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11452 Bug Report minor have not tried 2018-04-24 07:00 2019-05-18 17:18
Reporter: josh Local or Remote: Both  
Assigned To: Kate Operating System: All  
Priority: normal Console or Tiles: Both  
Status: resolved Product Branch: 0.22 ancient branch  
Product Version: 0.22-a0-368-g870eee8 Resolution: no change required  
Projection: none      
ETA: none Fixed in Branch: 0.24 old branch  
Summary: 0011452: Draconian Berserker of Trog can end up with spellcasting aptitudes
Description: As a DrBe of Trog:

 Your scales start taking on a rich purple colour.
 You learn Spellcasting much quicker. You learn Hexes much quicker.
 You learn Charms much quicker. You learn Evocations quicker.
 You can breathe bolts of dispelling energy.

That seems...suboptimal. From a thematic point of view, a draconian could certainly turn out to be of any species, but from a mechanical point of view that's just about the worst possible outcome for a character that will never cast magic or train magic skills.
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Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-04-24 07:00 josh New Issue
2018-04-24 08:20 NormalPerson7 Note Added: 0032188
2018-04-24 08:20 NormalPerson7 Note Edited: 0032188
2018-04-24 08:27 josh Note Added: 0032189
2019-05-18 17:18 Kate Note Added: 0033265
2019-05-18 17:18 Kate Status new => resolved
2019-05-18 17:18 Kate Fixed in Branch => 0.24 development branch
2019-05-18 17:18 Kate Resolution open => no change required
2019-05-18 17:18 Kate Assigned To => Kate

Notes
(0032188)
NormalPerson7   
2018-04-24 08:20   
Ermm... most draconians _just_ get bonuses to spell school aptitudes on reaching level 7, so you should be happy that you at least train evo faster. This isn't a bug at all though... this is simply how draconians work.
(0032189)
josh   
2018-04-24 08:27   
Just seems like an odd set of messages to happen to a Trog follower, since training Spellcasting would be inadvisable. At the very least, it seems like Trog should react somehow.
(0033265)
Kate   
2019-05-18 17:18   
Not a bug, background selection has no effect on Draconian colour.