Pinata

Pinata Information
Category	Fluff
Class	Miscellaneous
Tiers	3
How to Unlock	Certificate
Customizable	✓
Item Restrictions	✓

Verbs Used
APPROVE ATTACK GET HANG PULL PUSH PUT WAVE

The pinata is a fluff script that applies to miscellaneous items. The following facets are able to be customized by a merchant: broken long, sparks and toy. Updated for Ebon Gate 2022 by GM Xynwen. Pinatas are broken with WAVE while holding a stick or a scripted pinata beater.

Analyze

Pinata

You analyze your crescent moon pinata and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
~*~ Pinatas & Their Sticks ~*~

This item is a pinata.  It is Tier 3 of 3.  At this tier, you can HANG it and WAVE at it with any stick or scripted pinata beater.  It also can hold up to 9 small items inside.  BEWARE:  these items will spill upon the ground when the pinata is broken and are subject to the janitor.  You've been warned.  At Tier 3, it also becomes renewable.  The pinata may be broken once a day, resetting at midnight.  There is also a chance of a haunting upon breakage; this may set loose a creature, or more rarely, drop a huggable toy.  APPROVE toggles the haunting. 

Pinata Status:  there is a charge left for today

Alterations:
  * Base/long/show are acceptable, but the show can only be used if there is already a long.
  * Show:  Requires a long also.  Should not indicate the state of the pinata, as it will carry across being battered, broken, or pristine
  * Broken long:  You will need to supply a long for when it is broken.  It should not still be in one piece/item (so nothing like "a thousand pieces of pinata" but more like "a broken ghost pinata")
  * Toy:  You can supply a base (15/15/15) for the very rare chance that a haunting produces a toy when broken.  Must clearly be a soft toy, like "a stuffed,grey,ghost"
  * Custom sparks:  Default is "crimson and gold," but you can choose something else.  These are the sparks that are given off when the pinata breaks.

Custom Settings:
  * Broken Pinata:  a broken and battered crescent moon pinata
  * Sparks:  glittering lapis and violet

A silver-glazed crescent moon pinata cannot be further lightened or deepened.

Pinata Beater

You analyze your silvery linden baton and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
~*~ Pinatas & Their Sticks ~*~

This item is a pinata beater.  It has a few fluff verbs (pull, push, hang) and works on pinatas.

Alterations:  This can be freely altered as long as it remains a stick-like item capable of beating upon a pinata.  Examples include sturdy wands, rods, batons, or sticks.

You get no sense of whether or not the baton may be further lightened.

Usage Information

Messaging uses the item's custom settings, shown in italics below. The examples use a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata with glittering lapis and violet sparks, and a star-topped silvery linden baton as the beater. Pinatas from before the 2022 update become Tier 1 the first time they are used.

Tier 1/Off-the-Shelf

HANG the pinata while holding it in a room with a tree, either an object with the noun tree or a room whose terrain has trees. Once it is hung, only you can GET it, unless you leave the room. WAVE at the hung pinata while holding a stick or a scripted pinata beater, or ATTACK it. Results 6 to 8 damage the pinata. Once it has taken enough damage, each swing has a 3 in 10 chance of breaking it. Any swing that doesn't break it shows one of 10 results and gives 5 seconds of roundtime. When the pinata breaks, 6 to 12 random items such as candy, cookies, tarts, amulets, and silver bars spill onto the ground. A Tier 1 or Tier 2 pinata is destroyed when it breaks.

