Taunt bugs or features?

Dark-Avenger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:55 am

Sorry for the length of the logs, I've cut down the first log a bit(useless Who/look/etc), but I left it all for the second bug log.

BUG #1

The classic bug that taunt affect stays there even after the swashie dies until the tick passes. For example look below. Yes, that NPC that taunted me was the one that died but still...

Quote:

You utter the words, 'qarr diesilla'.
Your lightning causes a slight female halfling to jerk and spasm before she falls down dead!
A slight female halfling is DEAD!! <-- Good bye swashie
You hear a slight female halfling's death cry.
I see nothing like that in the corpse.
You junk a corpse of a slight female halfling.
A mithril katana with a finely carved oak hilt falls out.
A mithril wakizashi with a finely carved oak hilt falls out.
A knee-length battle skirt of mithril links falls out.
A tunic of mithril links falls out.
A cowl of mithril links falls out.

[HP: 92%] [ME: 16%] [PE: 78%] R: hills
>

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o [Affects] Golg 'oroth - Wrath of the Serpent o
o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
o Affect: 'taunt' - penalty to intelligence o
o Affect: 'bless' - morale bonus to willpower o
o Affect: 'bless' - morale bonus to probability to hit o
o Affect: 'armor' o
o Affect: 'protection' o
o Affect: 'fly' o
o Affect: 'spirit aura' o
o Affect: 'detect hidden' o
o Affect: 'detect invis' o
o Affect: 'shield' - deflection bonus to magical protection o
o Affect: 'infravision' o
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And BUG #2
I see a disruption of spell concentration when taunted, even though it shouldn't have happened(since I was keeping only one spell concentrated to avoid that). And after that disruption(that didn't happen at taunt, nor at first hit but after 2 hits) I had enough int to cast the spell again. No tick passed either. And yes, all spells I try to cast are call lightning.

Quote:

You utter the words, 'qarr diesilla'.
You call down a bolt of lightning to strike a slight female halfling from above!

[HP: 87%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
>
You start to concentrate.
A slight female halfling dodges a ghostfire warhorse's attack.
A slight female halfling parries a ghostfire warhorse's bare fist!
A slight female halfling slashes at a ghostfire warhorse's right wrist, causing a big gash.
Your methodical attack breaks down as a slight female halfling taunts you. <-- I won't comment the 100% success of taunt so far
A slight female halfling winces as a series of fractures appears on an oak-handled mithril kama!
Your ancestral spirits manifest, but a slight female halfling charges through them.
A slight female halfling's slash at your chest is deflected by a tunic of shrouding mist.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes at your chest, causing only a minor wound.
Your concentration has been disrupted! <-- WTF? A little late? On 3rd hit from the sword?
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes at your stomach, barely scratching you.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes at your right leg, causing a sore wound.
Overall, a slight female halfling has quite a few wounds.

[HP: 82%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
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Your spirit wrench grazes a slight female halfling's head.
A slight female halfling looks tired and weak.
A slight female halfling parries a ghostfire warhorse's bare fist!
A slight female halfling slashes at a ghostfire warhorse's right arm, tearing open a big bleeding wound!
A ghostfire warhorse's spirit wrench glances off a slight female halfling's chest.
A slight female halfling tries to disarm you, but fails.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes your chest, cutting a small but painful wound.
Your ancestral spirits manifest, but a slight female halfling charges through them.
A slight female halfling's slash at your chest is deflected by a tunic of shrouding mist.
A slight female halfling misses you.
Overall, a slight female halfling has quite a few wounds.

[HP: 81%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
>

A slight female halfling parries your attack.
You give a slight female halfling a slight chill as your spirit wrench twists her chest.
A ghostfire warhorse misses a slight female halfling.
A slight female halfling dodges a ghostfire warhorse's attack.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes at your left leg, causing a sore wound.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes your chest, cutting a small but painful wound.
Overall, a slight female halfling has quite a few wounds.

[HP: 79%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
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look

Hills
You are wandering through fields of lush, tall grass.
ppp The earth beneath your feet is soft and black, and the air is
h*h refreshing and clean. The plains roll with gentle rises and
h^^ slopes, the breeze making the blades of grass move in hypnotic
waves. It's raining very hard, very hot, and very windy.
Obvious exits: n e s w nw ne sw se
(Charmed) A ghostfire warhorse is here, fighting a slight female halfling.
A slight female halfling is here, fighting YOU! <-- Only one fighting me.

[HP: 79%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
>

A slight female halfling ripostes your attack!
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
A ghostfire warhorse's spirit wrench glances off a slight female halfling's left leg.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
You dodge a slight female halfling's attack.
Overall, a slight female halfling has some big nasty wounds and scratches.

[HP: 79%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
>
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You start to concentrate. <-- WTF indeed. No level-headed message/tick passed either.

[HP: 79%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
>

A ghostfire warhorse's bash knocks the wind out of a slight female halfling.
A ghostfire warhorse's spirit wrench glances off a slight female halfling's waist.
A ghostfire warhorse's spirit wrench glances off a slight female halfling's right leg.
A slight female halfling continues her sarcastic comments. You hear laughter nearby.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes at your right leg, causing a sore wound.
A slight female halfling misses you.
Your ancestral spirits rain curses upon a slight female halfling as she charges you.
A slight female halfling slashes your stomach, causing a small wound.
A slight female halfling misses you.
Overall, a slight female halfling has some big nasty wounds and scratches.
It is noon.

