Does 100% saving throw prevent paralysis?

[bboxman]

Just had this Paladin die after being paralyzed opening a trapped summoning chest (either the chest or one of the summons paralyzed for several turns - ending in death after pummeling).

The char sheet has 100% saving throw (due to which I forwent free action) . Isn't that supposed to prevent paralysis?

https://angband.live/ladder/ladder-show.php?id=26336

[Nick]

IIRC it prevents paralysis from spells but not from melee.

[bboxman]

Thanks!

I was misled by these past forum posts (maybe it was correct in some old version) -

https://angband.live/forums/forum/angband/vanilla/4648-100-saving-throw

https://angband.live/forums/forum/angband/vanilla/8495-saving-throw-explained

And tried to get fancy in that run.

[backwardsEric]

The two monster spells that paralyze allow for saving throws and melee blows that paralyze allow for saving throws as well (in mon-blows.c, melee_effect_handler_PARALYZE() calls melee_effect_timed() with the save parameter set to true). Traps are another matter: of the two kinds of floor trap that paralyze, one allows for a saving throw, and no chest traps allow for saving throws (there is one kind of chest trap that paralyzes).

[bboxman]

I guess I was paralyzed by the chest then - it had multiple traps IIRC -the chest also paralyzed and also summoned.