Orb

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This page refers to the type of equipment. For the object of your quest, see Orb of Zot. For the spell, see Orb of Destruction.

Name	Orb
Size to wear	Any
Armour Class	0
Encumbrance rating	+0
Maximum Enchantment	+0
Grants	special
Time to Wear	5

A sphere of crystal, carried in place of a shield. Magic scintillates within its interior.

Orbs are a piece of equipment you can carry in your off-hand. Unlike shields, they provide no defensive value, but come with one of several unique egos:

• Energy - Provides two sources of passive channeling
• Guile - Reduces willpower of both the wielder and their targets
• Light - Surrounds the wielder with a 3-tile halo
• Mayhem - May send enemies into a frenzy
• Wrath - Has a 20% of inducing berserk rage when the wielder attacks

Orbs will always spawn with one of the egos listed above. They can never appear as randart artefacts.

History

• In 0.30, orbs will be able to appear as randarts.
• Equippable orbs were added in 0.28.

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Orb