Mother Harblist's Fruity Flyer

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Mother Harblist's Fruity Flyer
Spell information
Nickname mhff
Guild Witches
Type Miscellaneous
Description Summons a giant fruitbat.
GP cost 200
Mind space 60
Thaums 12
Components apple (consumed)
Crystal None

Mother Harblist's Fruity Flyer is a miscellaneous witch spell which summons a giant fruitbat to carry items for its owner.


Acquisition

This spell can be learned at 120 levels of magic.spells.misc. It is taught by Granny Weatherwax and Aunty Ogg-San.

Casting

This spell costs 200 GP to cast, and takes up 60 units of mind space. It is not cast on any target.

If the caster already has a fruitbat, then the existing fruitbat will prevent a new one from being summoned.

Skills

Focus tea results
Scale      
200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400
 
summoning            
 
       
chanting            
 
       
charming            
 
       
dancing            
 
       

The following skills are used in the stages of this spell (skills in bold are primary):


Components

This spell requires an apple, which is consumed. If the caster fails this spell, then the apple might end up splattered all over them in the form of apple juice.

Casting messages

Casting
You send your mind out, searching for a friendly helper.
You whisper softly to the apple, trying to convince it to be more appealing.
A fruitbat appears, which you hold some fruit out to, hoping to befriend it.
You dance around a bit, flapping your arms in what you hope are bat-like motions.
Success
You summon a giant fruitbat.
Failure

A smoking failure will cause 20 damage:

Smoke starts pouring from your hands! 
You cough and gag on the smoke. 
Oh well, that didn't work.
Your apple explodes, showering you with apple juice!  The fruitbat is scared 
off by the exploding pome. 
Pieces of apple start to drip off you. 

An apple explosion adds the following line to a player's description for a short time:

She looks like she was just ambushed by an apple tree.

See also

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