Spellbook of insulate - Revision history

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 Compared to the spells of {{+ of|resist sleep|and=1|resist poison}}, the spell of insulate is noticeably less useful: its spellbook is rarer, it costs twice as much [[power]] to use, and it is not as immediately applicable against sources of [[shock]] damage compared to those spells and their protection against the dangers that [[sleep]] and [[poison]] present. Note that the spell also does not protect against inventory damage and destruction, e.g. it will not prevent shock damage from possibly destroying [[ring]]s and causing [[wand]]s to explode&mdash;the latter is especially dangerous in these variants, which treat shock-destroyed wands as though they were [[Breaking wands|broken]] by [[applying]].
-While shock resistance is important and sources of the property are often obtained late in the game, it is usually not urgent if a hero is careful, with the relative exception of [[energy vortices]] that can deal significant damage and also [[drain energy]]. A source of [[reflection]] can block [[ray]]s of lightning from wands and breath attacks, which also cover a majority of shock damage sources. Various [[blob]], [[pudding or ooze]] monsters can also grant shock resistance as a result of eating their corpses, and [[black pudding]]s and [[brown pudding]]s can both be split repeatedly to increase the odds&mdash;black puddings in particular can be reliably generated by [[kicking]] [[sink]]s. Once the hero gains a long-term source of shock resistance, the spellbook becomes a prime candidate for [[blanking]].
+While shock resistance is important and sources of the property are often obtained late in the game, it is usually not urgent if a hero is careful, with the relative exception of [[energy vortices]] that can deal significant damage and also [[drain energy]]. A source of [[reflection]] can block [[ray]]s of lightning from wands and breath attacks, which also cover a majority of shock damage sources. Various [[blob]], [[pudding or ooze]] monsters can also grant shock resistance as a result of eating their corpses, and [[black pudding]]s and [[brown pudding]]s can both be split repeatedly to increase the odds&mdash;black puddings in particular can be reliably generated by [[Kick (command)|kicking]] [[sink]]s. Once the hero gains a long-term source of shock resistance, the spellbook becomes a candidate for [[blanking]].
 Heroes adhering to a food-restricting [[conduct]], e.g. [[vegetarian]] or [[foodless]] may find this spell to be useful for a longer duration, though there are also more [[vegan]]- or vegetarian-friendly sources of shock resistance in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. The spell is also especially useful if a player is observing [[atheist]] conduct alongside the given conducts, which prevents [[crowning]] to obtain the intrinsic.

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-[[Category:SLASH'EM spellbooks|Endure cold]]
+[[Category:SLASH'EM spellbooks|Insulate]]
-[[Category:SlashTHEM spellbooks|Endure cold]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM spellbooks|Insulate]]

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-[[Category:SLASH'EM spellbooks]]
+[[Category:SLASH'EM spellbooks|Endure cold]]
-[[Category:SlashTHEM spellbooks]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM spellbooks|Endure cold]]

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 ==Strategy==
-Compared to the spells of {{+ of|resist sleep|and=1|resist poison}}, the spell of endure heat is noticeably less useful: its spellbook is rarer, it costs twice as much [[power]] to use, and it is not as immediately applicable against sources of [[shock damage]] compared to those spells and their protection against the dangers that [[sleep]] and [[poison]] present. Note that the spell also does not protect against inventory damage and destruction, e.g. it will not prevent shock damage from possibly destroying [[ring]]s and causing [[wand]]s to explode&mdash;the latter is especially dangerous in these variants, which treat shock-destroyed wands as though they were [[Breaking wands|broken]] by [[applying]].
+Compared to the spells of {{+ of|resist sleep|and=1|resist poison}}, the spell of insulate is noticeably less useful: its spellbook is rarer, it costs twice as much [[power]] to use, and it is not as immediately applicable against sources of [[shock]] damage compared to those spells and their protection against the dangers that [[sleep]] and [[poison]] present. Note that the spell also does not protect against inventory damage and destruction, e.g. it will not prevent shock damage from possibly destroying [[ring]]s and causing [[wand]]s to explode&mdash;the latter is especially dangerous in these variants, which treat shock-destroyed wands as though they were [[Breaking wands|broken]] by [[applying]].
 While shock resistance is important and sources of the property are often obtained late in the game, it is usually not urgent if a hero is careful, with the relative exception of [[energy vortices]] that can deal significant damage and also [[drain energy]]. A source of [[reflection]] can block [[ray]]s of lightning from wands and breath attacks, which also cover a majority of shock damage sources. Various [[blob]], [[pudding or ooze]] monsters can also grant shock resistance as a result of eating their corpses, and [[black pudding]]s and [[brown pudding]]s can both be split repeatedly to increase the odds&mdash;black puddings in particular can be reliably generated by [[kicking]] [[sink]]s. Once the hero gains a long-term source of shock resistance, the spellbook becomes a prime candidate for [[blanking]].

