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Revision as of 13:49, 14 October 2011
[        kicking boots | |
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| Appearance | random |
| Slot | boots |
| AC | 1 |
| Special |
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| Base price | 8 zm |
| Weight | 15 |
| Material | iron |
Kicking boots are boots that enhance the wearer's ability to kick.
Wearing kicking boots will increase the damage done by kick attacks (by 5), increase the distance that kicked objects travel, and will increase the chances of kicking down doors to 100%.
Identification
Unlike the other randomized boots, they are made of iron; they can be identified if wearing them increases the failure rate of your spells, or if rubbing them on a touchstone produces "scritch, scritch." This also means that they are prone to rust so they can be identified by the attack of a rust monster or by getting them wet.
Another method to identify kicking boots is simple -- test kicking a suitable object (a rock will do) without the boots, then while wearing the boots. It will travel farther with the boots on if they are kicking boots. Keep this fact in mind if kick-testing a gray stone: While wearing kicking boots, you may displace the normally immobile loadstone.
These boots may also be identified via price identification, if they are the same price as elven boots AND you do not have stealth AND when you put them on you don't get the message "You walk very quietly," they are kicking boots.
Lastly, you may identify these boots by kicking open doors. Most of the time, doors will take several kicks to break open. If, however, you are able to kick open several doors in a row, on the first try, then you are wearing kicking boots. Note that these boots also let you kick open secret passages and hidden doors with 100% success.
Strategy
Kicking boots may be useful to an early-game adventurer, since:
- extra kicking damage in case of a stolen weapon
- can find hidden doors and secret passages quickly without a stethoscope
- not rotted by brown puddings
However, later on you should have a few spare weapons, a stethoscope or at least enough Luck to effectively search, and kicking boots will be eroded anyway by black puddings and rust monsters.
