Talk:Cockatrice

death despite flying

The article claims you don't turn to stone if you fly down a hole. However, that that just happened to me. "While falling, you touch the corpse...". Tjr 21:10, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Actually it's just confusingly worded; testing it, you won't be stoned if you fly down stairs while burdened or worse (which would normally cause you to touch the corpse), but jumping down a hole does in fact kill you regardless. I'll reword it, as I thought that was safe too. -Ion frigate 00:19, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

monsters using cockatrice eggs

Get hit by a thrown cockatrice egg (delayed if a monster threw it -- How come they use eggs at all? I don't remember coming across anything like that in the code. --Tjr 14:25, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

It's at weapon.c, line 369: cockatrice eggs are the preferred ranged weapon for any monster who has them (and can use ranged weapons, of course). --Ilmari Karonen 16:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Self-polymorph with corpse

Why are ravens, crocodiles, and dragons in the list of forms unable to use a cockatrice corpse? None of these forms are able to wield any sort of weapon. -- Qazmlpok 16:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I was lazy and hoping somebody would check that. I'm sorry. --Tjr 20:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

pick up with a bullwhip

From my reading of the source, a cockatrice corpse will not petrify you if you pick it up with a bullwhip: pickup.c, line 1309, apply.c, line 2174. However, the article explicitly claims the opposite. Why? Has somebody wizmoded this? (see also)--Tjr (talk) 08:36, 13 May 2013 (UTC)