Spore Bow

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A Spore Bow is a script for Ranged Weapons that emits harmful and hindering fungi dust and spores. It was introduced at the Bloodriven Village shop, The Fairy Ring in February 2023. Its different unlock tiers open up new abilities, some of which are passive/automatic, while others must be manually activated.

Tier 1

An off the shelf spore bow has access to several basic features. Spore Flares, Spore Burst, Spore Expel, and Symbiosis In addition to flares, it releases stacking spore bursts that lower the defenses of your foes, it has an effect that spreads to 1-5 targets upon death of an affected foe, and it empowers your spellcasting in mushroom-friendly terrain via Environmental Symbiosis. Its ambient messaging can be turned on or off via PROD.

Spore Flares and Spore Burst

Spore Flares leave a stacking debuff of -5DS/-3TD on any corporeal foes. This debuff can stack up to 5x before triggering a Spore Burst, doing direct damage to the foe. This flare rate is higher than the standard 12.5% for runestaves.

This is a pre-resolution flare with level penalties akin to that of Dispel (If your foe is 11 levels over you, there is a 10% chance of a trigger flare's failure, per level over yours, until a 100% failure at +20 levels.).

Nebulous blue-black tendrils curl from your nightwillow yumi, enswathing a triton brawler in a shroud spangled with luminous twilight purple spores.

Spore Expel

Creatures that die under the effect of the spores will spread the spores to up to 5 additional creatures in the room, carrying 1 stack of the debuff to those creatures.

A shan cleric expels a cloud of luminescent spores into the surroundings.
A dusty haze carries countless glowing spores to a shan wizard.

Symbiosis

Symbiosis - +3CS/+5AS when in specific terrains.

Energy flows through you as the lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms on your yumi coax power from the symbiotic environs.

Analyze

ou take a closer look at a dusky nightwillow yumi traced in feathery cactus fungus.
You analyze the nightwillow yumi and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

 This Spore Bow is riddled with living fungus.  Its dust and spores offer abilities to harm and hinder foes, and favorable terrains further empower it.

 It is Tier 1.

 It may be altered normally and customized by any willing merchant, provided it remains symbiotic with its fungal nature.

 You can use TOUCH, TURN, PROD to toggle ambients (on, 1x) and CONSIDER to toggle feature display (on).

 SETTINGS
   Mushrooms:    lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms
   Dust color:   blue-black
   Spore color:  twilight purple

 ABILITIES
   Environmental Symbiosis
   Spore Flare
   Spore Burst
   Spore Expel

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the nightwillow yumi for you.

Usage

Verb First Third
PROD (turn on) You discreetly nudge the lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms on your nightwillow yumi, encouraging them to return to their hastened activity. No third person messaging.
PROD (turn off) Discreetly nudging the lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms on your nightwillow yumi, you persuade them to go dormant. No third person messaging.
TOUCH You graze your fingertips over the spongy tops of the lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms attached to your yumi's wood surface. Name grazes his fingertips over the spongy tops of the lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms attached to his yumi's wood surface.
TURN You idly turn your nightwillow yumi in your hand, glowing twilight purple spores drifting downward. Name idly turns his nightwillow yumi in his hand, glowing twilight purple spores drifting downward.

Tier 2

With the tier 2 unlock, the spore bow gains the manually activated ability Shushroom, which can silence up to five random creatures. Shushroom's 5 minute cooldown decreases with unlocks, down to 3 minutes at T5.

Usage

Verb First Third
POKE Tracing over the fungal growth on your nightwillow yumi, you pop one of the clinging lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms with the tip of your finger. A puff of blue-black dust bursts free, expanding into a noxious fog of twilight purple spores! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Tier 3

With the tier 3 unlock, the spore bow gains two new abilities. With Spore Dispersion, upon a successful flare, there's a 25% chance to affect a second target. Mycelium Madness is a manually activated SMR attack to apply Confusion to up to three random creature targets; its 10 minute cooldown decreases with unlocks down to 3 minutes at T5.

