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|name=diamond obelisk
 
|name=diamond obelisk
 
|glyph={{White|8}}
 
|glyph={{White|8}}
|tile=[[File:diamond obelisk.png]]
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|tile=[[File:Diamond obelisk.png]]
|flags={{Stationary flag}}
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|flags={{Artificial flag}}<br>{{No exp gain flag}}<br>{{No poly flag}}<br>{{Stationary flag}}
|resistances={{Poison resistance}}, {{Fire resistance}}, {{Cold resistance}}, {{Electricity resistance}}, {{Torment resistance}}, {{Negative Energy resistance}}, {{Rot resistance}}
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|resistances={{Negative energy resistance 3}}, {{Torment resistance}}, <br>{{Rot resistance 3}}, <br>{{Drown resistance}}, {{Water resistance}}
|vulnerabilities=none
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|vulnerabilities=None
 
|max_chunks=0
 
|max_chunks=0
 
|meat={{No corpse}}
 
|meat={{No corpse}}
|xp=10,000
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|xp=0
 
|holiness={{Nonliving}}
 
|holiness={{Nonliving}}
|magic_resistance=immune
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|magic_resistance=Immune
|hp_range=10,000
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|hp_range=10000
|avg_hp=10,000
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|avg_hp=10000
|armour_class=?
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|armour_class=12
|evasion=?
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|evasion=1
|habitat=land
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|habitat=Land
|speed=?
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|speed= 10
 
|size={{Large}}
 
|size={{Large}}
|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
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|item_use={{Starting equipment}}<br>{{Open doors}}
|attack1=?
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|attack2=
 
|attack2=
 
|attack3=
 
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|attack4=
 
|attack4=
|hit_dice=?
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|hit_dice=8
|base_hp=?
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|base_hp=0
|extra_hp=?
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|extra_hp=0
|fixed_hp=?
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|fixed_hp=10000
|intelligence=?
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|intelligence={{High intelligence}}
|genus=[[statue]]
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|genus=diamond obelisk
|species=statue
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|species=diamond obelisk
 
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{{Flavour|This obelisk seems to be for all practical purposes indestructible. You better find a way around... it might even provide one.}}
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{{Flavour|A towering obelisk surrounded by a powerful storm.}}
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==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==
'''Diamond obelisks''' are uncommon [[statue]]s found in circular [[vault]]s in the later parts of the game. They cannot move and have no attacks to speak of, but they are nearly invulnerable and surrounded by an endless windstorm effect, similar to the [[Tornado]] spell. At the far end of the vault is a single item of [[acquirement]] quality, but getting past them can take a ridiculous amount of firepower.
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'''Diamond obelisks''' are extremely rare [[statue]]s, most often found in circular [[vault]]s in the later parts of the game. They cannot move and have no attacks to speak of, but they are nearly invulnerable and surrounded by an endless windstorm effect, similar to the [[Tornado]] spell. At the far end of the vault is a single item of [[acquirement]] quality, but getting past them can take a ridiculous amount of firepower.
  
If you step into the tornado, expect to be swirled about uncontrollably, taking a fair amount of damage every turn. The only way to exit the tornado is to step onto an empty square &ndash; if you find yourself lucky enough to be at its edge. Thankfully, you can also [[blink]] or [[teleport]] out.
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If you step into the tornado, expect to be swirled about uncontrollably, taking a fair amount of damage every turn. The only way to exit the tornado is to step onto an empty square - if you find yourself lucky enough to be at its edge. Thankfully, you can also [[blink]] or [[teleport]] out.
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They can also be found near [[Qazlal]] shrines, safely locked away behind stone walls.
  
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
==Tips & Tricks==
*Characters without food clocks can hammer away at them with spells, but this will take literally thousands of turns to succeed. A [[rod of smiting]] will cut through them a little faster, but it still requires patience.
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*The tornado is completely predictable. If you don't make any movement while you are being transported, leaving the tornado is a very easy task.
*Air elementals are immune to wind attacks. [[Summon Elemental|Summonning]] a few dozen of them over a couple hundred turns will work. [[Haunt]] is also possible, but will take many more castings over a much longer period of time, since nothing it generates is wind-resistant.
 
 
*While characters under the effect of Tornado are immune to enemy Tornadoes, this windstorm will still affect you normally.
 
*While characters under the effect of Tornado are immune to enemy Tornadoes, this windstorm will still affect you normally.
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[[File:Qazlal_obelisk.png|thumb|Shrine of Qazlal featuring a diamond obelisk]]
  
 
[[Category:Vault-only monsters]]
 
[[Category:Vault-only monsters]]

Latest revision as of 15:25, 15 February 2022

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diamond obelisk 8Diamond obelisk.png
HP 10000
HD 8
XP 0
Speed 10
AC 12
EV 1
Will Immune



Resistances rN+++, rTorm,
rRot+++,
rDrown, rWater
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat Land
Intelligence High
Uses Starting equipment
Open doors
Holiness Non-living
Size Large
Type diamond obelisk, diamond obelisk
Flags Artificial
No experience gain
No poly
Stationary
A towering obelisk surrounded by a powerful storm.

Useful Info

Diamond obelisks are extremely rare statues, most often found in circular vaults in the later parts of the game. They cannot move and have no attacks to speak of, but they are nearly invulnerable and surrounded by an endless windstorm effect, similar to the Tornado spell. At the far end of the vault is a single item of acquirement quality, but getting past them can take a ridiculous amount of firepower.

If you step into the tornado, expect to be swirled about uncontrollably, taking a fair amount of damage every turn. The only way to exit the tornado is to step onto an empty square - if you find yourself lucky enough to be at its edge. Thankfully, you can also blink or teleport out.

They can also be found near Qazlal shrines, safely locked away behind stone walls.

Tips & Tricks

  • The tornado is completely predictable. If you don't make any movement while you are being transported, leaving the tornado is a very easy task.
  • While characters under the effect of Tornado are immune to enemy Tornadoes, this windstorm will still affect you normally.
Shrine of Qazlal featuring a diamond obelisk