Current master post-4.2.1

[Nick]

The question currently is "Angband predecessor's name?," which works correctly as Moria for new user signup, but didn't for the new password function. The question that was used previously is the one I think you're thinking of, which was the response to the Elvish above the Doors of Durin.

Ah, I don't think I can help then.

[wxman]

The question currently is "Angband predecessor's name?," which works correctly as Moria for new user signup, but didn't for the new password function. The question that was used previously is the one I think you're thinking of, which was the response to the Elvish above the Doors of Durin.

[Nick]

Side note...finally went ahead and created a new account, because the password recovery function on the forums keeps saying the answer to the random question is wrong when the correct answer of "Moria" is entered.

If it's the question I think it is, "Moria" isn't the correct answer. The correct answer is in the chapter "A Journey in the Dark" of the Fellowship of the Ring, in the discussion on how to enter Moria.

[wxman]

Unsure if this is a bug or just how the Identify Rune system works now (haven't played in years!), but I was unable to identify a rod of dispel traps. Zapping it didn't tell me anything (obviously, since I didn't randomly blast a trap with its beam), and the scroll kept telling me I had nothing to identify.

Yup, rods are ID-by-use. Scrolls only work for runes (when you see {??} on an item).

Side note...finally went ahead and created a new account, because the password recovery function on the forums keeps saying the answer to the random question is wrong when the correct answer of "Moria" is entered. I'll use this one going forward, the post count on my old account wasn't anything worth bragging about anyway.

[rdermyer]

Unsure if this is a bug or just how the Identify Rune system works now (haven't played in years!), but I was unable to identify a rod of dispel traps. Zapping it didn't tell me anything (obviously, since I didn't randomly blast a trap with its beam), and the scroll kept telling me I had nothing to identify.

[wobbly]

Tracked some numbers, I started at 38% fed, 4000 turns later I'm at 74%. I have ate about 2 mushrooms. I have regen and no slow digestion.

Edit: Didn't notice Dagmor has slow digestion. Though I still don't think this is balanced right.

[DavidMedley]

I hadn't thought about that, but Vampire Strike increases the amount of nourishment that you get as you level up. Last I looked, the food meter is increased by an amount equal to the HP drained (100 HP = 1% fed). And the HP drained is CL * 2, so you're getting fed double at CL 40 than when you get the spell at CL 20.

[wobbly]

I'm still finding the bloated clock super annoying. I mean if you drink a potion of slowness, that lasts for what 16-40 turns. If you drink a potion of slime mold juice that lasts for what 1000 turns?? My necromancer is ending up slowed even with regen & not actually eating. He's on a blood only diet & that clock still ticks up quicker then it goes down. If you cycle power sacrifice & vampire strike it just goes through the roof very quickly & never really comes down.

[Sphara]

'I'nspect command should work, I think.

Yeah, it does. Thanks. I've just never used 'I' command.

Btw: Fox Form is free ticket to start the game as CL2. Human Druid learning it first and casting it in town, will level up.

[Nick]

Why player cannot access equipment information to check the melee damage while in shapeshifted form? You can check it by dropping the weapon on the floor, being in form and by looking at it. Or count it from 'C'haracter sheet.

'I'nspect command should work, I think.

[Sphara]

Why player cannot access equipment information to check the melee damage while in shapeshifted form? You can check it by dropping the weapon on the floor, being in form and by looking at it. Or count it from 'C'haracter sheet.

[MattB]

Distressingly, thus far this version is upsettingly devoid of bugs...

[DavidMedley]

Necromancers have a somewhat similar spell, but I appreciate your comments. Thanks!

[archolewa]

Leap into Battle seems like a fine name to me. The spells primary purpose is in closing the gap, so I think having a name that communicates its primary purpose is important.

Especially since, so far as Im aware (though I haven't played Nature or Necromancer), this is the only gap closer in Angband. Most classes either keep their distance, lure enemies to them, or stay still and pound an advancing enemy with range attacks.

Closing the gap is rare enough in Angband, that I think emphasizing it is a good idea.

[DavidMedley]

OK cool I really want to fix a bug in Leap into Battle.

Side note: I like the name except for the fact that I used this spell to give a sometimes advantageous number of blows when adjacent. That's why I switched from my original title to something more vague. To put in another way, is Leap into Battle a misnomer if you're already adjacent, and is that a problem?