Stacklady's Morphic Resonator

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Stacklady's Morphic Resonator
Spell information
Nickname smr
Guild Wizards
Type Offensive
Description Turns a living thing into a frog.
GP cost 60
Mind space 40
Thaums 8
Components powdered frog, purple mineral powder
Tome Ye Booke of Polymorphe

Stacklady's Morphic Resonator is an offensive wizard spell that turns the target into a frog for a short time.


Acquisition

This spell is found in the spellbook Ye Booke of Polymorphe.

Casting

This spell costs 60 GP when cast, and takes up 40 units of mind space. The spell is targeted at a living thing.

Skills

Spellcheck results
Scale      
200 230 260 290 320 350 380 410 440 470 500
 
channeling            
 
       
evoking            
 
       
enchanting            
 
       

The following skills are used during the stages of this spell:

Components

This spell requires a pinch of powdered frog and a pinch of purple mineral powder.

Casting messages

Casting
You slowly close your eyes, envisioning the shape of a frog.
You try to draw out the characteristics of a frog from the powder.
Narrowing your eyes, you cast the enchantment forward.
Success
The frog that looks an awful lot like Target's throat suddenly swells out in front, and it looks alarmed.  It opens its mouth and screams: 
The frog that looks an awful lot like Target croaks (ribbit).
Failure
Whoops.
Your throat suddenly swells up, ballooning in front of you like an inflatable mongoose.  Frightened, you open your mouth to scream:
Ribbit.
Your faltering grip forces you to release a sleek black plume.

(Caster is turned into a frog instead.)

What it looks like casting
Caster closes her eyes slowly.
Caster mumbles and sifts some powder through her fingers.
Caster squints and purses her lips.
What success looks like
The frog that looks an awful lot like Target's throat suddenly swells out in front, and it looks alarmed.  It opens its mouth and screams: 
The frog that looks an awful lot like Target croaks (ribbit).
What failure looks like
The frog that looks an awful lot like Caster's throat suddenly swells out in front, and he looks alarmed.  He opens his mouth and screams: 
The frog that looks an awful lot like Caster croaks (ribbit).

Effect

You see a frog that looks an awful lot like Target.
She is in good shape.
She is crouching.

Being a frog has the following effects:

  • There are stat penalties of -2 constitution, -1 strength, and -1 dexterity
  • Frogs cannot hold things.
  • Frogs cannot cast spells.
  • Frogs have a dodging and swimming bonus of 350
  • Frogs can't say anything other than "Ribbit". Attempting to say anything else results in saying "Ribbit" albeit in the current language.
  • Frogs can still use some commands such as "search," "judge," "vurdere," "contemplate," "backstab" and "sneak".
  • Frogs cannot use some other commands, such as "hide," "palm," slip," "steal," "peek," "snatch," "shoplift" or commands that require holding an item.

A failure causes the caster to be turned into a frog instead. Self-inflicted frog state seems to last exactly 58 seconds, although this may vary with skills.

Related achievements

Successfully casting the Stacklady's Morphic Resonator spell completes one achievement and it contributes towards other achievements.

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