"The draconic quylthulg changes!"

[perdaniel]

I just got this message that seems rather cryptic to me: "The draconic quylthulg changes!". This happened when a chaos hound breathed chaos. I noticed that there was a Q nearby before the breath, but I can not remember exactly where it was, and I could not see it afterwards. What would it change to? I have searched for this both on this forum and using google, but I haven't found anything useful. Can anyone shed some light on this?

[pav]

That chaos breath polymorphed it into another monster, I guess.

[perdaniel]

That chaos breath polymorphed it into another monster, I guess.

Ok, thanks. I was not aware that chaos could polymorph monsters. The next time it happened there were fewer monsters around, and I noticed that a clear hound changed into a troll.

[Starhawk]

It would be neat if chaos breath could polymorph @ temporarily.

"Sweet, I'm a Great Crystal Drake!"
> The chaos hound breathes.
> You change.
"Crap, I'm a rot jelly!"

[Narvius]

Since that would be too much work to implement, it can at least be used for a bit of flavour. When a chaos attack kills @, you get a death message that says something about you turning into a monster and joining Morgoth's forces ("You turn into a [random evil monster] and forever follow the one you vowed to slay..." or something pseudodramatic like that).

Generally, customizing death messages depending on the type of damage that kills you seems like a neat idea. :3

[Antoine]

Ok, thanks. I was not aware that chaos could polymorph monsters. The next time it happened there were fewer monsters around, and I noticed that a clear hound changed into a troll.

It doesn't happen very often because there's not a lot of chaos breathers around.

I think there should be more monsters with (weak) chaos attacks in the early to mid game - especially now that confusion breathers have been removed.

A.

[Nomad]

I think there should be more monsters with (weak) chaos attacks in the early to mid game - especially now that confusion breathers have been removed.

Hmm. Chaotic mold, Chaos butterly, Chaos lizard?

[Antoine]

Hmm. Chaotic mold, Chaos butterly, Chaos lizard?

Well, like these dudes:

N:702:Chaos adept
G:p:v
I:120:50d10:20:30:5
W:35:4:80:800
B:HIT:HURT:2d6
B:HIT:HURT:2d6
F:MALE | FORCE_SLEEP | ONLY_ITEM | DROP_2D2
F:HAS_LIGHT | OPEN_DOOR | BASH_DOOR | LOW_MANA_RUN | SMART
F:EVIL | NO_CONF | NO_SLEEP | RES_CHAOS
S:SPELL_PCT_50 | POW_33
S:BALL_CHAOS | HEAL | BLINK | S_DEMON
D:An adept of chaos, his body is already beginning to warp
D: and twist from exposure to poorly controlled Chaotic forces.

N:707:Chaos imp
G:u:b
I:115:10d10:20:30:10
W:23:3:48:80
B:BITE:CONFUSE:1d8
B:CLAW:HURT:1d4
B:CLAW:HURT:1d4
F:RAND_25 | ONLY_ITEM | DROP_1D2 | SMART
F:BASH_DOOR | LOW_MANA_RUN | DEMON | EVIL
F:IM_FIRE | RES_CHAOS | NO_CONF | ATTR_MULTI | EVASIVE
S:SPELL_PCT_20 | POW_10
S:BLINK | CONF | BALL_CHAOS | S_MONSTERS
D:This little demon sought to ally with the powers of Chaos
D: in order to become a demon lord, but instead it was
D: casually warped and cast aside.