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[Magnate]

Also, tiny levels make telSelf and telOther not be escapes. That's a fundamental change to how the game is played. IMO this deserves more discussion than symmetric LOS or item generation.

Naughty - you are on record several times as saying that tSelf is not an escape. The effect on tOther is IMO connected to a long overdue revisiting of monster detection ranges, which should be considered along with other changes following from variable-sized dungeons.

I'm now going to start a new thread about the caveats of playing dev versions.

[PowerDiver]

Naughty - you are on record several times as saying that tSelf is not an escape.

Well, it's a chance at an escape? It's an attempt to escape?

I wouldn't use it when hurt, but at full hp I do use it, especially early on a new level. Sometimes. Hmm. I wonder if we need different terms.

[Magnate]

Well, it's a chance at an escape? It's an attempt to escape?

I wouldn't use it when hurt, but at full hp I do use it, especially early on a new level. Sometimes. Hmm. I wonder if we need different terms.

Just teasing really - I know what you mean, in that the variable levels do make a difference to it. Perhaps "escape" and "guaranteed escape" would do - currently only new levels (stairs, tLev, DD and Alter Reality) are guaranteed escapes, I think.

[Marble Dice]

I'd consider ?*Destruction* and similar effects as true escapes, too.

[Pete Mack]

Well, it's a chance at an escape? It's an attempt to escape?

I wouldn't use it when hurt, but at full hp I do use it, especially early on a new level. Sometimes. Hmm. I wonder if we need different terms.

I usually use "evasion" for (successfully) declining a fight, and "escape" for an impending instakill situation.