Weird facts about mechanics

[Nurator]

Oh wow, I never noticed that... so IMAWALing any monster removes curse? Or just when the enemy itself was not cursing?

[choongmyoung]

Even if you petrify cursing enemy, you remove one level of curse.
IMAWAL has very complex mechanisms and it's really hard to learn and leverage all of its potential.

[Nurator]

Ok awesome! Maybe we can make a list just for IMAWAL:

1. Casting it on any enemy gives +50% XP on next kill (the standard usage).
2. Casting it on any XP giving enemy removes one curse stack
3. Casting on a slowed enemy gives +1 XP
4. Destroying the statue reveals 1 gold (2 with black market)
5. It is possible to cast on an empty tile, which gives back 2 mana. This can even trigger Dragon Soul, actually increasing your mana

Anything else?

[srid]

Curse removal with IMAWAL only works if you petrify XP-valuable enemies. Otherwise it would work on plants and make Cursed Oasis trivial.

Also, I believe that all of IMAWAL's effect are actually clearly explained in the glyph's description (appart perhaps the extra gold).

[Nurator]

In the description, nothing is stated Only the +50% XP bonus and that you can cast it on an empty tile... strange

[srid]

Indeed... I must have confused with the explanation from the Wiki page, then.

[Vemb]

[srid]

> 24 Is a like revelation for me. Next time I'll see a bloody sigil with a Chemist, I'll try this. I love farming piety with Chemists in Mana Form at low level, so having +1 health regen is huge for me!

About 26 and 27: yeah, I checked the code a while ago, and despite what the glyph description says, you don't really get 2 mana replenished, instead, the glyph cost is lowered by 2.

In fact, using an enemy with Essence Drain from the EE, you can even:
- Load IMAWAL cast
- Move with the arrow keys and reveal an enemy with Essence Drain
- Lose your mana
- Regen some mana by exploring with the arrow keys.
- Cast IMAWAL with 3 mana left on an empty tile.

However with this method you cannot cast it if you have less than 3 mana. This demonstrates that the glyph costs is lowered to 3 and that the game checks if you can cast it again when you click.

[Nurator]

Wouldnt Shadow Heart be even better at the Chemist? You would have 3 mana regeneration per tile and still 1 health oO

[Vemb]