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  |name = Potion of decay
 
  |name = Potion of decay
 
  |cost = ?
 
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{{Flavour|A vile and putrid cursed liquid which causes your flesh to decay before your very eyes.}}
 
{{Flavour|A vile and putrid cursed liquid which causes your flesh to decay before your very eyes.}}
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[[Quaff]]ing a '''potion of decay''' will make characters without [[rot]] resistance immediately lose 2+1d3 max [[HP]] (as though they had suffered rot damage). You can repair this damage by [[healing]] yourself while already at full HP. [[Undead]] characters are unaffected.
  
[[Quaff]]ing a [[potion of decay]] will make characters without [[rot]] resistance immediately lose 1d10+9 max [[HP]] (as though they had suffered rot damage). You can repair this damage by [[healing]] yourself while already at full HP. [[Undead]] characters are unaffected.
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==History==
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Potions of decay were removed from the game in [[0.17]].
  
==History==
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Prior to [[0.12]], the loss of max HP occurred over time through the rot [[status effect]]. Also, the potion was useful when coupled with [[Evaporate]], an obsolete spell that allowed you to turn potions into harmful [[cloud]]s. Potions of decay would create clouds of extremely powerful [[miasma]].
Prior to [[0.12]], the loss of max HP occurred over time through the rot [[status effect]]. Also, the potion was useful when coupled with [[Evaporate]], an obsolete spell that would allow you to turn potions into harmful [[cloud]]s.
 
  
 
The following methods for generating potions of decay have been removed in recent versions:
 
The following methods for generating potions of decay have been removed in recent versions:
 
*[[mummy (monster)|Mummy]] death curses could convert other potions (Unknown version)
 
*[[mummy (monster)|Mummy]] death curses could convert other potions (Unknown version)
 
*Casting [[Sublimation of Blood]] on a [[potion of blood]] (Unknown version)
 
*Casting [[Sublimation of Blood]] on a [[potion of blood]] (Unknown version)
*Casting [[Fulsome Distillation on any rot-inducing [[corpse]] or some contaminated corpses ([[ogre (monster)|ogres]] and other large monsters) (Removed in 0.12)
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*Casting [[Fulsome Distillation]] on any rot-inducing [[corpse]] (Removed in 0.12)
 
 
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 10 November 2015

Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.
Type Potion
Name Potion of decay
Icon Potion of decay.png
A vile and putrid cursed liquid which causes your flesh to decay before your very eyes.

Quaffing a potion of decay will make characters without rot resistance immediately lose 2+1d3 max HP (as though they had suffered rot damage). You can repair this damage by healing yourself while already at full HP. Undead characters are unaffected.

History

Potions of decay were removed from the game in 0.17.

Prior to 0.12, the loss of max HP occurred over time through the rot status effect. Also, the potion was useful when coupled with Evaporate, an obsolete spell that allowed you to turn potions into harmful clouds. Potions of decay would create clouds of extremely powerful miasma.

The following methods for generating potions of decay have been removed in recent versions: