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The '''holy spell school''' only existed in pre-DCSS versions of ''Crawl''.  Its spells provided a wide variety of useful effects, very few of which can still be found as spells.  Among its spells were:
 
The '''holy spell school''' only existed in pre-DCSS versions of ''Crawl''.  Its spells provided a wide variety of useful effects, very few of which can still be found as spells.  Among its spells were:
 
* Lesser/Greater Healing: acted just like a [[potion of curing]]/[[potion of heal wounds]] (neither cured status effects, though).
 
* Lesser/Greater Healing: acted just like a [[potion of curing]]/[[potion of heal wounds]] (neither cured status effects, though).

Revision as of 18:14, 18 October 2013

Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.

The holy spell school only existed in pre-DCSS versions of Crawl. Its spells provided a wide variety of useful effects, very few of which can still be found as spells. Among its spells were:

  • Lesser/Greater Healing: acted just like a potion of curing/potion of heal wounds (neither cured status effects, though).
  • Purification: Similar to the Zin ability.
  • Restore Strength/Dexterity/Intelligence: These were very useful if you found them, since in early versions, stats did not heal naturally, and potions of restore abilities could be quite rare.
  • Smiting: Back when this was available to players as a spell effect, it was, appropriately a holy spell.
  • Cure Poison: The only holy spell that still exists as a spell, albeit under a different school.

History

Holy spells still existed in the code for a long time after they were removed, although they could never be generated in DCSS except through bugs. However, before the advent of gods in pre-DCSS Crawl, they filled the niche that the good gods now fill. Indeed, the abilities provided by holy spells were generally parceled off to the good gods.