Ghost of Crimbo Commerce

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Familiar number: 282
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Ghost of Crimbo Commerce
This fella knows the true reason for the season: Buy buy buy! More! More!

Causes enemies to drop more Meat
Occasionally compels you to buy stuff
Shares XP with the other Crimbo Ghosts

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Ability: Acts as a Leprechaun, grants statgain in a goofy way, shares familiar experience with the Ghost of Crimbo Carols and the Ghost of Crimbo Cheer

Throne/Bjorn: +25% Meat from Monsters, 5-15 meat for the first three rounds of combat

Hatchling: greedy ghostling

Familiar-Specific Equipment: N/A

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

+15% Meat Drop	4-5 MP	+3 Muscle statgain	+15% Item Drop	+4 Mysticality statgain	8-10 HP	+2 Moxie statgain
Delevel 25%*
*Hover for details

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular Messages after Combat:

  <name> rings a bell noisily until some passersby put Meat in his bucket.

  "Here," <name> says. "They were all out of gift cards, so I got you some Meat."

  "Here ya go, kid," <name> says. "Don't spend it all in one place."

  "Quickly!" <name> says, handing you some Meat. "Go buy the fattest goose in the market!"

  You feel a squelching in your shoe, and realize <name> has put a bunch of Meat in your stocking.

• After Ten Successful Combats:

  "Better get a <item> while there's still some left!" <name> whispers in your ear.

  "Buy a <item> before they all sell out!" <name> urges you. "You don't want to be the only one without one, do you?"

  "Don't forget to buy a <item>!" <name> whispers to you. "It's the hot gift of the season!"

  "Did you buy a <item> yet?" <name> whispers. "Don't wait, or they'll all sell out!"

  "Hey pal, you should buy a <item>!" <name> says. "They're the big thing this year!"

  "Quick, buy a <item>!" <name> hisses. "You don't wanna be the only one without one, do you?"

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <name> hands you some Meat with a nod, which you take to mean you're supposed to go spend it immediately for the good of the economy.

You gain 5-15 Meat.

• Bjornified in the Buddy Bjorn:

  <name> hands you some Meat with a nod, which you take to mean you're supposed to go spend it immediately for the good of the economy.

You gain 5-15 Meat.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  "Pretty good Tam O'Shanter," %familiarname winks. "How much did it run ya?"

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  %familiarname does a little jig around the maypole, while calculating its worth on the collectibles market.

• With wax lips equipped:
  

  %familiarname smiles carefully with their wax lips, so as to not lower the resale value.

Arena Messages

• None - familiar cannot compete at the Arena, with the following message:

Your ghost is only interested in playing reindeer games. Not the games here at the Arena.

Notes

• Has a maximum base weight of 40 lbs (compared to most familiars that only go up to 20 lbs).
• Cannot use familiar equipment: "Ghosts can't wear equipment, it would just fall through."
• After resolving 10 combats with The Ghost of Crimbo Commerce (regardless of victory or turn cost), or 10 combats after the last time bonus stats were granted, in the After Combat messages it will suggest to purchase a specific item (and only that item) from a mall store.
  • After purchasing the specific item, your next combat win with this familiar will give 20-25 x <your level> to each stat, each randomly rolled, with one of the following messages:
    • "Great job buying that <item>!" <name> says.
    • "Hey, you bought a <item>!" <name> says.
    • "Nice, you bought a <item>!" <name> says.
    • "Oh, good, you got a <item>!" <name> says.
    • "Oh good, you got a <item> before they sold out!" <name> says.

    followed by one of

    • "Doesn't that feel good?"
    • "Spending makes the world go 'round!"
    • "That's the Crimbo spirit!"
    • "That's what keeps the economy moving!"
    • "This'll be a great Crimbo!"
    • "What a rewarding purchase!"
  • Purchasing the item from your own mall store does count.
  • There is no way to "reset" the item being asked for, other than buying it, until you ascend.

References

• The Ghost's exhortation to "Go buy the fattest goose in the market!" is a reference to Scrooge's similar command to buy "the prize Turkey" at the end of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.