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Timed consumable · Introduced in Book 2
Scroll of Upgrade
A Scroll of Upgrade improves a randomly chosen piece of worn equipment. The scroll must be read within twenty minutes, so Carl cannot save it for a distant future upgrade.[1]
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Selection and scope
The scroll selects from the gear the reader is wearing. It changes that item’s properties; it does not upgrade the whole inventory or permanently add the same bonuses to the wearer’s base stats.[1]
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History
Book 2
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
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Book 3
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
The scroll Carl wins at the casino upgrades his Splatter Skunk toe ring. He again leaves the rest of his equipment on rather than trying to force the scroll to choose a particular item.[2]
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Book 3
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
A later scroll from a boss box selects the Trollskin Shirt and adds three Dexterity.[3]
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Sources
References are to Matt Dinniman’s novels. Book links open our recap guides.
- Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, Chapter 13.
- The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Chapter 9.
- The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Chapter 15.