New item: Rod of Oddities


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Spider Stomper

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Post Saturday, 27th June 2015, 19:37

New item: Rod of Oddities

Rod with the following spells:
- Leda's Liquefaction
- Conjure Flame (surrounding all the empty spaces around the target location, Ring of Flames style)
- Summon Butterflies
- Olgreb's Toxic Radiance
- Cause Fear
- Mass confusion / Alistair's Intoxication (or both)
- Scroll of Immolation-effect

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Pandemonium Purger

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Post Saturday, 27th June 2015, 20:32

Re: New item: Rod of Oddities

It should be very rare, because it's powerful, and would be tiresome if it were common. Give it a slight chance to appear at great depth near Xom altars. I like how it doesn't require aiming, and scales with Evocations.

Tartarus Sorceror

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Post Saturday, 27th June 2015, 21:17

Re: New item: Rod of Oddities

I like it. Because the effects are sometimes bad or not what you wanted, I think it shouldn't cost many MP to activate this rod - e.g. "etheric twist" costs 2 MP to generate one of the effects at random. That way you could repeatedly evoke it until something good happens.

Flavor text could be randomized every time you inspect the rod:
  • This corkscrew-shaped mace giggles and releases a cloud of dust and moths.
  • The rod loudly claims to have been forged by Goro, ogre servant of Xom.
  • An inscription declares this rod the creation of Albucroez, worshiper of Nemelex Xobeh.
  • The surface of the rod briefly exudes a translucent slime.
  • You feel a sudden urge to hit yourself on the head with it.
  • The rod crackles with terrible energies and conjures a moldy sultana.
  • A tentacle extends from the rod and probes at your coin purse.
  • The rod suddenly duplicates itself. You toss one of the two into a dusty corner and forget all about it.
  • It seems innocent enough.
  • It bends itself into a pretzel.
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Post Sunday, 28th June 2015, 00:07

Re: New item: Rod of Oddities

I especially like that no effect is strictly bad, but that there are very few situations where you'd want fully everything on that list.
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Post Sunday, 28th June 2015, 00:58

Re: New item: Rod of Oddities

What, you find it hard to imagine a situation where you'd want to see your inner-flamed enemies flee from butterflies while slowed, poisoned, and confused? What's wrong with you?

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