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'''Siren's song''' is a monsters-only ability (non-[[spell]]) that robs the player of the volition (and thus ability) to move away from the singer. Emitted in the form of a haunting song, it can be blocked with [[silence]], either via spell or a [[scroll of silence]]. When subject to the effect, the target is afflicted with the [[mesmerise]] [[status effect]].
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'''Siren Song''' is a monsters-only ability that [[mesmerise]]s the player, preventing them from moving away from the singer. It can be blocked with [[silence]] (either via spell or a [[scroll of silence]]) or with sufficient [[magic resistance]].
  
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Other ways a siren's song can be avoided or broken are with the usual and expected means - possessing sufficient [[magic resistance]] (despite the fact it's not a spell...), killing or otherwise incapacitating the caster, and teleporting or blinking away. While other [[noise]]s will travel a greater distance than [[line of sight]], you can avoid the siren's song by simply remaining out of her LOS.
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If a player has been mesmerized, they can break free by killing or otherwise incapacitating the caster, breaking [[line of sight]] with a [[scroll of fog]] or an uncontrolled [[teleport]] or [[blink]] (controlled teleports or blinks cannot be made away from the caster). Alternatively, a loud enough noise will break the spell -- for this, a [[scroll of noise]], [[wand of lightning]] or the spell [[Lightning Bolt]] are sufficient.
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As mentioned, the effect itself has large range, as it corresponds to line of sight, and will lasts virtually indefinitely, as the siren will continue to sing her song until she longer can.
 
  
 
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==History==
 
==History==
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Prior to v[[0.16]], when the siren was a [[mermaid]] and a [[merfolk avatar]] was a siren, the ability could be used not only to prevent the player from moving away, but forcing progressive movement toward the singer. That ability is now the [[Avatar Song]].
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Prior to version [[0.16]], this ability could force the player to draw closer to the caster in addition to mesmerising them. That ability has since been moved to [[Avatar Song]] with the renaming of mermaids and sirens into sirens and merfolk avatars, respectively.

Revision as of 23:43, 8 September 2015

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

Siren Song is a monsters-only ability that mesmerises the player, preventing them from moving away from the singer. It can be blocked with silence (either via spell or a scroll of silence) or with sufficient magic resistance.

If a player has been mesmerized, they can break free by killing or otherwise incapacitating the caster, breaking line of sight with a scroll of fog or an uncontrolled teleport or blink (controlled teleports or blinks cannot be made away from the caster). Alternatively, a loud enough noise will break the spell -- for this, a scroll of noise, wand of lightning or the spell Lightning Bolt are sufficient.

This ability is currently only possessed by:

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History

Prior to version 0.16, this ability could force the player to draw closer to the caster in addition to mesmerising them. That ability has since been moved to Avatar Song with the renaming of mermaids and sirens into sirens and merfolk avatars, respectively.

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