Thieving Imp (item)

Thieving Imp
In-Game Description
Tooltip	This little rascal has been stealing stuff for way too long! He will give you a choice between 4 items in return for his release. When released, he moves to a random other player. If you keep the Imp in your inventory for 3 or more turns, he will steal a random item from you and run off to a different player.
Categories
Object, Living, Animal Products, Meat
Characteristics
Uses	20
Cooldown	1

Thieving Imp is an item.

Usage[edit | edit source]

4 random items from the generic item-givers pool are shown. You can choose 1 of the 4 items to receive, which causes the Imp to lose 1 of 20 "charges", then if the Thieving Imp hasn't lost all "charges", it moves to a random other player's inventory. This use resets the turn counter for the passive effect to 3 turns.
The Imp is removed from the game if reaches has 0 "charges". If it enters another player's inventory due to Standard Use, the 3 items not chosen are still available for the next use, though the chosen item is replaced with a random item from the pool.

Every 3 Effects Phases (beginning on the 3rd Effects Phase after this item's creation), the Thieving Imp steals an item from the player and moves to a random other player's inventory. (Note that the items for the Imp's standard use won't change due to this.)

The Imp tends to lose a "charge" when the passive effect activates, though the admin Dysprosium has stated the coding for this is a bit random.
The 3 count isn't reset when the Imp moves between inventories by means other than its own effect.
If the stolen item was a Deadly Item, the Imp dies and is removed from the game instead of moving to another player.
Soulbound items cannot be stolen by the Imp.
The Imp still moves to another player's inventory if there is no item it can steal.

Give to the Greedy Goblin of the Archaeology Dig. Instantly beats the challenge.
Feed to the Starving Monster of the Archaeology Dig. Counts as 1 food item.
Feed to The Bear! in the Mellow Bear subevent.

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