Guidebook work

[Jack the Ripper]

Appendix E should clearly state, IMHO, that potions of potential mana do *not* recharge wands when the wands are dipped. Similarly, this may be included in Section 0.14.1 , recharging wands.

[Sami]

Is 45 the exp lvl req for the TotRR? You sure about the Sceptre? If so that's new at some point. At least in the gammas, killing AD without wielding the SoC resulted in the chaos wretch ending - I've done it.

4.3 is going to be completely rewritten.

You need to be at least level 45 to get the quest from assassin prince, which is required to get into the scintillating cave where crumpled scroll is located.

[Andy Williams]

wand of far slaying

Is there something special about a wand of far slaying? You mention it here re: angering the Casino shopkeeper, gut mentioned it re: the Banshee. Is it just range for the shopkeeper? Would any old bolt work as well for the Banshee?

[Andy Williams]

You need to be at least level 45 to get the quest from assassin prince, which is required to get into the scintillating cave where crumpled scroll is located.

Yes, of course that's right, I wasn't thinking. I was thinking about a rumored exp lvl req for Khelavaster to appear in Terinyo, whether the PC has even begun the Filk quest, etc.

[Andy Williams]

Appendix E should clearly state, IMHO, that potions of potential mana do *not* recharge wands when the wands are dipped. Similarly, this may be included in Section 0.14.1 , recharging wands.

Like raw mana. Done.

[Sadface]

I know it's silly, but perhaps it should be noted (in section 3.8.1)
that the Ancient Stone Beast is a demon, and that demon slaying
ammo works wonders on him. As a priest with Sun's Messenger and
a few demon slaying arrows, I was able to kill it in only 6 or 7 shots.
MUCH easier than trying to bash it down, or scorch/bolt/ball it to death.

At least, I had assumed it was classified as a demon. Just about every
shot that hit took it down another injury level, regeneration included.

[Andy Williams]

the Ancient Stone Beast is a demon

The categorization of monsters was right at the code-dive point historically, so I never paid attention to it. I would guess that all the orb guardians are classified as demons based on what's been said recently about the SfB and ASB. Easy enough to test in-game. So should all orb guardians be listed as vulnerable to demon slaying weapons and ammo?

[gut]

Yes, we mention the wand of far slaying just because
of it's range, and a 1 PP cast is plenty.

[Andy Williams]

3.3 The Casino

There are two known ways of angering the shopkeeper without summoning guards or getting yourself cursed. Firstly is ventriloquism - confusing the shopkeeper will make him hostile, but he won't alert the guards or curse you. Best to do this in darkness so he doesn't kill you the very next round though. The second method is using a wand of far slaying from a very far distance (about 15 squares or more).

A pattern here? Ventriloquism seems to work this way (confused, hostile after confusion, no summoning or cursing) for everyone - ordinary shopkeepers, Thrundarr, Casino shopkeeper, others? The Casino shopkeeper recovers that fast from confusion? Thrundarr didn't historically. So does a wand of far slaying have similar general use?

[Andy Williams]

Yes, we mention the wand of far slaying just because
of it's range, and a 1 PP cast is plenty.

It's interesting that it doesn't seem to be perceived as an attack. As I remember, if one fires a bolt at any shopkeeper, you get all the negative consequences. Not so for a wand of far slaying apparently.