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{{flavour|A bright ruby sceptre, carrying some of the powers of arch-fiend Asmodeus. Evoking it can summon fiery demons from their infernal home to do your bidding, although they will not remain enslaved for long.}}
  
The '''sceptre of Asmodeus''' is a powerful [[artifact]] staff which contains dangerous demonic magic. It can only be acquired by slaying [[Asmodeus]], the lord of [[Gehenna]].
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The '''sceptre of Asmodeus'''<ref>{{source ref|0.24.1|art-data.txt|309}}</ref> is a powerful [[artefact]] staff which commands the fiery legions of Hell. It can only be acquired by slaying [[Asmodeus]], the lord of [[Gehenna]]. It is considered an [[evil]] item, so the [[good gods]] frown on its use.
  
The staff may be used in combat, functioning as a +7, +7 [[staff]] (which is fairly weak). You can improve your melee performance with this staff by training [[Fighting]] and [[Staves]]. Alternatively, the staff can be [[evoke]]d to summon one of the following demons:
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The staff may be used in combat, functioning as a +7 [[staff]] (which is fairly weak). You can improve your melee performance with this staff by training [[Fighting]] and [[Staves]]. Alternatively, the staff can be [[evoke]]d to summon one of the following demons:
 
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Initially this demon is always friendly but after a few turns it will turn hostile. [[Abjuration]] won't work against it, but it will time out after a while.
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{{crawlquote|'''Success Rate''': [[Evocations]]/30<br>'''Cost''': 200 [[nutrition]]}}
  
The chance of evoking successfully this artifact is [[Evocations]]/30, and doing so costs 200 nutrition.
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The summoned demon is always friendly initially, but will eventually turn hostile before timing out. [[Abjuration]] has no effect on these demons.
  
 
==Strategy==
 
==Strategy==
Be forewarned that hellions and brimstone fiends will use [[hellfire]] against their targets regardless of your position.
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Be forewarned that hellions and brimstone fiends will use [[damnation]] against their targets regardless of your position.
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==References==
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==History==
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Prior to [[0.10]], this staff would fire random [[Conjurations]] and summoned hostile demons when it failed to evoke properly.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:53, 11 June 2020

Version 0.24: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Type Magical staves
Name sceptre of Asmodeus
Icon Sceptre of asmodeus.png
A bright ruby sceptre, carrying some of the powers of arch-fiend Asmodeus. Evoking it can summon fiery demons from their infernal home to do your bidding, although they will not remain enslaved for long.

The sceptre of Asmodeus[1] is a powerful artefact staff which commands the fiery legions of Hell. It can only be acquired by slaying Asmodeus, the lord of Gehenna. It is considered an evil item, so the good gods frown on its use.

The staff may be used in combat, functioning as a +7 staff (which is fairly weak). You can improve your melee performance with this staff by training Fighting and Staves. Alternatively, the staff can be evoked to summon one of the following demons:

Success Rate: Evocations/30
Cost: 200 nutrition

The summoned demon is always friendly initially, but will eventually turn hostile before timing out. Abjuration has no effect on these demons.

Strategy

Be forewarned that hellions and brimstone fiends will use damnation against their targets regardless of your position.

References

History

Prior to 0.10, this staff would fire random Conjurations and summoned hostile demons when it failed to evoke properly.