Molybdenum magnet

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molybdenum magnet This isn't a guy who's wealthy because of his huge molybdenum-mining empire -- that'd be a molybdenum magnate. And it's not gonna teach you how to dance, or ring your little bell, that'd be a monster magnet. What it is is a powerful magnet that only attracts things made of molybdenum. Type: combat item Cannot be traded or discarded Quest Item Attracts Molybdenum (In-game plural: molybdenum magnets)

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Obtained From

The Junkyard

Yossarian, The Junkman

When Used

• Unsuccessful use:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet, but nothing happens.

• Successful use:

• On a batwinged gremlin:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the hammer is wrenched out of the gremlin's hand. It looks at you glumly, then slinks back off into the junkyard.

You acquire an item: molybdenum hammer

You win the fight!

• On an erudite gremlin:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the wrench is wrenched (Ha! Ha ha!) out of the gremlin's hand. It looks at you glumly, then slinks back off into the junkyard.

You acquire an item: molybdenum crescent wrench

You win the fight!

• On a spider gremlin:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the pliers is wrenched out of the gremlin's hand. It looks at you glumly, then slinks back off into the junkyard.

You acquire an item: molybdenum pliers

You win the fight!

• On a vegetable gremlin:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the screwdriver is wrenched out of the gremlin's hand. It looks at you glumly, then slinks back off into the junkyard.

You acquire an item: molybdenum screwdriver

You win the fight!

• On the Fall of the Dinosaurs path, on a dinosaur that consumed the correct gremlin:

You hold out the molybdenum magnet and the <tool> is wrenched out of the dino's maw. It looks at you angrily, then storms back off into the junkyard.

You acquire... something. [[Data:{{{item}}}]]

You win the fight!

Notes

• Received from Yossarian, The Junkman when dressed in Frat Warrior Fatigues, or War Hippy Fatigues after having beaten enough Frat Warriors in the Battlefield.
• Unsuccessful use of the molybdenum magnet does not consume a combat round, unless you attempt to use another item in the same round with the Ambidextrous Funkslinging skill or the Black Cat knocks it out of your hands.
• The gremlins never miss or fumble. This allows the attack text to appear even for characters with very high Moxie.
• In order to obtain Yossarian's tools from the gremlins, the magnet must be used as a combat item when the gremlin's last attack message mentioned a tool. Combat will then end, and you will acquire the item.
  • In Fall of the Dinosaurs, the combat messages do not change, but it will automatically yield the tool if used on a dino that ate the correct gremlin (without any other requirement).

References

• The line in the description that reads "...it's not gonna teach you how to dance, or ring your little bell, that'd be a monster magnet..." refers to lyrics from the title track of the Monster Magnet album Powertrip. The lyrics in question are "Who's gonna teach you how to dance?" and "Who's gonna ring your little bell?"
• Molybdenum is a real chemical element. Though it has various applications, molybdenum is actually not at all magnetic.