Usage

Verb First Third
SPIN With a swift gesture, you whirl your nightwillow yumi before you, gossamer strands of blue-black mycelium spiraling from the tips!

[SMR result: 350 (Open d100: 75, Bonus: 18)] The threadlike mycelium overtakes a shan cleric, burrowing into his form.

[SMR result: 331 (Open d100: 81)] The threadlike mycelium overtakes a shan warrior, burrowing into her form. Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

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Tier 4

With the tier 4 unlock, the spore bow gains two new abilities. With Spore Dispersion Boost, if a second target is affected, there's a 15% chance to affect a third target. When manually activated, Doom Shroom triggers three Spore Bursts against a single target with a 3 minute cooldown; the target does not need to be sporseified first.

Analyze

You analyze your nightwillow yumi and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

 This Spore Bow is riddled with living fungus.  Its dust and spores offer abilities to harm and hinder foes, and favorable terrains further empower it.

 It is Tier 4.

 It may be altered normally and customized by any willing merchant, provided it remains symbiotic with its fungal nature.

 You can use TOUCH, TURN, PROD to toggle ambients (on, 1x) and CONSIDER to toggle feature display (on).

 SETTINGS
   Mushrooms:    lilac-swept amethyst deceiver mushrooms
   Dust color:   blue-black
   Spore color:  twilight purple
   Doom Shroom:  near-black violet webcap

 ABILITIES
   Environmental Symbiosis
   Spore Flare
   Spore Burst
   Spore Expel
   Shushroom            POKE
   Dispersion
   Mycelium Madness     SPIN
   Dispersion Boost
   Doom Shroom          RAISE AT

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the nightwillow yumi for you.

Usage

Verb First Third
RAISE AT (target) You aim your nightwillow yumi at an upward angle, an ethereal arrow dense with twilight purple motes materializing. After launching into a spectaular arc, the intangible projectile plummets until its tip burrows into the ground before a shan cleric. The arrow unfurls rapidly into a near-black violet webcap and swells to an eruption of explosive spores.

The twilight purple spores churning around a shan cleric simultaneously burst into an explosion of coruscating blue-black dust! [SMR result: 361 (Open d100: 93, Bonus: 6)]

  ... 45 points of damage!
  Blast encases left hand, instantly turning it into a fine white powder!
  The cleric's silver roundshield falls to the ground.
  The shan cleric is stunned!

The twilight purple spores churning around a shan cleric simultaneously burst into an explosion of coruscating blue-black dust! [SMR result: 398 (Open d100: 86, Bonus: 49)]

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Scattered vaporization leaves back covered with bleeding wounds.

The twilight purple spores churning around a shan cleric simultaneously burst into an explosion of coruscating blue-black dust! [SMR result: 376 (Open d100: 60, Bonus: 54)]

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Strike bores into left arm, causing now-weakened bones to crack.

Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

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Tier 5

With the tier 5 unlock, the spore bow gains two new abilities. With the manually activated Symbiosis Boost, the casting benefit is +25 AS/+15 CS and occurs in any terrain; it lasts for 3 minutes, with a 15 minute cooldown. When manually activated, Shroom Boom triggers Spore Burst on all spores-affected targets in the room with a 3 minute cooldown.

Usage

Verb First Third
PONDER This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
WAVE This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Additional Information

Ambients

The spore bow comes with ambient messaging, which can be turned on or off via PROD.

The fungus clinging to your yumi lets out a sudden puff of twilight purple spores.

One of the vibrant jack-o-lantern mushrooms on your yumi quivers, shaking free a shower of twilight purple spores.

See Also

Spore Bow Information
Type Mechanical
Item Classification Weapon
Item(s) Applied to Runestaff
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep Yes
Customizable Yes
Custom Mushrooms
Dust color
Spore Color
Original Release Venue Bloodriven Village
Original Release Year 2023
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 5
How to Unlock Certificate
Item Verbs
PROD TOUCH TURN