Mountain boots

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These sturdy boots were created by an artificer who lived high up on a remote mountain peak, as protection against the mountain's near-constant avalanches, rockslides, and snowstorms. No force short of translocations magic will budge the wearer from their position.

The +3 mountain boots

+3 boots
rC+
Immunity to shafts and involuntary movement (such as trample, Wind Blast, or Harpoon Shot).
No effect on translocations (e.g. dispersal, banishment).

Desirability

Even as just +3 boots with rC+, the mountain boots provide more protection than any non-artefact boots. They also render the wearer immune to shafts, one of the deadlier traps it's possible to encounter. However, such traps can only trigger once per branch -- if one has already encountered a shaft in their current branch (or if the current branch cannot generate shafts), a different set of boots with more resistances or a different ego may be preferable.

The ability to stair dance around trampling enemies like elephants or rockslimes is a welcome bonus.

History

• The mountain boots were introduced in 0.29.