one last question before i mass delve

[meJustmeNotyou]

banish... ummm, destroy evil or whatever, etc...

do these spells cause the enemy to drop items ? or do they just disappear without a drop ?



Also... (so i guess more than one last question)...

If a creature picks up an artifact, and i banish... etc.... will the artifact be lost ? ... or does it at least drop on the ground?



and...... (ugh, 3 last questions i guess it was).....

i heard giants or something can "trample" ... i don't even want to know what really does because of spoiler issue for me but....

what if a stupid monster picks up (yes, again) an artifact....

does trample (of the lame monster) cause the item to pop out or... lost artifact is the result ?

(asking mainly cuz i'm playing with special feelings)



i'd search the forums but i have never finished the game and don't like seeing what's ahead (every thread is like 50/50 whether it's gonna mention some artifact i never heard of etc).



gonna finaly start playing to finish the game... then i'll not worry about spoiler stuff so much.

thanks


(notices the drolem in the corner and thinks ....."oh yeah i forgot... i gotta be very very careful down there" )

[Derakon]

Monsters cannot pick up artifacts. You'll see a message if they try. IIRC they also can't pick up weapons that slay them (though they can drop those weapons, go figure).

Banishment and Mass Banishment remove monsters from the level. Anything they're carrying is also removed. Banish Evil (the priest spell) teleports all evil monsters away, but they are still on the level.

[Timo Pietilä]

Banishment and Mass Banishment remove monsters from the level. Anything they're carrying is also removed.

*destruction*, monsters embedded in the rock by earthquake and monsters trampled over do the same.

[meJustmeNotyou]

thanks you two... that'll work.

I'm off to go approximately 1 mile under the earth.

Hopefuly you don't see me for a long while... i figure.... 1 month to get to the bottom.

Maybe i could go faster but i have this notion to only go as deep as i can find the unique creatures.

And when i hit drolem country.... even slower.

so, maybe make it two months.



(off to create a new character)

[buzzkill]

You seem to be fixated on Drolems. They're not quite the ubiquitous player killer that you may have read about. I can't count on one hand the number of characters I've lost to drolems, and still have a few fingers left over.

[Magnate]

You seem to be fixated on Drolems. They're not quite the ubiquitous player killer that you may have read about. I can't count on one hand the number of characters I've lost to drolems, and still have a few fingers left over.

True, but when they do kill you, it isn't close. I think that's part of why their rep is so fearsome. You're trucking along looking for rpois and BAM! -500hp or so.