Talisman

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Talismans are a new type of amulet exclusive to the Talisman challenge league. All talismans are corrupted when they drop, so they cannot be modified. They have special implicit modifiers more powerful than ordinary amulets and can be normal, magic, rare, or unique.

Talismans are encountered in the wild as a mob 'possessed' by a Talisman, visually similar to possession by a Tormented Spirit. Talismans can possess any rarity of enemy and will always spawn possessing a mob. When the mob is killed, the Talisman drops as an item -- but if it is not picked up quickly by the player, it will attract another enemy and possess that enemy instead. Each type of Talisman grants the mob it possesses extra combat abilities related to its implicit modifier.

The tier of a talisman can be determined by the colour of the string in the item graphic: i.e. white string = tier 1, black string = tier 2, red string = tier 3 etc.

Talisman Base Types

Tier 1

Talisman	Artwork	Implicit	Possession Effect
Breakrib Talisman	Breakrib Talisman	(20 to 30)% increased physical damage	Possessed monster emits shockwaves (similar to a shockwave totem) which cause knockback and deals physical damage(?)
Ashscale Talisman	Ashscale Talisman	(20 to 30)% increased fire damage	Possessed monster summons raging spirits
Deep One Talisman		(20 to 30)% increased cold damage
Lone Antler Talisman	Lone Antler Talisman	(20 to 30)% increased lightning damage	Lightning strikes randomly around the possessed monster (similar to storm call)
Deadhand Talisman	Deadhand Talisman	(19 to 31)% increased chaos damage	Possessed monster explodes on death dealing ? damage
Bonespire Talisman	Bonespire Talisman	(20 to 30)% increased maximum Mana	Possessed monster spawns patches of spiking ground that deals damage over time(?) It also inflicts Bone Roil: a stacking damage over time effect (similar to bleeding)
Black Maw Talisman	Black Maw Talisman	Has 1 socket	Possessed monster consumes corpses and summons skeletons (when a corpse is consumed?)
Undying Flesh Talisman	Undying Flesh Talisman	+1 to maximum number of zombies	Possessed monster spawns desecrated ground and summons zombies
Rot Head Talisman		(30 to 40)% increased fish bite sensitivity

Tier 2

Talisman	Artwork	Implicit	Possession Effect
Fangjaw Talisman	Fangjaw Talisman	(8 to 12)% increased maximum Life
Avian Twins Talisman		50% of (fire/cold/lightning damage taken as (fire/cold/lightning) damage
Splitnewt Talisman	Splitnewt Talisman	(4 to 6)% chance to freeze, shock and ignite	Possessed monster summons Static Eyes (wandering eye variation) that use lightning tendrils
Hexclaw Talisman	Hexclaw Talisman	(40 to 50)% increased global critical strike chance	Possessed monster spawns areas of blade vortexes and "ethereal knives novas"
Wereclaw Talisman	Wereclaw Talisman	(16 to 24)% increased global Critical Strike Multiplier	Possessed monster spawns moving "curse" zones that inflict enfeeble, chilled, and galvanic frost which deals cold damage over time
Clutching Talisman		(15 to 25)% increased global defenses
Primal Skull Talisman	Primal Skull Talisman	2% of Life Regenerated per Second
Monkey Paw Talisman	Monkey Paw Talisman	10% chance to gain a (endurance/frenzy/power) charge on kill

Tier 3

Talisman	Implicit	Possession Effect
Monkey Twins Talisman		(5 to 8)% increased Area of Effect radius
Three Rat Talisman	Three Rat Talisman	(12 to 16)% increased attributes
Longtooth Talisman	Longtooth Talisman	(4 to 6)% Physical Damage reduction
Rotfeather Talisman	Rotfeather Talisman	(25 to 35)% increased Damage
Three Hands Talisman	Three Hands Talisman	(6 to 12)% of physical damage added as a random element
Spinefuse Talisman	Spinefuse Talisman	(6 to 10)% increased Item Quantity

Tier 4

Talisman	Implicit	Possession Effect
Greatwolf Talisman	Greatwolf Talisman