Draft:Cloak of skill

Omega 0.90.4

Cloak of skill}TypeCloakBase value (Au)1000Item level5Weight30Unidentified appearanceRandom cloak appearanceCursed nameCloak of skill

A cloak of skill is a cloak that gives a working +20 hit bonus when worn noncursed. Unlike the potion of accuracy, its initial combat benefit works in Omega 0.90.4. Its duration has a separate defect: the bonus can count down even while the cloak remains equipped.

Generation

This is a repeatable item-level-5 cloak. It can occur in random loot or monster possessions, at the pawn shop, or through acquirement. Ordinary copies begin at +0 with a shuffled cloak appearance and separate blessing roll.

Accuracy and duration

Wearing a noncursed cloak adds the equipment accuracy duration and identifies its type. Any remaining working accuracy grants +20 hit; it does not add 20 damage, defense or tactical maneuvers. More enchantment or stronger positive blessing does not enlarge that hit bonus, and multiple active accuracy sources do not multiply it.

Unlike the ordinary sustained cloak statuses, this accuracy checks a different accuracy effect to decide whether to count down. When that other effect is below the sustained threshold, the cloak's newly supplied bonus lasts 1,500 ten-minute status updates, nominally 250 game hours, even if still worn. This is a count of actual status updates, not a guarantee that every service which skips clock time runs all of them. Once the bonus expires, removing and re-equipping a noncursed cloak supplies it again.

A cursed cloak instead subtracts 1,500 updates' worth of working accuracy, clamped at zero. Removal also subtracts that amount. It does not create a negative hit penalty below the loss of the existing +20 benefit, but it can erase accuracy supplied by other equipment. The cursed copy keeps the name cloak of skill and becomes stuck under the usual equipment rules.

Strategy

The flat hit bonus is valuable when attacks otherwise miss frequently. Compare the displayed hit value after equipping, and reassess after a long expedition rather than assuming a worn cloak must still supply its original bonus. At very favorable hit scores, the ordinary hit check still has a natural miss, so additional accuracy cannot guarantee every blow.

Skill competes with protective cloaks for the same slot. If you already hit reliably, negative-energy immunity, true sight or protection may address a more pressing danger. Extra pluses do not improve its +20, so enchanting it for accuracy alone spends resources without increasing the main benefit.