Creative uses for the worst items in the game

[DavidMedley]

On April Fool's Day the alchemist should sell scrolls of cure blindness and confusion.

[Selkie]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

On April Fool's Day the alchemist should sell scrolls of cure blindness and confusion.

I regularly find randarts with April Fool's activations. I had a main gauche that activates to cure blindness and confusion... but it also had protection against blindness and confusion.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Selkie

I regularly find randarts with April Fool's activations. I had a main gauche that activates to cure blindness and confusion... but it also had protection against blindness and confusion.

You can have it as a swap and if a monster surprises you with a confusing/blinding spell then after changing weapon you can also cure your illness. Not likely to happen but not totally useless.

[VeritasAequitas]

always ensure that you have a stack of worthless arrows/consumables that can hopefully get blown up before your important items due to rng

[DavidMedley]

I've never heard of this trick. Does it work?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

I've never heard of this trick. Does it work?

I think he means loss to fire or acid attacks, blunting some of the damage taken by @.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ingwe Ingweron

I think he means loss to fire or acid attacks, blunting some of the damage taken by @.

I thought each item has independent chance of being destroyed by elements so the above trick should mean a difference.
But someone knowing the code itself could verify this.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Adam

I thought each item has independent chance of being destroyed by elements so the above trick should mean a difference.
But someone knowing the code itself could verify this.

That's correct, every carried item is checked for possible damage/destruction - so the more you carry, the more you have to lose

[DavidMedley]

Is cold damaged reduced by exploding potions? I've heard this happens with acid-splashed armor.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

Is cold damaged reduced by exploding potions? I've heard this happens with acid-splashed armor.

No, that only happens with worn armor, and only for acid. In this case a random armor slot is picked (body armor, boots, etc), and if the player is wearing an item there with a positive armor class, damage is halved and the item is damaged (unless it ignores acid).