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-{{spellbook|name=insulate|level=2|type=protection|turns=4|direction=non-directional|equiv=[[ring of shock resistance]]}}
+{{spellbook
-The '''spellbook of insulate''' is a new spellbook in [[SLASH'EM]]. It allows the hero to learn the '''insulate''' spell, which provides temporary [[shock resistance]].
+==Generation==
-==Generation==
+Writing a spellbook of insulate with a [[magic marker]] uses up 10 to 19 charges.
 ==Description==
-The spellbook teaches the insulate spell, a level 2 [[Spellcasting (SLASH'EM)#Protection_spells|protection spell]] which grants temporary [[shock resistance]] for 500 to 1499 (more) turns.  As with similar spellbooks, possessing the temporary intrinsic does not interfere with gaining the permanent one, usually through eating corpses.  The spell has no effect if cast while already possessing permanent intrinsic shock resistance.
+Successfully [[cast]]ing the spell gives the [[hero]] temporary [[shock resistance]] for 500 to 1499 (more) turns&mdash;this does not interfere with gaining fire resistance normally, e.g. through [[eating]] appropriate [[corpse]]s. It has no effect if the hero casts it while they already have intrinsic shock resistance.
 ==Strategy==
-Compared to its [[spellbook of resist sleep|sleep-]] and [[spellbook of resist poison|poison-]]warding cousins, this spellbook is noticeably less useful. It is rarer, costs twice the MP to use, and does not protect against any [[instadeath]]s; while corpses that provide shock resistance do appear somewhat later than other resistances (apart from [[disintegration resistance|disintegration]]), the property is rarely an urgent one, and most heroes can afford to wait until such a source appears.  Particularly dangerous electrical monsters such as [[energy vortices]] might make the spell worthwhile to cast once or twice per game, but overall the spellbook is a prime candidate for blanking for all those who are not [[foodless]].
+Compared to the spells of {{+ of|resist sleep|and=1|resist poison}}, the spell of endure heat is noticeably less useful: its spellbook is rarer, it costs twice as much [[power]] to use, and it is not as immediately applicable against sources of [[shock damage]] compared to those spells and their protection against the dangers that [[sleep]] and [[poison]] present. Note that the spell also does not protect against inventory damage and destruction, e.g. it will not prevent shock damage from possibly destroying [[ring]]s and causing [[wand]]s to explode&mdash;the latter is especially dangerous in these variants, which treat shock-destroyed wands as though they were [[Breaking wands|broken]] by [[applying]].
 ==Messages==
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 {{message|Bummer! You've been grounded!|As above, while hallucinating}}
 {{message|You feel a little static cling.|Your temporary shock resistance timed out.}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
-[[Category:SLASH'EM items]]
+{{slashem-7E7|offset=1}}
-[[Category:SLASH'EM]]
+{{variant-343}}

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 ==Messages==
-{{You are not at all shocked by this feeling.|You cast the spell, gaining temporary intrinsic shock resistance.}}
+{{message|You are not at all shocked by this feeling.|You cast the spell, gaining temporary intrinsic shock resistance.}}
-{{Bummer! You've been grounded!|As above, while hallucinating}}
+{{message|Bummer! You've been grounded!|As above, while hallucinating}}
-{{You feel a little static cling.|Your temporary shock resistance timed out.}}
+{{message|You feel a little static cling.|Your temporary shock resistance timed out.}}
 ==See also==
 *[[Spellcasting (SLASH'EM)#SLASH'EM spellbooks|List of SLASH'EM spellbooks]]
 [[Category:SLASH'EM items]]
 [[Category:SLASH'EM]]

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 Insulate makes you shock resistant for 500 to 1499 (more) turns.
 It has no effect if cast with the shock resistance intrinsic.
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← Older revision		Revision as of 08:51, 8 February 2011
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−	{{spellbook\|name=insulate\|level=2\|type=protection\|turns=4\|direction=non-directional}}	+	{{spellbook\|name=insulate\|level=2\|type=protection\|turns=4\|direction=non-directional\|equiv=[[ring of shock resistance]]}}

	Allows you to learn the insulate spell, new to [[SLASH'EM]].		Allows you to learn the insulate spell, new to [[SLASH'EM]].