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okitsgreat
01-18-2014, 09:26 AM
I started playing ADOM about 1,5 years ago, but I never knew that (if it's really true) cave lions can teleport.
It seems highly unlikely that something like a mundane lion should be able to teleport, but when I looked at one with my gnomish barbarian it showed this:

Like all felines, cave lions are the subjects of the mighty cat lord. They are very social animals who live in large families in the highlands of Ancardia. They are also very lazy and only go hunting when there is no food left, so when you meet a solitary cave lion, it will probably be very hungry. Their favourite hunting grounds are the dungeons where they can easily creep up on their prey. They certainly don't spurn the meaty taste of a careless adventurer.

Usually cave lions attack 3 times. They seem to have a speed of 93-100 (97 on the average).
They are able to teleport.

Maybe this is something I would know if I weren't a newby, but I've searched adom forums, wiki and google and not found anything.
Could anyone explain this to me :D ?

SirTheta
01-18-2014, 09:31 AM
Are you playing a prerelease? It was probably a boss; since bosses are just the base monster type and nothing special, information about them gets incorporated to the appropriate monster type.

okitsgreat
01-18-2014, 10:01 AM
It was 1.2.0 pre5, and is there such a thing as teleporting cave lion bosses :D ?

Cactus
01-18-2014, 11:53 AM
There's not only a teleporting boss monster cat now, there's also one that passes through walls and even an invisible one!

Stingray1
01-18-2014, 02:46 PM
>It was 1.2.0 pre5, and is there such a thing as teleporting cave lion bosses ?

Not in p5, however remember that the monster memory is not always accurate(which is an intentional feature). :)

okitsgreat
01-18-2014, 03:08 PM
Ok, thank you :D

Iridia
01-18-2014, 04:30 PM
Simple explanation... A cave lion stepped into a teleport trap, and your PC saw it appear in front of them and concluded that cave lions can teleport.

Grey
01-18-2014, 04:40 PM
Yep, this happened in old versions with teleport traps.

Silfir
01-18-2014, 04:40 PM
Don't tell me they took out teleport traps :(

StViers
01-18-2014, 05:17 PM
Don't tell me they took out teleport traps :(
I think they took out the "this [foo] teleports" tag outta monster memory is a monster walks over a trap and appears in front of the pc

Laukku
01-20-2014, 08:33 AM
Yep, this happened in old versions with teleport traps.

Wait, past tense? Old versions? Has this been fixed/changed?

Grey
01-20-2014, 11:38 AM
Wait, past tense? Old versions? Has this been fixed/changed?

Oh, I just meant that this isn't new behaviour, as was speculated earlier in the thread. It is and always has been this way.

Carter
01-20-2014, 01:33 PM
Simple explanation... A cave lion stepped into a teleport trap, and your PC saw it appear in front of them and concluded that cave lions can teleport.

also seen it happen with mobs that can drink potion, it will say they can turn invisible.