Sporulate

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Releases a fast, gas-filled floating spore. After seeking out its foe, the spore will explode, damaging anything caught in the blast and further confusing living creatures.

Sporulate is a monsters-only spell which spawns ballistomycete spores to attack and confuse living monsters. Ballistomycete spores explode on contact or on death in a 3x3 square, dealing 3d(5 + HD) (i.e. 3d(6 + Invocations) damage and confusing any breathing creatures.

The following enemies cast Sporulate:

• P Ballistomycete

History

• Prior to 0.24, ballistomycetes used spores to reproduce. They dealt a flat 3d15 damage and had a radius of 2 (5x5 explosion).