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The '''scroll of food detection''' detects and reveals the location of all [[comestible]]s on the level, including those on the ground and those in monster inventories. If blessed, you acquire the [[food appraisal]] intrinsic in addition. If the scroll is cursed, or you are confused regardless of the [[BUC]]-status of the scroll, you will detect [[potion]]s instead.
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The '''scroll of food detection''' reveals the location of all [[comestible]]s on the level.
 
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==Reading effects==
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==Identification==
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This scroll detects and reveals the location of all [[comestible]]s on the level, including those on the ground and those in monster inventories. If blessed, you acquire the [[food appraisal]] intrinsic in addition. If the scroll is cursed, or you are confused regardless of the [[BUC]]-status of the scroll, you will detect [[potion]]s instead.
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If there are comestibles on the level (if blessed or uncursed) or potions (if confused and/or cursed) then this scroll will auto identify. Otherwise you will get a message below as to the nature of the scroll and you will be able to indirectly identify it - it will not be automatically identified. Players who the game classifies as a [[beginner]] will get ambiguous messages in this case.
 
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==Strategy==
 
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The obvious use is if you are short on food you can read an uncursed or blessed version of the scroll to find food on the level. Beware, this will display all comestibles including [[tainted]] and [[poison]]ed [[corpse]]s and corpses that can cause [[petrification]] or other harmful effects.
 
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The food appraisal intrinsic is useful to prevent issues from food including food poisoning, petrification and breaking [[conduct]]s, however it will only warn you once before the intrisic is lost and will need to be reapplied.
 
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The potion detecting capability of cursed and/or confused readings of the scroll can be used to find useful potions in monster inventories, such as a [[potion of gain level]] or [[smoky potion]]s so that monster could be liberated of the potion quickly before the monster uses it. However this functionality is duplicated by other means.
 
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Otherwise if you are in a point in the game where food is not much of a concern anymore, or you have a [[spellbook of detect food]], this scroll is a good candidate for [[wet|blanking]].  
 
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==Messages==
 
==Messages==
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{|width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="right" class="prettytable" summary="List of creature nose equivalents."
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{|class="prettytable"
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!scope="col"|Monster Type  
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!Message
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!scope="col"|Nose
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!Reason
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|Your <nose> starts to tingle and you smell food.
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|You read a blessed scroll.
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There are comestibles on the level.
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You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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|-
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|Your <nose> continues to tingle and you smell food.
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|You read a blessed scroll.
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There are comestibles on the level.
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You already have the food appraisal intrinsic.
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|-
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|Your <nose> twitches then starts to tingle.
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|You read a blessed scroll.
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There are no comestibles on the level.
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You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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|-
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|Your <nose> twitches.
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|You read a scroll of any beatitude.
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If blessed there are no comestibles on the level and you already have the food appraisal intrinsic.
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If uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level.
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If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level.
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You already have the food appraisal intrinsic if blessed.
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|-
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|You smell food nearby.  Your <nose> starts to tingle.
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|You read a blessed scroll.
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There are comestibles on the level but only on your square.
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You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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|-
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|You smell food nearby.
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|You read an uncursed or cursed scroll.
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If uncursed, there are comestibles on the level but only on your square
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If cursed, there are potions on the level but only on your square.
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|-
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|You sense a lack of food nearby. Your <nose> starts to tingle.
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|You read a blessed scroll.
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You saw comestibles on the level before but they are gone now.
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You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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|-
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|You sense a lack of food nearby.
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|You read an uncursed or cursed scroll.
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If uncursed, you saw comestibles on the level before but they are gone now.
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If cursed, you saw potions on the level before but they are gone now.
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|-
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|You sense a lack of something nearby.
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|You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.
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You saw potions on the level before but they are gone now.
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|-
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|Your <nose> tingles and you smell something.
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|You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.
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There are potions on the level.
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|-
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|You smell something nearby.
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|You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.
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There are potions on the level, but only on your square.
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|-
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|You have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes.
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|You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused or not.
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You are a beginner.
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If blessed or uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level.
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If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level.
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|-
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|You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes.
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|You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused or not.
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You are a beginner.
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You are hallucinating.
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If blessed or uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level.
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If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level.
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|}
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{|width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="right" class="prettytable"
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!Monster Type  
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!Nose
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|Humanoid
 
