Hexes

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Hexes are spells that affect things and monsters (usually negatively). They mostly ignore dealing direct damage in favor of inflicting debilitating status effects on enemies, but there are also a few spells that enhance your own combat abilities in some way.

List of Hexes Spells

Lvl 1
	Confusing Touch	Hexes
	Corona	Hexes
Lvl 2
	Ensorcelled Hibernation	Hexes/Ice Magic
	Slow	Hexes
	Sure Blade	Hexes/Charms
Lvl 3
	Confuse	Hexes
	Dazzling Spray	Hexes/Conjurations
	Inner Flame	Hexes/Fire Magic
	Spectral Weapon	Hexes/Charms
	Summon Guardian Golem	Hexes/Summonings
	Tukima's Dance	Hexes
Lvl 4
	Cause Fear	Hexes
	Enslavement	Hexes
	Leda's Liquefaction	Hexes/Earth
Lvl 5
	Fulminant Prism	Hexes/Conjurations
	Gell's Gravitas	Hexes/Translocations
	Silence	Hexes/Air
	Summon Mana Viper	Hexes/Summonings
Lvl 6
	Invisibility	Hexes
	Mass Confusion	Hexes
	Metabolic Englaciation	Hexes/Ice Magic
Lvl 7
	Darkness	Hexes
Lvl 8
	Discord	Hexes

Sources of Hexes

Main Texts

Book of Control (Enslavement, Mass Confusion, Metabolic Englaciation)

Book of Debilitation (Corona, Slow, Inner Flame, Enslavement, Cause Fear, Mass Confusion)

Book of Maledictions (Corona, Sure Blade, Ensorcelled Hibernation, Confuse, Enslavement, Invisibility)

Book of Hinderance (Confusing Touch, Slow, Confuse, Leda's Liquefaction, Metabolic Englaciation)

Other Texts

Book of Burglary (Darkness)

Book of Cantrips (Confusing Touch)

Book of Conjurations (Dazzling Spray, Fulminant Prism)

Book of Dreams (Ensorcelled Hibernation)

Book of Enchantments (Tukima's Dance, Cause Fear, Silence, Discord)

Book of Earth (Leda's Liquefaction)

Book of Flames (Inner Flame)

Book of Ice (Ensorcelled Hibernation, Metabolic Englaciation)

Book of Party Tricks (Tukima's Dance)

Book of Minor Magic (Slow)

Book of the Sky (Silence)

Hexes Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	Gr	Gh	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp	VS
-1	1	-1	3	-1	0	11	-1	4	2	-1	-2	6	0	0	0	-4	0	-1	0	0	-1	2	-3	-4	4	0

The average hexes aptitude of whole species, excluding coloured draconian, is -0.346.

History

In 0.17, Sure Blade and Enslavement will be removed. Darkness will be level 6 instead of level 7! Gell's Gravitas will be level 3 and smite-targeted, but no longer confusing enemies.

In 0.16, Gell's Gravitas was added.

Prior to 0.14, you could find Polymorph in the Book of Transfigurations. It caused an effect similar to a wand of polymorph.