Walking crystal tome

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walking crystal tome ;
HP	66-133
HD	20
XP	1816
Speed	10 (atk: 200%)
AC	15
EV	5
Will	Immune
Attack1	40 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Brainless
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Non-living
Size	Small
Type	walking tome, crystal tome
Flags

A spellbook that has gone too long without being read. It overflows with magic, forming thick armour from its binding, legs from its pages, and periodically erupting in flurries of free-floating, self-casting spells. It is encrusted with long, sharp, deadly-looking crystals.

Useful Info

Walking crystal tomes conjure living Lehudib's Crystal Spears. Walking tomes are most often seen in the Depths and the wizlab, Tukima's Studio.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Conjure Living Spells (1-2x 3d34)	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

• Crystal tomes are impeccably scary in an open field. They can deal up to 240 damage per cast, enough to one-shot most characters venturing into the Depths. They make melee attacks at half speed, but cast living spells at the normal rate.
• Living spells work similarly to the player Foxfire spell. It creates a living spell entity, which must have a direct path to a hostile target. If you are in melee range with a tome in a corridor, most of the living spells will be unable to hit you. But unlike the foxfire spell, living spells can spawn behind the player (radius-2 of the walking tome), so a corridor is not foolproof.
  • If needed, you can attack a living spell, which will destroy it before it gets the chance to cast itself.
• Silence works on walking tomes, preventing them from casting at all.

History

• Prior to 0.29, walking crystal tomes had 20 HD, so they dealt 3d40 damage per crystal spear.
• Walking crystal tomes were added in 0.28.