Silver star

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silver star *
HP	150
HD	30
XP	7795
Speed	10
AC	12
EV	15
Will	Immune
Resistances	rF+, rC+, rElec+++, rPois+++, rN+++, rRot+++, rSticky, rConstr, rHoly
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Holy
Size	Little
Type	silver star, silver star
Flags	Glows Insubstantial See invisible Levitate Silence immune

An orb of divine energy pulsating with blinding light. "Ah star of evil! star of pain! Highhearted youth comes not again" -James Joyce, "Bahnhofstrasse", _Pomes Penyeach_. 1927.

Useful Info

Silver stars are powerful servants of Zin, tasked with destroying any unclean forces that invade his domain. Although harmless to good-aligned characters, their unique spell set grows more powerful based on how heavily mutated or evil you are. Curiously enough, their purifying spells are so strong that they can strip the mutations from their targets, though this usually targets beneficial mutations. They can be found in holy-themed Ziggurat floors and Zin-themed vaults in Pandemonium.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1	Holy Light (3d40)
Slot2	Holy Light (3d40)
Slot3	none
Slot4	none
Slot5	Silver Blast (3d43)
Slot6	Silver Blast (3d43)

Tips & Tricks

• Followers of good gods can fully resist almost all of their damage output (unless they're heavily mutated, in which case the Silver Blasts will do some damage). If you happen to have a few malmutations, a hostile silver star may be able to "cure" you of them if you let it blast you for a while.
• Followers of evil gods should treat them as slower, deadlier versions of the dreaded orb of fire, and should treat them in much the same way (i.e. kill them and do it fast).
• They're particularly resistant to electricity and poison, less so to fire and cold.