Arcanist

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

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HP	30-62
HD	11
XP	692
Speed	10
AC	2
EV	15
Will	60
Attack¹	6 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	human, human
Flags	Speaks Warm-blooded

A wizard fond of spectacle and destruction. They scorn the cowardice of other magicians, who hide from their foes rather than simply blasting them out of existence.

“Each family or tribe has a wizard or conjuring doctor, whose office we could
never clearly ascertain.”
-Charles Darwin, _The Voyage of the Beagle_, ch. X. 1839.

Useful Info

Arcanists are spell casters who can blast you and make you fragile. Fortunately, they are flimsy. They can be found in late Dungeon and Vaults.

Spells

Name	Damage	Range	Flags
Bolt of Cold	3d20	5	Wizard flag
Vitrify	—	LOS	Wizard flag
Haste	—	—	Wizard flag
Searing Ray	2d20	4	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

Arcanists can deal high damage, but they aren't too evasive, cannot see invisible, and don't have much willpower.
Willpower helps avoid being vitrified, while cold resistance helps defend against Bolt of Cold.
A silenced or waterlogged arcanist can only do weak melee attacks.

Trivia

A permanently silenced captured wizard can often be found caged in one of Trog's possible altar vaults. It usually dies from Trog's wrath too fast for you to kill, but if you have a wand of digging, you can free and kill this mute wizard for 692 XP.

A wild-eyed wizard whose tongue has been cut out, frantically mumbling and waving its arms but unable to cast a single spell.

History

Prior to 0.33, arcanists had lower HD (10 instead of 11), 13 EV instead of 15 EV, and less health.
Prior to 0.32, arcanists had Force Lance instead of Searing Ray.
In 0.31, arcanists were added to the game, split off from wizards.