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|itemtype = Book
|name = Tome of Destruction
|cost = 1650
|weight = 7.0
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{{flavour|An extremely powerful but unpredictable book of wild magic. Warning: Reading may be hazardous to you or your surroundings! 
 
“On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; 
On plastic clay and leathern scroll, 
Man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, 
And lo! the Press was found at last!” 
-John Greenleaf Whittier, _The Library_, st. 4.}}

A '''Tome of Destruction''' is an unreliable evocable book which creates a wide variety of magical effects. When read, it opens to a page with randomly colored text or code, and then causes one of the following effects to occur:
*(14%) A [[cloud]] of harmless smoke centered on you is created.
*(4%) As above, but [[poison]].
*(5%) As above, but [[cold]].
*(7%) You are engulfed in a fiery explosion. The Tome of Destruction may be destroyed (20% chance).
*(3%) A hostile [[small abomination]] is summoned.
*67% You cast a random spell.

In the event a spell is cast, it is chosen by rolling 1d23 + 1d(Evocation/3):
*2: [[Magic Dart]]
*3: [[Throw Frost]]
*4: [[Throw Flame]]
*5: [[Mephitic Cloud]]
*6: [[Polymorph Other]]
*7: [[Dazzling Spray]]
*8: [[Teleport Self]]
*9: [[Sticky Flame]] (ranged)
*10: [[Bolt of Inaccuracy]]
*11: [[Bolt of Draining]]
*12: [[Venom Bolt]]
*13-18: [[Fireball]]
*19-20: [[Lightning Bolt]]
*21-23: [[Bolt of Cold]]
*24-26: [[Bolt of Fire]]
*27+: [[Lehudib's Crystal Spear]]

[[Spell power]] (used mainly to determine accuracy and damage) is equal to 5 + Evocations + 5d(Evocations), making it potentially much more powerful than [[rod]]s or [[wand]]s. The Tome of Destruction cannot be read while [[silence]]d, and the Blurry Vision [[mutation]] gives you a 25% chance of failure per rank. Unidentified, it displays as an "ancient heavily glowing book."

==Strategy==
If you are [[poison]] resistant, [[fire]]/[[cold]] resistant, can handle an abomination or two, and don't mind losing a few [[potion]]s, the Tome of Destruction can provide a decent ranged attack. Of course, if you meet all those conditions, you probably have a few ranged attacks already. The only characters who might find this useful are [[Xom]]'s playthings, as the mad god is very amused by any explosions or hostile abominations the book may accidentally summon.

==History==
The Tome of Destruction was removed in [[0.16]].

Prior to [[0.13]], the Tome of Destruction contained [[Cigotuvi's Degeneration]] in place of Dazzling Spray.

Tome of Destruction - Revision history

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