A general term for when an item is used to produce an effect and instead harms the user by accident.

This effect occasionally occurs in many Gnomish engineering devices as well as a few other items.

Examples of items capable of backfiring include (but are not limited to):

• [Gnomish Poultryizer]
• [Gnomish Shrink Ray]
• [Rocket Boots Xtreme]
• [Dimensional Ripper - Everlook]