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| − | + | Manual identification of this scroll is dangerous. Haphazardly reading it will probably destroy a useful piece of armor. The scroll is relatively safe to read as long as you've removed all armor beforehand - your point score will mark you a [[beginner]] or not and will determine which message (below) you receive; you abuse [[strength]] and [[constitution]] this way. Wearing a piece of disposable junkable armor when you read-test-identify scrolls helps mitigate its negative effects upon your quest. Of course, random read-testing in the absence of other identification is typically a [[bad idea]]. | |
| − | + | Whether or not you have the option of [[price identification]], remember that this scroll is in the same category as the [[scroll of fire]], another usually unpleasant surprise. | |
==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
Revision as of 03:07, 16 March 2011
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| Name | destroy armor |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 100 zm |
| Weight | 5 |
| Ink to write | 5-9 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
The scroll of destroy armor selects a random piece of worn armor and destroys it. Only the outermost worn layer of cloak / body armor / shirt is eligible.[1] If the scroll is cursed and targets cursed armor, it will not destroy the armor, but instead lower its enchantment by one. If the cursed armor is -7, there is no effect except you become stunned for 10-19 turns.
If an non cursed scroll of destroy armor is read while confused, it will instead remove erodeproofing from a random piece of worn armor (if any). If a cursed scroll of destroy armor is read while confused, it will make a random piece of equipped armor erodeproof.
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Identification
Manual identification of this scroll is dangerous. Haphazardly reading it will probably destroy a useful piece of armor. The scroll is relatively safe to read as long as you've removed all armor beforehand - your point score will mark you a beginner or not and will determine which message (below) you receive; you abuse strength and constitution this way. Wearing a piece of disposable junkable armor when you read-test-identify scrolls helps mitigate its negative effects upon your quest. Of course, random read-testing in the absence of other identification is typically a bad idea.
Whether or not you have the option of price identification, remember that this scroll is in the same category as the scroll of fire, another usually unpleasant surprise.
Strategy
This scroll is one of the ways to get rid of a cursed piece of armor; simply remove all but the cursed pieces and read a noncursed scroll.
Reading a cursed scroll of destroy armor while confused will fooproof a random piece of worn armor. This is a good use of the scroll if you are not in need of the other function of it. It will not, however, repair any damage. For that, you could read a confused scroll of enchant armor, but using cursed scrolls of destroy armor saves scrolls of enchant armor for their primary purpose.
Messages
| Condition | Effect | Messages |
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| Not wearing armour | Abuses your strength and constitution. |
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| blessed or uncursed | Destroys one random worn piece of armor. |
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| cursed | Selects one random worn piece of armor. If the armor is not cursed, then same effect as an uncursed scroll. Otherwise, you are stunned for 10 to 19 (more) turns and your armor loses one enchantment if it is -6 or greater. |
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| non-cursed and confused | Removes erodeproofing from one random worn piece of armor. |
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| cursed and confused | Makes one random worn armor erodeproof. Does NOT repair damage |
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