New memorable randarts

[Estie]

the Elven Cloak of Erennion (+23,+14) [6,+43] <-19, +1>
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A mantle made of curious silken material by the Galadrim that wondrously takes
on the hues and shapes of its surroundings.

Cursed.
-19 strength, intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, constitution, stealth,
infravision, tunneling, speed, attack speed, shooting speed.
-95% to searching.
Provides immunity to fire, cold.
Provides resistance to acid, lightning, poison, light, dark, shards, nexus,
nether, chaos.
Provides protection from fear, blindness, confusion, stunning.
Cannot be harmed by acid, electricity, fire, cold.
Slows your metabolism. Feather Falling. Speeds regeneration. Prevents
paralysis. Sustains your life force. Aggravates creatures nearby.
Radius 1 light.

I am really curious how something like this can get created. Is -19 speed as likely as +19 speed ? Probably not, since +19 speed can only appear on a few randarts with highest power, whereas -19 has no such limitation. This thing is based on Beruthiel. Without the negative mods, it would be in the line of Deathwreaker I guess.

[Timo Pietilä]

the Elven Cloak of Erennion (+23,+14) [6,+43] <-19, +1>
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Cursed.
-19 strength, intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, constitution, stealth,
infravision, tunneling, speed, attack speed, shooting speed.
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-19 shooting speed and attack speed. How does that translate to melee and shooting with fractional system? Everything gets 100+ free turns before you get to shoot anything?

You start to shoot and "you die -more-" before you actually make the shot.

[Estie]

I suspect its just capped at zero.

The carzy number here is 19. The only way it can be created other than on randarts would be ring of speed, with an extremely small chance. If created on a randart in a similar way, I suspect the randart woulnt pass its power check (assuming positive 19) ?

So how exactly did this cloak get rolled, I am unaware of the exact generation algorithm.

[MattB]

HaHa! That's hilarious!
How does -95% searching even work??

...and it aggravates as well - glorious.

On a serious note, I wonder what it's max/min depth was? Often bad randarts end up with a max depth shallower than its min depth.

[Nomad]

It's always such a bummer when your warrior finds an randart quarterstaff, because you know it's only likely to do a feeble amount of damage... er.

the Quarterstaff of Faladron (9d9) (+8,+15) [+13] <+1>
  Dropped by Khîm, Son of Mîm at 1950 feet (level 39)
     
  +1 strength.
  Provides protection from blindness.
  Cannot be harmed by acid, fire.
  Sustains strength.
  Grants the ability to see invisible things.  
     
  Combat info:
  2.8 blows/round.
  With +3 STR and +0 DEX you would get 3.1 blows
  With +0 STR and +1 DEX you would get 3.3 blows
  Average damage/round: 237.4.

ETA - one-shotted by Kavlax mere moments later. :/ Spoilers claim it was based on Thorin.

[Estie]

Lovely; with that, its hoping to find some off-weapon brand and/or slay

[Magnate]

First, my eternal thanks for starting a new thread.

Second, which version is this? That's quite a serious bug, if my code generated that ... I'm guessing an overflow error somewhere.

[Nomad]

Second, which version is this? That's quite a serious bug, if my code generated that ... I'm guessing an overflow error somewhere.

This is in the new 4.0 beta. This is the only randart that's stood out so far: the others I've found have seemed perfectly normal. I've got the spoiler file, if that's any use to you. And I've still got randart.log from that game, but it's too big to attach. Here's the relevant bit:

********** ENTERING EVAL POWER ********
Artifact index is 30
the Quarterstaff of Faladron (9d9) (+8,+15) [+13] <+1>
Object is deemed known
37 power from to_dam
Add 112 power for damage dice, total is 149
Mult after extra might is 1
After multiplying power for might, total is 149
Add 12 power for to hit, total is 161
Add 13 power for to_ac of 13, total is 174
Add 9 power for 1 STR, total is 183
Object flags are:
SUST_STR
PROT_BLIND
SEE_INVIS
Add 9 power for SUST_STR, total is 192
Add 16 power for PROT_BLIND, total is 208
Add 12 power for SEE_INVIS, total is 220
Add 3 power for ignoring acid, total is 223
Add 1 power for ignoring electricity, total is 224
Add 3 power for ignoring fire, total is 227
Add 1 power for ignoring cold, total is 228
FINAL POWER IS 228

[MattB]

This is in the new 4.0 beta. This is the only randart that's stood out so far: the others I've found have seemed perfectly normal.

In 4.0beta I've had an Arkenstone with zero light.
And I don't think I've had a single slay or brand on a randart weapon yet (but I might be going mad, of course).

[Nomad]

In 4.0beta I've had an Arkenstone with zero light.
And I don't think I've had a single slay or brand on a randart weapon yet (but I might be going mad, of course).

Huh - you're not going mad! I just searched that artefact spoiler file and the only weapons with slays were two Maces of Disruption with slay undead and Grond.

[MattB]

Huh - you're not going mad! I just searched that artefact spoiler file and the only weapons with slays were two Maces of Disruption with slay undead and Grond.

Thanks, glad my sanity is vouchsafed, for now!

[Estie]

First, my eternal thanks for starting a new thread.

Second, which version is this? That's quite a serious bug, if my code generated that ... I'm guessing an overflow error somewhere.

If you are refering to the -19 attacks randart, that was 3.5.1.

[Magnate]

If you are refering to the -19 attacks randart, that was 3.5.1.

I was indeed, and that is a bug which may or may not still be present in 4.0 beta. Nomad's quarterstaff is fine - arguably underrated by the algorithm but there's no bug. The absence of brands and slays is of course a bug - one of many resulting from the vast slew of changes in the beta. Rest assured that we'll get to it before 4.0 is final...

[Thraalbee]

Angband v4beta-121-gb12bbfe nice light source. Enlightenment, FA and one immunity, albeit lightning, is not bad.

f) the Arkenstone of Angwethar <+3>
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 2100 feet (level 42)

Provides immunity to lightning.
Cannot be harmed by fire.
Prevents paralysis.
Radius 3 light.

When activated, it completely lights up and magically maps the
level, detects traps nearby, detects doors nearby and detects
stairs nearby.
Takes 51 to 100 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 83.9%

[MattB]

Now that is a *lot* of dice...

the Blade of Chaos of Luing (16d5) (+6,+27) [+15] <+5>
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+5 intelligence.
Provides resistance to lightning, poison gas, chaos, disenchantment.
Provides protection from blindness, confusion.
Cannot be harmed by acid.
Sustains dexterity.
Blessed by the gods.  Slows your metabolism.  Feather Falling.  Prevents
paralysis.  Grants the ability to see invisible things.  Aggravates creatures
nearby.  

When activated, it removes curses.
Takes 164000 to 80160000 turns to recharge.
Your chance of success is 90.4%


Min Level 73, Max Level 127, Generation chance 2, Power 422, 14.5 lbs
Based on Ringil.