Verb	Condition	First	Third
HANG	Visible	You sling a rope over a nearby tree and hoist a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata high into the air.	Xynwen slings a rope over a branch of a nearby tree and then hoists a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata high into the air.
	Hidden	Same as visible.	A rope flies over a branch of a nearby tree and then hoists a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata high into the air.
PULL	Visible	You pull the rope on the pinata, raising it up into the air.	Xynwen pulls the rope on the pinata, raising it up into the air.
	Hidden	Same as visible.	Something appears to be pulling the rope on the pinata, raising it up into the air.
PUSH	Visible	You let out slack on the rope, lowering the pinata closer to the ground.	Xynwen lets out slack on the rope, lowering the pinata closer to the ground.
	Hidden	Same as visible.	The pinata lowers closer to the ground.
GET	Hanging, visible	You lower the pinata until it is resting on the ground and then pick it up.	Xynwen lowers the pinata until it is on the ground and then picks it up.
	Hanging, hidden	Same as visible.	The pinata lowers down to the ground and then vanishes.
	Someone else's pinata	The pinata doesn't belong to you.	-
WAVE	Wind-up	You glance at the pinata, then close your eyes tightly. You spin around several times in place and then stop in front of what you hope is the pinata. You take a firm grip on a star-topped silvery linden baton as you raise it to your shoulder.	Xynwen closes her eyes tightly and spins around several times in place, then raises a star-topped silvery linden baton to her shoulder.
	Result 1	You swing the silvery linden baton, but it goes through empty air.	Xynwen swings the silvery linden baton at a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata, making a low whooshing sound as the silvery linden baton goes wide. Hidden: A low whooshing sound comes from around a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata.
	Result 2	You swing the silvery linden baton, but it goes through empty air.	Xynwen swings a star-topped silvery linden baton in the air but completely misses the crescent moon pinata.
	Result 3	You swing the silvery linden baton, but it goes through empty air.	Xynwen swings a star-topped silvery linden baton at a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata, missing by a hair!
	Result 4	You swing where you think the pinata is but miss and connect with the ground, making your hands ache.	Xynwen swings a star-topped silvery linden baton wildly through the air, missing the pinata but connecting solidly with the ground! Hidden: A loud thump sounds as a cloud of dust rises up underneath the pinata.
	Result 5 (knocked down)	You swing the silvery linden baton and feel it narrowly miss the pinata. A moment later, you realize you've lost your balance and wince as you hit the ground.	Xynwen swings at the pinata, which bounces wildly. Xynwen's carry-through puts her off balance, and she falls in a heap!
	Result 6 (glancing hit)	You swing the baton and feel it glance off the surface of the pinata, but nothing seems to break.	Xynwen swings the silvery linden baton at the crescent moon pinata and connects! Unfortunately, it's only a glancing blow and the pinata remains intact. Hidden: A thud comes from the crescent moon pinata as it starts to sway back and forth.
	Result 7 (glancing hit)	You swing the baton and feel it glance off the surface of the pinata, but nothing seems to break.	Xynwen swings the silvery linden baton at the crescent moon pinata and connects! The baton bounces off in a glancing blow and the pinata remains unbroken. Hidden: A thud comes from the crescent moon pinata as it starts to sway back and forth.
	Result 8 (solid hit)	You swing the silvery linden baton and feel a solid strike on the pinata, which sends it swaying back and forth.	Xynwen swings the silvery linden baton at the pinata and connects! It's a solid strike that breaks off some material from the pinata and starts it swaying back and forth.
	Result 9 (another player nearby)	You swing the silvery linden baton and get really close to hitting something, but you don't think it was the crescent moon pinata.	Others: Xynwen swings wildly at the air, narrowly missing Eliana's head with the silvery linden baton! Eliana: You flinch involuntarily as Xynwen's swing brings the silvery linden baton within inches of your head!
	Result 10	You swing at the pinata and miss. What's more, you nearly lost your balance from the follow-through, recovering in the nick of time.	Xynwen swings a star-topped silvery linden baton at a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata but misses and loses her balance on the follow-through. Xynwen is able to recover in time to avoid a fall, though.
	Break	You feel the silvery linden baton connect firmly with the crescent moon pinata and hear a loud *POP* as it explodes in a shower of glittering lapis and violet sparks! Several items fall out of a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata and onto the ground!	Xynwen swings a star-topped silvery linden baton at a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata! She connects, and the crescent moon pinata explodes in a shower of glittering lapis and violet sparks! Several items fall out of a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata and onto the ground! Hidden: The crescent moon pinata explodes in a shower of glittering lapis and violet sparks!

Tier 2

Tier 2 pinatas can hold up to 9 small items, which spill onto the ground with the other items when the pinata breaks. Items on the ground can be picked up by anyone and are subject to the janitor.

