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The '''spellbook of stone to flesh''' is one of the [[Healer]]'s guaranteed starting spells, and an all-round useful spell to know.
 
The '''spellbook of stone to flesh''' is one of the [[Healer]]'s guaranteed starting spells, and an all-round useful spell to know.
  
==Strategy==
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==Possible uses==
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* Turning boulders into a food (beware, the huge chunk of meat will almost certainly satiate you.  Many charackters were lost by eating more after the huge chunk of meat)
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* Turning rocks into pet treats (not efficient as a food for you)
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* Getting rid of boulders blocking your way.  If in sokoban, it would affect your luck
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* Identifying gems - this method isn't very good, because you only get an info if the gem is glass or not and you lose some of the good ones, but can be used if you have no other means (a [[touchstone]] or a [[spellbook of identify|spell of identify]]).  Call all the gems in "good", then place one from each stack in a pile, zap the spell, pick up the gems not turned into meatballs and rename them to "glass"
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* Stopping the [[stiffing]] process.  This method affects your stone inventory, so eating a [[lizard corpse]] or quaffing the [[potion of acid]] is better.
  
Turn a boulder into rocks using a [[pick-axe]] before casting stone to flesh on its [[square]] - you get dozens of [[meatball]]s, any one of which can be used to tame a [[domestic animal]].
 
  
  
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[[Category:Spellbooks|Stone to flesh]]
 
[[Category:Spellbooks|Stone to flesh]]

Revision as of 16:54, 19 September 2006

spellbook of
+   stone to flesh   Light green spellbook.png
Appearance random
Base price 300 zm
Weight 50
Turns to read 2
Ink to write 15–29
Spell type healing
Level 3
Power cost 15 Pw

The spellbook of stone to flesh is one of the Healer's guaranteed starting spells, and an all-round useful spell to know.

Possible uses

  • Turning boulders into a food (beware, the huge chunk of meat will almost certainly satiate you. Many charackters were lost by eating more after the huge chunk of meat)
  • Turning rocks into pet treats (not efficient as a food for you)
  • Getting rid of boulders blocking your way. If in sokoban, it would affect your luck
  • Identifying gems - this method isn't very good, because you only get an info if the gem is glass or not and you lose some of the good ones, but can be used if you have no other means (a touchstone or a spell of identify). Call all the gems in "good", then place one from each stack in a pile, zap the spell, pick up the gems not turned into meatballs and rename them to "glass"
  • Stopping the stiffing process. This method affects your stone inventory, so eating a lizard corpse or quaffing the potion of acid is better.