you get it.	1 Damage Monster Level -1	Combat	1	N/A
1	Disco Eye-Poke	In the course of your disco dancing, you can poke your opponent in the eye (or eye analogue,) doing a small amount of damage and throwing your opponent off guard.	Deals damage and weakens opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	2	125 Meat
1	Deft Hands	If idle hands are the Devil's workshop, active hands are his shooting range. And your hands -- they get up to some mischief, lemme tell you.	Increases damage dealt by combat items by 25%	Passive	N/A	125 Meat
2	Overdeveloped Sense of Self Preservation	You are acutely aware of the value of your own ass. This makes you less likely to be taken by surprise in combat, and increases your chances of successfully running away from a monster.	+20% Combat Initiative	Passive	N/A	250 Meat
2	Disco Dance of Doom	You can bust a disco move all up out the joint, damaging your opponent all the while.	Deals damage and weakens opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	3	250 Meat
3	Disco Nap	This skill allows you to take a quick Disco Nap, and heal some of your wounds. Your powerful napping skills will also allow you to rest at your campsite, once per day, without using up an Adventure.	Heals 20 HP and removes Confused, Embarrassed, Sleepy, Sunburned, and Wussiness effects. Allows you to rest at your campsite once a day without using an adventure	Non-combat	8	500 Meat
3	Disco State of Mind	It's one thing to listen to disco. It's another thing to dance to it. It's a third thing, though, to really, truly live the disco lifestyle. And you do that third thing. NOTE: Only true Disco Bandits can handle the rigors of Disco Momentum. Other classes are clumsy, and would only embarrass themselves if they tried.	Your dance moves build Disco Momentum	Passive	N/A	500 Meat
4	Disco Dance II: Electric Boogaloo	This advanced form of the Disco Dance of Doom is sure to leave your enemies both smacked around and confused.	Deals damage and weakens opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	4	750 Meat
4	Frantic Gyrations	When you dance, you dance.	Disco Momentum makes you harder to hit	Passive	N/A	750 Meat
5	Advanced Cocktailcrafting	This skill focuses your disco groove into the ability to make special high-quality cocktails.	Allows you to mix drinks using coconut shells, little paper umbrellas and magical ice cubes. Creates three of those items once a day, or five items with Superhuman Cocktailcrafting.	Non-combat	10	1,250 Meat
5	That's Not a Knife	Sometimes you need a knife, but you don't always have a knife, and you certainly aren't going to pay for a knife.	Lets you "acquire" a knife.	Non-combat	N/A	1,250 Meat
6	Nimble Fingers	Your mad looting skills will cause the amount of meat dropped by monsters to increase.	+20% Meat from Monsters	Passive	N/A	1,750 Meat
6	Disco Face Stab	This is a vastly improved version of the Disco Eye Poke. Instead of poking your opponent in the eye, you stab him (or her, or it) in the face. This is sure to cause him (or her, or it) some problems.	Uses best available knife to damage and weaken opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	8	1,750 Meat
7	Tricky Knifework	You have become one with the subtle blade. You finally understand which direction the pointy part is supposed to go in.	Attacks done with a knife equipped will hit and deal damage based on your Moxie (unless your Muscle is higher).	Passive	N/A	2,500 Meat
7	Flashy Dancer	Your Disco dancing is so refined, so next-level, so... amazing. People stand agog at your footwork. They are nonplussed by it, in the actual correct sense of that word.	When you gain Disco Momentum, your opponents will be too impressed to attack you	Passive	N/A	2,500 Meat
8	Mad Looting Skillz	This skill will increase the rate at which the monsters you slay drop items.	+20% Items from Monsters	Passive	N/A	3,250 Meat
8	Disco Smirk	You're a good dancer, and you know it. So why not let your expression show it, with a smug smirk.	Disco Smirk Moxie +10 (10 Adventures) Replaces other Facial Expressions.	Non-combat	10	3,250 Meat
9	Disco Greed	You're a dancer. It's what you do. And when people do what they do, they get paid for it. And if they don't get paid for it, well, then you can't blame them for stealing your stuff.	Disco Momentum increases item drops	Passive	N/A	4,000 Meat
9	Knife in the Dark	The two greatest fears man faces are fear of the dark and fear of sharp things. This is a move that combines both of those fears.	Uses best available knife to damage opponent with physical and Spooky damagenote (usable once per fight)	Combat	10	4,000 Meat
10	Disco Bravado	Your dancing is so stylish that it even impresses you, and that's really saying something.	Disco Momentum increases stat gains	Passive	N/A	5,000 Meat
