Show Chance to Hex with Needles

[MainiacJoe]

Knowing the chance to hex a target with spell or wand is useful tactical information, and also gives feedback on the effectiveness of skill training. These benefits also apply to hexing needles. This information is not shown (in 0.18.1 at least) but it should be.

[xbon]

Knowing the chance to hex a target with spell or wand is useful tactical information, and also gives feedback on the effectiveness of skill training. These benefits also apply to hexing needles. This information is not shown (in 0.18.1 at least) but it should be.

For needles other than poison and curare: You have a flat 2% chance of affecting monsters with HD14 or less. In all other cases, or if this 2% chance fails, you will only affect a monster if 2+ 1d(4 + Throwing Skill + Blowgun enchantment) is greater than the monster's HD.

meta information like this is on learndb, not in game since that'd be spoilery.

[Sandman25]

meta information like this is on learndb, not in game and it is spoilery.

FTFY

[MainiacJoe]

meta information like this is on learndb, not in game since that'd be spoilery.

The point is, since the choice has already been made to reveal this calculation via x/v for wands and spells, why not for needles, too? I don't have to look up the HD of the target for the former attacks.

[MainiacJoe]

Okay so I went ahead and made a look-up chart, so all I need to do is query a knowledge bot for HD. throwing + Enchantment is across the top, HD along the side.

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[HardboiledGargoyle]

hey, blowguns can have negative enchantment, and also enchantment greater than +9.

information like this is on learndb, not in game and it sucks

FTFY

FTFY2

[Arrhythmia]

similarly show elyvilion success chance (and key it off MR instead of HP)

[Sar]

You mean HD, I hope. Being able to pacify ancient liches is a feature, not a bug!