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* Any amulet which might be an [[amulet of strangulation]], which will prevent you from chanting the spell. | * Any amulet which might be an [[amulet of strangulation]], which will prevent you from chanting the spell. | ||
| − | You will also want to enhance clerical spells from Basic to Skilled if your role permits and you intend to save power and uncurse multiple items in your inventory simultaneously | + | You will also want to enhance clerical spells from Basic to Skilled if your role permits and you intend to save power and uncurse multiple items in your inventory simultaneously. |
The remove curse spell is often outclassed only by the [[spell of identify]], which you can cast beforehand to check items' BUC status as well as identifying it. Priests in particular have an innate knowledge of an item's beautitude, making them much more likely to avoid putting on cursed items in the first place. By the same token, however, a priest with the remove curse spell excels at sorting through any [[bones]] files they encounter, allowing them to more efficiently prioritize and uncurse loot without spending precious [[holy water]]. The spell also becomes the more useful of the two during the mid- and late game for countering the [[curse items]] [[monster spell]] from enemy spellcasters, e.g. [[lich]]es, some [[quest nemeses]] and the [[Wizard of Yendor]], though this also means that you will still have a use for scrolls of remove curse, which are best kept in separate containers to #[[tip]] out if you are prevented from casting. | The remove curse spell is often outclassed only by the [[spell of identify]], which you can cast beforehand to check items' BUC status as well as identifying it. Priests in particular have an innate knowledge of an item's beautitude, making them much more likely to avoid putting on cursed items in the first place. By the same token, however, a priest with the remove curse spell excels at sorting through any [[bones]] files they encounter, allowing them to more efficiently prioritize and uncurse loot without spending precious [[holy water]]. The spell also becomes the more useful of the two during the mid- and late game for countering the [[curse items]] [[monster spell]] from enemy spellcasters, e.g. [[lich]]es, some [[quest nemeses]] and the [[Wizard of Yendor]], though this also means that you will still have a use for scrolls of remove curse, which are best kept in separate containers to #[[tip]] out if you are prevented from casting. | ||
Revision as of 07:20, 24 February 2021
| spellbook of + remove curse 
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| Appearance | random |
| Abundance | 2.54% |
| Base price | 300 zm |
| Weight | 50 |
| Turns to read | 10 |
| Ink to write | 15–29 |
| Spell type | clerical |
| Level | 3 |
| Power cost | 15 Pw |
| Direction | non-directional |
| Equivalent | scroll of remove curse |
| Special for | priest |
A spellbook of remove curse allows you to learn the spell of remove curse. It is an emergency spell, and is the special spell for Priests.
At unskilled or basic level, this spell acts identically to an uncursed scroll of remove curse; at skilled or expert, it is identical to a blessed scroll.
Strategy
Remove curse is a very useful utility spell that, among other things, can make use-testing certain items less dangerous, such as trying on armor. You can uncurse most items within your inventory by wielding or wearing it and casting the spell; only weapons and weapon-tools can weld themselves to your hands when wielded, so wielding other cursed items is safe.
Objects which you may not want to use-test to check for curses (assuming you only have the spell available at unskilled or basic) include:
- Two-handed weapons that might be cursed, or one-handed weapons while also wearing an unknown-beatitude shield; wielding these will leave you unable to cast the spell (for one-handed weapons, if the shield is also cursed).
- Armor that will increase your spell failure rate to a level where you can no longer rely on successfully casting remove curse.
- Any amulet which might be an amulet of strangulation, which will prevent you from chanting the spell.
You will also want to enhance clerical spells from Basic to Skilled if your role permits and you intend to save power and uncurse multiple items in your inventory simultaneously.
The remove curse spell is often outclassed only by the spell of identify, which you can cast beforehand to check items' BUC status as well as identifying it. Priests in particular have an innate knowledge of an item's beautitude, making them much more likely to avoid putting on cursed items in the first place. By the same token, however, a priest with the remove curse spell excels at sorting through any bones files they encounter, allowing them to more efficiently prioritize and uncurse loot without spending precious holy water. The spell also becomes the more useful of the two during the mid- and late game for countering the curse items monster spell from enemy spellcasters, e.g. liches, some quest nemeses and the Wizard of Yendor, though this also means that you will still have a use for scrolls of remove curse, which are best kept in separate containers to #tip out if you are prevented from casting.
