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[[image:Telescope.gif|A Telescope|center]]

[[A Telescope]] is a furnishing located at your [[The Campground|Campground]].

== When Used ==
Your campsite contains a shiny telescope from Discount Telescope Warehouse. You can use it to look at distant celestial objects, or you can take a gander at things a little closer to home. What's it gonna be?

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{{button|Look High}}
* ''Once per day:''
: You gaze into the depths of space, and become filled with the glorious majesty of it all.
	{{AcquireEffect|effect=Starry-Eyed|duration=10}}

* ''Subsequent uses:''
: You've already peered into the Heavens today. You're already feeling as inspired as you can be for one day.

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{{button|Look Low}}
: You point your telescope toward the Naughty Sorceress' Tower and look through it.

*''With a basic Telescope'':
: You point your telescope toward the Naughty Sorceress' Tower and look through it.

: You see a group of people darting around outside the walls of the keep.

: You adjust the focus and see a second group of people '''<clue>'''

{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="3"
!Stat Contest
!Clue
|-
|Strongest Adventurer ([[Muscle]])
|standing around flexing their muscles and using grip exercisers.
|-
|Smartest Adventurer ([[Mysticality]])
|sitting around playing chess and solving complicated-looking logic puzzles.
|-
|Smoothest Adventurer ([[Moxie]])
|all wearing sunglasses and dancing.
|}

* ''With one upgrade:''
: You scan to the right a bit and see a third group of '''<clue>'''
{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="3"
!Elemental Damage Contest
!Clue
|-
| Hottest Adventurer ({{element|Hot}} and {{element|Hot|Spell Damage|Spells}})
| people, all of whom appear to be on fire.
|-
| Spookiest Adventurer ({{element|Spooky}} and {{element|Spooky|Spell Damage|Spells}})
| people, surrounded by a cloud of eldritch mist.
|-
| Sleaziest Adventurer ({{element|Sleaze}} and {{element|Sleaze|Spell Damage|Spells}})
| greasy-looking people furtively skulking around.
|-
| Stinkiest Adventurer ({{element|Stench}} and {{element|Stench|Spell Damage|Spells}})
| people, surrounded by garbage and clouds of flies.
|-
| Coolest Adventurer ({{element|Cold}} and {{element|Cold|Spell Damage|Spells}})
| people, clustered around a group of igloos.
|}

* ''With two upgrades:''
: You sweep the telescope up to reveal some '''<clue>'''
{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="3"
!First Maze Trap
!Clue
|-
| {{element|Hot}} 
| smoldering bushes on the outskirts of a hedge maze.
|-
| {{element|Spooky}} 
| creepy-looking black bushes on the outskirts of a hedge maze.
|-
| {{element|Sleaze}} 
| purplish, greasy-looking hedges.
|-
| {{element|Stench}} 
| nasty-looking, dripping green bushes on the outskirts of a hedge maze.
|-
| {{element|Cold}} 
| frost-rimed bushes on the outskirts of a hedge maze.
|}
* ''With three upgrades:''
: Beyond the maze's entrance you see '''<clue>'''
{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="3"
!Second Maze Trap
!Clue
|-
| {{element|Hot}} 
| smoke rising from deeper within the maze.
|-
| {{element|Spooky}} 
| a miasma of eldritch vapors rising from deeper within the maze.
|-
| {{element|Sleaze}} 
| a greasy purple cloud hanging over the center of the maze.
|-
| {{element|Stench}} 
| a cloud of green gas hovering over the maze.
|-
| {{element|Cold}} 
| wintry mists rising from deeper within the maze.
|}

* ''With four upgrades:''
: You focus the telescope on the back side of the keep, somehow, and see a pipe '''<clue>'''
{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="3"
!Third Maze Trap
!Clue
|-
| {{element|Hot}} 
| with lava slowly oozing out of it.
|-
| {{element|Spooky}} 
| surrounded by creepy black mist.
|-
| {{element|Sleaze}} 
| that occasionally vomits out a greasy ball of hair.
|-
| {{element|Stench}} 
| disgorging a really surprising amount of sewage.
|-
| {{element|Cold}} 
| occasionally disgorging a bunch of ice cubes.
|}
* ''If your path is [[Bugbear Invasion]], regardless of how many upgrades you have:''
: ?
: Possibly as it was before the 2015 tower revamp:
: You see the nether regions of a giant bugbear-shaped spaceship.

== Notes ==
* Obtained by using [[Discount Telescope Warehouse gift certificate]].
* The telescope will remain in the player's campsite through future ascensions, with the exception of [[Bad Moon]] runs.

== History ==
*The Telescope was significantly revamped as of January 1st, 2015 as part of a change to the Level 13 quest. Details on the previous telescope can be found at [[A Telescope/Old]].

[[Category:Campground Features|Telescope]]