[HP: 77%] [ME: 50%] [PE: 73%] R: hills
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You utter the words, 'qarr diesilla'. <-- Seems like even taunted I could do that after all
You call down a bolt of lightning to strike a slight female halfling from above!

PS: Something irrelevant, about shamans, I've idea logged it(or bug, don't remember) from when I was levelling 4 months ago, make SA priority higher than sanc. As taunt is now, my 20 int shaman with armor/SA/sanc up drops first armor, then SA, then checks if he has enough int to keep sanc. He doesn't, so he drops all(sanc int cost > SA int cost, not by much but still is greater). With SA up if I get taunted(by same swashie - done tests) I won't lose it.
PPS: An RP pet can't get better than what I have. <3 <3 <3 V'Klya.

Arsilan · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:48 pm

It's not a bug. The game has always dropped the lowest concentration spells first. You're going to lose bless, then armor, then spirit aura and sanctuary, in order of lowest concentration to highest. But I will agree with you, spirit aura's concentration cost should not be higher than sanctuary. It may protect more on the physical end than protection but protection reduces damage from spells AND opening attacks like ambush/cleave/backstab. Spirit aura does not. Spirit aura also does not protect from ranged combat from crossbow bolts and arrows.

There is a bug with taunt that once the swashbuckler has left the room, you cannot follow your leader (quite amusing).

Lolth · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:52 pm

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PPS: An RP pet can't get better than what I have. <3 <3 <3 V'Klya.

*cough*

Dark-Avenger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:59 pm

Why cough? Said pet deals practically 0 damage, has half the HP pool from other pets, it's just ghostly.

Don't you believe me? Buy that, then buy a a random wolf pet from a cabal's HQs for example, and do a test.

Lolth · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:02 pm

Heh, wasn't coughing at that. Just builder's pride I guess. <3 V'Klya though!

Dark-Avenger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:12 pm

Did you built it? Then mad props, that's a pet with style. Something SK is not having in big quantities.

Whoever built several other ghostly flame things in that area is nice as well.

Enough with hijacking my own thread though.

-Johnix- · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:25 pm

Bug (?) #3

I once rescued a swasie who had succesfuly taunted a foe. After that the opponent fled . I saw no tick messages between those rounds. Is it a bug, or does rescuing always break taunt or something else that i didn't notice?
Log available...(i think :roll:

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V'klya · **Joined:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:55 am **Posts:** 269

Dark-Avenger wrote:

Did you built it? Then mad props, that's a pet with style. Something SK is not having in big quantities.

I think the warhorse was Lolth's contribution, yes. It wasn't me.

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Whoever built several other ghostly flame things in that area is nice as well.

Some of that stuff was, though. Maybe that's the source of the confusion here.

josephusmaximus3 · **Joined:** Tue May 20, 2003 1:19 pm **Posts:** 1896

For Bug # 2, I think the number of attacks against you a round lowers your concentraion. So it didnt lower enough to drop the spell till after the second attack

josephusmaximus3 · **Joined:** Tue May 20, 2003 1:19 pm **Posts:** 1896

Your methodical attack breaks down as a slight female halfling taunts you.
Overall, a slight female halfling looks pretty hurt.

You start to concentrate.

[HP: 94%] [ME: 79%] [PE: 92%]
>
The grey wolf's bash knocks the wind out of a slight female halfling.
The grey wolf bites a slight female halfling's forehead, causing a small gash.
The grey wolf bites at a slight female halfling's chest, smashing a small but painful, wound.
The grey wolf bites at a slight female halfling's chest, smashing a small but painful, wound.
Overall, a slight female halfling is in awful condition.

[HP: 94%] [ME: 79%] [PE: 92%]
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You utter the words, 'pabraw'.
A slight female halfling is ripped into pieces as you slaughter her with your spell!
A slight female halfling is DEAD!!

> w
You ride the grey wolf west.

Plains
vyppyyppp You find yourself walking in flat prairie, hundreds of
yyppyyypp types of grasses waving gently in every direction. The grasses
pppp*yypp and their seeds and flowers are of many colors, giving the whole
ppppppppp prairie a purplish hue in the distance. It's cloudy, very
ppppppppp hot, and very windy.
Obvious exits: n e s w nw ne sw se
(Charmed) The grey wolf is here mounted by you.

[HP: 94%] [ME: 74%] [PE: 91%]
> w
You ride the grey wolf west.

Plains
yvyppyypp You find yourself walking in flat prairie, hundreds of
yyyppyyyp types of grasses waving gently in every direction. The grasses
pppp*pyyp and their seeds and flowers are of many colors, giving the whole
ppppppppp prairie a purplish hue in the distance. It's cloudy, very
ppppppppp hot, and very windy.
Obvious exits: n e s w nw ne sw se
(Charmed) The grey wolf is here mounted by you.
A graceful creature with two spiralling horns stands here.

[HP: 94%] [ME: 74%] [PE: 91%]
> n
Not until you finish off that smart aleck.

[HP: 94%] [ME: 74%] [PE: 91%]
> e
Not until you finish off that smart aleck.

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