Hat of Pondering

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The favourite hat of the slug wizard Gastronok, stained with reddish slime and enchanted to aid in his arcane pondering. It has been specially enchanted to protect against the effects of salt.

the +3 hat of Pondering

+3 hat

Ponderousness ego
MR+
+5 INT
+10 MP

Sometimes found on Gastronok.

Desirability

The hat of Pondering provides extremely useful bonuses to any character's spellcasting, but can you afford the movement speed penalty? Perhaps not, but that's up to you to decide. Luckily, this hat is most beneficial to those who are likely to have the means to speed themselves up, i.e. casters with Haste or Controlled Blink, and it may be useful to Cheibriados followers, who are already slowed down to begin with.