Wisp Form

Version 0.22: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Wisp Form is one of the bad forms that can happen when the player character is polymorphed. It resembles the monster insubstantial wisp. It has the following characteristics:

Pros

• 5 + 0.5×XL AC
• Unarmed Combat base damage set to 5 and uses XL instead of Unarmed Combat skill
• Movement delay reduced to 8 auts
• rF++
• rC++
• rElec
• rPois
• Non-living holiness (Torment immunity)
• rRot
• rN+++
• rCorr
• Insubstantial (rSticky, rPetrify, immune to constriction, Shatter, Grasping Roots, Leda's Liquefaction)
• Good stealth bonus (same as Spider Form)
• Tiny size (like Spider Form), with an appropriate increase in EV
• Unbreathing
• Permanent flight

Cons

• You can't use weapons, armour, or jewellery.
• You can't cast spells.
• You can't evoke wands.
• Randomly blinks from time to time (10% chance each turn).
• Sometimes moves as if confused, although won't bump into walls or into allies (10% chance each turn)

History

• Prior to 0.22, wisp form, and most other bad forms disallowed the use of wands.
• Prior to 0.15, wisp form allowed the player to blink as an ability, but prevented you from reading scrolls. It also granted perfect conservation, protecting your consumables from item destruction.
• Wisp Form was added in 0.12.

Wisp Form