Scroll of blessing: Difference between revisions

From Omega Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older edit
Fix scroll tables and ASCII glyph presentation
Promote approved scroll pages
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
{{Scroll infobox|name=Scroll of blessing|object_id=44|scroll_id=2|value=400|level=2|cursed=scroll of cursing}}
{{Scroll infobox|name=Scroll of blessing|object_id=44|scroll_id=2|value=400|level=2|cursed=scroll of cursing}}


The '''scroll of blessing''' is a [[Scrolls|scroll]] in the Omega 0.90.4 remake. It appears as a bright-yellow {{Omega glyph|?|color=yellow|label=question mark}} until its shuffled inscription is identified. Its cursed appearance is ''scroll of cursing''.
The '''scroll of blessing''' improves a chosen item and can raise its enchantment. A cursed copy is identified as a ''scroll of cursing'' and harms a random equipped item instead.


== Generation and appearance ==
== Effects and interactions ==
Once item generation has selected the scroll class, it chooses uniformly among all 24 scroll IDs and copies the selected definition. The class definitions are neutral by default. Thirty unidentified inscriptions are shuffled at game initialization, so the visible label does not reliably identify this type between games.
 
== Data and mechanics ==
The definition has base value 400, item level 2, weight 5, fragility 1, and the COMMON flag. The base value is the definition value, not a promised shop price. Reading is unavailable while blind or afraid; cancelling the inventory prompt spends no scroll, while successful dispatch normally consumes one.


<table class="omega-scroll-buc">
<table class="omega-scroll-buc">
<tbody>
<tr><th>BUC state</th><th>Result</th></tr>
<tr><th>BUC state</th><th>Result</th></tr>
<tr><td>Blessed</td><td>Prompts for a target. Blessing -2 disintegrates, values below -2 resist, eligible values below +2 rise by 1, and plus becomes abs(plus)+1.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blessed</td><td>Raises an eligible target's blessing by 1 and changes its enchantment bonus to one greater than its absolute value. A target at -2 disintegrates; lower values resist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uncursed</td><td>Prompts for a target. Values below -1 resist; eligible values below +1 rise by 1 and plus becomes abs(plus)+1. It cannot disintegrate an item.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uncursed</td><td>Raises an eligible target below +1 by 1 and changes its enchantment bonus to one greater than its absolute value. More cursed targets resist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cursed</td><td>Chooses random equipped gear, lowers its blessing by 2, and reduces its plus when the result is cursed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cursed</td><td>Chooses random equipped gear, lowers its blessing by 2, and may reduce its enchantment bonus.</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table>
An uncursed or blessed scroll prompts for a target. If the target accepts the effect, its blessing rises by 1 and its enchantment bonus becomes one greater than its absolute value. A blessed scroll disintegrates a target at -2, while still more cursed targets resist. A cursed scroll instead selects a random equipped possession, lowers its blessing by 2, and may reduce its enchantment.


== Effects and interactions ==
The scroll identifies itself before target selection in every BUC state. Cash is unaffected. Cancelling target selection changes no item, but still consumes the scroll.
A neutral or blessed scroll prompts for a target. If the target can accept the effect, its blessing rises by 1 and its plus becomes abs(plus)+1. A blessed scroll can disintegrate a target at blessing -2, while still more cursed targets resist. A cursed scroll instead selects a random equipped possession, lowers its blessing by 2, and may reduce its plus.
 
The type is globally identified in every BUC state before the target routine runs. Cash is unaffected. Cancelling a helpful target produces no item change, but the scroll has already entered the normal consumption path.


== Strategy ==
== Strategy ==
Bless known equipment rather than gambling on a severely cursed target. A blessed copy is the only state that can remove a -2 item by disintegration; a neutral copy cannot. Unequip important gear before reading a suspected cursed copy to reduce the eligible target set.
Bless known equipment rather than gambling on a severely cursed target. A blessed copy is the only state that can remove a -2 item by disintegration; an uncursed copy cannot. Unequip important gear before reading a suspected cursed copy to reduce the eligible target set.


== Trivial ==
== See also ==
A search of public Omega and roguelike sources found no reliable creator statement establishing a specific cultural origin for this scroll's name. The article therefore treats the source-code name as canonical without assigning an unsupported reference.
* [[Scroll]]


== References ==
== References ==
* [https://github.com/geoffdunbar/winomega/tree/009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3 WinOmega source at the documented revision]
* [https://github.com/geoffdunbar/winomega/tree/009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3 WinOmega source at the documented revision]
* [[Scrolls|Omega 0.90.4 scroll index]]
* [[Scroll|Omega 0.90.4 scroll index]]


[[Category:Scrolls]]
[[Category:Scrolls]]
Line 40: Line 32:
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/effect1.c:118-199; claims=BUC effects and mechanics -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/effect1.c:118-199; claims=BUC effects and mechanics -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/item.c:167-177; claims=uniform scroll selection and copied definition -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/item.c:167-177; claims=uniform scroll selection and copied definition -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/item.c:296-330; claims=random unidentified inscription pool -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/omega.c:436-451; claims=new-game random inscription assignment -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/command2.c:37-68; claims=reading restrictions and consumption -->
<!-- OMEGA-SOURCE commit=009707d17482b977061a6223b9de63eac4d368c3; file=staging/remake/winomega/command2.c:37-68; claims=reading restrictions and consumption -->

Latest revision as of 16:04, 24 July 2026

The scroll of blessing improves a chosen item and can raise its enchantment. A cursed copy is identified as a scroll of cursing and harms a random equipped item instead.

Effects and interactions

BUC stateResult
BlessedRaises an eligible target's blessing by 1 and changes its enchantment bonus to one greater than its absolute value. A target at -2 disintegrates; lower values resist.
UncursedRaises an eligible target below +1 by 1 and changes its enchantment bonus to one greater than its absolute value. More cursed targets resist.
CursedChooses random equipped gear, lowers its blessing by 2, and may reduce its enchantment bonus.

An uncursed or blessed scroll prompts for a target. If the target accepts the effect, its blessing rises by 1 and its enchantment bonus becomes one greater than its absolute value. A blessed scroll disintegrates a target at -2, while still more cursed targets resist. A cursed scroll instead selects a random equipped possession, lowers its blessing by 2, and may reduce its enchantment.

The scroll identifies itself before target selection in every BUC state. Cash is unaffected. Cancelling target selection changes no item, but still consumes the scroll.

Strategy

Bless known equipment rather than gambling on a severely cursed target. A blessed copy is the only state that can remove a -2 item by disintegration; an uncursed copy cannot. Unequip important gear before reading a suspected cursed copy to reduce the eligible target set.

See also

References

Retrieved from "https://www.omega-rl.wiki/index.php?title=Scroll_of_blessing&oldid=226"