Re: starting a hobbit priest

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:52:38 +0000 (UTC), David Justiss wrote:

One of the earlier games I found a Dagger of Frost on level 1. So I
tried to find out what the penalty is for a priest wielding a blade, but
I couldn't find it in any of the spoilers I downloaded.

Hi David,

I guess you've downloaded the wrong spoilers, then :-) Check the link in
my signature for the most recent spoilers for Vanilla Angband that I
know of.

To answer your direct question: the short answer is that your spell
failure rates go up by 25%. For the long answer, here's the relevant
quote from MAGIC.SPO:

Once you have selected which spell to use, the game will determine if
the spell is succesful or not. The base chance of failure for each
spell is given in the spell descriptions at the end of this spoiler
(marked %Fail). This chance is reduced by 3 percent for each level
above the minimum level required for your class to use that spell.
The chance of failure is further reduced by an amount based on
intelligence (for mages, rangers, and rogues) or wisdom (for priests
and paladins), as shown in table 1. If you have insufficient mana,
the chance of failure increases by 5% for every spell point you are
short of the amount needed. Finally, if you are a priest wielding an
edged weapon, another 25% is added to the chance of failure, unless
the weapon is blessed.

After correcting the chance of failure for level, intelligence or
wisdom, lack of mana, and edged weapon use for priests, it is checked
against the minimum chance of spell failure, which is dependant on
intelligence (for mages, rangers, and rogues) or wisdom (for priests
and paladins), as shown in table 1.

After applying the minimum chance of spell failure, the stun condition
is checked. Attempting to use spells while stunned will boost the
chance of failure by 15% when stunned or by 25% when heavily stunned.

If, after all these calculations, the failure chance exceeds 95%, it
is lowered to 95%.


Best, Hugo

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