|Humanoid
 
|nose
 
|nose
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|nostril
 
|nostril
 
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|}
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Replace &lt;nose&gt; in the following messages with the appropriate equivalent to the table on the right based on your current form.  
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;Your &lt;nose&gt; starts to tingle and you smell food.
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Replace &lt;nose&gt; in the messages with the appropriate equivalent to the table below based on your current form.  
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:You read a blessed scroll, there are comestible(s) on the level, and you gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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==Identification==
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;Your &lt;nose&gt; continues to tingle and you smell food.
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:You read a blessed scroll, there are comestible(s) on the level, but you already have the food detection intrinsic.
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If there are comestibles on the level (if blessed or uncursed) or potions (if confused and/or cursed) then this scroll will auto identify. Otherwise you will get a message below as to the nature of the scroll and you will be able to indirectly identify it - it will not be automatically identified. Players who the game classifies as a [[beginner]] will get ambiguous messages in this case.
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;Your &lt;nose&gt; twitches then starts to tingle.
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==Strategy==
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:You read a blessed scroll, there are no comestibles on the level and you gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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The obvious use is if you are short on food you can read an uncursed or blessed version of the scroll to find food on the level. Beware, this will display all comestibles including [[tainted]] and [[poison]]ed [[corpse]]s and corpses that can cause [[petrification]] or other harmful effects.
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;Your &lt;nose&gt; twitches.
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:You read a scroll of any beatitude and there are no comestible(s) or potion(s) on the level; if the scroll was blessed, you already have the food appraisal intrinsic.
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The food appraisal intrinsic is useful to prevent issues from food including food poisoning, petrification and breaking [[conduct]]s, however it will only warn you once before the intrisic is lost and will need to be reapplied.  
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;You smell food nearby.  Your &lt;nose&gt; starts to tingle.
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:You read a blessed scroll, there are comestible(s) on the level but only on your square, and you gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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The potion detecting capability of cursed and/or confused readings of the scroll can be used to find useful potions in monster inventories, such as a [[potion of gain level]] or [[smoky potion]]s so that monster could be liberated of the potion quickly before the monster uses it. However this functionality is duplicated by other means.
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;You smell food nearby.
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:You read an uncursed or cursed scroll and there are comestible(s) or potion(s) respectively on the level, but only on your square.
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Otherwise if you are in a point in the game where food is not much of a concern anymore, or you have a [[spellbook of detect food]], this scroll is a good candidate for [[wet|blanking]].  
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;You sense a lack of food nearby. Your &lt;nose&gt; starts to tingle.
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:You read a blessed scroll, and there were comestible(s) on the level at one point that you saw, but they have since disappeared, and you gain the food appraisal intrinsic.
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;You sense a lack of food nearby.
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:You read a uncursed or cursed scroll, and there were comestible(s) or potion(s) respectively on the level at one point that you saw, but they have since disappeared.
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{{DOD}}
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;You have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes.
 
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:Beginner, not [[hallucinating]], reading any BUC-status scroll, confused or not, and there are no comesitbles (if blessed or uncursed) or potions (if cursed and/or confused) on the level.
 
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;You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes.
 
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:Beginner, hallucinating, reading any BUC-status scroll, confused or not, and there are no comesitbles (if blessed or uncursed) or potions (if cursed and/or confused) on the level.
 
 
[[Category:Scrolls|Food detection]]
 
[[Category:Scrolls|Food detection]]

Revision as of 22:15, 9 September 2009

? Scroll.png
Name food detection
Appearance random
Base price 100 zm
Weight 5
Ink to write 4-7
Monster use Will not be used by monsters.

The scroll of food detection reveals the location of all comestibles on the level.

Reading effects

This scroll detects and reveals the location of all comestibles on the level, including those on the ground and those in monster inventories. If blessed, you acquire the food appraisal intrinsic in addition. If the scroll is cursed, or you are confused regardless of the BUC-status of the scroll, you will detect potions instead.

Messages

Message Reason
Your <nose> starts to tingle and you smell food. You read a blessed scroll.

There are comestibles on the level. You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.

Your <nose> continues to tingle and you smell food. You read a blessed scroll.

There are comestibles on the level. You already have the food appraisal intrinsic.

Your <nose> twitches then starts to tingle. You read a blessed scroll.

There are no comestibles on the level. You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.

Your <nose> twitches. You read a scroll of any beatitude.

If blessed there are no comestibles on the level and you already have the food appraisal intrinsic. If uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level. If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level. You already have the food appraisal intrinsic if blessed.

You smell food nearby. Your <nose> starts to tingle. You read a blessed scroll.

There are comestibles on the level but only on your square. You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.

You smell food nearby. You read an uncursed or cursed scroll.

If uncursed, there are comestibles on the level but only on your square If cursed, there are potions on the level but only on your square.

You sense a lack of food nearby. Your <nose> starts to tingle. You read a blessed scroll.

You saw comestibles on the level before but they are gone now. You gain the food appraisal intrinsic.

You sense a lack of food nearby. You read an uncursed or cursed scroll.

If uncursed, you saw comestibles on the level before but they are gone now. If cursed, you saw potions on the level before but they are gone now.

You sense a lack of something nearby. You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.

You saw potions on the level before but they are gone now.

Your <nose> tingles and you smell something. You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.

There are potions on the level.

You smell something nearby. You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused.

There are potions on the level, but only on your square.

You have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes. You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused or not.

You are a beginner. If blessed or uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level. If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. You read the scroll of any beatitude while confused or not.

You are a beginner. You are hallucinating. If blessed or uncursed, there are no comestibles on the level. If cursed or confused, there are no potions on the level.

Monster Type Nose
Humanoid nose
Jelly sensor
Animal nose
Bird bill
Horse nose
Sphere olfactory nerve
Fungus gill
Vortex leading edge
Snake forked tongue
Fish nostril

Replace <nose> in the messages with the appropriate equivalent to the table below based on your current form.

Identification

If there are comestibles on the level (if blessed or uncursed) or potions (if confused and/or cursed) then this scroll will auto identify. Otherwise you will get a message below as to the nature of the scroll and you will be able to indirectly identify it - it will not be automatically identified. Players who the game classifies as a beginner will get ambiguous messages in this case.

Strategy

The obvious use is if you are short on food you can read an uncursed or blessed version of the scroll to find food on the level. Beware, this will display all comestibles including tainted and poisoned corpses and corpses that can cause petrification or other harmful effects.

The food appraisal intrinsic is useful to prevent issues from food including food poisoning, petrification and breaking conducts, however it will only warn you once before the intrisic is lost and will need to be reapplied.

The potion detecting capability of cursed and/or confused readings of the scroll can be used to find useful potions in monster inventories, such as a potion of gain level or smoky potions so that monster could be liberated of the potion quickly before the monster uses it. However this functionality is duplicated by other means.

Otherwise if you are in a point in the game where food is not much of a concern anymore, or you have a spellbook of detect food, this scroll is a good candidate for blanking.


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