Re: YANI: High level foes really should flee from Rogues

On Apr 12, 12:34 pm, Derek Ray <de...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 2008-04-12, hcobb <henry.c...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He was failing to cast also.

Not necessarily; see below.

Is this because of the inflictions Magicbane was pilling up on him or
just luck?

All casters have a timeout; they can only cast spells every X turns, to
prevent them from doing things like "summon nasties" three turns in a
row. Most of Magicbane's afflictions and luck have nothing to do with this;
he's simply limited in how often he can cast a spell, and trying to do
so beforehand creates a state that is represented to the player as a
failure -- via the messages you were seeing.

If Magicbane had successfully cancelled him, this would also have caused
the messages you saw, but I don't have a ttyrec to review (and you tend
to edit your pastes and leave out critical information).

Bingo!

mcastu.c, line 264 has a test against mconf that causes spell failure,
sometimes.

Magicbane is the (hand held) weapon to use against spellcasters.

Provides MR.
Engraves for occasional protection.
Confuse to mess them up.
And fear for the backstab of doom.

And why exactly should I try to stand toe to toe with a spellcaster?

-HJC
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