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Reading a '''scroll of amnesia''' causes you to forget a spell of your choosing, restoring some [[MP]]. It will only identify if you already know at least one spell. You may press '''Esc''' after reading to cancel the scroll's effect.
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Reading a '''scroll of amnesia''' causes you to instantly forget a spell of your choosing. You may press '''Esc''' after reading to cancel the scroll's effect, but this will still consume the scroll.
  
 
==Stategy==
 
==Stategy==
 
*Any caster who does not worship [[Sif Muna]] should hoard these for the late game. They are a much less expensive means of forgetting spells than destroying [[spell book]]s.
 
*Any caster who does not worship [[Sif Muna]] should hoard these for the late game. They are a much less expensive means of forgetting spells than destroying [[spell book]]s.
*As a last resort tactic, using one of these in combat on a high level spell you don't care about may give you the MP you need to finish a difficult fight.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[0.13]], forgetting spells will no longer restore [[MP]], and the scroll will identify even if you know no spells upon reading.
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Prior to [[0.13]], forgetting spells would restore [[MP]] equal to the spell's level, and the scroll would only identify if you knew a spell to forget.
 
 
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Revision as of 21:06, 10 October 2013

Version 0.13: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Type Scroll
Name Scroll of amnesia
Icon Scroll of amnesia.png

Reading a scroll of amnesia causes you to instantly forget a spell of your choosing. You may press Esc after reading to cancel the scroll's effect, but this will still consume the scroll.

Stategy

  • Any caster who does not worship Sif Muna should hoard these for the late game. They are a much less expensive means of forgetting spells than destroying spell books.

History

Prior to 0.13, forgetting spells would restore MP equal to the spell's level, and the scroll would only identify if you knew a spell to forget.