Wand of undead turning

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Name	undead turning
Appearance	random
Abundance	5%
Base price	150 zm
Weight	7
Type	beam
Maximum charges	8
Spell	turn undead
Monster use	Will not be used by monsters.

A wand of undead turning is a utility wand with two functions. Zapping an undead monster deals 1-8 points of damage and will cause the creature to flee from you. This damage is doubled if you are a Knight carrying the Magic Mirror of Merlin.

Alternatively, the wand can be used to unturn dead, reviving corpses and rejuvenating eggs, though limitations apply.

Identification

First try engrave testing. If no message or effect is generated, it's fairly safe to zap it at yourself (Bollucks!+) - getting stunned while undead, having a corpse in your inventory reanimated, or getting the message "You shudder in dread" unambiguously identifies the wand as undead turning.

+ if it's a wand of cancellation, you've probably just cost yourself the game! Zap the wand near a container, if there is a directional prompt and you zap it at the container and still nothing happens, it is a wand of undead turning. [Note: locking, opening, and probing will self-identify when zapped at a container.]

Strategy

• If a corpse is too old to eat or #offer, zapping it with a wand of undead turning then re-killing the monster will reset the rot timer. Note that the revived monster won't always leave a corpse unless it is size large or bigger - see corpse generation odds
• If your pet dies (in a manner that leaves a corpse), zapping it with the wand could bring it back to life - although be warned it might need to be re-tamed.