Protean talisman

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

An ever-changing fragment of something primordial; its substance seems to undulate between flesh and bone and perhaps even metal. A sufficiently skilled shapeshifter can stabilise it into a useable - if unpredictable - form. (If your Shapeshifting skill is at least 6, attempting to put this on will transform it into a random one of: Rimehorn, Scarab, Medusa, or Spore talismans.)

A Protean talisman is a talisman that will turn into a tier 2 talisman when Put on with at least 6 Shapeshifting skill.

The talisman has an equal chance to turn into one of the following talismans:

• rimehorn talisman
• scarab talisman
• medusa talisman
• spore talisman

Shapeshifters start with a protean talisman; otherwise, this talisman can only generate in certain vaults.

History

• In 0.34, spore talismans were added, while maw talismans tier were shifted upwards, making spore talisman replace maw talisman in the possible outcome of the Protean talisman.
• Protean talismans were added in 0.33.