Stardust

Trunk-only: This article pertains to a feature of Crawl which is being tested. It will likely change before the next release, and may even be removed entirely.

It conjures a barrage of shooting stars the first time its wearer spends MP to use a spell or ability each battle, recharging only when their MP is restored and no more enemies remain. Evocations skill increases the number and damage of the stars and MP spent further increases damage.

Stardust is an ego exclusive to orbs. After spending MP for any reason, it creates a shooting star entity, one plus one for each enemy in sight. Evocations skill and the initial MP spent impact the damage. The ability can only be retriggered after spending time with full MP and no monsters in sight.

Shooting stars act like the Foxfire spell. Damage per star = 4d<[Evocations*4 + 15] * (1 + .25*MP)/9>.

Strategy

God abilities also count towards this ego, so "pure" melee characters can benefit from this orb.

History

• Stardust was added in 0.34.