Spellbook of detect foot - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ pothole

2025-07-02T18:07:06Z

‎Strategy: pothole

Ion frigate: Remove leftover bit of previous version; and yes, I just checked that the total (probability) weight of all spellbooks in sporkhack is 985, so 20/985 = 2.03% (made a list and checked it twice)

2025-03-31T20:38:01Z

Remove leftover bit of previous version; and yes, I just checked that the total (probability) weight of all spellbooks in sporkhack is 985, so 20/985 = 2.03% (made a list and checked it twice)

Umbire the Phantom: formatting, copyedit, etc. - thanks for the help with Spork coverage, Ion

2025-02-25T13:56:52Z

formatting, copyedit, etc. - thanks for the help with Spork coverage, Ion

Ion frigate: cat

2025-02-24T02:56:03Z

cat

Ion frigate: brevity is ... wit

2025-02-22T08:01:30Z

brevity is ... wit

Ion frigate: phrasing

2025-02-22T07:52:47Z

phrasing

Ion frigate: this calls for an mdash

2025-02-22T07:44:11Z

this calls for an mdash

Ion frigate: phrasing, be explicit about exactly what it does

2025-02-22T07:42:23Z

phrasing, be explicit about exactly what it does

Ion frigate: being very obvious here

2025-02-22T07:37:34Z

being very obvious here

Ion frigate: spacing

2025-02-22T07:31:36Z

spacing

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 ==Strategy==
-As a deliberate joke ability, the spell of detect foot is intentionally useless, being as difficult to cast as [[finger of death]] for no in-game effect. The spellbook itself is worth 700 [[zm]], making it useful to sell to [[shopkeeper]]s early on, but otherwise is a prime candidate for [[polypiling]] or turning into a [[spellbook of blank paper]].
+As a deliberate joke ability, the spell of detect foot is intentionally useless, being as difficult to cast as the {{+ of|finger of death}} for no in-game effect. The spellbook itself is worth 700 [[zm]], making it useful to sell to [[shopkeeper]]s early on, but otherwise is a prime candidate for [[polypiling]] or turning into a [[spellbook of blank paper]].
 ==Messages==

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 ==Generation==
-Spellbooks of detect foot make up ~2.03% of all randomly generated spellbooks.<!--check against objects.c - this might be based on the spellbook article stuff that was cleaned up as being incorrect--> chance that a randomly generated spellbook is a spellbook of detect foot.
+Spellbooks of detect foot make up ~2.03% of all randomly generated spellbooks.
 ==Description==

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-{{spellbook|name=detect foot|level=7|type=divination|turns=4|direction=non-directional|abundance=2.03%}}
+{{spellbook
-The '''spellbook of detect foot''' is an item in [[SporkHack]].  It can be read to learn the '''detect foot''' spell, a level 7 [[divination]] that prints a brief message regarding the hero's feet.
+In [[SporkHack]], the '''spellbook of detect foot''' can be [[read]] to learn the '''spell of detect foot'''. It is a level 7 [[divination spell]], and the [[spellbook]] takes roughly 4 turns to read.
 ==Generation==
+Spellbooks of detect foot make up ~2.03% of all randomly generated spellbooks.<!--check against objects.c - this might be based on the spellbook article stuff that was cleaned up as being incorrect--> chance that a randomly generated spellbook is a spellbook of detect foot.
 ==Description==
-When the spell is cast, the following messages are printed{{refsrc|src/spell.c|986|version=sporkhack}}:
+==Strategy==
-{{message|Your nose tingles, and you smell feet!}}
+==Messages==
-{{message|You aren't sure where the feet might be, though.|You are polymorphed into a [[slithy]] monster, or a monster with no limbs}}
+{{message|Your nose tingles, and you smell feet!|You cast the spell of detect foot.}}
-{{message|You see here a <foot> at the end of your <leg>.|You have feet; appropriate substitutions are made for polymorphed heroes with different [[body parts]]}}
+{{message|You see here a <foot> at the end of your <leg>.|You cast the spell while in a form that has feet, with appropriate substitutions made for forms with different [[body parts]].}}
+{{message|You aren't sure where the feet might be, though.|You cast the spell while in the form of a [[slithy]] or limbless monster.}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{variant-343}}
 [[Category:SporkHack items]]

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 ==Strategy==
-This is a joke item, the name being a play on the [[spellbook of detect food]].  The spell is as difficult to cast as [[finger of death]], but has no in-game effect other than indicating if the hero is polymorphed into certain forms&mdash;it can't even be used to detect monsters' feet, only your own.  The 700zm spellbook may be useful to sell to [[shopkeeper]]s early on, but otherwise, it is a prime candidate for blanking.
+This is a joke item, the name being a play on the [[spellbook of detect food]].  The spell is as difficult to cast as [[finger of death]], but has no in-game effect other than indicating if the hero is polymorphed into certain forms&mdash;it can't even be used to detect monsters' feet, only your own.  The 700zm spellbook may be useful to sell to [[shopkeeper]]s early on, but otherwise is a prime candidate for blanking.
 ==References==
 <references/>