Ego

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Egos are special abilities and intrinsics found on weapons, armour, and other character items. When an item name shows as "+x foo of barring", the "of barring" is the ego. For example: boots of running, war axe of electrocution.

Egos on weapons are often referred to as brands. Unlike other egos, some weapon brands can be added to normal weapons temporarily through certain spells (or permanently through certain exceptional methods). This page focuses on non-weapon egos; see the brand page for weapon egos.

Egos

Name	Effect	Inscription	Found On	Putting On	Taking Off
Resistance	Gain 1 rank in fire resistance and cold resistance.	{rF+ rC+}	Robes, shields, scarves	You feel resistant to extremes of temperature.	You feel hot and cold all over.
Fire Resistance	Gain 1 rank of fire resistance.	{rF+}	All body armour, barding, shields, *	You feel resistant to fire.	You feel less resistant to fire.
Cold Resistance	Gain 1 rank of cold resistance.	{rC+}	All body armour, barding, shields, **	You feel resistant to cold.	You feel less resistant to cold.
Poison Resistance	Gain poison resistance.	{rPois}	Shields, cloaks, all body armour other than robes	You feel resistant to poison.	You no longer feel resistant to poison.
Positive Energy	Gain 1 level of life protection.	{rN+}	All body armour, shields	You feel protected from negative energy.	You feel less protected from negative energy.
Protection	On weapons, temporarily gain +7 AC after striking an enemy. On shields, gain +3 AC.	{Protect} or {AC+3}	Weapons, shields	The [weapon] hums with potential! / You feel protected.	The [weapon] goes still. / You feel less protected.
Invisibility	Can be evoked for invisibility, but costs food to evoke and increases magical contamination.	{+Inv}	Cloaks	You become transparent for a moment.	n/a
Magic Resistance	Gain +40 magic resistance.	{MR+}	All body armour, cloaks, wizard hats	You feel resistant to magic.	You feel less resistant to magic.
Strength	Gain +3 strength.	{Str+3}	Gloves	You feel stronger.	You feel weaker.
Dexterity	Gain +3 dexterity.	{Dex+3}	Gloves	You feel agile.	You feel clumsy.
Intelligence	Gain +3 intelligence.	{Int+3}	Helmets, hats	You feel clever.	You feel stupid.
Running	Decreases movement delay by 10% (1 for most species).	{run}	Boots	You feel quick.	You feel rather sluggish.
Flight	Can be evoked for indefinite flight, but costs nutrition to activate.	{+Fly}	Boots, barding	You feel rather light.	n/a
Stealth	Gain +50 stealth.	{Stlth+}	Boots, barding	You feel stealthy.	You feel less stealthy.
See Invisible	Gain see invisible.	{SInv}	Helmets, hats	You feel perceptive.	You feel less perceptive.
Archmagi	Boosts spell power for all spells.	{Archmagi} or {Wiz}	Robes	You feel powerful. / You feel strangely lacking in power.	You feel strangely numb.
Ponderousness	Increases movement delay by 1 (10% slower for most species).	{ponderous}	Plate armour	You feel rather ponderous.	That put a bit of spring back into your step.
Reflection	Reflects any blocked physical or magical ranged attacks back at the attacker.	{reflect}	Shields	n/a	n/a
Spirit Shield	Damage you receive is divided proportionally between HP and MP. Note: Sets MP to 0 when first equipped.	{Spirit}	Scarves	You feel your power drawn to a protective spirit. / You feel spirits watching over you. / You feel the presence of a powerless spirit.	You feel strangely alone.
Archery	+4 accuracy and damage bonus to missile weapons.	{archery} or (Slay+4)	Gloves	You feel that your aim is more steady.	Your aim is not that steady any more.

* In volcanoes, can very rarely be found on cloaks.

** In ice caves, can very rarely be found on cloaks.

Sets of crystal plate armour and animal skins are always generated without egos, except in some vaults like volcanoes.

History

• Prior to 0.15, the archery ego penalised melee (-1,-1) and gave more accuracy than damage (+5,+3).
• The preservation ego was removed in 0.15.
• The jumping ego was added for boots in 0.14 and removed in 0.16.