10	Disco Shank	There are very few problems that cannot be solved with the judicious application of a very, very sharp knife.	Uses best available knife to damage opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	13	5,000 Meat
11	Adventurer of Leisure	Sleep is where you're a disco Viking.	Disco Napping is much more effective Rest Without Spending an Adventure (2x / day)	Passive	N/A	6,250 Meat
11	Disco Dance 3: Back in the Habit	Disco is back, baby! Hey, baby, I'm just kidding -- disco never left!	Deals damage and weakens opponent (usable once per fight)	Combat	10	6,250 Meat
12	Ambidextrous Funkslinging	Each of your hands is capable of slinging just as much funk as the other. This skill allows you to use two items per round of combat instead of just one.	Allows two combat items to be used during each combat round	Passive	N/A	7,500 Meat
12	Disco Inferno	Your disco dancing is so hot that it produces literal fire when you want it to.	Damage opponent with your Hotness (usable once per fight)	Combat	15	7,500 Meat
13	Heart of Polyester	You're too cool for school -- resistant to all manner of sleazy advances and come-ons.	So-So Sleaze Resistance	Passive	N/A	10,000 Meat
13	Disco Fever	You are capable of internalizing your love of Disco on a biological level.	Disco Fever Ranged Damage +10, Moxie +10% (10 Adventures)	Non-combat	10	10,000 Meat
14	Smooth Movement	This skill allows you to more stealthily sneak from shadow to shadow, and makes you less likely to encounter monsters while adventuring.	Smooth Movements Decreases likelihood of combat adventures (10 Adventures)	Non-combat	10	12,500 Meat
14	Sensitive Fingers	Your fingers are extremely sensitive, making it easier for you to feel around in peoples' pockets and steal stuff. The downside is it also makes that Halloween thing where somebody hands you a bowl of peeled grapes and tells you they're witches' eyeballs waaaaaay scarier for you.	+10% Pickpocket Chance	Passive	N/A	12,500 Meat
15	Superhuman Cocktailcrafting	Your drink mixing skills are beyond the ken of mere mortals. Spirits kneel before you as mixers quiver in your shadow. Pretty dramatic, eh?	Gives access to Nash Crosby's Still Allows you to cocktailcraft using the improved booze and mixer ingredients obtained from Nash Crosby's Still Advanced Cocktailcrafting skill creates 2 additional items per day.	Passive	N/A	15,000 Meat
15	Disco Leer	Decades of research and practice have taught you how to adopt the creepiest facial expression the 70s had to offer -- the disco leer.	Disco Leer +10% Meat from Monsters (10 Adventures) Replaces other Facial Expressions.	Non-Combat	10	15,000 Meat
Spookyraven Manor Quest Skill
N/A	Tango of Terror	This dance evokes feelings of dread in all who behold it. Not because you're bad dancer, no, but because it is a bad dance. A macabre dance. An evil dance.	15-18 Spooky damage Monster Level -8	Combat	8	N/A
Sea Floor Skill
N/A	Salacious Cocktailcrafting	Owing to your mad mixological skills, you're able to craft delightfully lurid cocktails with incredibly salty rims. Like, seriously, check out these rims.	Allows you to use seaodes in cocktailcrafting.	Passive	N/A	N/A
Crimbo '09 Skill
N/A	Stealth Mistletoe	You've pilfered a lot of things in your day, but none of them are as sweet as the kisses this skill will let you steal.	Doubles the deleveling effect of all subsequent Disco Bandit combat skills	Combat	5	N/A
Traveling Trader Skill
N/A	Kung Fu Hustler	You're an expert in 1970s movie martial arts. Your hands are so deadly you don't even need weapons.	Gives intrinsic effects when fighting without any weapons or off-hand items equipped	Passive	N/A	N/A
Rave Skills
N/A	Gothy Handwave	You know how goth chicks dance, right? Just sort of waving their arms around and wiggling their fingers? Maybe, if they're really advanced, slowly turning around in a circle while they do it? Yeah, that's what this is. God only knows what it's good for.	Allows you to study ravers to learn their dance skills.	Combat	1	N/A
N/A	Break It On Down	This is one of the new-fangled dances the kids are doing these days. It's pretty good in a fight, though. Against something with breakable knees, anyway.	5-15 damage Stuns for 1 turn (100%)	Combat	2	N/A
N/A	Pop and Lock It	This is basically the same as the classic "Doin' the Robot" move, but modernized and made a little more interesting. I guess the more things change, the more they stay people pretending to be slow-moving robots.	5-20 damage	Combat	2	N/A
N/A	Run Like the Wind	By pretending to run away without actually running away, you can easily trick an opponent into letting their guard down. Man, what will those kids think of next?	5-20 damage	Combat	2	N/A

