A Telescope

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A Telescope

A Telescope is a furnishing located at your 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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Look High

• Once per day:

You gaze into the depths of space, and become filled with the glorious majesty of it all.

You acquire an effect: Starry-Eyed (duration: 10 Adventures)

• 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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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>

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>

Elemental Damage Contest	Clue
Hottest Adventurer (Hot Damage and Hot Spell Damage)	people, all of whom appear to be on fire.
Sleaziest Adventurer (Sleaze Damage and Sleaze Spell Damage)	greasy-looking people furtively skulking around.
Spookiest Adventurer (Spooky Damage and Spooky Spell Damage)	people, surrounded by a cloud of eldritch mist.
Coolest Adventurer (Cold Damage and possibly Cold Spell Damage)	people, clustered around a group of igloos.
Stinkiest Adventurer (Stench Damage and possibly Stench Spell Damage)	people, surrounded by garbage and clouds of flies.

• With two upgrades:

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• With three upgrades:

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• With four upgrades:

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• With five upgrades:

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• With six upgrades:

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• After all the above:

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• If your path is Bugbear Invasion, regardless of how many upgrades you have:

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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 1th, 2015 as part of a change to the Level 13 quest. Details on the previous telescope can be found at A Telescope/Old.