Armed, spellcasting gecko: what causes this?

[Confidence Interval]

Why did this happen? Giant geckos don't normally use weapons or cast spells.



Version 0.13, in Elven Halls 3.

EDIT: I see now that I was misled, which is presumably the answer to my question...

[Sandman25]

Yes, mislead is funny sometimes. After retreating upstairs in swamp I saw a Curse skull. Only after killing it I realized it could be a Hydra and I am an Axe user so basically it is not a good idea to fight monsters while mislead because it can be the worst monster for your weaknesses.

[Hirsch I]

yeah, misled can be terrible.
once, I was fleeing from mara, with 20% hp, on swamps, when I saw an orb of fire. almost cried. never saw one before.
blinked away, but it blinked next to me. when i started running, thanking Okawaru it did not burn me to ashes, it became a insubstancial wisp.
should commit seppuku after that.

[ZoFy]

Mislead is quite confusing on its own, but if you add your illusion spamming butterflies (like you never did) to the mix, you're guaranteed to see your worst nightmare.
And, i believe, Misled status isn't healed by !curing in recent versions of Crawl unlike it used to be. So, it's a lot more annoying now.

[Matanui3]

On the other hand, when you have an army of Oklobs, Misled is HILARIOUS!
"The Kobold spits acid at Mara..."