don't allow hostile stone giants in HMV.
issueid=6490 07-08-2019 10:50 AM
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Number of reported issues by auricbond: 264
don't allow hostile stone giants in HMV.

As title. Also fix the bug(?) where enemies go from neutral to hostile if they happen to engage other npc's in combat!
Issue Details
Issue Number 6490
Issue Type Feature
Project ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Category All
Status Suggested
Priority 7
Suggested Version ADOM 3.3.3
Implemented Version (none)
Milestone (none)
Votes for this feature 1
Votes against this feature 5
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07-08-2019 06:06 PM
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A hostile stone giant or even stone giant lord in HMV is not an unreasonable challenge. There are multiple routes to the stairs, stone giants throw rocks so you can get away even with slow characters, and you can take advantage of the fact that HMV is a surface location to lure a giant out of the way.

07-08-2019 06:38 PM
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Unless that thrown rock one-shots you, which it did. I'm not sure what your last point means.

07-08-2019 07:15 PM
Ancient Member
You can leave the level from any border square and will return to a fixed square. Thus the level has a built in way to "teleport" away from stone giants.

As for the one-shot: pretty unlikely-to-impossible without a crit, which is in itself unlikely. Not a huge deal if terrible luck on top of terrible luck can kill you on a risky and optional early game route.

07-14-2019 11:51 AM
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That one-hit wonder crit is less unlikely than people think... especially on low HP chars like dark elven wizards which can't even see the fucking giant before it's too late. Perception penalties man.

07-14-2019 03:59 PM
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Quote Originally Posted by Blasphemous
That one-hit wonder crit is less unlikely than people think...
The ranged crit rate seems to be less than 5%. Of course, the hostile stone giant lord also has to spawn and land its attack.

especially on low HP chars like dark elven wizards which can't even see the fucking giant before it's too late. Perception penalties man.
Funny thing is, the dark elf wizard I just ran through UD had a 0% chance to get one-shot by a stone giant lord rock toss. At level 9 with 45 HP he actually got 1 HP crit protection.

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