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'''Ice''', {{cyan|.}}, is formed when a [[pool]] is frozen by a [[spellbook of cone of cold|spell]], [[wand of cold]], [[frost horn]], or [[white dragon|breath]] [[winter wolf|attack]]. It is slippery, and when you are walking on it, you may [[fumbling|fumble]], unless you are wearing snow boots or are naturally cold resistant (e.g. a [[valkyrie]] or polymorphed into a [[winter wolf]]). Note that cold resistance gained from eating a corpse will ''not'' prevent this fumbling. The effect is the same as [[gauntlets of fumbling]] or [[fumble boots]].  (If snow boots ''are'' fumble boots, you will continue to suffer from the effects, but for a different reason).
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'''Ice''', {{cyan|.}}, is formed when a [[pool]] is frozen by a [[spellbook of cone of cold|spell]], [[wand of cold]], [[frost horn]], or [[white dragon|breath]] [[winter wolf|attack]], and is naturally found in a few places such as the [[valkyrie quest]]. It is slippery, and walking on it often causes you to [[fumbling|fumble]], the same way as when wearing [[gauntlets of fumbling]] or [[fumbling boots]]. Fumbling can be prevented by wearing [[ boots#List_of_boots|snow boots]] or being naturally cold resistant (e.g., being a [[valkyrie]] or polymorphing into a [[winter wolf]]). Intrinsic cold resistance gained from eating a corpse will ''not'' prevent this fumbling. If snow boots ''are'' fumble boots, you will continue to suffer from the effects, but for a different reason.)
  
Beware fire-breathing monsters, [[wand of fire|wands of fire]], [[trap|fire traps]] and such effects if you are on ice; those will melt it.
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Beware fire-breathing monsters, [[wand of fire|wands of fire]], [[trap|fire traps]] (many of these are present on the valkyrie quest), and other sources of fire if you are on ice; these will melt it and cause you to fall into the newly created pool. You will normally be able to climb out, but your inventory will get [[wet]], and as with falling into [[moat|normal water]] it is possible to drown under the wrong circumstances.
  
 
[[Corpse]]s rot half as fast if they're on ice.
 
[[Corpse]]s rot half as fast if they're on ice.
  
Items on ice will slide further when kicked, upon kicking them you get the message 'Whee! a\an\the item slides across the ice.'
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Items on ice will slide further when kicked (“Whee! A/n <item> slides across the ice.)
 
 
Message generated from pools (not moats) being frozen into ice is ''"The water freezes"'' (''"The water freezes for a moment"'' when attempting in vain to freeze water on the [[Plane of Water]].)
 
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 23:20, 1 October 2015

Ice, ., is formed when a pool is frozen by a spell, wand of cold, frost horn, or breath attack, and is naturally found in a few places such as the valkyrie quest. It is slippery, and walking on it often causes you to fumble, the same way as when wearing gauntlets of fumbling or fumbling boots. Fumbling can be prevented by wearing snow boots or being naturally cold resistant (e.g., being a valkyrie or polymorphing into a winter wolf). Intrinsic cold resistance gained from eating a corpse will not prevent this fumbling. If snow boots are fumble boots, you will continue to suffer from the effects, but for a different reason.)

Beware fire-breathing monsters, wands of fire, fire traps (many of these are present on the valkyrie quest), and other sources of fire if you are on ice; these will melt it and cause you to fall into the newly created pool. You will normally be able to climb out, but your inventory will get wet, and as with falling into normal water it is possible to drown under the wrong circumstances.

Corpses rot half as fast if they're on ice.

Items on ice will slide further when kicked (“Whee! A/n <item> slides across the ice.”)

See Also