Angband 4.2.0

[wobbly]

Odd message, possibly a bug, or just strange syntax: "You remember hearing a roar. It yelps feebly." This in response to the spill of an Orb of Destruction on a monster just out of sight.

Yeah I thought that one was odd too. I think you'll find a time critter breathed at you, but I'm not 100% certain

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The new rune is trap immunity. Love it. But seems not to auto-id correctly on those boots

Actually I meant movement speed, and when I started to read this thread I found an explanation just above my post. Silly me!

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Okay another Bug: @ just got breathed on by Scatha the Worm.

"Scatha the Worm breathes frost.
One of your potions of Cure Critical Wounds was destroyed!
You feel your life force draining away!"

What?!!! @ isn't wearing any cursed experience drain items. @ wasn't hit by any other monster. Since when did Scatha's frost breath drain experience?!!

That's just not right!

[Nick]

Okay another Bug: @ just got breathed on by Scatha the Worm.

"Scatha the Worm breathes frost.
One of your potions of Cure Critical Wounds was destroyed!
You feel your life force draining away!"

What?!!! @ isn't wearing any cursed experience drain items. @ wasn't hit by any other monster. Since when did Scatha's frost breath drain experience?!!

Since 1st of January this year, if you want to be precise

Highly damaging attacks from powerful monsters can now have extra side-effects - cold can drain life or DEX, fire can blind or poison, etc. As I guess you've noticed, it's rare...

[fph]

You have a weird way to send new year wishes...
Never noticed it either. How exactly is it tied to damage? Is it something that will mostly affect only melee-heavy characters, given how the new breath mechanics work?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Highly damaging attacks from powerful monsters can now have extra side-effects - cold can drain life or DEX, fire can blind or poison, etc. As I guess you've noticed, it's rare...

Ah, I see. @ had hypothermia from the cold.

[werecobalt]

Why does fire cause poisoning?

[Nick]

You have a weird way to send new year wishes...
Never noticed it either. How exactly is it tied to damage? Is it something that will mostly affect only melee-heavy characters, given how the new breath mechanics work?

It becomes possible if the damage is close to the maximum for a resisted breath - for example, for fire the effect happens if a random number between 0 and the damage is greater than 500.

Why does fire cause poisoning?

"You are assailed by poisonous fumes!"

[Gwarl]

Elemental side effects are cool. Lightning could cause paralysis

[Derakon]

Can we get customized additional messages to explain why the side-effect happened? Since it's rare, I suspect players will otherwise be left confused as Ingwe was.

[wobbly]

Currently the tile @ is standing on can get webbed or turned to lava without the player being aware of it. Can we perhaps get terrain showed in the status line?

[Thraalbee]

Yes, that would help. This actually was the case in my compo death 1h ago. Didnt realize i was on lava when I died

[bron]

Didnt realize i was on lava when I died

I agree this is a problem, but at least the game now prints a message every turn ("The lava burns you!").

[Nick]

Can we get customized additional messages to explain why the side-effect happened? Since it's rare, I suspect players will otherwise be left confused as Ingwe was.

I think he got the only one where I failed to do a customised message

[Nick]

Yes, that would help. This actually was the case in my compo death 1h ago. Didnt realize i was on lava when I died

Yeah, that is a problem.