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{{flavour|The card depicts an empty, well-worn pair of boots. Sand, ashes, and turf coat the boots' soles.}}
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{{flavour|The card depicts an empty, well-worn pair of boots. Sand, ashes, and turf coat the boots' soles.
The Velocity card has one of three effects depending on power level:
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* Level 0: casts [[Swiftness]] on the player.
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Drawing this card can grant great speed to allies or terrible slowness to foes.
* Level 1: casts [[Haste]].
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* Level 2: casts Haste and Swiftness.
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It is found in decks of escape.}}
All of these use a power rating of
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<code>random2(power / 4)</code>
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The Velocity card has the following effects depending on power level:
i.e. a random number between 0 and <code>((power / 4) rounded down) – 1</code>.
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*<code>level in 2</code> chance to remove [[Slow]] from the player
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*<code>(level + 1) in 3</code> chance to slow down each enemy in your [[line of sight]]
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*<code>level in 2</code> chance to haste each ally in your line of sight
  
[[Category:Deck]]
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
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*Prior to [[0.23]], the card could remove [[Haste]] from the player at the lowest power level. Also, the list of possible effects had [[Swiftness]].
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*Prior to [[0.16]], this card could slow down fast monsters and haste slow ones. At high power, the effect was more likely to be beneficial for the player and allies and harmful for foes. Also, the card couldn't give [[Swiftness]] and couldn't potentially benefit the player at the lowest power level.
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The Velocity card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
 
The Velocity card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
  

Revision as of 22:08, 29 December 2021

Version 0.27: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
The card depicts an empty, well-worn pair of boots. Sand, ashes, and turf coat the boots' soles.

Drawing this card can grant great speed to allies or terrible slowness to foes.

It is found in decks of escape.

The Velocity card has the following effects depending on power level:

  • level in 2 chance to remove Slow from the player
  • (level + 1) in 3 chance to slow down each enemy in your line of sight
  • level in 2 chance to haste each ally in your line of sight

History

  • Prior to 0.23, the card could remove Haste from the player at the lowest power level. Also, the list of possible effects had Swiftness.
  • Prior to 0.16, this card could slow down fast monsters and haste slow ones. At high power, the effect was more likely to be beneficial for the player and allies and harmful for foes. Also, the card couldn't give Swiftness and couldn't potentially benefit the player at the lowest power level.

The Velocity card could be found in the following decks over the past several versions.

0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 and beyond

Escape
War

Escape
War

Escape
War

Escape
War

Escape

Escape

Escape

Escape

Escape

See also

Decks Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction Degeneration The Orb Pain The Storm Vitriol Wild Magic
Deck of escape The Cloud The ElixirExile The Tomb Velocity
Deck of summoning The Dance The Elements The Illusion The Swarm The Pentagram The Rangers
Deck of punishment Swine TormentWraith Wrath