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A fur hat once owned by Ukta, a powerful ogre shaman. It houses the spirit of an especially mighty bear.

the +2 hat of the Bear Spirit

Spirit shield ego
+80 Will (##)
Bearserks on 20% of melee attacks:
User recieves 2x (instead of 1.5x) HP on berserk.
The slowing received after a berserk is reduced.

Desirability

The hat of the Bear Spirit^[1] is a dangerous item for melee characters, if only due to the *Rage. However, it does provide some useful buffs. So as long as you can handle the berserk by pre-emptively controlling fights, and don't always use it, this hat can prove to be somewhat useful.

For non-melee characters, *Rage can be safely ignored, since Ranged Weapons, spells, and other non-melee actions don't activate the berserk. Thus, it becomes an overall great hat. Any MP-related negatives from spirit shield are compensated with a great willpower boost.

Tips & Tricks

Casters can inscribe their held item with !a, so that you don't accidentally trigger Bearserk.
If you try to melee attack with a ranged weapon, you'll fire a projectile instead, which never triggers Bearserk.

History

Prior to 0.29, the hat didn't cause you to go bearserk.
Prior to 0.28, the hat of the Bear Spririt had evocable berserk (instead of *Rage), rN+, but no buffs to the berserk status.
In 0.14 the MR provided was increased from 50 to 80.

References

↑ art-data.txt:846 (0.31.0)

[1] rt-data.txt:846 (0.31.0)

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 {{flavour|A fur hat once owned by Ukta, a powerful ogre shaman. It houses the spirit of an especially mighty bear.}}
 [[File:Hat_of_the_bear_spirit.png]] '''''the +2 hat of the Bear Spirit'''''
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 [[Berserk|Bearserk]]s on 20% of melee attacks:<br>
 User recieves 2x (instead of 1.5x) HP on berserk.<br>
-The [[slow]]ing recieved after a berserk is reduced.
+The [[slow]]ing received after a berserk is reduced.
 ==Desirability==
-The '''hat of the Bear Spirit'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.0|art-data.txt|838}}</ref> is a dangerous item for melee characters, if only due to the *Rage. However, it does provide some useful buffs; so as long as you can handle the berserk by pre-emptively controlling fights, and don't ''always'' use it, this hat can prove to be somewhat useful.
+The '''hat of the Bear Spirit'''<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|art-data.txt|846}}</ref> is a dangerous item for melee characters, if only due to the *Rage. However, it does provide some useful buffs. So as long as you can handle the berserk by pre-emptively controlling fights, and don't ''always'' use it, this hat can prove to be somewhat useful.
-For non-melee characters, *Rage is much more managable, while any MP-related negatives from spirit shield are compensated with a great [[willpower]] boost. Casters can inscribe your held item with <code>!a</code> so that you don't accidentally trigger Bearserk, while melee attacking with a [[ranged weapon]] forces a prompt, regardless of settings.
+For non-melee characters, *Rage can be safely ignored, since [[Ranged Weapons]], [[spells]], and other non-melee actions don't activate the berserk. Thus, it becomes an overall great hat. Any MP-related negatives from spirit shield are compensated with a great [[willpower]] boost.
+===Tips & Tricks===
+*Casters can inscribe their held item with <code>!a</code>, so that you don't accidentally trigger Bearserk.
+*If you try to melee attack with a [[ranged weapon]], you'll fire a projectile instead, which never triggers Bearserk.
 ==History==
-*In [[0.29]], the hat now causes you to go ''bear''zerk.
+*Prior to [[0.29]], the hat didn't cause you to go ''bear''serk.
 *Prior to [[0.28]], the hat of the Bear Spririt had evocable berserk (instead of *Rage), [[Negative_energy#Negative_energy_Resistance|rN+]], but no buffs to the berserk status.
 *In [[0.14]] the MR provided was increased from 50 to 80.