Changes: The Wizard

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A master of magic blighted by chronic forgetfulness - Character description.

The Wizard is a playable character in The Consuming Shadow.

Character Traits

The main con to The Wizard is that she has no melee attack. However, she starts with knowledge of all spells, and she doesn't suffer sanity loss from casting them. This makes the Pentagram Necklace and the Magician constellation useless (although the necklace still spawns when playing as The Wizard, it is unknown if the constellation still appears in her night sky).

However, unlike all the other characters, using spells degrades the runes necessary to cast it.

Runes do not degrade when:

Closing rifts
Combating Cultists
Encanting runes found on walls
Combating the Ancient.

However if a rune is degraded then it can't be used in these scenarios.

Each rune can be used five times before being unusable. Runes can be renewed by analysing them drawn on walls, which will restore that rune to five uses, however finding these runes is random and can only be done in dungeons. This makes The Wizard a difficult character to play, as if the player has run out of bullets and the runes needed for the Mass Death and Circle of Death spells are depleted, with a lack of a melee attack, enemies cannot be killed. Some runes can appear very infrequently throughout a whole playthrough, i.e. once or twice, while other will appear 20-30 times. Analysing the runes drawn in the Banishment Ritual chamber will replenish all runes, allowing the player to cast the banishment spell.

The Wizard also has a unique constellation when using Birth Stars, in the form of the Alchemist. It provides bonus effect and duration to drugs. Each Birth Star placed at the exact center gives a +10% effect and duration to drugs (to a maximum of +100%). The Serpent also always appears in her night sky, each Birth Star placed at the exact center allows the player to carry an additional 25 HP worth of medical supplies in their kit. The Medkit will always cost the same amount to refill at a hospital, regardless of how high its capacity is (increases to a maximum of +100 capacity).

Unlocking

In a "find three survivors" dungeon, there is a chance for one of the survivors to be "a woman in office attire". When the dungeon is completed she will meet you outside and give you the name of a town to go to with a pentagram necklace. Go to that town and complete the dungeon that you find, and you will get all the spells for that run and unlock the Wizard, whether you win or lose the overall game.

Tips for playing

If the player has found a rune that they still have five uses for, they should leave it for later in case they do use it and come back to renew it. If the dungeon is explored, then the player should incant it for a chance to get some sanity back.
If the player has found and used a rune in a room (either examining it or casting it), they can respawn another rune in that room by repeatedly leaving and re-entering that room. This can be useful for both restoring runes and sanity, depending on its use.
If closing a rift requires a rune the wizard has depleted, try leaving and re-entering the room. This re-randomizes the rift's associated runes.

History

Little is known of The Wizard before the events of The Consuming Shadow. Her relationship with her spouse or significant other seems to be strained. Messages from them will routinely drain her sanity (though sometimes result in a small monetary gain instead).

Trivia

The Wizard is the only main character in the game who is female.

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 == Character Traits ==
-The main con to The Wizard is that she has no melee attack. However, she starts with knowledge of all [[spells]], and she doesn't suffer [[sanity]] loss from casting them. This makes the [[Items|Pentagram Necklace]] useless (although it still spawns when playing as The Wizard).
+The main con to The Wizard is that she has no melee attack. However, she starts with knowledge of all [[spells]], and she doesn't suffer [[sanity]] loss from casting them. This makes the [[Items|Pentagram Necklace]] and [[Birth Stars|the Magician]] constellation useless (although the necklace still spawns when playing as The Wizard, it is unknown if the constellation still appears in her night sky).
 However, unlike all the other characters, using spells degrades the runes necessary to cast it.
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 However if a rune ''is'' degraded then it can't be used in these scenarios.
-Each rune can be used five times before being unusable. Runes can be renewed by analyzing them drawn on walls, which will restore that rune to five uses, however finding these runes is random and can only be done in dungeons. This makes The Wizard a difficult character to play, as if the player has run out of [[bullets]] and the runes needed for the Mass Death and Circle of Death spells are depleted, with a lack of a melee attack, enemies cannot be killed. Some runes can appear very infrequently throughout a whole playthrough, i.e. once or twice, while other will appear 20-30 times. Analyzing the runes drawn in the Banishment Ritual chamber will replenish all runes, allowing the player to cast the banishment spell.
+Each rune can be used five times before being unusable. Runes can be renewed by analysing them drawn on walls, which will restore that rune to five uses, however finding these runes is random and can only be done in dungeons. This makes The Wizard a difficult character to play, as if the player has run out of [[bullets]] and the runes needed for the Mass Death and Circle of Death spells are depleted, with a lack of a melee attack, enemies cannot be killed. Some runes can appear very infrequently throughout a whole playthrough, i.e. once or twice, while other will appear 20-30 times. Analysing the runes drawn in the Banishment Ritual chamber will replenish all runes, allowing the player to cast the banishment spell.
-The Wizard also has a unique constellation when using [[Birth Stars]], in the form of the Alchemist. It provides bonus effect and duration to drugs. Each Birth Star placed at the exact center gives a +10% effect and duration to drugs (to a maximum of +100%). The Serpent also always appears in her night sky, each Birth Star placed at the exact center allows the player to carry an additional 25 HP worth of medical supplies in their kit. The Medkit will always cost the same amount to refill at a hospital, regardless of how high its capacity is (increases to a maximum of +100 capacity).
+The Wizard also has a unique constellation when using Birth Stars, in the form of the Alchemist. It provides bonus effect and duration to drugs. Each Birth Star placed at the exact center gives a +10% effect and duration to drugs (to a maximum of +100%). The Serpent also always appears in her night sky, each Birth Star placed at the exact center allows the player to carry an additional 25 HP worth of medical supplies in their kit. The Medkit will always cost the same amount to refill at a hospital, regardless of how high its capacity is (increases to a maximum of +100 capacity).
 === Unlocking ===