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  • sffp
    Swordsman
    • Apr 2020
    • 434

    #16
    Originally posted by Selkie
    Time, tindalos and gravity... What's the fourth?
    Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst is evil - but he's a C - a Canine, not a hound.

    Going on your definition, I'd throw Aether hounds in there too...

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    • Selkie
      Swordsman
      • Aug 2020
      • 434

      #17
      Originally posted by sffp

      Going on your definition, I'd throw Aether hounds in there too...
      Aether, well done - that's a bingo

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      • Angdrim
        Rookie
        • Aug 2020
        • 21

        #18
        Okay, more questions:

        How much damage does Dispel Evil/_Holy/_Power do?

        How does "damage reduction" work? I just found some armor with this ability but I've never seen it before.

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        • Nick
          Vanilla maintainer
          • Apr 2007
          • 9633

          #19
          Originally posted by Angdrim
          How much damage does Dispel Evil/_Holy/_Power do?
          Dispel Evil the prayer does a random amount of damage between 1 and clevel * 5. The staffs are more predictable - Dispel Evil does a flat 60 damage, Holiness a flat 120, and Power also 120, but to everything rather than just evil.

          You can check this stuff by looking at class.txt and object.txt.

          Originally posted by Angdrim
          How does "damage reduction" work? I just found some armor with this ability but I've never seen it before.
          It's a flat reduction of any damage the player takes. So it's not great against big breaths or spells, but excellent against things involving many small attacks (crowds of breeders, poisoning, banishment, etc).
          One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
          In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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          • Selkie
            Swordsman
            • Aug 2020
            • 434

            #20
            Originally posted by Nick
            It's a flat reduction of any damage the player takes. So it's not great against big breaths or spells, but excellent against things involving many small attacks (crowds of breeders, poisoning, banishment, etc).
            How do you mean banishment? How does armour reduction help in this sense?

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            • Selkie
              Swordsman
              • Aug 2020
              • 434

              #21
              Originally posted by Nick
              It's a flat reduction of any damage the player takes. So it's not great against big breaths or spells, but excellent against things involving many small attacks (crowds of breeders, poisoning, banishment, etc).
              How do you mean banishment? How does damage reduction help in this sense?

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              • Pete Mack
                Prophet
                • Apr 2007
                • 6883

                #22
                Originally posted by Selkie
                How do you mean banishment? How does damage reduction help in this sense?
                Banishment does 1d4 damage per monster, so damage reduction 4 means no damage at all. Same for mobs of insects. But 400 fire damage is only reduced to 396.

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                • Selkie
                  Swordsman
                  • Aug 2020
                  • 434

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Pete Mack
                  Banishment does 1d4 damage per monster, so damage reduction 4 means no damage at all. Same for mobs of insects. But 400 fire damage is only reduced to 396.
                  So we're not talking about scrolls of banishment or the mage banishment spell?

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                  • Pete Mack
                    Prophet
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 6883

                    #24
                    All forms of banishment--scroll, staff, or spell, mass banishment included. "Killed by the strain of baniahment" is a classic YASD. (Yet another stupid death.)

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                    • Selkie
                      Swordsman
                      • Aug 2020
                      • 434

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Pete Mack
                      All forms of banishment--scroll, staff, or spell, mass banishment included. "Killed by the strain of baniahment" is a classic YASD. (Yet another stupid death.)
                      Now I understand. It protects you when you cast the spell, not that mobs are casting it at you.

                      Also, I've died fighting Morgoth reading mass banishment. I felt so stupid. I had about 15 *healing potions* but thought I'd just clear the area a bit first. I remember being shocked at my own stupidity.

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                      • biini
                        Scout
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 38

                        #26
                        well... since this is for stupid questions, what's the answer for password reset question "will satisfy a man for a day" ... tried "a piece of elvish waybread" and "elvish waybread" :-D Finally remembered my password..

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                        • Selkie
                          Swordsman
                          • Aug 2020
                          • 434

                          #27
                          Who knows what the difference between the orange * and the yellow * treasure patches are?

                          This only applies when you scan, with magic mapping or treasure detection, not when you can actually see the treasure

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                          • Pete Mack
                            Prophet
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 6883

                            #28
                            Magma vs quartz

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                            • Hounded
                              Adept
                              • Jan 2019
                              • 128

                              #29
                              Originally posted by biini
                              well... since this is for stupid questions, what's the answer for password reset question "will satisfy a man for a day" ... tried "a piece of elvish waybread" and "elvish waybread" :-D Finally remembered my password..
                              Lembas?
                              Cram?
                              It Breathes. You die.

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                              • SerPounce
                                Rookie
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 7

                                #30
                                Is there a specific command to return to normal form as a druid or do I have to try to do something I'm not able to in shifted form?

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