Wand of mindburst

Type	Wand
Name	Wand of disintegration
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A magical device which disrupts the physical structure of anything but the hardest walls -- even rigid statues, to say nothing of flesh.

The most obvious use for a wand of disintegration is to deal massive but resistable damage to a single monster, throwing chunks of corpse debris everywhere. (Although, a dragon leaving a hide doesn't explode when it dies.) One can also use it to remove doors, iron grates, trees, orcish idols, most kinds of statues, and (rock or slime) walls.

The beam of disintegration is treated as a hostile enchantment, which is resisted by magic resistance.

Strategy

• It is capable of one-shotting certain monstrous statues, while doing nothing to others. Know your statues! For example, Roxanne isn't particularly affected, whereas orange crystal statues and silver statues are destroyed in a single zap.
• Orcs of Beogh should be careful not to accidentally destroy his idols with this.
• A wand of digging is better suited to chewing through walls, as it destroys several tiles of wall at a time. However, if you only need to destroy a single tile to enter a vault, the wand of disintegration will get the job done.
• If you find yourself starving due to a cursed non-butchering weapon, remember that disintegrating rats, bats, and the like will create edible chunks.

History

Prior to 0.6, zapped creatures were simply reduced to nothingness.