Skin of Zhor

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The smelly skin of some strange animal, native to cold and distant lands. It radiates the chill of its native habitat, slowing creatures from warmer climes.

the +4 skin of Zhor

+4 animal skin

Passive Metabolic Englaciation
rC+++
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Desirability

While wearing the skin of Zhor, if there are monsters nearby, there is a 1 in 7 chance every turn that Metabolic Englaciation will be cast with a spell power of 30. This will often slow non cold resistant monsters on sight while also providing rC+++, SInv and a hight enchantment, making the skin of Zhor very useful for any EV character.

Note that the chilling effect will not affect your stealth, but because of the low spell power, it can be easily resisted by high HD monsters. This cannot be improved by training Evocations or any other skill.

History

• The skin of Zhor gained SInv and a passive Metabolic Englaciation effect in 0.23.
• Prior to 0.14, the Skin of Zhor only provided rC++.