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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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Drawing this card can grant great speed to allies or terrible slowness to foes.
* Level 0: casts [[Swiftness]] on the player.
 
* Level 1: casts [[Haste]].
 
* Level 2: casts Haste and Swiftness.
 
All of these use a power rating of
 
<code>random2(power / 4)</code>
 
i.e. a random number between 0 and <code>((power / 4) rounded down) – 1</code>.
 
  
If the player's god is [[Cheibriados]], the following message appears:
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It is found in decks of escape.}}
{{crawlquote|"Cheibriados protects you from inadvertent hurry".}}
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The Velocity card has the following effects depending on power level:
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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
  
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==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 functioned differently: it 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 enemies. Also, the card was strictly harmful for the player at the lowest power level, and it couldn't give [[Swiftness]].
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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.
  
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 5 January 2022

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 functioned differently: it 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 enemies. Also, the card was strictly harmful for the player at the lowest power level, and it couldn't give Swiftness.

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