[Un] coated weapons

Atarlost · April 16, 2008, 00:57

I'm new to Unangband and have some questions about weapon coatings. Specifically I'm wondering what some of them actually do. Like the stat draining mushrooms. If I have a dart coated with a mushroom of naivety what does it do to monsters? What other mushrooms or potions have unobvious effects when spread on weapons?

Bandobras · April 16, 2008, 09:40

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Originally Posted by Atarlost

I'm new to Unangband and have some questions about weapon coatings. Specifically I'm wondering what some of them actually do. Like the stat draining mushrooms. If I have a dart coated with a mushroom of naivety what does it do to monsters?

It drains their WIS; duh.

It also does some damage, regardless if the draining succeeded or not (you get a message about it when hitting a monster).

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Originally Posted by Atarlost

What other mushrooms or potions have unobvious effects when spread on weapons?

I guess all effects will become obvious if you identify a mushroom and read the description after "when applied to coat a weapon or arrow". Due to a feature/bug, ID or even frequent use (eating?) of the mushroom is needed to get numerical information about the damage, etc.

andrewdoull · April 17, 2008, 08:34

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Originally Posted by Bandobras

It drains their WIS; duh.

Which affects their ability to resist certain magical effects...

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It also does some damage, regardless if the draining succeeded or not (you get a message about it when hitting a monster).

I guess all effects will become obvious if you identify a mushroom and read the description after "when applied to coat a weapon or arrow". Due to a feature/bug, ID or even frequent use (eating?) of the mushroom is needed to get numerical information about the damage, etc.

I guess it's a feature/bug we need to document. "You will learn more about this item as you use it." is probably not a bad idea.

Bandobras · April 17, 2008, 09:27

I concur (though I generally hate learn-by-using, just as train-skill-by-doing and any other kind of get-high-by-repeatedly-hitting-keys).

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Bandobras Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 726	I concur (though I generally hate learn-by-using, just as train-skill-by-doing and any other kind of get-high-by-repeatedly-hitting-keys).

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