FAangband 1.1

[Fendell Orcbane]

Directed at Nick
I've been scumming Sirion vale 28 and when I look on the map it says dungeon in red letter under the level. Is this a bug?

[Nick]

Directed at Nick
I've been scumming Sirion vale 28 and when I look on the map it says dungeon in red letter under the level. Is this a bug?

Yes, and a long standing one - I assume you were in the Underworld on that level at some point?

[Fendell Orcbane]

Yes, and a long standing one - I assume you were in the Underworld on that level at some point?

Oh yeah I was in the underworld, I actually got a few lvls down there. Plus didn't have to worry about hounds as much.

[kaypy]

I just had a sorcerer shapeshift into Tselakus[1], walk into a block of solid stone, and turn back. It doesn't seem to have hurt him- he's just... a little stuck... 8-)

Maybe I'll have pity and dig him out eventually...

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[1] I'm not sure that's supposed to happen, either...

[kaypy]

a Pearl Amulet of Magical Item Mastery <-30>

"An amulet that helps your ability to use rods, wands and staves" or not...

It gives -30 to your strength and -30 to your constitution. OW! It provides a few resistances and vulnerabilities. It has absolutely no effect on magic device skill.

... and because I had to know ...

It is cursed: it randomly envelops you in poison, cuts you, cannot be dropped, and drains mana.

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Some items are bad, sure. But... -30??

[Nick]

I just had a sorcerer shapeshift into Tselakus[1], walk into a block of solid stone, and turn back. It doesn't seem to have hurt him- he's just... a little stuck... 8-)

Maybe I'll have pity and dig him out eventually...

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[1] I'm not sure that's supposed to happen, either...

Shapeshifting into uniques is intended. Getting stuck in the rock isn't but IMHO it's awesome and will stay.

[Nick]

Some items are bad, sure. But... -30??

If it's any consolation, that's about the worst it can get

The cursing code (originally by Leon Marrick) is pretty brutal. That item passed the 1/20 chance to be cursed, then the 1/4 chance to go into the nasty cursing section, then the 1/3 chance not just to get its original bonuses reversed, then the 1/3 chance to get the penalty multiplied by 5. Maybe, even with all that, the 5x multiplier is a bit over the top.

It was pretty funny, though

[kaypy]

It was pretty funny, though

The amusement value means I've gotten more use out of it than the last dozen or so merely mediocre items... 8-)

[LostTemplar]

Broken jewellery is fixed now, so anything will always have its main property e.g. amulet of magic mastery will always give magic mastery. Btw sometimes jewellery is intended to be terrible, cursed, and useless.

[buzzkill]

If it's any consolation, that's about the worst it can get

You're not trying hard enough.

It is heavily, heavily cursed. It cannot be unwielded once equipped. In cannot be dropped once in your pack.

[Arralen]

You're not trying hard enough.

It randomly makes you drop your weapon and teleports away rods, staves and wands from your backpack.

[Fendell Orcbane]

How does tunneling work in FA, I ask because I wonder what effects tunneling attempts. Are there some weapons that can't affect some types of walls.

[Nick]

How does tunneling work in FA, I ask because I wonder what effects tunneling attempts. Are there some weapons that can't affect some types of walls.

Pretty much the same as V - it depends on weapon weight, STR, and whether your weapon has + to digging. Granite is hard to dig, quartz less so, magma easy.

[kaypy]

I have some thoughts about FAangband spells, and want to know other's opinions about this subject.
1) wall of force is way too weak, useless, while it is supposed to be 'ultimate' mage's spell, 17% minimum failure removes any possibility to even consider to cast this spell.

Reiterating on this, having gotten that far myself now:
The final mage spellbook has a bunch of spells all with almost identical damage output. Failure rates, mana costs and (with appropriate character builds) speed differences make the lower level spells significantly more powerful- by my calculations, Stinking Cloud can be 37% more damage per turn than Wall of Force

Final output damage graph

[Fendell Orcbane]

Goblin drums soundoom...Doom...

What level is this? Also with theme levels are you more likely to get better drops? Sadly I fell through a trap door before I could get too far in the level. I was backing away from a group of orcs and an ogre shaman cast a create traps on me: (