On Apr 8, 9:04=A0am, Eddie Grove <eddiegr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Timo Pietil=E4 <timo.piet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > Eddie Grove wrote:
> > > A couple of games back, I had a surprising experience. =A0Wormtongue
g=
ot between
> > > me and the stairs, and I had no chance of defeating him. =A0I
charged =
up to him,
> > > so he would steal my money and get it over with before he thought to
c=
ast too
> > > many frost bolts. =A0I hit him with melee just by luck of the
turncoun=
t, and was
> > > shocked to get a message that he was confused. =A0My first thought
was=
to wonder
> > > how I could have managed to introduce that sort of bug into my
patch. =
=A0It
> > > turns out I had tested a scroll of confuse monster on the stairs
from =
the
> > > previous level, and had not meleed anyone since.
> > > Wands and cast spells etc do not ever confuse uniques. =A0However, a
d=
ifferent
> > > block of code, which does not abort vs uniques, is used for
?confuseMo=
nster.
>
> > So, does that mean that hording up ?oConfuseMonster could confuse
Morgot=
h??? I
> > have never ever tried to use that against uniques.
>
> IIRC, they show up at the alchemy shop, so you don't even have to hoard
th=
em.
>
> [snip]
>
> Most troublesome uniques have NO_CONF, but most orc and troll uniques
are
> susceptible. =A0A quick grep suggests Azriel, Gabriel, Beorn, Ar-P and
the=
giant
> uniques may be susceptible, but I didn't look carefully enough to be
sure.=
>
> Eddie
Quick Ironband plug - in Iron, sleep/confuse/slow can be a good way of
tackling some uniques.
For example, casting Sleep on the dogs can help you survive the first
few levels - but even later on, these enchantment spells can be
effective. (Some monsters are vulnerable to one or more of sleep,
confuse, and slow, and some of these monsters are unique.)
A.
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