Nutcracker's hat

Item Number: 1801
Description ID: 70141101
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Nutcracker's hat
Plural: Nutcracker's hats
Back in the Golden Age of Twilight, there was a very confused hero called the Nutcracker. Stop snickering! Anyway, he dressed up like passerine in a 19th century Russian military uniform. Nobody really knows why, but most just assumed that he picked a name and then couldn't decide if he wanted to pay homage to the bird or the ballet.

Regardless, like everyone else in the Golden Age, he faded to obscurity. Unlike every other hero and villain, nobody much cared, or really even noticed. All that remains of him and his (ahem) legend is this ridiculous hat. I'm sure you'll put it to far better use than he ever did; considering most of the nonsense you wear on a regular basis, it won't look nearly so ridiculous.

December 2011 Item of the Month

Helmet
Power: 50
Item cannot be auto-sold
Item cannot be worn in runs with a 'no pulls' restriction

Cracks Nuts
Prevents bad injuries
+10% chance of critical hits.**
-5 seconds to the duration of each turn***

** Fumble and critical hit values are capped at +/- 20%.
*** Maximum time benefit of -60 seconds, total, including Heroic Efficiency.

How Obtained

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The Wok of Stars

• Available for 10 silver stars during December of 2011.
  

Other Uses

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• During combat, whenever you inflict a critical hit, one of the following sentences precedes the usual critical hit note:

You attack ... leading off with the Nutcracker's signature headbutt, you daze your foe ...

or

You attack ... charging in hat first, you confuse your foe beyond words ...

• At the end of each combat, there's a 30% chance you'll get one of the following messages with its respective item. The chance of each of them is next to their images:

Once the smoke clears, you find a handful of nuts. It seems only fitting to crack them in honor to the long-lost Nutcracker.

You got an item: cracked candied nuts (8%)

or

You got an item: cracked chockfulo nuts (8%)

or

You got an item: cracked roasting chestnuts (13%)

or

You got an item: cracked wallnut (13%)

or

You got an item: cracked water chestnuts (13%)

or

Once the smoke clears, you find a handful of nuts. It seems only fitting to crack them in honor to the long-lost Nutcracker. You may have been a little overzealous, but manage to retrieve some of the shell fragments imbedded in nearby buildings.

You got an item: cracked nut shells (45%)

Notes

• Hat induced critical hits also weaken the foe by 4-6 points.
• When bought: You hand over 10 silver stars. The old man hums a couple lines as he reverently passes you the Nutcracker's hat.

References

• Refers to the ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
• Nutcrackers are also a type of bird, as mentioned in the description.

Item of the Month
Preceded by Minstrel's Story hint book‎	December 2011 Nutcracker's hat	Succeeded by S.N.O.W. pants