Difference between revisions of "Ring of wizardry"
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| − | Wearing a '''ring of wizardry''' improves your [[spell success]] rate significantly. This stacks with other sources of [[wizardry]], but with | + | Wearing a '''ring of wizardry''' improves your [[spell success]] rate significantly. This stacks with other sources of [[wizardry]], but with diminishing returns. |
==Desirability== | ==Desirability== | ||
| − | + | Good for spellcasters, especially in the early game. Wizardry is always better for decreasing failure rate than a [[ring of intelligence]]. For casters, the single biggest jump in power is when "you don't attempt to cast a spell" to "you do attempt to cast a spell", and wizardry can help do that. | |
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| + | Once you can comfortably cast a given spell without wizardry, a ring of intelligence (which also increases [[spell power]]) or a defensive ring will likely be preferable. Wizardry is useless for those who aren't casting any spells to begin with. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 24 July 2023
Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Type | Jewellery |
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| Name | Ring of wizardry |
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| A ring that increases the ability of its wearer to use magical spells. |
Wearing a ring of wizardry improves your spell success rate significantly. This stacks with other sources of wizardry, but with diminishing returns.
Desirability
Good for spellcasters, especially in the early game. Wizardry is always better for decreasing failure rate than a ring of intelligence. For casters, the single biggest jump in power is when "you don't attempt to cast a spell" to "you do attempt to cast a spell", and wizardry can help do that.
Once you can comfortably cast a given spell without wizardry, a ring of intelligence (which also increases spell power) or a defensive ring will likely be preferable. Wizardry is useless for those who aren't casting any spells to begin with.
History
- Prior to 0.14, a staff of wizardry provided a slightly better bonus to wizardry than the ring.
- Prior to 0.8, this ring would not auto-identify.
