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(i think it should exercise base str)
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:I bet you do. I know that eating giant corpses increases base strength even while wearing the gloves. [[User:Addps4cat|Addps4cat]] 16:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 
:I bet you do. I know that eating giant corpses increases base strength even while wearing the gloves. [[User:Addps4cat|Addps4cat]] 16:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 
::Yeah, compare [[attrib.c#172]] where it refers to A_BASE(A_STR) to [[dothrow.c#85]] where it checks mjollnir against just A_STR. I could be wrong though. [[User:Addps4cat|Addps4cat]] 16:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 
::Yeah, compare [[attrib.c#172]] where it refers to A_BASE(A_STR) to [[dothrow.c#85]] where it checks mjollnir against just A_STR. I could be wrong though. [[User:Addps4cat|Addps4cat]] 16:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
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"Even though gauntlets of power are made of metal, high-level wizards with high intelligence may still want to wear them, as they'll send their naturally-weak strength up to a whopping 25 while only adding a 3% or 4% failure chance to spells."
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Naturally-weak strength? Maximum attributes are not affected by your role, only by your race; the role will only affect initial strength, and strength is [[boulder|easy to exercise]] all the way to the maximum. [[User:720|720]] 15:21, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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Question

When wearing Gauntlets of Power, do you continue to exercise your base strength? (At base strength 11, I expected to see at least at least 1 bump in the last 5000 turns...)

Qwip 15:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I bet you do. I know that eating giant corpses increases base strength even while wearing the gloves. Addps4cat 16:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, compare attrib.c#172 where it refers to A_BASE(A_STR) to dothrow.c#85 where it checks mjollnir against just A_STR. I could be wrong though. Addps4cat 16:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


"Even though gauntlets of power are made of metal, high-level wizards with high intelligence may still want to wear them, as they'll send their naturally-weak strength up to a whopping 25 while only adding a 3% or 4% failure chance to spells."

Naturally-weak strength? Maximum attributes are not affected by your role, only by your race; the role will only affect initial strength, and strength is easy to exercise all the way to the maximum. 720 15:21, 29 July 2011 (UTC)