THE PANOPTICON
- SET
- HEAD
- LEVEL 12
- KEEPER
THE PANOPTICON is a set piece built on the NEURAL VISOR, and every copy carries the same bonuses — the block is authored, not rolled, so there is no such thing as a badly rolled one.
It is worn from level 12, the requirement of the base underneath it rather than its own item level of 35 — which is why it can land in your hands long before it looks like it should.
It is a keeper. Its headline bonus is a fraction of your own numbers rather than a flat lump, so it reads modest the day you find it and grows with you for the rest of the campaign.
IT HOLDS THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD AT ONCE. BRIEFLY.
Underneath the name it is a NEURAL VISOR: A fembot-line diagnostic visor that reads intent off the wearer's synapses. It was built to make the colony's machines more attentive. It listens very well.
What it does
- MATERIALCLOTH, which turns 1× what the same piece would in cloth.
- WEARS OUT110 hits taken before it falls silent. It is never destroyed — a worn-out piece still hangs on you contributing nothing until a repair kit brings it back.
A fresh find in the hands of a hero who has spent no stat points — the piece itself, with nothing of the wielder in it. Your own STRENGTH, DEXTERITY or INTELLECT lifts these from there, as does an item level found deeper than the requirement.
Its bonuses
Fixed on every copy. Only the base damage and armor moves, by a ±10% band rolled per drop — so two copies differ a little and a well-rolled one is worth keeping.
- +2% INTELLECT
- +3 LUCK
THE WALLED GARDEN
A boss's green kit, themed to one weapon class — this one to magic. Wearing several pieces at once pays bonuses on top of each piece's own, and the thresholds stack, so the full kit carries every tier at once.
- THE PANOPTICON (this piece)
- TRUTHSEEKER
- GREAVES OF THE WALLED GARDEN
- BOUNDSTRIDE
| WORN | GRANTS |
|---|---|
| 2 pieces | +6 INTELLECT |
| 3 pieces | +6% CRIT |
| 4 pieces | GRANTS STORMCALL I |
Where it comes from
- BRO OMEGA can roll it on EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, NIGHTMARE and JESUS CHRIST!.
A set piece never falls out of a rarity roll. It is minted only from its boss's own table, on the rungs that table lists — which is what makes completing a kit a matter of going back rather than of getting lucky.