Scroll of remove curse
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| Name | remove curse |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 80 zm |
| Weight | 5 |
| Ink to write | 8-15 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
The scroll of remove curse, when read, will uncurse worn or wielded items, loadstones and leashes in use. If the scroll is blessed, it will instead uncurse all items in the main inventory. If the scroll is cursed, it will not remove (or add) a curse from an item, however, it will give a unique message (below) that identifies the scroll as being cursed. Regardless of the scroll's BUC status, unless confused, if you are punished, it will unpunish you by destroying the chain (the iron ball will remain).
If read while confused and uncursed, each of your uncursed worn items has a 25% chance of being blessed and a 25% chance of being cursed (blessed and cursed items retain their BUC state). Reading it while confused and blessed does the same thing, except to your entire inventory.[1]
Messages
- "You feel like someone is helping you."
- You read the scroll normally.
- "You feel like you need some help."
- You read the scroll while confused.
- "You feel in touch with the Universal Oneness."
- You read the scroll while hallucinating.
- "You feel the power of the Force against you!"
- You read the scroll while hallucinating and confused.
- "The scroll disintegrates."
- This message will be appended to any of the above lines if the scroll being read is cursed instead of blessed or uncursed.
Strategy
An uncursed scroll will uncurse only all worn and wielded items, but if your weapon isn't cursed you can also use it to uncurse a miscellaneous item within your inventory. Simply wield the cursed item - you have to specify the inventory letter directly or press * to get the full list of your inventory, rather than the recommended weapons - and read the scroll. The item wielded will then be uncursed.
Blessed scrolls can also be used to create holy and unholy water without the use of altars or prayer. Simply drop all but one of your potions of water, and then [N]ame (say yes to a specific item) the single individual clear potion. The name will prevent them from stacking when you pick up the others. Repeat this until each potion is a separate item. Then drop all other items and then read the scroll while confused. This will curse and bless expected 25% of the potions. Remove the [N]ames on the potions, allowing the potions to stack, and then the blessed clear potions are holy water and cursed clear potions are unholy. If you cannot altar-test, you can also pet-test for unholy water, and then dip a blessed, non-erodable object into the remaining two stacks - only the uncursed water will wet it. Alternatively, dip the remaining two stacks into each other, or check with a shop.
Some players mainly use this scroll to mass-bless items of the ascension kit or certain types of polypile fodder. Since it will also curse items, it is recommended to learn the spell remove curse at a skilled level or to exploit the light blue aura boon when praying. On average, 12.25 items are blessed per scroll - this is the most resource-conserving way in the game to bless large quantities of non-stackable items. Only weapons, unicorn horns and pickaxes can be blessed more efficiently by praying.
