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[Diego Gonzalez]

And Half-Troll combined with Bear Form will be a great combo...

[DavidMedley]

Originally Posted by malcontent

my inventory window does not update to my new strength situation

Like, your max load doesn't change?

[DavidMedley]

The extra strength is awesome for Fox Form. I don't think I've ever played a character with worse archery or lower primary casting stat, though.

[malcontent]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

Like, your max load doesn't change?

Yes, sorry - when I shape change to fox form and suddenly I'm overweight, the inventory window is still calculating my weight burden based on my normal form.

[Sphara]

Originally Posted by malcontent

Question about combined movement speed. I now have boots of Wormtongue, so when I'm in fox form does my movement speed increase even more than normal? Some sort of indication on this would be nice.

Yeah, any change in movement speed should be displayed somehow on a character screen.
I believe those stack but not sure. You can test it yourself easily, however.
Cast Fox Form with the Worm boots on your feet and see if you can take 2 steps without standard turn count moving at all.

[Derakon]

Originally Posted by malcontent

I also noticed that when I take fox form, my inventory window does not update to my new strength situation, so I need to do something on my screen to make it update (roguelike i, followed by ESC).

Does ^R fix it? If so it's just a display update issue.

[DavidMedley]

Did a little research into what "more effective against animals" means. It's definitely 50% more effective, but does that mean duration and duration only?

from project-mon.c

if (context->charm && rf_has(context->mon->race->flags, RF_ANIMAL)) {
		context->dam += context->dam / 2;
	}

[Nick]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

Did a little research into what "more effective against animals" means. It's definitely 50% more effective, but does that mean duration and duration only?

from project-mon.c

if (context->charm && rf_has(context->mon->race->flags, RF_ANIMAL)) {
		context->dam += context->dam / 2;
	}

Yes, precisely.

[DavidMedley]

Great! While I'm on a roll, can someone verify my conclusions about Lightning Strike?

The sound part of lightning strike causes stunning one time in three. Its duration is adjust_radius(context, 5 + randint1(10)). adjust_radius returns (amount + context->r) / (context->r + 1);

So, at the center (radius=0) it lasts 5+1d10. And at the edge (radius=3) it lasts (8+1d10)/4. The difference between "strike" and "ball" appears to be purely cosmetic. The sound damage is likewise decreased by adjust_radius - a hair more damage than 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4th as you go from radius 0 to 3.

The lighting damage seems very straightforward and has no status effects or radius.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by DavidMedley

Great! While I'm on a roll, can someone verify my conclusions about Lightning Strike?

The sound part of lightning strike causes stunning one time in three. Its duration is adjust_radius(context, 5 + randint1(10)). adjust_radius returns (amount + context->r) / (context->r + 1);

So, at the center (radius=0) it lasts 5+1d10. And at the edge (radius=3) it lasts (8+1d10)/4. The difference between "strike" and "ball" appears to be purely cosmetic. The sound damage is likewise decreased by adjust_radius - a hair more damage than 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4th as you go from radius 0 to 3.

The lighting damage seems very straightforward and has no status effects or radius.

Without more than a brief check, yes that looks right.

The difference between strike and ball is to do solely with how their projection path is calculated, not the damage or other effects when they explode.