Bell of Opening

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Name	Bell of Opening
Appearance	silver bell
Base price	5000 zm
Weight	10
Material	[[{{{material}}}]]
Monster use	Will not be used by monsters.

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"some of these effects require the bell to be blessed, e. g. opening drawbridges etc."

The Bell of Opening is a unique item you encounter during the Quest (along with your role's quest artifact). It is one of the items needed for the invocation. It is a silver bell when unidentified, and can be used as a silver weapon if need be. Hitting things with the Bell equipped does not break weaponless conduct.

When applied with charges, it will open things (doors, chests etc., including secret doors - handy for Moloch's Sanctum) and detect traps (including magic portals). If you apply it with charges while engulfed, you will be immediately spit out. If you apply it when it has no charges, it acts as a normal bell.

The Bell starts out with three charges when you get it the first time. If you use them up, you will have to charge it up before doing the invocation.

The Bell of Opening cannot be put into a container and is impossible to destroy.

Encyclopaedia entry

"A bell, book and candle job."
The Bursar sighed.  "We tried that, Archchancellor."
The Archchancellor leaned towards him.
"Eh?" he said.
"I _said_, we tried that Archchancellor," said the Bursar loudly,
directing his voice at the old man's ear.  "After dinner, you
remember?  We used Humptemper's _Names of the Ants_ and rang Old
Tom."*
"Did we, indeed.  Worked, did it?"
"_No_, Archchancellor."

* Old Tom was the single cracked bronze bell in the University
bell tower.
        [ Eric, by Terry Pratchett ]