Levels

The amount of Moxie required to attain level L follows the formula Moxie = L² - 2L+ 5.

Class-Specific Powers

• Pickpocket: Disco Bandits (and Accordion Thieves) can attempt to steal an item from the enemy when they get the jump in combat.
• Disco Momentum: Disco Dance and its sequels generate Momentum, which improves the effectiveness of many Disco Bandit skills for the duration of combat.
• Disco Bandits who have passed their guild's test can access The Shadowy Store and, if they have learned Superhuman Cocktailcrafting, use Nash Crosby's Still.
• Disco Bandits can cast Suckerpunch in combat for 0 MP.
• The Autonomous Disco Ball's attack/delevel ability is more powerful if you are a Disco Bandit.

Class Gear

• Disco Bandits start with a disco ball and a disco mask in their inventory.
• The Disco Bandit's Epic Weapon is the Disco Banjo.
• The Disco Bandit's Legendary Epic Weapon is the Shagadelic Disco Banjo.
• The Disco Bandit's Ultimate Legendary Epic Weapon is the Seeger's Unstoppable Banjo.
• The Disco Bandit's Epic Hat is the Disco 'Fro Pick.
• The Disco Bandit's Epic Pants are the Volartta's bellbottoms.
• The Disco Bandit's Epic Accessory is the Bling of the New Wave.
• The Disco Bandit's Legendary Regalia is the Legendary Regalia of the Groovelord.
• The Disco Bandit's Standard ascension rewards, by year:
  • 2024: moss mantle
  • 2023: chiffon chakram
  • 2022: Loofah legwarmers
  • 2021: Velour valise
  • 2020: paraffin palazzos
  • 2019: chalk chapeau
  • 2018: gabardine girdle
  • 2017: aerogel attache case
  • 2016: wicker sticker
  • 2015: polyester panama hat
• The Disco Bandit's Standard Hardcore ascension rewards, by year:
  • 2024: adobe ascot
  • 2023: ceramic cerecloth belt
  • 2022: flagstone fleece
  • 2021: Stained glass shiv
  • 2020: terra cotta tie tack
  • 2019: marble medallion
  • 2018: fiberglass fingerguard
  • 2017: wrought-iron walker
  • 2016: bakelite breeches
  • 2015: porcelain pelerine
• The Disco Bandit's Hardcore ascension reward is the stainless steel slacks.
• The Disco Bandit's Hardcore Oxygenarian ascension reward is the plexiglass pants.
• The Disco Bandit's Bad Moon ascension reward is the Brimstone Boxers.
• The Disco Bandit's secret from the future reward is the bitter bowtie.
• The Disco Bandit's Hateful Habiliment item is the Fuzzy Slippers of Hatred.
• The Disco Bandit's Violent Vestments item is the Pigsticker of Violence.
• Disco Bandits can get makeshift castanets from the Hobo Marketplace.
• The chintzy disco ball pendant, the diamond-studded cane, the ye olde golde frontes and the Crimbo stockings confer their enchantment bonuses only to Disco Bandits.
• The Tawdry Tramp Togs and its components confer their enchantment bonuses only to Disco Bandits.
• The Dreadful Bugbear Suit and its components confer their enchantment bonuses only to Disco Bandits.
• The Disco Bandit's Nemesis Quest familiar is the Autonomous Disco Ball.
• The Disco Bandit's level 30 trophy is the Duke of Disco.

History

• All Disco Bandits (and Accordion Thieves) started with the skill Moxious Maneuver before it was removed from the game on May 22, 2013.
• Disco Bandits were the second class to be revamped on October 21, 2013, a few days after The Space Odyssey Discotheque showed up. In addition to 15 brand new skills, all Disco dance moves were changed to be usable once per combat and had their MP costs reduced. Disco Combos were replaced with Disco Momentum, boosting the Disco Bandit's various combat skills for the combat. Several existing skills had their level requirements lowered, Advanced Cocktailcrafting now only require one cast a day, Disco Fever was changed to a non-combat buff, and Disco Power Nap was reworked into Adventurer of Leisure as a passive that improves Disco Nap. See Disco Bandit/Old for an archive of the skills prior to the change.

References

• The level 2 rank, "Rhythm Rogue", refers to the Dreamcast game Space Channel 5: Part 2 (although only brought to Europe/US on the PS2).
• The level 7 rank, "Move Buster", may refer to either Young MC's song "Bust A Move", or the Bust A Move video game series.
• The level 14 rank, "Rhymer And Stealer", refers to the Beastie Boys song "Rhymin' and Stealin'".

Classes
Seal Clubber	Turtle Tamer	Pastamancer	Sauceror	Disco Bandit	Accordion Thief