Verb	Condition	First	Third
PUT	Item into pinata	Fidgeting with a hidden area on your crescent moon pinata, you hide a small gold nugget inside. [WARNING: Items placed inside the pinata may be susceptible to the janitor when the pinata breaks. Replacement is not guaranteed. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.]	Fidgeting with her crescent moon pinata, Xynwen hides a small gold nugget inside.

Tier 3

Tier 3 pinatas are not destroyed when they break. They can be broken once a day and recharge at midnight, server time. Every Tier 3 break has a 1 in 5 chance of dropping a huggable toy. APPROVE turns hauntings on or off; they are off by default. With hauntings on, each break has a 1 in 5 chance of a haunting. A haunting releases an undead creature engaged with you or, more rarely, drops a huggable toy. The custom toy, if set, is one of the possible toys.

Verb	Condition	First	Third
APPROVE	Hauntings off to on	Your crescent moon pinata will now have a random chance to be haunted upon breaking. You can APPROVE again to change this.	-
	Hauntings on to off	Your crescent moon pinata will NOT have a random chance to be haunted upon breaking. You can APPROVE again to change this.	-
Any	Recharged after breaking	A silver-glazed crescent moon pinata flashes with glittering lapis and violet sparkles as it knits itself back together. Before your very eyes, it becomes a silver-glazed crescent moon pinata again.	-
WAVE	Toy (any T3 break)	A ghost flies out of the pinata, momentarily catching you offguard. As it hits the ground, you realize it is just a toy and not the real thing.	Same as first person.
	Haunting, toy	As the pinata breaks, a ghostly wail echoes across the area, and a spectral grey mist rises from the ground. A ghost flies out of the pinata, momentarily catching you offguard. As it hits the ground, you realize it is just a toy and not the real thing.	Same as first person.
	Haunting, creature	As the pinata breaks, a ghostly wail echoes across the area, and a spectral grey mist rises from the ground. A ghost flies out of the pinata, its rage focused on you, at least for now.	As the pinata breaks, a ghostly wail echoes across the area, and a spectral grey mist rises from the ground. A ghost flies out of the pinata, its rage focused on Xynwen, at least for now.

Pinata Beater

A pinata beater has no tiers. WAVE at a hung pinata breaks it the same way a stick does.

Verb	Condition	First	Third
HANG	Held	You dangle your silvery linden baton loosely between your fingers, then slowly begin to wave it around, practicing your pinata-destroying moves.	Xynwen dangles her silvery linden baton loosely between her fingers, then slowly waves it around. She looks as if she is concentrating, but on what, you cannot imagine.
PULL	Held	You slap your silvery linden baton against the palm of your hand, glancing about and ready for anything.	Xynwen slaps her silvery linden baton against the palm of her hand, glancing around warily.
PUSH	Held	You push one end of your silvery linden baton, twirling it on your palm.	Xynwen pushes one end of her silvery linden baton, twirling it on her palm.
WAVE	Held, no pinata in the room	You wave your silvery linden baton around wildly. Time for some pinata-beating!	Xynwen waves her silvery linden baton around wildly. She could hurt someone that way!

Additional Information

Restrictions

Pinatas

• The noun must remain pinata.
• The base, long, and show can be altered, but a show also requires a long.
• The show should not describe the state of the pinata, since it is used whether the pinata is pristine, battered, or broken.
• A long for the broken pinata is required. It should not describe the pinata in pieces, so a broken ghost pinata rather than a thousand pieces of pinata.
• A custom toy must clearly be a soft toy, such as a stuffed grey ghost. This is a Tier 3 option.
• Custom sparks default to crimson and gold.
• Pinatas cannot be lightened or deepened.

Pinata beaters

• Must remain a stick-like item that could beat a pinata, such as a sturdy wand, rod, baton, or stick.

Warning: Item Spillage!

If you have upgraded your pinata to Tier 2 or above and you stuff it full of items to spill out when you break it, DO NOT FORGET that this means they will be on the ground and subject to the janitor or for people wandering through to pick them up. This is a USER BEWARE situation. Use at your own risk!

Credits

The pinata script was updated by GameMaster Xynwen for Ebon Gate 2022 for the shop Wild Flailings, which was created by GameMaster Elysani. Support, assistance, and cheerleading was offered by GameMaster Thandiwe.

Availability

• Wild Flailings at Evermore Hollow