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[[zap|Zapping]] a '''wand of polymorph''' will [[polymorph]] its target. | [[zap|Zapping]] a '''wand of polymorph''' will [[polymorph]] its target. | ||
| − | As with all forms of polymorphs, this is useful for a variety of purposes. The advantage of using a wand is that you do not need to be able to cast a high level spell, though there is a limited amount of charge in each wand. Also, if you have [[polymorph control]] or [[unchanging]], and are surrounded by hordes of nasty monsters, breaking this wand can be fairly effective in getting out of the jam (whatever they become are probably easier to deal with). You can also use this to polymorph hordes of pets into stronger ones, though be warned that you don't want to attempt this with monsters that are too weak to survive the blast to begin with. | + | As with all forms of polymorphs, this is useful for a variety of purposes. The advantage of using a wand is that you do not need to be able to cast a high level spell, though there is a limited amount of charge in each wand. Also, if you have [[polymorph control]] or [[unchanging]], and are surrounded by hordes of nasty monsters, breaking this wand can be fairly effective in getting out of the jam (whatever they become are probably easier to deal with). You can also use this to polymorph hordes of pets into stronger ones, though be warned that you don't want to attempt this with monsters that are too weak to survive the blast to begin with (including jackals), as this could leave you with ''very'' low alignment. |
==Generation== | ==Generation== | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 16 December 2007
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| Name | polymorph |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 200 zm |
| Weight | 7 |
| Type | beam |
| Maximum charges | 8 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
Zapping a wand of polymorph will polymorph its target.
As with all forms of polymorphs, this is useful for a variety of purposes. The advantage of using a wand is that you do not need to be able to cast a high level spell, though there is a limited amount of charge in each wand. Also, if you have polymorph control or unchanging, and are surrounded by hordes of nasty monsters, breaking this wand can be fairly effective in getting out of the jam (whatever they become are probably easier to deal with). You can also use this to polymorph hordes of pets into stronger ones, though be warned that you don't want to attempt this with monsters that are too weak to survive the blast to begin with (including jackals), as this could leave you with very low alignment.
Generation
Wands comprise 4% of all randomly-generated items in the main dungeon, 6% in containers, 5% on the Rogue level, and 8% in hell. There is a 4.5% chance that a randomly-generated wand will be a wand of polymorph.
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