Scroll of scare monster

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Name	scare monster
Appearance	random
Base price	100 zm
Weight	5
Ink to write	10-19
Monster use	Will not be used by monsters.

The scroll of scare monster causes monsters in your visual range to flee, though some may resist. When dropped on a square, monsters treat that square as if Elbereth were written on it. A blessed scroll will become uncursed when picked up, and an uncursed scroll will disintegrate if you pick it up having previously picked it up when uncursed. A cursed scroll always disintegrates when picked up.

Scrolls of scare monster in shops can get you in trouble in the early game. If you pick up a scroll in a shop and it disintegrates, you owe the shopkeeper for it; if you can't afford it, you'll have to sell your other items or risk angering the shopkeeper. Be careful picking up scrolls in shops until you have a decent amount of gold. A safer alternative is to #chat while standing on an unidentified scroll; if it price-identifies as costing 100 gold, only pick it up if you can afford to pay for it.

If you need to move a scroll of scare monster without destroying it, try kicking it.

Reading it will result in the message "You hear maniacal laughter close by." if a creature was affected "You hear maniacal laughter in the distance." if no creature was affected.

History

The scroll of scare monster originated in Rogue, where it had the same effect (although b/u/c distinctions did not exist).

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