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{{flavour|Casts one of a number of minor spells, aimed at trying to bolster the caster's morale. They have no noticeable effect.}}
  
 
'''Cantrip''' is a monster-only spell which does nothing. It is equivalent to passing a turn, but provides intimidating flavor text. It is often used to water down particularly dangerous early-game spellcasters and many early [[unique]]s.
 
'''Cantrip''' is a monster-only spell which does nothing. It is equivalent to passing a turn, but provides intimidating flavor text. It is often used to water down particularly dangerous early-game spellcasters and many early [[unique]]s.
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The following quotes are possible:
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==Possible Messages==
 
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{{flavour|"The [monster] casts a cantrip, but nothing happens."<br>"The [monster] begins to cast a cantrip, but forgets the words!"<br>"The [monster] miscasts a cantrip."<br>"The [monster] looks braver for a moment."<br>"The [monster] looks encouraged for a moment."<br>"The [monster] looks satisfied for a moment."}}
{{Flavour|The [monster] glows brightly for a moment.}}
 
{{Flavour|The [monster] looks stronger.}}
 
{{Flavour|The [monster] becomes somewhat translucent.}}
 
{{Flavour|The [monster]'s eyes start to glow.}}
 
{{Flavour|You feel troubled.}}
 
{{Flavour|You feel a wave of unholy energy pass over you.}}
 
{{Flavour|You resist.}}
 
{{Flavour|You resist [whatever that was supposed to do].}}
 
{{Flavour|The monster shimmers for a moment.}}
 
The final one replaces the last four if the monster is friendly.
 
  
 
[[Category:Monster spells]]
 
[[Category:Monster spells]]

Latest revision as of 20:51, 12 August 2020

Version 0.25: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Casts one of a number of minor spells, aimed at trying to bolster the caster's morale. They have no noticeable effect.

Cantrip is a monster-only spell which does nothing. It is equivalent to passing a turn, but provides intimidating flavor text. It is often used to water down particularly dangerous early-game spellcasters and many early uniques.

The following enemies cast Cantrip:

Possible Messages

"The [monster] casts a cantrip, but nothing happens."
"The [monster] begins to cast a cantrip, but forgets the words!"
"The [monster] miscasts a cantrip."
"The [monster] looks braver for a moment."
"The [monster] looks encouraged for a moment."
"The [monster] looks satisfied for a moment."