The Wizard's portrait in-game.
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 useless (unknown if it still spawns when playing as The Wizard).
However, unlike all the other characters, using spells degrades the runes necessary to cast it (using runes to close rifts, combat Cultists and on runes found on walls does not degrade them). 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.
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 +??%).
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 reknew it. If the dungeon is explored, then the player should encant it for a chance to get some sanity back.
History
Little is known of The Wizard before the events of The Consuming Shadow.