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*Source code ref for the "fact" sleeping a monster several times in a row will not make it sleep longer? | *Source code ref for the "fact" sleeping a monster several times in a row will not make it sleep longer? | ||
--[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 03:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 03:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | ||
| + | :I'm not sure about the first - it might be 1d25 turns (look at [[zap.c#line2960]]), but I don't know how that interacts with loud noises, stealth, etc. A stealthy character will never wake up a nymph simply by being around her - is this true for monsters who have been hit by the sleep spell? I'm not sure. | ||
| + | :As for the second, it's correct. Looking at [[mhitm.c#line1191]], it explicitly checks to make sure the monster can move before applying the sleep effect. So hitting a monster repeatedly with sleep has absolutely no effect (it doesn't even restart the sleeping duration). -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 14:47, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | ||
Latest revision as of 14:47, 10 June 2011
- How long do monsters sleep if left alone?
- Source code ref for the "fact" sleeping a monster several times in a row will not make it sleep longer?
--Tjr 03:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure about the first - it might be 1d25 turns (look at zap.c#line2960), but I don't know how that interacts with loud noises, stealth, etc. A stealthy character will never wake up a nymph simply by being around her - is this true for monsters who have been hit by the sleep spell? I'm not sure.
- As for the second, it's correct. Looking at mhitm.c#line1191, it explicitly checks to make sure the monster can move before applying the sleep effect. So hitting a monster repeatedly with sleep has absolutely no effect (it doesn't even restart the sleeping duration). -Ion frigate 14:47, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
