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| − | {{flavour|A box filled with the bizarre leftovers of a depraved wizard's magical experimentations. Opening it might set loose a friendly mutant beast: bizarre creatures, each with their own combination of traits. Increased skill with Evocations will allow stronger beasts to be released | + | {{flavour|A box filled with the bizarre leftovers of a depraved wizard's magical experimentations. Opening it might set loose a friendly mutant beast: bizarre creatures, each with their own combination of traits. Increased skill with Evocations will allow stronger beasts to be released. |
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As far as anyone knows, all beasts have exactly two of these traits.}} | As far as anyone knows, all beasts have exactly two of these traits.}} | ||
| − | A '''box of beasts''' is a miscellaneous magic item which can summon an irregular, albeit friendly, monster, classified generally as a mutant beast. | + | A '''box of beasts''' is a miscellaneous magic item which can summon an irregular, albeit friendly, monster, classified generally as a mutant beast. |
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| + | The box becomes empty after one use and can be recharged only by gaining experience while it is in the player's possession. Carrying multiple boxes is no more useful than carrying one, since evoking one causes all boxes, both carried and stashed, to become temporarily inert. | ||
==Mutant Beast== | ==Mutant Beast== | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | * | + | *Prior to [[0.26]], boxes of beasts had a 1/3 chance to fall apart after every use and didn't recharge with XP. |
*Prior to [[0.19]], boxes of beasts didn't stack. | *Prior to [[0.19]], boxes of beasts didn't stack. | ||
*Prior to [[0.17]], a box of beasts would instead summon a [[chimera]]. | *Prior to [[0.17]], a box of beasts would instead summon a [[chimera]]. | ||
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*Prior to [[0.13]] this item summoned individual (non-chimera) monsters. | *Prior to [[0.13]] this item summoned individual (non-chimera) monsters. | ||
*Prior to [[0.9]], it appeared as a '''small ebony casket''' while unidentified. | *Prior to [[0.9]], it appeared as a '''small ebony casket''' while unidentified. | ||
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Revision as of 18:34, 10 March 2021
Version 0.26: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Type | Miscellaneous item |
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| Name | box of beasts |
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| A box filled with the bizarre leftovers of a depraved wizard's magical experimentations. Opening it might set loose a friendly mutant beast: bizarre creatures, each with their own combination of traits. Increased skill with Evocations will allow stronger beasts to be released.
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A box of beasts is a miscellaneous magic item which can summon an irregular, albeit friendly, monster, classified generally as a mutant beast.
The box becomes empty after one use and can be recharged only by gaining experience while it is in the player's possession. Carrying multiple boxes is no more useful than carrying one, since evoking one causes all boxes, both carried and stashed, to become temporarily inert.
Mutant Beast
A mutant beast usually combines two random traits/facets:
- Bat: flying, fast, batty.
- Sting: reach/poison, rPois.
- Fire: fire breath, rF.
- Weird: constrict, sInv.
- Shock: rElec, blinkbolt.
- Ox: trample, rC, +5 AC.
Each beast also has one of five tiers, corresponding to HD and melee attack damage.
- Larval (HD 3) (12 damage)
- Juvenile (HD 9) (19 damage)
- Mature (HD 15) (26 damage)
- Elder (HD 21) (33 damage)
- Primal (HD 27) (40 damage)
(Evocations skill + 1d7 - 1d7), rounded up to the nearest tier & capped at 27.
History
- Prior to 0.26, boxes of beasts had a 1/3 chance to fall apart after every use and didn't recharge with XP.
- Prior to 0.19, boxes of beasts didn't stack.
- Prior to 0.17, a box of beasts would instead summon a chimera.
- In 0.16, box of beasts became considerably stronger than before.
- Prior to 0.13 this item summoned individual (non-chimera) monsters.
- Prior to 0.9, it appeared as a small ebony casket while unidentified.
