Rename "Metabolic Englaciation"

[bcadren]

It's a cool spell. I just think there's a minor issue in that, the name implies it only works on living (Metabolic) while it works on anything without rC. I'd rather keep that functionality and shave the name than prevent it from affecting demons and nonliving. (I noticed this issue because my hexer character was just saved by being able to slow a Fire Elemental).

Fairly sure elementals are the only Non-living the spell works on; but it works on almost all demons (Iron Imps, Ice Devils, Rust Devils, Hell Sentinels, Ice Fiends and Tzitzimitls are the only exception out of tiered demons). Out of non-tiered it doesn't work on (Demonic Crawler, Tentacled Monstrosity).

[dowan]

I agree that the name doesn't do a very good job describing what the spell actually does. Because it sounds like it would be a castable version of a ring of sustenance, and that's definitely not what it is.

Also... this spell seems to suck. It just doesn't last long enough to be worth casting, at least from what I've seen. But that's a separate issue.

[bcadren]

You know, kinda? yet it's also like a few turns of Haste, which stacks with Haste...I was using it because the slow is easier to place than effects from spells that check MR (and I was immediately dispelling it with Yara's to damage and severely weaken foes).

[4Hooves2Appendages]

Just remove the 'metabolic'.

[Brannock]

Just remove the 'metabolic'.

Which en/glaciates monsters, Englaciation or Glaciate?

[Shard1697]

just make it "Freezing Slow".

[bcadren]

"Thermal Deceleration"
"Bitter Stagnation"
"Congelation"
"Algor Lethargy"
"Frigid Hindrance"

...the first one was the good one.

[prozacelf]

Also... this spell seems to suck. It just doesn't last long enough to be worth casting, at least from what I've seen. But that's a separate issue.

It's fantastic when your hexer ally is casting it, but I'm inclined to agree that it's rarely worth bothering with if you're going to be the one casting it.

[4Hooves2Appendages]

Just remove the 'metabolic'.

Which en/glaciates monsters, Englaciation or Glaciate?

And then rename Glaciate to Snow Cone!

[Gongclonker]

The "Metabolic" kind of works to imply that the coldness is locally concentrated so as to hinder the target. I'll try to come up with other spell names that seem to carry this implication:

"Indigenous Frigidness"
"Cryogenesis"
"Crystallization"
"Mr. Bigglesworth's Frickin' Freezer"
"Iskenderun's Iciclefication"
"Coldsnap"
"Blizzard of Ozz"
"Vacmei's Rheostat"
"Ceimaru's Creamsiclization"
"Icebind"

[dowan]

Ozocubo's Enervation!

Feel free to spell Ozo's name correctly instead of what I wrote, but I demand 5% of all profits from future sales of DCSS either way.

[Shtopit]

Meglaciolic englobation.

Call it blizzard and it becomes an area status lasting various turns and impacting anything that doesn't pass a certain strength test or is large enough. After the first phase, the blizzard ceases and the ground is covered in ice for a while, slowing everyone and occasionally causing wrong direction movement like with confusion.