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{{flavour|The favourite hat of the slug wizard Gastronok, stained with reddish slime and enchanted to aid in his arcane pondering. It has been specially enchanted to protect against the effects of salt.}}
 
 
The favorite hat of the slug wizard Gastronok, stained with reddish slime and enchanted to aid in his arcane pondering. It has been specially enchanted to protect against the effects of salt, though you probably don't care.}}
 
 
[[File:Hat_of_pondering.png]] '''''the +3 hat of Pondering'''''
 
[[File:Hat_of_pondering.png]] '''''the +3 hat of Pondering'''''
  
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[[Ponderous]]ness ego<br>
 
[[Ponderous]]ness ego<br>
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[[MR]]+<br>
 
+5 [[INT]]<br>
 
+5 [[INT]]<br>
+40 [[MR]]<br>
 
 
+10 [[MP]]
 
+10 [[MP]]
  
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==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
 
The '''hat of Pondering''' provides extremely useful bonuses to any character's spellcasting, but can you afford the movement speed penalty? That's up to you to decide. Luckily, this hat is most beneficial to those who are likely to have the means to speed themselves up, i.e. casters with [[Haste]] or [[Controlled Blink]].
 
The '''hat of Pondering''' provides extremely useful bonuses to any character's spellcasting, but can you afford the movement speed penalty? That's up to you to decide. Luckily, this hat is most beneficial to those who are likely to have the means to speed themselves up, i.e. casters with [[Haste]] or [[Controlled Blink]].
 
Although it's annoying to swap gear on and off, you can remove this hat quickly enough that you should be able to do so and still safely outrun anything your base speed or worse, so long as you do so while they're still a significant distance from you.
 
  
 
[[Category:Unrands]]
 
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Revision as of 15:31, 17 December 2015

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The favourite hat of the slug wizard Gastronok, stained with reddish slime and enchanted to aid in his arcane pondering. It has been specially enchanted to protect against the effects of salt.

Hat of pondering.png the +3 hat of Pondering

+3 hat

Ponderousness ego
MR+
+5 INT
+10 MP

Sometimes found on Gastronok.

Desirability

The hat of Pondering provides extremely useful bonuses to any character's spellcasting, but can you afford the movement speed penalty? That's up to you to decide. Luckily, this hat is most beneficial to those who are likely to have the means to speed themselves up, i.e. casters with Haste or Controlled Blink.