Grue

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Familiar number: 11
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Grue

In darkness is strength Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me Creature of the night.

Attacks enemies, especially effectively when the moons are darkest

Ability: Attacks opponent, depending on amount of moonlight, and does spooky damage.

Throne/Bjorn: Mysticality +15%, sometimes deals 20-25 Spooky Damage

Hatchling: grue egg

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

Regular messages:
<name> attempts to bite it, but misses.

<name> bites it for X damage.
When there is too much moonlight:
<name> cowers, shielding its eyes against the bright light.
Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:
<name> lets loose a terrifying screech, scaring about 20-25 or so points of bejeezus out of him.
Bjornified in the Buddy Bjorn:
<name> does... something... to your opponent. You missed seeing what actually happens, but your foe appears to have takes^[sic] 20-25 damage from whatever it was.
With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
<name> latches its teeth onto your slain foe's wallet and spits out some extra meat.
With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
You think you see <name> dancing around the maypole, but it's too dark to really tell.
With wax lips equipped:
A gleam of white (and bright red) in the dark indicate that <name> is smiling with his wax lips.

Arena Messages

When entered in a Scavenger Hunt:
<name>'s vision isn't very good in this light. Or any light, for that matter.

The Grue will attack if there are 5 units of moonlight or less, meaning it can attack during 71.590% of the moon cycle.
The Grue's damage equation consists of two parts: weight and moonlight. Its weight-based damage ranges from (weight/2) to (weight). Its light-based damage ranges from (9.5 - 1.5 × X) to (17 - 3 × X), where X is the number of lit moon segments.
When it can attack, the grue will attempt to attack every round. The grue will hit 10% + 10 × (ceiling(weight/4))%, regardless of moonlight. At 33 pounds, the grue will not miss.

In the game Zork if you were in a dark area without a source of light, you were likely to be eaten by a Grue.
Grues first appeared in the Dying Earth series of books by Jack Vance, and were later incorporated into the Zork series of games.
The last two lines of this familiar's haiku are lyrics from the refrain of the song Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me from the The Rocky Horror Picture Show: "Touch-a touch-a touch-a touch me / I wanna be dirty / Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me / Creature of the night."
The reference to white and bright red in the dark may be a reference to the opening scene of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where a mouth with bright white teeth and bright red lips on a black background sings "Science Fiction Double Feature".