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{{flavour|Alongside its obvious effects, this weapon protects its owner's inventory from fire, and fills monsters that it hits with an inner flame.}}
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{{flavour|A huge mace imbued with potent fire magic. It fills those it strikes with inner flame, and offers protection against the resulting devastation as well as immunity to clouds of flame.}}
[[File:Firestarter.png]] '''''the +7,+7 great mace "Firestarter"'''''
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[[File:Firestarter.png]] '''''the +7 great mace "Firestarter"'''''
  
+7,+7 [[great mace]]
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+7 [[great mace]]
  
 
[[Flaming]]<br>
 
[[Flaming]]<br>
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Adds [[Inner Flame]] enchantment on strike<br>
 
[[Fire resistance|rF++]]<br>
 
[[Fire resistance|rF++]]<br>
[[Scroll]] [[conservation]]<br>
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Grants immunity to [[clouds]] of flame<br>
Adds [[Inner Flame]] enchantment on strike
 
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
Unless you're facing foes resistant to [[fire]], '''Firestarter''' is an exceptionally powerful weapon, combining a solid and well-enchanted base weapon, a decent [[brand]], an extremely useful defense (any source of rF++ is worth consideration), and one of the most brutal melee crowd-control methods in the game. That being said, its downsides are very significant. Even with rF++, getting caught in a constant stream of explosions will take its toll on your [[HP]], making the weapon best suited for characters with one more source of fire resistance, very high [[AC]], a large HP pool, and a good source of constant HP regeneration (such as [[Makhleb]] worship). On top of that, the amount of [[noise]] you'll be producing in combat will awaken many nearby monsters, so expect reinforcements to be a constant threat. Finally, many of the major sources of fire damage in the game are resistant or immune to fire damage themselves, making the weapon a useful defense against them, but not exactly ideal offensively speaking.
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Unless you're facing foes resistant to [[fire]], '''Firestarter'''<ref>{{source ref|0.24.1|art-data.txt|1221}}</ref> is an exceptionally powerful weapon, combining a solid and well-enchanted base weapon, a decent [[brand]], an extremely useful defense (any source of rF++ is worth consideration), and one of the most brutal melee crowd-control methods in the game. That being said, its downsides are very significant. The amount of [[noise]] you'll be producing in combat will awaken many nearby monsters, so expect reinforcements to be a constant threat. Also, many of the major sources of fire damage in the game are resistant or immune to fire damage themselves, making the weapon a useful defense against them, but not exactly ideal offensively speaking.
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==References==
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==History==
 
==History==
Firestarter will be added in [[0.14]].
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Prior to [[0.19]], Firestarter did not grant immunity to clouds of flame.
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Firestarter was added in [[0.14]].
  
 
[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Maces & Flails]]
 
[[Category:Maces & Flails]]
[[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]
 

Revision as of 22:16, 2 June 2020

Version 0.24: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
A huge mace imbued with potent fire magic. It fills those it strikes with inner flame, and offers protection against the resulting devastation as well as immunity to clouds of flame.

Firestarter.png the +7 great mace "Firestarter"

+7 great mace

Flaming
Adds Inner Flame enchantment on strike
rF++
Grants immunity to clouds of flame

Desirability

Unless you're facing foes resistant to fire, Firestarter[1] is an exceptionally powerful weapon, combining a solid and well-enchanted base weapon, a decent brand, an extremely useful defense (any source of rF++ is worth consideration), and one of the most brutal melee crowd-control methods in the game. That being said, its downsides are very significant. The amount of noise you'll be producing in combat will awaken many nearby monsters, so expect reinforcements to be a constant threat. Also, many of the major sources of fire damage in the game are resistant or immune to fire damage themselves, making the weapon a useful defense against them, but not exactly ideal offensively speaking.

References

History

Prior to 0.19, Firestarter did not grant immunity to clouds of flame.

Firestarter was added in 0.14.