Omphaloskepsis

Omphaloskepsis You're concentrating so intently on your navel that you've forgotten pretty much everything else. Like... how to not levitate, and how to not be surrounded by a shimmering, pyramid-shaped field of mystical energy. It's weird. Damage Reduction: X

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Messages

• During combat:

Concentrating on your navel, you zoom out of the way, and your opponent is unable to reach you.

• After combat:

You notice some lint in your navel. You go to pick it out, and get a shock of static electricity!

You gain 10-20 Mana Points.

or

The mystical pyramid shimmers around you, leaving you noticeably sharper. You carve a little extra meat from the wallet of your foe.

or

The mystical pyramid of energy around you glistens, and you smile broadly, your brain chock-full (and chock-a-block) with new pyramid schemes.

or

The mystical pyramid resonates as your third eye spots some extra stuff lying nearby.

• While running away:

The pyramid of energy surrounding you shimmers as you quickly float away.

or

Calmly humming within your pyramid of mystical energy, you float away at a leisurely, relaxed pace.

• After a certain number of runaway attempts:

You're starting to get kinda queasy from all of this flying.

or

Okay, seriously, this flying is making you really queasy.

or

Eurgh. At this point, you're officially airsick.

Obtained From

• Wearing a navel ring of navel gazing (intrinsic effect) (obsolete)

Notes

• This effect is no longer granted by the navel ring of navel gazing, it is now just part of the effect of the item itself.
• The damage reduction is equal to your level.
• In addition to the stated effect, it also has the following effects:
  • Prevents enemy attacks 50% of the time, including many attacks that you normally couldn't evade, like the gremlins and your shadow.
  • At the end of combat, may provide one randomly chosen benefit (85% chance of one occurring):
    • +20% Meat
    • +20% items
    • +3 stats
    • 10-20 MP
  • Allows you to Run Away 100% of the time. The first three attempts in a day to run away will not use an adventure. The odds of further run-aways not using an adventure decreases by 10% for each successful free run-away, to a minimum of a 20% chance of not using an adventure ("quickly floating" does not consume an adventure) on the 11th+ success. So for instance, if you've had 4 free runaways so far, the odds of another attempt being free is 80%. If that attempt fails your odds remain at 80% for future attempts; only free runaways lower your odds.

References

• "Omphaloskepsis" means "navel-gazing." The prefix omphalo-, meaning "navel," may also refer to a stone artifact.
• Many of the effects are based on the pseudoscience pyramidology, including pyramid power's supposed ability to sharpen blades.
• "To forget how to not levitate" could be a reference to the novel Life, the Universe and Everything, where if you throw yourself at the ground and get so distracted that you miss the ground, you end up flying.
• The third eye is believed, in Eastern mysticism and by hippies everywhere, to have a great many imaginary powers.
• The design of the icon is very reminiscent of the Eye of Providence

See Also

• Damage Reduction
• Items from Monsters
• Meat from Monsters
• Stat Gains from Fights
• MP Restorers
• Run Away
• Stunning