Does a Dreadlord even lift?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Surely any weapon can slay a monster?

See MattB's win using only a store bought shovel. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=16689

[TJS]

Surely any weapon can slay a monster?

[wobbly]

Would be kind of fun if for some of the dumb OCD monsters they would get slower as they pick up more things. So you could keep the green glutton ghosts from running all around or get Smeagol down to a reasonable speed by laying out a bunch of iron shots or coaxing them to walk over a lance or something.

Pebbles for Smeagol is already a viable tactic on humans with enough dex & damage output.

[Nick]

Why discriminate against the smart OCD monsters? Vampires have to stop and count everything in their path.

One, one beau-tiful Metal Brigandine Armor of Resist Lightning (-2) [42,+7] ... ah ha ha ...

[Carnivean]

dumb OCD monsters

Why discriminate against the smart OCD monsters? Vampires have to stop and count everything in their path.

[bio_hazard]

Would be kind of fun if for some of the dumb OCD monsters they would get slower as they pick up more things. So you could keep the green glutton ghosts from running all around or get Smeagol down to a reasonable speed by laying out a bunch of iron shots or coaxing them to walk over a lance or something.

[Carnivean]

I'm trying to resist jokes about Dreadlords going to the gym, I guess I failed.

Given the OP used a variant of the "do you even lift" meme, you aren't alone. Once you're a Dreadlord you probably have minions to do all the heavy work, while you live an unlife of luxury.

[wobbly]

I'm trying to resist jokes about Dreadlords going to the gym, I guess I failed.

[debo]

Oddly, yes, but OTOH that's something we don't want to "fix".

Otherwise something like Dracolich would almost always drop utter crap.

This sounds to me like a.... lichy abstraction.

[Timo Pietilä]

But can monsters drop weapons that slay them?

Oddly, yes, but OTOH that's something we don't want to "fix".

Otherwise something like Dracolich would almost always drop utter crap.

[fph]

But can monsters drop weapons that slay them?

[Timo Pietilä]

Yes - monsters can't pick up artifacts or things that slay them.

They can crush them, so if you see a message that something fails to crush something, then that's artifact.

[Rowan]

Yes - monsters can't pick up artifacts or things that slay them.

Very nice touch! I've never seen that before.

[Nick]

It turned out to be *slay evil*. Would that do it? I don't think I have randarts turned on.

Yes - monsters can't pick up artifacts or things that slay them.

[Rowan]

The tulwar's probably a randart.

It turned out to be *slay evil*. Would that do it? I don't think I have randarts turned on.