Stasis

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The stasis intrinsic, exclusive to Formicids, provides immunity from a wide variety of time and space altering effects:

• Teleportation
  • except for level shifts in the Abyss
  • including Vhi's Electric Charge
• Blinking
• Haste, Slow, Swiftness
• Paralysis
• Berserk

Stasis will not block any of the following:

• Effects that warp space around you: Passage of Golubria, Hepliaklqana's Transference, Abyss shifts
• Okawaru's Finesse
• "Paralysis" inflicted by the onset of stat zero
• Transporters (not to be confused with teleport traps)
• Banishment
• Other disabling effects: Petrify, Sleep

History

• Prior to 0.30, Lugonu's Bend Space was a notable exception to stasis.
• Prior to 0.25, stasis did not block Swiftness.
• In 0.18, the amulet of stasis was removed, the primary and only way for most characters to get this intrinsic.
• Prior to 0.18, stasis blocked Okawaru's Finesse.