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Not to be confused with a different pet rock script, these are pet rocks built upon the same system that brings you teadragons and a host of other pets. Created by GM Xynwen, these pet rocks debuted at February 2026's Duskruin Arena.

The first time you bind/summon a pet rock, you will be awarded a unique post-name title: Sentinel of the Skirmishing Stone.

Summoning Device

The summoning device for pet rocks is a small chest-like item. PROD will summon your pet.

Summoning Device Analyze

 ~*~ Pet Rocks:  Summoning Device ~*~
This box is a summoning device that will call a pet rock.

Summoning Device Alterations:
  * Device's base, long, and show may be altered normally, but it must be made of some sort of stone.
    - Noun must be box, chest, coffer, or strongbox
    - This should be handheld/small, so nothing indicating it is large
  * Summoning device will always reference a lid in the messaging, so do not contradict this

Pet Rock Alteration Information:
  * Pet must be DISMISSed before any alterations can occur (they are done on the box)
  * Pet rocks will take a base, long, and show
  * These are small items (no more than human palm-sized), and LOOK will append some details to the SHOW.
    - Namely that there is a magical aura about it
  * Allowable nouns:  stone, rock, pebble, gem (or specific gem type, like ruby)
   - These are fighting items, so nothing is pristine/flawless
  * Color:  The primary color of the stone.  Can be 1-2 words, but this is limited to the color itself
  * Type:  What type of stone it is (slate, basalt, ruby, etc)
  * Pattern:  Surface pattern, precedes words like 'exterior' or 'surface.'  Ex. moss-covered, battered, gold-veined

Verbs:
  * PROD box to summon the pet, SING box for the loresong, POKE the pet to toggle ambients.
  * T1 verbs: growl, lick, nudge (pet only)
  * T2 verbs: eat, kick (pet only), slap (pet only)
  * T3 brush (pet only), raise, flip (pet only)
    - TURN:  At T3, you can TURN box to toggle your pet between T1 and T3 actions.  Must be done before pet is summoned.

Details:
  * Tier:  3
  * Summoned Tier (set by TURN):  Set as a T3 pet, has a chance to fire messaging from earlier tiers.  TURN to set it like a T1 pet.
  * Base:  a,smooth,stone
  * Long:  a smooth stone marked with clunky Gnollish runes
  * Show:  none
  * Color:  grey
  * Stone Type:  stone
  * Exterior Pattern:  smooth

~*~  End Custom Analyze ~*~


 Your box is ready to be used again.

Summoning Device Verbs

  • Prod: Summons the pet
  • Turn: Toggles the device between summoning a T1-active pet and a T3-active pet
  • Sing: The item's loresong
  • Fluff verbs:
    • Tier 1: growl, lick
    • Tier 2: eat
    • Tier 3: raise

Pet Rock

The pet rock is summoned via the summoning device. If you leave the game, it will eventually unsummon itself, and you can (after a cooldown), resummon the pet.

Pet Rock Analyze

~*~ Pet Rocks ~*~
This stone is a pet rock.  While it can be altered, alterations occur on the summoning device, and the pet must be dismissed.

Pet Rock Alteration Information:
  * Pet rocks will take a base, long, and show
  * These are small items (no more than human palm-sized), and LOOK will append some details to the SHOW.
    - Namely that there is a magical aura about it
  * Allowable nouns:  stone, rock, pebble, gem (or specific gem type, like ruby)
   - These are fighting items, so nothing is pristine/flawless
  * Color:  The primary color of the stone.  Can be 1-2 words, but this is limited to the color itself
  * Type:  What type of stone it is (slate, basalt, ruby, etc)
  * Pattern:  Surface pattern, precedes words like 'exterior' or 'surface.'  Ex. moss-covered, battered, gold-veined

Verbs:  POKE the pet to toggle ambients.  Other verbs: growl, lick, nudge, eat, kick, slap, brush, raise, flip
TURN:  At T3, you can TURN the summoning device to toggle your pet between T1 and T3 actions.  Must be done before pet is summoned.

Details:
  * Tier:  3
  * Summoned Tier (set by TURN when unsummoned):  Set as a T3 pet, has a chance to fire messaging from earlier tiers.  TURN to set it like a T1 pet.
  * Base:  a,smooth,stone
  * Long:  a smooth stone marked with clunky Gnollish runes
  * Show:  none
  * Color:  grey
  * Stone Type:  stone
  * Exterior Pattern:  smooth

~*~  End Custom Analyze ~*~

Pet Rock Verbs

  • Poke: Toggles the ambients on/off
  • Look: Has a built-in show (can override it with a custom show, but there will always be a line about being surrounded by a magical glow)
  • Fluff verbs:
    • Tier 1: growl, lick, nudge, turn
    • Tier 2: eat, kick, slap
    • Tier 3: brush, raise, flip