Bug Reports

[jhawk]

When your pack is full and you step on a scroll sometimes it tells you what it is or gives your the "jdidhskdbs"

[NightOwl40]

Playing as Athena, version 1.5 (as a part of the contest):

1) Athena does not automatically identify scrolls that you are unable to pick up because your pack is full.

2) Athena's spear does not come with a one time Zap ability (which got me killed )

Hmmm....

1) That's interesting, hadn't tested for that since it's not a normal ability! I would assume that any character with auto-identification of an item-type probably suffers from the same affliction then. I suppose I could argue that they need to physically pick it up to tell what it is, but that could be considered a cop-out

2) I left the zap ability off hers intentionally (and most other people who start with "slaying" weaponry. I could also do the opposite- create a character with a slaying weapon that has more than one charge on it! I think I'll leave that one alone

Working on the update a bit in the hotel here... Did find the bug that causes the Nymph to steal the last item from your pack and fixed it... much to the dismay of people who relied on that I'm sure

Frak........just as long as those blasted things don't steal food, armor and/or weapons either, I won't complain........much, anyway

[nohbdy]

two things:
1. when playing athena, I notice that when I hit monsters their special abilities like the nymph's ability to steal an item don't work, but only after you hit them once. Is this intentional or a bug?
2. an interesting possible exploit others may want to explore...
I was playing Athena and then died. Next game I decided I would check a possible exploit of getting a secret character to die on level 2, attacking his corpse with an Athena, and taking his items. That exploit did not work (I was using the Hulk hoping to maybe get his +10 dmg ring ), but something else happened when I killed the skeleton: he dropped a scale armor that was waterproof and brought my ac to 0...the same type of armor that my Athena wore (not sure about the ac tho...). I played through with that char till I eventually died and thought that I might try the hulk thing again. It dropped the scale mail (with the same armor class) again along with a few rings (not sure what the rings were...), so clearly the bug is repeatable. The one curious thing is I know my Athena's armor was was -2 at the end of the previous game, and not 0, so I have even a less idea how this bug works. Anyone can feel free to try to figure this one out .

[NightOwl40]

two things:
1. when playing athena, I notice that when I hit monsters their special abilities like the nymph's ability to steal an item don't work, but only after you hit them once. Is this intentional or a bug?
2. an interesting possible exploit others may want to explore...
I was playing Athena and then died. Next game I decided I would check a possible exploit of getting a secret character to die on level 2, attacking his corpse with an Athena, and taking his items. That exploit did not work (I was using the Hulk hoping to maybe get his +10 dmg ring ), but something else happened when I killed the skeleton: he dropped a scale armor that was waterproof and brought my ac to 0...the same type of armor that my Athena wore (not sure about the ac tho...). I played through with that char till I eventually died and thought that I might try the hulk thing again. It dropped the scale mail (with the same armor class) again along with a few rings (not sure what the rings were...), so clearly the bug is repeatable. The one curious thing is I know my Athena's armor was was -2 at the end of the previous game, and not 0, so I have even a less idea how this bug works. Anyone can feel free to try to figure this one out .

Interesting............something else to try out on my next couple of runs.

[Jim2wheels]

two things:
1. when playing athena, I notice that when I hit monsters their special abilities like the nymph's ability to steal an item don't work, but only after you hit them once. Is this intentional or a bug?
2. an interesting possible exploit others may want to explore...
I was playing Athena and then died. Next game I decided I would check a possible exploit of getting a secret character to die on level 2, attacking his corpse with an Athena, and taking his items. That exploit did not work (I was using the Hulk hoping to maybe get his +10 dmg ring ), but something else happened when I killed the skeleton: he dropped a scale armor that was waterproof and brought my ac to 0...the same type of armor that my Athena wore (not sure about the ac tho...). I played through with that char till I eventually died and thought that I might try the hulk thing again. It dropped the scale mail (with the same armor class) again along with a few rings (not sure what the rings were...), so clearly the bug is repeatable. The one curious thing is I know my Athena's armor was was -2 at the end of the previous game, and not 0, so I have even a less idea how this bug works. Anyone can feel free to try to figure this one out .

I noticed your first point, i think it has something to do with the white flash that proceeds some hits. Blessing maybe?

[CommanderData]

Yes, Athena's blessed spear actually acts as a wand of cancellation on any monster it hits! That means they cannot regenerate, remain invisible, steal from you, etc. Blessing and Freezing are probably the best type of weaponry in the game right now

Now on the armor thing, were you wearing a ring of protection as well? That would make your AC appear to be -2, when removing it and wearing the armor alone would be AC 0.

[nohbdy]

Maybe I was not exactly clear when I was explaining the bug...the hulk corpse was the one that dropped the armor from the Athena. And I am positive the -2 was from scrolls because I had used a couple of scrolls of enchant armor on the armor I found from the bug THAT game.

Oh, and btw...you might want to see if it is possible to get rid of the exploit where if you have a secret character die on a low level, you can kill that guys corpse and get one of his better items. I managed to accomplish this to get Drizzt's freezing sword on a non-Drizzt character by level 3 in one game. Seems like you should not be able to do that .

[Jim2wheels]

Yes, Athena's blessed spear actually acts as a wand of cancellation on any monster it hits! That means they cannot regenerate, remain invisible, steal from you, etc. Blessing and Freezing are probably the best type of weaponry in the game right now

Now on the armor thing, were you wearing a ring of protection as well? That would make your AC appear to be -2, when removing it and wearing the armor alone would be AC 0.

He shoots...he scores!

[NightOwl40]

Maybe I was not exactly clear when I was explaining the bug...the hulk corpse was the one that dropped the armor from the Athena. And I am positive the -2 was from scrolls because I had used a couple of scrolls of enchant armor on the armor I found from the bug THAT game.

Oh, and btw...you might want to see if it is possible to get rid of the exploit where if you have a secret character die on a low level, you can kill that guys corpse and get one of his better items. I managed to accomplish this to get Drizzt's freezing sword on a non-Drizzt character by level 3 in one game. Seems like you should not be able to do that .

Nooooooo!!!! Leave that feature in Besides, most of the time your secret character corpse is so powerful that you die trying to kill the blasted thing........or at least I do, anyway

[lr100]

Not sure if this is a bug or not. I am wearing a ring of disarming. But I still get teleported by teleport traps.