Enchantment

See also Enchantment spells.

An enchantment is the bonus (or penalty) that some items have (a +1 leather armor, for example). A bonus (+) increases the item's power, and a penalty (-) decreases the item's power. A cursed item is more than likely going to have a penalty, and likewise a blessed item will often have a bonus.

Armor

When an armor is enchanted, the enchantment is added to the armor's AC rating.

You can increase the enchantment of armor using a non-cursed scroll of enchant armor. Be aware that a cursed scroll will decrease the enchantment.

Gloves

• Gauntlets of power. These gauntlets increase your strength to 25 regardless of what the enchantment is. The enchantment increases the AC the gauntlets give.
• Gauntlets of dexterity. The enchantment on these gauntlets increase your dexterity and AC by its enchantment value.

The enchantment on all other gloves acts the same way as for armor.

Helms

A helm of brilliance increases the wearer's intelligence and wisdom by its enchantment value.

Weapons

When a weapon is enchanted, the enchantment is added to the weapon's to-hit bonus and the damage.

You can increase the enchantment of a weapon using a non-cursed scroll of enchant weapon. As with armor, a cursed scroll will decrease the enchantment.

Rings

Some rings have an enchantment value associated with them:

• ring of adornment
• ring of gain constitution
• ring of gain strength
• ring of increase accuracy
• ring of increase damage
• ring of protection

The enchantment determines how much the ring modifies your attributes and statistics. For example, a +2 ring of protection will lower (i.e. improve) your AC by 2. You can increase a ring's enchantment by charging it using a scroll of charging or the Platinum Yendorian Express Card.

Losing enchantment

There are many ways an item might lose enchantment:

• Enchanting an item too much will cause it to be destoyed. See scroll of enchant armor, scroll of enchant weapon, and charging for more information.
• Getting hit by a disenchanter will decrease enchantment on weapons and armor, and striking a disenchanter with a weapon will decrease that weapon's enchantment. Disenchanters remove only positive enchantment; a disenchanter will not remove negative enchantment or cause an unenchanted item to gain negative enchantment.
• Reading a cursed scroll of enchant weapon or enchant armor.
• Reading a cursed scroll of charging and selecting a ring as the target.
• Engraving with an edged weapon other than a non-cursed athame.
• Casting a spell of drain life at the item

Erosion does not affect the enchantment on an item.

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