Scroll of enchant weapon
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| Name | enchant weapon |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 60 zm |
| Weight | 5 |
| Ink to write | 8-15 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
The scroll of enchant weapon allows you to increase (if non-cursed) or decrease (if cursed) the enchantment of your currently-wielded weapon. This includes weapon-tools like dwarvish mattocks, pick-axes and unicorn horns. Using this scroll on a worm tooth will instead transform it into a crysknife.
Facts
From scrl-343.txt:
enchant weapon
- not wielding a weapon
- blessed
- If your weapon was cursed, it is made uncursed.
- If your weapon is a worm tooth, it becomes an unfixed crysknife.
- "Your weapon seems sharper now."
- Otherwise, weapons currently enchanted above +5 have a 2/3 chance of
- being destroyed.
- "Your <weapon> violently glows blue for a while and then
- evaporates." (unblind)
- "Your <weapon> evaporates." (blind)
- Other weapons can gain several enchantments:
Current enchantment: -3 to -1 +0 to +2 +3 to +5 +6 to +8 +9 or more Additional possible: 1 to 4 1 to 3 1 to 2 1 0 to 1
- "Your <weapon> glows blue for a moment." (+1 unblind)
- "Your <weapon> glows blue for a while." (more than +1 unblind)
- "Your <weapon> violently glows blue for a while." (+0 unblind)
- Magicbane warns you if it is enchanted to +0 or above.
- "Your right <hand> flinches!" (2 or more added and now at +2 or more)
- "Your right <hand> itches!" (otherwise)
- Elven weapons, artifacts, and sometimes other weapons vibrate when
- they are enchanted above +5.
- "Your <weapon> suddenly vibrates unexpectedly."
- uncursed
- If your weapon was cursed, it is made uncursed.
- If your weapon is a worm tooth, it becomes an unfixed crysknife.
- "Your weapon seems sharper now."
- Otherwise, weapons currently enchanted above +5 have a 2/3 chance of
- being destroyed.
- "Your <weapon> violently glows blue for a while and then evaporates."
- (unblind)
- "Your <weapon> evaporates." (blind)
- Other weapons gain +1 enchantment (only a chance if already +9 or
- more).
- "Your <weapon> glows blue for a moment." (+1 unblind)
- "Your <weapon> violently glows blue for a while." (+0 unblind)
- Magicbane warns you if it is enchanted to +0 or above.
- "Your right <hand> itches!"
- Elven weapons, artifacts, and sometimes other weapons vibrate when
- they are enchanted above +5.
- "Your <weapon> suddenly vibrates unexpectedly."
- cursed
- If your weapon is a crysknife, it becomes a worm tooth.
- "Your weapon seems duller now."
- Artifacts (except Sting and Orcrist) will resist.
- "Your <weapon> faintly glows black." (unblind)
- Otherwise, weapons currently enchanted below -5 have a 2/3 chance of
- being destroyed.
- "Your <weapon> violently glows blue for a while and then evaporates."
- (unblind)
- "Your <weapon> evaporates." (blind)
- Other weapons lose one enchantment.
- "Your <weapon> glows black for a moment." (unblind)
- Elven weapons, artifacts, and sometimes other weapons vibrate if
- they are still enchanted above +5.
- "Your <weapon> suddenly vibrates unexpectedly."
- If your weapon is a crysknife, it becomes a worm tooth.
- non-cursed and confused
- (Rust|Fire)proofs your weapon. If it is a crysknife, it becomes
- fixed.
- "Your <weapon> is covered by a shimmering golden shield!"
- (unblind)
- "Your weapon feels warm for a moment." (blind)
- If it had damage, it is repaired.
- "Your <weapon> looks as good as new!" (unblind)
- "Your <weapon> feels as good as new!" (blind)
- cursed and confused
- Removes (rust|fire)proofing from your weapon.
- "Your <weapon> is covered by a mottled purple glow!" (unblind)
- "Your weapon feels warm for a moment." (blind)
- Removes (rust|fire)proofing from your weapon.
- NOTE: The grammar of the above messages is changed if more than one
- item is wielded.
Strategy Tips
Since enchanting a weapon when it is already above +5 runs a 2/3 risk of it being destroyed, it's common to enchant weapons to +5 and then read a blessed scroll of enchant weapon to raise them to +6 or +7. Often players will lower a +6 weapon to +5 in order to attempt to raise it to +7 again.
If a non-cursed scroll of enchant weapon is read while confused, your weapon will be repaired of any erosion it has suffered and will also be erode-proofed.
There are only two scrolls with a price of 60, scroll of enchant weapon and Scroll of blank paper. Therefore, any unrecognized scroll with a value of 60 is a scroll of enchant weapon.
