Poisonous cloak
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|---|---|
| Appearance | random |
| Slot | cloak |
| AC | 0 |
| Special | |
| Base price | 40 zm |
| Weight | 10 |
| Material | cloth |
A poisonous cloak is a type of cloak that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM. It is made of cloth and has a randomized appearance.
Contents
Generation
A cursed -1 poisonous cloak appears within the Chamber of Junk in the Lawful Quest.
In Hack'EM, poisonous cloaks usually generate cursed.
Description
While worn, the cloak confers no base AC before enchantment and MC3. Upon wearing a poisonous cloak, you are subjected to a single poisoned "attack" that deals standard HP damage and reduces strength, including a 1⁄3 chance of killing you instantly;[1] the cloak is then auto-identified. If you have poison resistance, a message is printed upon wearing the cloak and there is no effect.[2]
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, the chance of instadeath only applies if the player has less than 25% poison resistance; the player will still take poison damage subject to reduction by how much resistance they currently have. Poisonous cloaks also prevent HP regeneration while worn, regardless of poison resistance.
Strategy
The poisonous cloak's primary purpose is to make wearing random cloaks a very bad idea: identifying them informally before you have poison resistance is difficult, since they have the same odds of generating cursed as most items compared to other armor such as gauntlets of fumbling and levitation boots.
The poison only occurs once each time you wear it - if you survive putting on a poisonous cloak, it is harmless to leave on until you find another suitable cloak, and even provides a source of MC3 if all else fails.
Identification
Price identification is can be deceptively difficult for this cloak. The poisonous cloak is the only one with a base price of 40zm - unfortunately, since it does not generate as mostly cursed (as mentioned above), it is likely to have some form of enchantment; a +1 enchantment gives them the same cost as a cloak of protection or a cloak of displacement.
The only methods to identify a poisonous cloak that are absolutely certain are to formally identify all randomized cloaks you intend to put on; especially desperate players can cancel every cloak they intend to price-ID, or use a monster with the Need +x weapon to hit property to determine their enchantment.
Messages
- This cloak feels a little itchy.
- You wore a poisonous cloak while you had poison resistance.[2]
