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{{flavour|A magical device for summoning fire elementals. It is rather unreliable, and usually requires several attempts to function correctly. Using it carries an element of risk, which is reduced if one is skilled in the appropriate elemental magic.}}
 
{{flavour|A magical device for summoning fire elementals. It is rather unreliable, and usually requires several attempts to function correctly. Using it carries an element of risk, which is reduced if one is skilled in the appropriate elemental magic.}}
  
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A '''lamp of fire''' is an evocable item which allows you to summon more than one elemental at once and fires up to 3 trails of flame in the general direction you aim. It won't be affected by your Fire Magic or Evocations skills and no longer requires specific nearby terrain to function. The higher your [[Evocations]] skill, the more likely the device is to work, while having a high [[Fire Magic]] skill increases the likelihood of the fire elemental being allied to you instead of hostile:
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A '''lamp of fire''' is an evocable item which allows you fire powerful gouts of flame at your opponents. You may choose a target tile, and up to three blasts of flame will be launched in that general direction, generating flame [[cloud]]s along their path and up to three [[fire elemental]]s near the target. The higher your [[Evocations]] skill, the more damage the flames will deal and the more likely you are to get multiple fire elementals.
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[[File:Dcss-datachart-lampoffire-friendly-summon-percentage.png|center|Selecting the skills you want to be trained]]
 
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Getting one friendly summons is guaranteed by Fire Magic skill 10, two are guaranteed by 13, etc. up to an effective maximum of six or seven summons at Fire Magic skill 27.
 
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==Strategy==
 
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With high Fire Magic skill, it's not hard to generate a lot of fire elementals. However, that's not necessarily a good thing. Fire elementals leave trails of flame that are persistent for several turns, and the tile occupied by the elemental ''always'' has a cloud of flame in it. Thus doubling back in the direction you came from is problematic; the more elementals on your trail, the more problematic. This is an item that must be handled with care.
 
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That being said, they can deal decent fire damage in melee in spite of their fragility, and if you have access to Fire Magic attack spells, you can fire through them while they engage the enemy without fear of damaging them. This applies to spells that deal purely fire damage; [[Bolt of Magma]] and [[Fire Storm]] also cause physical damage, and will kill them.
 
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Should you need a reliable "ignition" source when lava simply isn't around, acquire the [[Conjure Flame]] spell; for subsequent summons, you can just use the first elemental's own fire trail.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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This item was revamped in [[0.13]].  
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Prior to [[0.13]], this item simply allowed you to summon fire elementals one at a time from flaming [[cloud]]s or [[lava]].
  
 
Prior to [[0.9]], it appeared unidentified as a '''blazing lamp'''.
 
Prior to [[0.9]], it appeared unidentified as a '''blazing lamp'''.

Revision as of 17:37, 5 December 2013

Version 0.13: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Type Miscellaneous item
Name lamp of fire
Icon Lamp of fire.png
A magical device for summoning fire elementals. It is rather unreliable, and usually requires several attempts to function correctly. Using it carries an element of risk, which is reduced if one is skilled in the appropriate elemental magic.

A lamp of fire is an evocable item which allows you fire powerful gouts of flame at your opponents. You may choose a target tile, and up to three blasts of flame will be launched in that general direction, generating flame clouds along their path and up to three fire elementals near the target. The higher your Evocations skill, the more damage the flames will deal and the more likely you are to get multiple fire elementals.

History

Prior to 0.13, this item simply allowed you to summon fire elementals one at a time from flaming clouds or lava.

Prior to 0.9, it appeared unidentified as a blazing lamp.

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