0010870: Unintended coding interaction between death channel and AOE spells

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0010870

[DCSS] Bug Report

minor

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2017-01-02 01:43

2017-12-13 03:54

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Quatzecoatl

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normal

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open

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new

Product Branch

0.19 ancient branch

Summary

0010870: Unintended coding interaction between death channel and AOE spells

Description

I Maybe not technically a bug, but I believe an unintended interaction: If you have death channel active and kill an enemy with fireball (and probably any other AOE spell, haven't tested), the spectral slave spawns in a random location near where they died (as is normal). However, because of the way that fireball hits each square in its area sequentially, there's a chance that the monster is killed by the fireball, resurrected as a spectral thing, and then hit again by the same fireball.

This is kind of a pain because it instantly turns your undead minion against you, making death channel a risky spell in a manner that at least I think is not a good design decision.

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Notes
(0031376) PleasingFungus (administrator) 2017-01-02 01:51	The described behaviour is a bug, yes.

(0031972) laularukyrumo (reporter) 2017-12-13 03:54	Can confirm this still exists as of 0.21-a0-531-gacddea6. Cast Death Channel, kill monster with Ignition, get hostile spectral thing, become sad.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2017-01-02 01:43	Quatzecoatl	New Issue
2017-01-02 01:51	PleasingFungus	Note Added: 0031376
2017-01-02 01:51	PleasingFungus	Relationship added	related to 0010848
2017-12-13 03:54	laularukyrumo	Note Added: 0031972

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