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'''Spell memorisation''' is the process by which you learn [[spell]]s from your spell library.

==Spell Library==
The spell library can be viewed by pressing '''M'''. You can gain spells by starting [[background]], by picking up [[spell book]]s, or through the gifts of certain gods ([[Vehumet]], [[Kiku]]).

Once you're in the memorisation menu, press the letter of the spell in order to learn it. This takes a few turns (<code>spell level + 1</code> turns), and is interrupted when you are attacked, so do it in a safe area.

You can search for spells the library with '''ctrl-F''', and can switch between memorisation, checking descriptions, and hiding/showing spells you have no interest in with the '''!''' key.

==Restrictions==
While any character may gain access to spells, the following restrictions apply:

*There's a limit to the number of [[spell level]]s. Each spell has a level, from 1 to 9. You can only have up to <code>2 * Spellcasting + Experience Level - 1</code> levels of spells at one time. E.g. a character at XL 11 and 5 Spellcasting can learn 20 levels of spells - that's four level 5 spells, two level 9 + one level 2 spell, etc.
**If your spell level capacity is lowered ([[Ru]] sacrifice, removing [[Ashenzari]] curses), you will keep all your spells, even if you'd reach "negative" spell levels.
*You cannot memorise a spell whose level is higher than your experience level.
*There is a hard limit of 21 spells.

In addition, you cannot physically memorise a spell if you are [[confused]], [[berserk]], or [[brainless]].

A [[scroll of amnesia]] lets you unmemorise a spell, freeing up spell levels. The spell remains in your library, so you can relearn it later.

===Species Restrictions===
Some [[species]] can't memorize certain spells, usually because they'd be useless:

*[[Djinn]] can not memorize spells. Instead, they get random spells every 2 XLs. They will never get [[Sublimation of Blood]], as they are unable to cast it.
*[[Ghoul]]s and [[Mummies]]: [[Sublimation of Blood]], [[Borgnjor's Revivification]], and [[Death's Door]].
*[[Vampire]]s: high level Necromancy ([[Borgnjor's Revivification]] and [[Death's Door]]). They can memorize [[Sublimation of Blood]], but they can only cast it when they are Alive.
*[[Felid]]s: [[Dimensional Bullseye]], [[Animate Armour]].
*[[Gargoyles]]: [[Sublimation of Blood]].
*[[Formicid]]s: [[Blink]], [[Swiftness]], [[Vhi's Electric Charge]], and [[Maxwell's Portable Piledriver]].
*[[Octopode]]s and [[Draconian]]s: [[Animate Armour]].

Also note that memorising spells while worshipping [[Trog]] will trigger [[penance]].

==History==
*Prior to [[0.26]], spells gifted by Vehumet were not added into the player's library even when memorised.
*Prior to [[0.22]], there was no spell library. [[Spellbooks]] were permanent objects, and spells had to be memorised directly from a book each time.
*Prior to [[0.12]], your chance of success at memorising a spell was related to your chance to cast the same spell. Failing to memorise a spell had no effect, except from a [[Book of Annihilations]], a [[Grand Grimoire]] or a [[Necronomicon]]. In these cases, you'd suffer a (likely high level) [[miscast effect]] from [[Conjurations]], [[Summonings]] or [[Necromancy]], respectively.

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