Spellbook of remove curse

spellbook of +   remove curse
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

At unskilled or basic level this spell acts similar to an uncursed scroll of remove curse. At skilled or expert, like a blessed scroll. This spell can be helpful late in the game against Rodney, who likes to use the monster spell Curse items to curse your inventory.

This is an emergency spell. It is also the special spell for priests.

Strategy

Casting this spell at unskilled or basic level will uncurse only all worn and wielded items, but if your weapon isn't cursed you can also use it to uncurse any 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 then cast the spell. The wielded item will then be uncursed. However, be careful that you don't wield any cursed two-handed weapons; NetHack will not let you cast spells when you have no free hands.

Remove curse is a very useful utility spell, allowing you to pick items up and try armor on liberally; if it turns out to be cursed, just uncurse it and take it off. This even works on the amulet of strangulation, which gives you five turns to live, as long as you do have a low enough failure rate. It is, however, mostly outclassed in this regard by the spellbook of identify, which you can cast beforehand to check items' BUC status (as well as identifying it). It can however remove curses already in place and those created by the curse items monster spell; for this reason it is becomes useful again late in the game for uncursing items cursed by Rodney. Liches and black nagas, among others, can also cast curse items, although this happens rarely enough to be avoidable.