Marty Crouch's magic chest
Marty Crouch's magic chest
Plural: Marty Crouch's magic chests
This unusual chest used to belong to a stage-magician-turned-hero named Marty Crouch. Reportedly inherited from his father, Slartibarty Crouch, it contains a nearly uncountable number of trick drawers and trap doors, behind which you might find anything or nothing.
Marty was particularly known for producing surprising and complicated "magic" tricks from this chest to stymie his opponents, though Marty was also famous (or perhaps infamous) for playing occasional pranks on his friends. Perhaps because of this reputation, when he one day disappeared during an Indian rope trick performance and never came back down, nobody bothered to go looking for him.
March 2009 Item of the Month
Offhand Item
Item cannot be auto-sold
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Summons 7-11 "magic trick" combat items per day.
+5% spell damage
How Obtained
- Available for 10 silver stars during March of 2009.
Have a Marty Crouch's magic chest (empty) in your inventory on rollover.
When Used
You pull open as many drawers as you can locate and pull out all the stuff that you find.
- You got an item: deja voodoo doll
or - You got an item: crystal for scrying out loud
or - You got an item: drowsing rod
or - You got an item: letter of pre-recognition
or - You got an item: atomic wedge
or - You got an item: red-eye mind trick
or - You got an item: magic deck of cards
or - You got an item: clamp of stairvoyance
You got an item: Marty Crouch's magic chest (empty)
You try to use the item but can't figure out how.
References
- "Marty Crouch" is probably a play on Barty Crouch, a fictional politician in the Harry Potter series (or more likely, his son).
- "Slartibarty" is a reference to Slartibartfast, a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.