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It is possible to inscribe words on the floor in ToME. If you happen to be lucky and inscribe a spell formula from another language, the inscription will use the floor's mana to cast that spell when either you walk over it, a monster walks over it, or both walk over it. Not all inscriptions are triggered by monsters, and not all can be triggered by the player.
In order to write an inscription in another language, you must first have found and read a parchment with some of that language's words upon it. So, just copying the inscriptions here won't work unless you have read the words on a parchment first.
Light up the Room
Inscription: |
'ure nimir' (sun shine) |
Parchment: |
Numenorean for Beginners (I) |
Triggered by: |
Player, Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
30 |
Effect: |
Lights up the current room |
Darkness in Room
Inscription: |
'lomi gimli' (night stars) |
Parchment: |
Numenorean for Beginners (II) |
Triggered by: |
Player, Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
10 |
Effect: |
Casts the room into darkness |
Storm
Inscription: |
'dulgi bawiba' (black winds) |
Parchment: |
Advanced Lessons of Numenorean |
Triggered by: |
Player, Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
40 |
Effect: |
Electrical Ball of energy released around the inscription |
Protection
Inscription: |
'pedo mellon a minno' (speak friend to enter) |
Parchment: |
Advanced Lessons of Sindarin |
Triggered by: |
Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
8 |
Effect: |
Prevents a monster from stepping on the affected square |
Dwarven summoning
Inscription: |
'Baruk Khazad! Khazad aimenu!' (Axes of the Dwarves, the Dwarves are upon you!) |
Parchment: |
Khuzdul - The Hidden Tongue of the Dwarves |
Triggered by: |
Player |
Grid Mana Needed: |
100 |
Effect: |
Generates friendly Dwarven Warriors to help your cause |
Open Chasm
Inscription: |
'dunna hrassa' (black precipice) |
Parchment: |
Nandorin for Dummies |
Triggered by: |
Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
50 |
Effect: |
Creates a bottomless hole in the floor that monsters (and potentially objects) fall down |
Blast of Black Fire
Inscription: |
'burz ghash ronk' (black fire pool) |
Parchment: |
Advanced Lessons of Orcish |
Triggered by: |
Player, Monster |
Grid Mana Needed: |
60 |
Effect: |
Releases a ball of Hellfire around the inscription |
Discussion
Johenius: Is using floor inscriptions considered cheating? I've seen a few DitL'ers using them, but always considered it a bit scummy...
ZV:Why, no. They're not too powerful, it ain't very easy to get them, not every grid has enough mana to use them and it can be bothersome to type them (yeah, I know, macros).
MassimilianoMarangio: Remember also that using an inscription takes a lot of time (e.g. 3 rounds for a character with speed 0).
HarryErwin: Is there any reason to keep the parchments?
VelKrov: None. Just be sure to read them.
JaekTheBarbarian: Are the dwarves that are summoned supposed to be level 0? Or could this be a side effect from being summoned in Mandos?
KermitCrill: I finally remembered to try this as a regular Mage in Rhun and it looks like they start at level 0 everywhere. They still appear to have decent fighting ability, but not overpowering.