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{{Item infobox
| name              = Fancy Spellbook
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| type              = action
| type              = tool
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| image              = Fancy Spellbook.png
| image              = Backpack Fancy Spellbook.png
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| 3d-image-1        = Fancy Spellbook
| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
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| used-by            = {{used by|all}}
| released          = [[October 29, 2013 Patch|Scream Fortress 2013]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|10|29|2013}}
| availability      = {{avail|Unlock}}
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| released-major    = Scream Fortress 2013
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| availability      = {{avail|unlock}}
 
| trade              = no
 
| trade              = no
 
| gift              = no
 
| gift              = no
| paint             = no
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| craft             = no
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| rename            = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | level            = Level 1-100 Spellbook
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   | item-kind        = {{item kind|Spellbook}}
   | item-description = This is a fine-looking spellbook, full of pages you've collected. But one can never have enough magic...
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   | item-description = {{item description|Fancy Spellbook}}
   | att-1-positive  = Pages of Tumidum: #
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  | item-flags      = {{attribute|AchievementItem}}
   | att-2-positive  = Pages of Gratanter: #
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   | att-1-positive  = {{attribute|SingleWepDeployBonus|50}}
   | att-3-positive  = Pages of Audere: #
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   | att-2-positive  = {{attribute|HalloweenSpellbookPage_A|#}}
   | att-4-positive  = Pages of Congeriae: #
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   | att-3-positive  = {{attribute|HalloweenSpellbookPage_B|#}}
   | att-5-positive  = Pages of Veteris: #
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   | att-4-positive  = {{attribute|HalloweenSpellbookPage_C|#}}
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   | att-5-positive  = {{attribute|HalloweenSpellbookPage_D|#}}
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  | att-6-positive  = {{attribute|HalloweenSpellbookPage_E|#}}
 
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{{Quotation|Spellbooks publicity blurb|Bound in human skin! Written in human blood! Covered, for some reason, in tiny human hairs!}}
 
The '''Fancy Spellbook''' is an item given to players who fill their [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook|unfilled fancy spellbook]] with three [[Spellbook Page|spellbook page]]s. It can be equipped in the action slot, and functions exactly the same as the [[Spellbook Magazine]]. However, it is  displayed as a  large spellbook on the [[classes]]' belt similarly to the [[Power Up Canteen]].
 
  
Despite only requiring three pages to be completely filled, players can continue to insert more pages into the book which increases one of the counters in the description for the respective page you have added.
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{{Quotation|'''Spellbooks''' publicity blurb|Bound in human skin! Written in human blood! Covered, for some reason, in tiny human hairs!}}
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The '''Fancy Spellbook''' is an [[Action items|action item]] for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is an old, brown book with leather straps, and a metal clasp lock keeping it closed; a heart-shaped smudge can be seen on its cover.
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{{Spellbook item}}
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This item is awarded to players who fill their [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook]] with any three [[Spellbook Page]]s.
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Despite only requiring three Spellbook Pages to begin functioning as a Spellbook, players may continue to insert more pages into the book, which increases one of the counters in the description for the respective page type added. With the single exception of unlocking the Page of Tumidum by completing the "{{achievement name|Halloween|The Mann-tastic Four}}" achievement, assignment of an inserted page to the other four page types, Audere, Congeriae, Gratanter, or Veteris, is random. Viewable by others in a public inventory, these page counters indicate the owner's level of activity in the [[Halloween event|Halloween Holidays]]. Other than this cosmetic effect in the player's inventory, the type and number of Spellbook Pages added to Fancy Spellbook have no influence on gameplay.
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== Related achievements ==
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=== {{Achiev type link|bereavements}} ===
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{{Achievement table
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| 1 = {{Show achievement|Halloween|Hat Out of Hell}}
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}}
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|10|29|2013}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2013]])
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* The Fancy Spellbook was added to the game.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*The names of spells are in semi-dog Latin. They translate to the following:
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* The names of the page types in this item's inventory view are in Latin. They translate to the following:
**Tumidum: Swollen or distended; self-confident or presumptuous. A neuter adjective (tumidus, a, um).
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** '''Tumidum''': Swollen or distended; self-confident or presumptuous. A neuter adjective (tumidus, a, um).
**Audere: To have a mind (to do something); to dare. An infinitive verb (audeo, ausus sum, ere).
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** '''Gratanter''': Gratefully or gladly; pleasantly. An adverb (= grate).
**Gratanter: Gratefully or gladly; pleasantly. An adverb (= grate).
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** '''Audere''': To have a mind (to do something); to dare. An infinitive verb (audeo, ausus sum, ere).
**Congeriae is not an actual Latin word, but is reminiscent of Congeries: A heap; collection or accumulation. A noun (congeries, ei).
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** '''Congeriae''': Not an actual Latin word, but is reminiscent of ''Congeries'': A heap; collection or accumulation. A noun (congeries, ei).
*When casting spells with the Fancy Spellbook, sparkle particle effects are added to the default cast particle present on the [[Spellbook Magazine]].
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** '''Veteris''': A form of ''Vetus'', meaning old, ancient, of times past. Another adjective (vetus, veteris).
*Different Spellbook Pages add different particle effects to the casting hand. The more pages added, the stronger the particle effect.
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* The publicity blurb is in direct reference to ''[[w:The Evil Dead|The Evil Dead]]'', a series of horror films revolving around the Necronomicon, a spellbook described similarly.
*The publicity blurb is in direct reference to [[Wikipedia:The Evil Dead|The Evil Dead]], a series of horror films revolving around the Necronomicon, a spellbook described similarly.
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** The Necronomicon, in turn, is a fictional book from the horror stories written by [[w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]].
==Bugs==
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*If the player has the Fancy Spellbook equipped in Mann vs. Machine, they can upgrade it, but it cannot do anything in-game.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Fancy Spellbook Scout.png|{{cl|Scout}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Soldier.png|{{cl|Soldier}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Pyro.png|{{cl|Pyro}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Demoman.png|{{cl|Demoman}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Heavy.png|{{cl|Heavy}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Engineer.png|{{cl|Engineer}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Medic.png|{{cl|Medic}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Sniper.png|{{cl|Sniper}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Spy.png|{{cl|Spy}}
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File:Fancy Spellbook Loadout.png|The flame and sparkle effect.
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</gallery>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Magic spells]]
 
