Re: Disease spells

[Kimmo Hoikka <>]

Magnus Kronhamn wrote:

> On Tue, 30 May 2000, Kimmo Hoikka wrote:
>
> > Magnus Kronhamn wrote:
> >
> > > > > Possibly.  Maybe squares that block view should stop the targeting
> > > > > beam?  That would make it kinda dangerous to pull that stunt in the
> > > > > dragonhangar.  You'd at least have to quaff a couple immunities first.
> > > > >  But the key danger of disease spells is backfire infection... and
> > > > > perhaps, cure disease should have a BOUND(5, 50 + (5 * (disease->level
> > > > > - caster->level)), 95)% chance of success instead?  Although, that
> > > > > would make high-level diseases almost too dangerous to use (my Ebola
> > > > > can spread from 5+ spaces away!)
> > > >
> > > > the diseases should never go through walls or fences as they do nowadays. that
> > > > would help in getting rid of that easy exp in hangar & jessy zoo. this leaves
> > > > the devourers still too powerfull since they are immune to diseases (undead).
> > > > all undead monsters should also be made immune for diseases. think about a
> > > > demonlord dying in a ebola? just how could a virus kill an monster who is
> > > > beyond the grave?
> > > >
> > > devourer casting diseases? devourer isnt atuned wounding ie he wont hand
> > > out disease spells. and the only race which seems undead, ie wraith,
> > > should perhaps be immune to diseases, which it isnt atm.
> > > undead monsters though are immune, demons arent undead, but could perhaps
> > > be discusable if they should be effected being 'otherworldly'...
> >
> > not very tricky to convert to sorig just to learn the diseases then change to some
> > other cult... you don't loose the diseases when you once learn them.
> >
> > changing cult you can also for example enchant weapons that have all the possible
> > attacktypes in the game... Even better to change at least one char to mostrai after
> > getting the diseases. a mostrais devoirers with fast 70 levels in praying can make
> > some cool +14 weapons...
>
> ofcourse one changes gods to get all the fun attacktypes on ones favorite
> weapons.
> but why would you not lose disease spells if you change god? I know for
> fact that you lose all other 'special' spells, and Im almost certain that
> Iv tried it and lost disease spells aswell.

well I have 3 chars who have done it in the server at voldsboks (was running 0.95.3 and
0.95.4 later)
so at least with those versions I didn't loose the spells that some god taught me when
changed to another cult.
I just tested the same with 0.95.5 version there and it seems to work ok. good

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