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{{Flavour|This spell attempts to convert all nearby poison into liquid flame, burning poisoned creatures from within. It is very effective against innately poisonous creatures. The caster is not affected.}}
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{{Flavour|Converts all nearby poison into liquid flame, burning poisoned creatures from within. In also turns clouds of poison and mephitic gases into flame. The caster is not affected directly.}}
  
'''Ignite Poison''' is a level 5 [[Fire Magic]]/[[Transmutations]] spell which causes all nearby poisonous things in line of sight to burst into flames (excluding the caster). Any monster which leaves a poisonous [[corpse]], is [[poisoned]], or (in some cases) has a poisonous attack takes fire damage (and is cured of any poison in its system). Ignoring the player's inventory, all poisonous corpses and chunks, all [[potions of poison]], [[potion of strong poison|strong poison]], or [[potion of degeneration|degeneration]], all poisonous ammo, and all poison or noxious [[cloud]]s burst into flame clouds.
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'''Ignite Poison''' is a level 3 [[Fire Magic]]/[[Transmutations]]/[[Poison Magic]] spell which causes all nearby poisoned creatures and poisonous clouds in line of sight to burst into flames (excluding the caster). Poisoned creatures take direct damage according to how many poison stacks they have, and poison clouds turn into flame clouds according to spell power.
 
 
Ignite Poison has no effect on either the [[staff of poison]] or [[staff of Olgreb]].
 
  
 
==Strategy==
 
==Strategy==
Ignite Poison deals unavoidable heavy fire damage to every susceptible thing in sight. This makes it extremely effective in certain situations, such as [[killer bee]] or [[kobold (monster)|kobold]] [[vault]]s, or pretty much any part of the [[Spider's Nest]] or [[Snake Pit]]. Just make sure to watch your MP, avoid overconfidence, and be aware that there are dangerous [[invisible]] opponents in the Spider's Nest which will not be affected unless you can [[see invisible]]. While these are obvious areas for its use, you can increase its deadliness in other areas with a little creativity.
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Ignite Poison deals unavoidable heavy fire damage to every poisoned creature in sight. Combine it with ways of applying poison to multiple enemies at once, such as [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] or [[Poisonous Cloud]], for a powerful crowd-clearing tool.
  
 
*Ignite Poison works great when used together with [[Mephitic Cloud]]; the noxious clouds generated by the former spell turn into clouds of fire. First confuse them with Mephitic Cloud, possibly casting it a few times to cover a larger area, then (once the monsters are confused) cast Ignite Poison and let the poor guys stumble through the flames. Casting Ignite Poison after casting [[Poisonous Cloud]] creates the "fire version" of [[Freezing Cloud]].
 
*Ignite Poison works great when used together with [[Mephitic Cloud]]; the noxious clouds generated by the former spell turn into clouds of fire. First confuse them with Mephitic Cloud, possibly casting it a few times to cover a larger area, then (once the monsters are confused) cast Ignite Poison and let the poor guys stumble through the flames. Casting Ignite Poison after casting [[Poisonous Cloud]] creates the "fire version" of [[Freezing Cloud]].
  
 
*Also note that monsters which are immune to Mephitic Cloud will happily walk through its noxious clouds to reach you. If you cast Ignite Poison at the right moment you can blast them as well.
 
*Also note that monsters which are immune to Mephitic Cloud will happily walk through its noxious clouds to reach you. If you cast Ignite Poison at the right moment you can blast them as well.
 
*It is possible to throw a chunk of poisonous meat and ignite it afterwards to place a cloud of fire at a certain location (f.e. under a monster).
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Using Ignite Poison on an intelligent, poisonous monster (e.g. [[List of nagas|nagas]]) which hasn't noticed you will not incur penance for worshippers of [[The Shining One]]. This is likely a bug (or TSO just assumes that burning them from within is a legitimate way of getting people's attention).
 
  
 
==Monster Version==
 
==Monster Version==
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==History==
 
==History==
In [[0.17]], Ignite Poison will become a level-3 spell, but its effect on potions and chunks will be removed.
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Prior to [[0.17]], Ignite Poison was a level-5 spell, but affected monsters with poison-branded attacks, chunks, and potions of poison. It did not use the Poison Magic school.
  
 
Ignite Poison used to be an amazingly painful way to eliminate poison from one's own system, but as of [[0.8]] it no longer affects the caster or their inventory.
 
Ignite Poison used to be an amazingly painful way to eliminate poison from one's own system, but as of [[0.8]] it no longer affects the caster or their inventory.
  
 
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Revision as of 07:27, 1 December 2015

Version 0.17: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Ignite poison.png Ignite Poison
Level 3
School1 Fire
School2 Transmutation
School3 Poison
Source(s)
Casting noise 4
Spell noise 0
Converts all nearby poison into liquid flame, burning poisoned creatures from within. In also turns clouds of poison and mephitic gases into flame. The caster is not affected directly.

Ignite Poison is a level 3 Fire Magic/Transmutations/Poison Magic spell which causes all nearby poisoned creatures and poisonous clouds in line of sight to burst into flames (excluding the caster). Poisoned creatures take direct damage according to how many poison stacks they have, and poison clouds turn into flame clouds according to spell power.

Strategy

Ignite Poison deals unavoidable heavy fire damage to every poisoned creature in sight. Combine it with ways of applying poison to multiple enemies at once, such as Olgreb's Toxic Radiance or Poisonous Cloud, for a powerful crowd-clearing tool.

  • Ignite Poison works great when used together with Mephitic Cloud; the noxious clouds generated by the former spell turn into clouds of fire. First confuse them with Mephitic Cloud, possibly casting it a few times to cover a larger area, then (once the monsters are confused) cast Ignite Poison and let the poor guys stumble through the flames. Casting Ignite Poison after casting Poisonous Cloud creates the "fire version" of Freezing Cloud.
  • Also note that monsters which are immune to Mephitic Cloud will happily walk through its noxious clouds to reach you. If you cast Ignite Poison at the right moment you can blast them as well.

Monster Version

Although no monsters are able to cast Ignite Poison, there is an equivalent spell (Localized Ignite Poison) which has the same effect but can only target one opponent. The following monsters can cast Localized Ignite Poison:

N Salamander mystic.png Salamander mystic

History

Prior to 0.17, Ignite Poison was a level-5 spell, but affected monsters with poison-branded attacks, chunks, and potions of poison. It did not use the Poison Magic school.

Ignite Poison used to be an amazingly painful way to eliminate poison from one's own system, but as of 0.8 it no longer affects the caster or their inventory.