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7962 Bug Report minor have not tried 2014-01-08 22:27 2015-02-14 22:36
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0007962: Poison arrow does not always incur poison damage
Here is an example I encountered:

_The poison arrow misses the emperor scorpion.
_The poison arrow hits the emperor scorpion.
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_The poison arrow misses the emperor scorpion.
 The poison arrow hits the emperor scorpion.
The emperor scorpion partially resists. The emperor scorpion is poisoned.
 The emperor scorpion is lightly wounded.


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Issue History
2014-01-08 22:27 hayenne New Issue
2014-01-08 22:30 hayenne Note Added: 0024943
2014-06-06 15:06 wheals Note Added: 0026399
2014-06-06 15:06 wheals Status new => resolved
2014-06-06 15:06 wheals Fixed in Branch => 0.14 stable branch
2014-06-06 15:06 wheals Resolution open => done
2014-06-06 15:06 wheals Assigned To => wheals
2015-02-14 22:36 hayenne Status resolved => closed

Notes
(0024943)
hayenne   
2014-01-08 22:30   
Summary typo: s/incur/inflict/
(0026399)
wheals   
2014-06-06 15:06   
Poison resistance gives a chance for the monster to not be poisoned, and it's possible the spell just rolled low for damage. If there's something else that I'm missing, please comment.