DSM changes

[Timo Pietilä]

Perhaps not terribly relevant to the actual argument at hand (and way too late to be useful), but poking around through the fire_dam et al in vanilla:head:spells1.c, the chance of inventory damage seems to be calculated *before* resistances are applied.

That is at least how it used to be. OTOH IMO it should be other way around if nothing but consistency reasons: immunity protects your equipment completely, but resistances do nothing?

[fizzix]

That is at least how it used to be. OTOH IMO it should be other way around if nothing but consistency reasons: immunity protects your equipment completely, but resistances do nothing?

that's bugged me too.

I would propose a 33% saving throw for single resistance, 66% saving throw for double resistance. On top of the normal item's saving throw. Stuff will still get burnt, but there will be a benefit to resistances.

[Derakon]

Wait, seriously? Man, that does need to be changed.

I know that ToME 2x has double-resists provide perfect inventory protection; I wouldn't go that far but some level of mitigation should be applied. Inventory damage is my biggest peeve with Fire/Water Hounds.

[Tiburon Silverflame]

Yeah...I might go back to taking IGNORE_FIRE off the basic spellbooks if this is done.