Difference between revisions of "Talk:Elbereth"
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After discussing at [[Talk:Scroll of mail]] and at [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/browse_frm/thread/39b4e8a084d6a09a r.g.r.n], I finally sent an email to the devteam. Pat Rankin replied very quickly that in his opinion it is a bug that ''any'' item needs to be placed on an E-square to activate it and that this behaviour is a leftover from the times the only way achieve the same effect was a [[scroll of scare monster]] lying on the ground. The function that scares monsters only checks squares which have something on them, not empty squares, so they get ignored. --[[User:ZeroOne|ZeroOne]] 14:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC) | After discussing at [[Talk:Scroll of mail]] and at [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/browse_frm/thread/39b4e8a084d6a09a r.g.r.n], I finally sent an email to the devteam. Pat Rankin replied very quickly that in his opinion it is a bug that ''any'' item needs to be placed on an E-square to activate it and that this behaviour is a leftover from the times the only way achieve the same effect was a [[scroll of scare monster]] lying on the ground. The function that scares monsters only checks squares which have something on them, not empty squares, so they get ignored. --[[User:ZeroOne|ZeroOne]] 14:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC) | ||
| − | There is nothing here about the effect of inscribing elbereth with a magic marker. There needs to be. Magic marker elebereths almost appear to be permanent, but I don't have enough information to say for sure. I accessed this website to find out how long MM engravings last. [[Jack]] | + | There is nothing here about the effect of inscribing elbereth with a magic marker. There needs to be. Magic marker elebereths almost appear to be permanent, but I don't have enough information to say for sure. I accessed this website to find out how long MM engravings last. [[User:Jack|Jack]] |
Please note. When I inscribe elbereth with a MM giant ants do respect it. This page notes that no "A" monsters respect it, and lists giant ants in that category. [[jack, battling two giant ants with 10hp left]] | Please note. When I inscribe elbereth with a MM giant ants do respect it. This page notes that no "A" monsters respect it, and lists giant ants in that category. [[jack, battling two giant ants with 10hp left]] | ||
| − | -I think that they only mean monsters represented by a capital A, but the "A" link links to both capital and lowercase. [[Kahran042]] | + | -I think that they only mean monsters represented by a capital A, but the "A" link links to both capital and lowercase. [[User:Kahran042|Kahran042]] |
I may have figured out why. I prayed at the sight of my engraving and the ants respected it. Later [[ while being relentlessly pursued through a hallway]] i engraved it with a MM and they did not respect it. Maybe prayer is the key here | I may have figured out why. I prayed at the sight of my engraving and the ants respected it. Later [[ while being relentlessly pursued through a hallway]] i engraved it with a MM and they did not respect it. Maybe prayer is the key here | ||
[[Jack]] | [[Jack]] | ||
Revision as of 02:45, 7 March 2007
After discussing at Talk:Scroll of mail and at r.g.r.n, I finally sent an email to the devteam. Pat Rankin replied very quickly that in his opinion it is a bug that any item needs to be placed on an E-square to activate it and that this behaviour is a leftover from the times the only way achieve the same effect was a scroll of scare monster lying on the ground. The function that scares monsters only checks squares which have something on them, not empty squares, so they get ignored. --ZeroOne 14:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
There is nothing here about the effect of inscribing elbereth with a magic marker. There needs to be. Magic marker elebereths almost appear to be permanent, but I don't have enough information to say for sure. I accessed this website to find out how long MM engravings last. Jack
Please note. When I inscribe elbereth with a MM giant ants do respect it. This page notes that no "A" monsters respect it, and lists giant ants in that category. jack, battling two giant ants with 10hp left
-I think that they only mean monsters represented by a capital A, but the "A" link links to both capital and lowercase. Kahran042
I may have figured out why. I prayed at the sight of my engraving and the ants respected it. Later while being relentlessly pursued through a hallway i engraved it with a MM and they did not respect it. Maybe prayer is the key here Jack
