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{{flavour|This prank scroll, often slipped into a wizard's backpack by a devious apprentice, causes a loud noise. It is not otherwise noted for its usefulness.}}
 
{{flavour|This prank scroll, often slipped into a wizard's backpack by a devious apprentice, causes a loud noise. It is not otherwise noted for its usefulness.}}
  
Reading a [[scroll of noise]] causes a loud, clanging [[noise]] to generate from the reader's tile, alerting monsters to your location. At 25 intensity, this is more than twice as loud as shouting with '''[[t]]''').
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Reading a [[scroll of noise]] causes a loud, clanging [[noise]] to generate from the reader's tile, alerting monsters to your location. At 25 intensity, this is more than twice as loud as [[Shout|shouting]] with '''[[t]]'''.
  
Although generally unwise to read, it is useful when exploring [[the Shoals]], as the noise it creates can break the mesmerizing abilities of [[mermaid]]s and [[siren]]s.
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==Tips & tricks==
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*Although generally unwise to read, it is useful when exploring [[the Shoals]], as the noise it creates can break the mesmerizing abilities of [[mermaid]]s and [[siren]]s.
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*If you utilize shouting in your play style to draw monsters to you (e.g. ambushing, hit & run with stairs, verifying an area is cleared of monsters, etc.), a scroll of noise is not entirely useless to you, as its greater [[noise]] will draw monsters from further away. Keep that in mind as you run across them.

Revision as of 02:35, 31 August 2015

Version 0.16: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.


Type Scroll
Name Scroll of noise
Icon Scroll of noise.png
This prank scroll, often slipped into a wizard's backpack by a devious apprentice, causes a loud noise. It is not otherwise noted for its usefulness.

Reading a scroll of noise causes a loud, clanging noise to generate from the reader's tile, alerting monsters to your location. At 25 intensity, this is more than twice as loud as shouting with t.

Tips & tricks

  • Although generally unwise to read, it is useful when exploring the Shoals, as the noise it creates can break the mesmerizing abilities of mermaids and sirens.
  • If you utilize shouting in your play style to draw monsters to you (e.g. ambushing, hit & run with stairs, verifying an area is cleared of monsters, etc.), a scroll of noise is not entirely useless to you, as its greater noise will draw monsters from further away. Keep that in mind as you run across them.