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| − | Generally, do ''not'' read a '''[[cursed]] [[spellbook]]'''. Reading a cursed spellbook has one of several random effects, defined by the <code>cursed_book</code> function in [[spell.c]].
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| − | Sometimes, "You feel a '''wrenching sensation'''" and [[teleport]]s you. That is not so bad, but the other random effects are much worse. When you read a cursed spellbook, one of these happens at random:
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| − | # "You feel a '''wretching sensation'''" and are teleported.
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| − | # "You feel threatened." The effect is to [[aggravate monster]] around you.
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| − | # You become [[blind]] for 100 to 250 turns.
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| − | # You lose ''all'' of your (visible) [[gold]].
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| − | # You become [[confused]] for 7 to 16 turns. If you are already confused, you remain confused for 7 to 16 additional turns.
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| − | # It is a '''contact-poisoned spellbook''', and you are [[poison]]ed, losing up to 4 points of [[strength]] and 10 points of [[health]]. A contact-poisoned spellbook can also corrode your [[gloves]]; or rather it could, except that there are no corrodeable gloves in vanilla NetHack. | |
| − | # "As you read the book, it radiates explosive energy in your face!" (Replace [[face]] with whichever body part you have while [[polymorph]]ed.) You will lose up to 25 hp, but if you have [[magic resistance]] then you will avoid harm. | |
| − | # The spellbook randomly [[curse]]s some items in your inventory.
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| − | The above list is numbered to match the minimum spellbook level needed to reach that effect. For example, a cursed spellbook of level 2 might teleport you, aggravate nearby monsters, or blind you, but it will not take away your gold. The random curse will not happen, because there are no level 8 spellbooks.
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