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[[Flaming]]<br>
 
[[Flaming]]<br>
 
[[Fire resistance|rF++]]<br>
 
[[Fire resistance|rF++]]<br>
[[Scroll]] [[conservation]]<br>
 
 
Adds [[Inner Flame]] enchantment on strike
 
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. 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.  Lastly, even with scroll conservation, you can still expect to regularly lose scrolls.
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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. 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.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 14:29, 16 March 2015

Version 0.14: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Alongside its obvious effects, this weapon protects its owner's inventory from fire, and fills monsters that it hits with an inner flame.

Firestarter.png the +7,+7 great mace "Firestarter"

+7,+7 great mace

Flaming
rF++
Adds Inner Flame enchantment on strike

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. 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.

History

Firestarter was added in 0.14.