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Crafted throwable · Introduced in Book 4
Hobgoblin Disco Ball
The Hobgoblin Disco Ball releases colored smoke that reacts to movement and sound. It can obscure an enemy’s view, but its user can also get caught in the smoke.[1]
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History
Book 4
The Gate of the Feral Gods
Carl makes it while experimenting with an Invisibility Potion infusion. It has an Unstable rating of 25. When a robot knocks one off the Sapper’s Table, it goes off and coats the room and the toy.
Orren later explains that the residue helped weaken the toy’s reactive panel. Carl had wanted a visual distraction and had not expected that effect. The residue was one of several things that contributed to the panel’s failure.[2]
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Book 4
The Gate of the Feral Gods
Carl later coats the outside of Quan’s shield with the sticky smoke, making it harder for Quan to aim. A separate explosion knocks Quan down; the smoke itself does not break his shield.[3]
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Sources
References are to Matt Dinniman’s novels. Book links open our recap guides.
- The Gate of the Feral Gods, Chapter 18.
- The Gate of the Feral Gods, Chapters 18–19.
- The Gate of the Feral Gods, Chapter 31.