Tuesday, 8th February 2011, 04:33 by smock
I swear I just got mutated by an illusion!
As I was approaching a zombie (stone giant?), I saw Mara in the distance, was quickly misled, and ran away from her and toward the nearest staircase. As I'm running, a Giant Orange Brain appears behind me, where I would have been expecting a zombie, had I not be being misled. Not a bit deal, I think. I'm faster than it, it can't hurt me, it's not a real Orange Brain. And then -- bam! -- it mutates me. (This despite an rMut amulet and "incredible" MR; I'm now frail.) What? So, I now am thinking that it must have been a real Orange Brain (given the layout it would have been really unlikely for anything besides the zombie to be near me.) I reach the staircase, regroup, slay Mara easily, kill the zombie, and search for that Orange Brain. It's no where to be found! Hm.
Are Mara's illusions so powerful that they can give permanent mutations? Or should I make this a bug report?
What a Jerk-Face.