Metal Splinters
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 Metal Splinters
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| Casting noise | 5 |
| Spell noise | 0 |
| Range | 4 |
| Flags | Dir or target, Monster, Needs tracer |
| Fires a burst of metal splinters. Its damage is strongly reduced by armour. |
Metal Splinters is a monster-only spell which blasts you with a cloud of shrapnel, dealing heavy ranged physical damage (reduced by AC thrice). Unlike many other types of breaths, it is not a bolt spell - it can only hit 1 target.
The following enemies cast Metal Splinters:
- D
Iron dragon (3d30 damage) - E
Iron elemental (3d27 damage) - 9
War gargoyle (3d26 damage)
The following enemies may be able to cast Metal Splinters, depending on their spell set:
- &
Pandemonium lord (3.4% chance)
History
- In very early, pre-DCSS versions of Crawl, this was a player-castable level 8 pure Conjurations spell (though the name was then Throw Splinters). Notably, it was a penetrating bolt, dealt pure physical damage, and bypassed enemy evasion. It was replaced in Crawl 2.7 with Lehudib's Crystal Spear.