Walking divine tome

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walking divine tome ;
HP	66-133
HD	20
XP	1652
Speed	10
AC	10
EV	5
Will	Immune
Attack1	20 (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, divine 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. Its cover bears the icon of a long-forgotten god, still fully possessed of wrath.

Useful Info

Walking divine tomes conjure living Smites. Walking tomes are most often seen in the Depths and the wizlab, Tukima's Studio.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Conjure Living Spells (2-3x 7-17)	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

• Divine tomes may not be as strong as crystal tomes or frostbound tomes, but Smite ignores AC and EV entirely.
• 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 0.30, walking tomes' spells weren't silenceable.
• Walking tomes were added in 0.28.