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{{spellbook|name=detect treasure|level=4|type=[[divination]]|cost=400|turns=15}}
 
{{spellbook|name=detect treasure|level=4|type=[[divination]]|cost=400|turns=15}}
Allows you to learn the detect treasure spell.
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Allows you to learn the detect treasure spell. This spell has the same effect as a [[potion of object detection]].
  
This spell has the same effect as a [[potion of object detection]]. If you are [[Skilled]] at [[divination spells]], it has the effect of a [[blessed]] potion, identifying the objects' appearances as if you had seen them.
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==Casting effects==
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{|class="prettytable"
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!Case
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!Effect
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|-
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|Unskilled or Basic
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|You detect objects on that level and exercise your wisdom.
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|-
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|Skilled or Expert
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You detect objects on that level and exercise your wisdom.<br/>
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You know the appearance of all objects on that level (and in your inventory) as if you had seen them.
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|}
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Treasures detected are always real. If the gold/gem symbol suddenly disappears when you get to the marked spot, it means that the items are [[buried]] in the floor. Just [[dig]] a [[pit]] (apply a pickaxe down) and you'll find the stuff.
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N.B. Your wisdom is exercised if the only objects on the level are in your inventory, but not if there are no objects at all.
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==Messages==
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{|class="prettytable"
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!Message
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!Reason
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|"You have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes."
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No objects on the level.<br/>
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You are a [[beginner]] and not hallucinating.
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|"You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes."
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No objects on the level.<br/>
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You are a [[beginner]] and hallucinating.
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|"You feel a lack of something."
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|No objects on the level.
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|"You sense objects nearby."
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The only objects detected are in your inventory.<br/>
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You are not hallucinating.
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|"You sense something nearby."
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The only objects detected are in your inventory.<br/>
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You are hallucinating.
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|"You sense the presence of objects."
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Objects detected.<br/>
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You are not hallucinating.
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|"You sense the presence of something."
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Objects detected.<br/>
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You are hallucinating.
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|"You sense the absence of objects."
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No objects detected.
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|}
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==Strategy==
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Although hardly useless, the detect treasure spell offers a function for which a number of alternatives exist: e.g. a [[potion of object detection]]. Uses include the remote detection of [[vaults]] - they show up as four gold coins (provided they haven't been looted by you, or eaten by a [[rock mole]]):
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{{yellow|$$}}
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{{yellow|$$}}
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This spell is also sometimes used in the [[Castle]], as an easy way to detect where the chest containing a wand of wishing is.
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==Source code references==
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<references/>
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{{DOD}}
 
[[Category:Spellbooks|Detect treasure]]
 
[[Category:Spellbooks|Detect treasure]]

Revision as of 13:26, 21 November 2010

spellbook of
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Appearance random
Base price 400 zm
Weight 50
Turns to read 15
Ink to write 20–39
Spell type [[divination spells|divination]]
Level 4
Power cost 20 Pw

Allows you to learn the detect treasure spell. This spell has the same effect as a potion of object detection.

Casting effects

Case Effect
Unskilled or Basic You detect objects on that level and exercise your wisdom.
Skilled or Expert

You detect objects on that level and exercise your wisdom.
You know the appearance of all objects on that level (and in your inventory) as if you had seen them.

Treasures detected are always real. If the gold/gem symbol suddenly disappears when you get to the marked spot, it means that the items are buried in the floor. Just dig a pit (apply a pickaxe down) and you'll find the stuff.

N.B. Your wisdom is exercised if the only objects on the level are in your inventory, but not if there are no objects at all.

Messages

Message Reason
"You have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes."

No objects on the level.
You are a beginner and not hallucinating.

"You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes."

No objects on the level.
You are a beginner and hallucinating.

"You feel a lack of something." No objects on the level.
"You sense objects nearby."

The only objects detected are in your inventory.
You are not hallucinating.

"You sense something nearby."

The only objects detected are in your inventory.
You are hallucinating.

"You sense the presence of objects."

Objects detected.
You are not hallucinating.

"You sense the presence of something."

Objects detected.
You are hallucinating.

"You sense the absence of objects."

No objects detected.

Strategy

Although hardly useless, the detect treasure spell offers a function for which a number of alternatives exist: e.g. a potion of object detection. Uses include the remote detection of vaults - they show up as four gold coins (provided they haven't been looted by you, or eaten by a rock mole):

$$
$$

This spell is also sometimes used in the Castle, as an easy way to detect where the chest containing a wand of wishing is.

Source code references


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