* [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook]]
 
* [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook]]
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* [[Spellbook Magazine]]
 
* [[Spellbook Page]]
 
* [[Spellbook Page]]
* [[Magic spells]]
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* [[Fireproof Secret Diary]]
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|29|2013}}'''
 
* The Fancy Spellbook was added to the game.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 21 November 2023

Bound in human skin! Written in human blood! Covered, for some reason, in tiny human hairs!
Spellbooks publicity blurb

The Fancy Spellbook is an action item for all classes. It is an old, brown book with leather straps, and a metal clasp lock keeping it closed; a heart-shaped smudge can be seen on its cover.

With this item equipped in the Action slot, it enables the user to cast spells. The player's hand emits colorful sparkles in the loadout view, and the player can pick up and cast magic spells. When a player joins a server hosting a Halloween map that has magic spells without a spellbook equipped, a notification is displayed, allowing the player to equip it or decline the notice by the using the keys given in the notification (default keys: J for accepting and K for declining). The notification reappears after respawning until a spellbook is equipped, the server changes to a map without spells, or the player leaves the server.

This item is awarded to players who fill their Unfilled Fancy Spellbook with any three Spellbook Pages.

Despite only requiring three Spellbook Pages to begin functioning as a Spellbook, players may continue to insert more pages into the book, which increases one of the counters in the description for the respective page type added. With the single exception of unlocking the Page of Tumidum by completing the "Helltower: The Mann-tastic Four" achievement, assignment of an inserted page to the other four page types, Audere, Congeriae, Gratanter, or Veteris, is random. Viewable by others in a public inventory, these page counters indicate the owner's level of activity in the Halloween Holidays. Other than this cosmetic effect in the player's inventory, the type and number of Spellbook Pages added to Fancy Spellbook have no influence on gameplay.

Related achievements

Item icon Spellbook Magazine.png Bereavements

Helltower: Hat Out of Hell
Helltower: Hat Out of Hell
Get the loot from Skull Island in Hell

Update history

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)

  • The Fancy Spellbook was added to the game.

Trivia

  • The names of the page types in this item's inventory view are in Latin. They translate to the following:
    • Tumidum: Swollen or distended; self-confident or presumptuous. A neuter adjective (tumidus, a, um).
    • Gratanter: Gratefully or gladly; pleasantly. An adverb (= grate).
    • Audere: To have a mind (to do something); to dare. An infinitive verb (audeo, ausus sum, ere).
    • Congeriae: Not an actual Latin word, but is reminiscent of Congeries: A heap; collection or accumulation. A noun (congeries, ei).
    • Veteris: A form of Vetus, meaning old, ancient, of times past. Another adjective (vetus, veteris).
  • The publicity blurb is in direct reference to The Evil Dead, a series of horror films revolving around the Necronomicon, a spellbook described similarly.
    • The Necronomicon, in turn, is a fictional book from the horror stories written by H. P. Lovecraft.

Gallery

See also