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Type	Scroll
Name	Scroll of random uselessness
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A scroll with no apparent practical use.

Scrolls of random uselessness were a common kind of scroll, which, upon reading, has a chance to create a series of harmless, impractical effects. At worst, it can produce a noise and wake up nearby monsters.

Possible Messages

"The dust glows a [weird glowing colour]!"
"[Your weapon] OR [Your hands] glow [weird glowing colour] for a moment."
"You smell [weird smell]." OR "Your bandages flutter." (if you are a mummy, and thus cannot smell)
"You experience a momentary feeling of inescapable doom!"
"Your brain hurts!" OR "Your ears itch." OR "Your nose twitches suddenly!"
"You hear [weird sound]." (generates a little noise at your position, the loudness is the same for all [weird sound]s)

History

In 0.27, these scrolls were removed.
Prior to 0.19, the scroll wasn't completely useless, as reading it had a 1 in 8 chance to Summon Butterflies.
Prior to 0.17, the scroll could reassemble itself when the player read it.
Prior to the skill training overhaul in 0.9, scrolls of random uselessness could be used to train the first level of Spellcasting, which gave them some slight desirability, particularly for their ability to sometimes reassemble in the player's hands.
Prior to 0.5, these scrolls were not identified when used, a trait which could make them genuinely annoying at times.

Scrolls
Acquirement • Amnesia • Butterflies • Blinking • Brand weapon • Enchant armour • Enchant weapon • Fear • Fog • Identify • Immolation • Noise • Poison • Revelation • Silence • Summoning • Teleportation • Torment • Vulnerability

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-'''Scrolls of random uselessness''' are a common kind of [[scroll]] that has almost no practical value. Upon reading, you will receive a weird or misleading message, and the scroll will be usually be identified.
+'''Scrolls of random uselessness''' were a common kind of [[scroll]], which, upon reading, has a chance to create a series of harmless, impractical effects. At worst, it can produce a noise and wake up nearby monsters.
-As a last resort, this scroll can be used in an attempt to cast [[Summon Butterflies]]. The odds of this working, however, are very slim.
 ==Possible Messages==
-{{flavour|"The dust glows a [strange colour] colour!"<br>*"The scroll reassembles itself in your hand!" (thus you don't "waste" it)<br>"[Your weapon] glows [strange colour] for a moment." OR "Nothing happens." (if you have no weapon in hand)<br>"You hear the distant roaring of an enraged [animal]!"<br>"You smell [smell]." OR "Nothing happens." (if you are a [[mummy]], and thus noseless)<br>"You experience a momentary feeling of inescapable doom!"<br>"Your ears itch."<br>"Your brain hurts!"<br>"Your nose twitches suddenly!"<br>"You hear the tinkle of a tiny bell." (summons 4-16 friendly butterflies)<br>"You hear [noise]."}}
+{{flavour|"The dust glows a [weird glowing colour]!"<br>"[Your weapon] OR [Your hands] glow [weird glowing colour] for a moment."<br>"You smell [weird smell]." OR "Your bandages flutter." (if you are a [[mummy]], and thus cannot smell)<br>"You experience a momentary feeling of inescapable doom!"<br>"Your brain hurts!" OR "Your ears itch." OR "Your nose twitches suddenly!"<br>"You hear [weird sound]." (generates a little noise at your position, the loudness is the same for all [weird sound]s)}}
-''[strange colour]'' is a colour composed of a prefix (brilliant, pale, mottled, shimmering, bright, dark, shining, faint) and a colour (red, purple, green, orange, magenta, black, grey, silver, gold, pink, yellow, white, brown, aubergine, ochre, leaf green, mauve).
-''[animal]'': frog, pill bug, millipede, eggplant, albino, dragon, dragon, human, slug.
-''[smell]'': coffee, salt, burning hair, baking bread, something weird, wet wool, sulphur, fire and brimstone.
-''[noise]'': snatches of song, a voice call someone else's name, a very strange noise, roaring flame, a very strange noise indeed, the chiming of a distant gong, the bellowing of a yak, a crunching sound, the tinkle of an enormous bell.
+==History==
+*In [[0.27]], these scrolls were removed.
+*Prior to [[0.19]], the scroll wasn't completely useless, as reading it had a 1 in 8 chance to [[Summon Butterflies]].
+*Prior to [[0.17]], the scroll could reassemble itself when the player read it.
+*Prior to the skill training overhaul in [[0.9]], scrolls of random uselessness could be used to train the first level of [[Spellcasting]], which gave them some slight desirability, particularly for their ability to sometimes reassemble in the player's hands.
+*Prior to [[0.5]], these scrolls were not identified when used, a trait which could make them genuinely annoying at times.
-== History ==
+{{scrolls}}
-Prior to the skill training overhaul in [[0.9]], scrolls of random uselessness could be used to train the first level of [[Spellcasting]], which was pretty much the only other thing they were good for.