UC, my shadow, and me.

Wednesday, 10th September 2014, 17:15 by Samadhi

Has anyone else noticed a distinct lack of shadowboxing when using UC as a Dithmenos worshipper and/or a VS?

I've been at 6* piety for some time, which the wiki states should result in a 50% mimic rate. However, I'm seeing a mimic perhaps once every 7-10 attack actions (press of the tab/direction key), at best. I assume it doesn't process on aux attacks and that there's an upper limit of one mimic chance per attack action/X auts, but even if my piety was much lower than max, say only enough for a 25% mimic rate, I'm not seeing it. I've yet to experiment with other weapons but tomahawks have been mimicked as expected, so I'm 99.9% sure this isn't some perceptual glitch. I know for a fact that my shadow has distracted enemies a grand total of one times in this game.

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.15.0-25-gd84c1e8 (webtiles) character file. Samadhi the Martial Artist (Vine Stalker Monk) Turns: 33696, Time: 06:32:39 HP 80/80 AC 23 Str 16 XL: 15 Next: 56% MP 32/32 EV 20 Int 17 God: Dithmenos [******] Gold 338 SH 0 Dex 22 Spells: 8 memorised, 12 levels left rFire + + . SeeInvis . - Unarmed rCold + . . Clarity + v - +1 leather armour "Veen Ena" {rC+ MR+ Stlth+} rNeg . . . rCorr . (no shield) rPois . rRot + y - +2 helmet {Int+3} rElec . Spirit + s - +2 cloak {MR+} SustAb . Warding . z - +0 pair of gloves {archery} rMut . Stasis . Z - +0 pair of boots {rF+} Gourm . h - amulet of clarity MR +++.. P - +3 ring of protection M - +5 ring of dexterity @: icy armour, wreathed by umbra, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, incredibly stealthy A: fangs 3, fire resistance 1, regeneration 3, magic shield, antimagic bite, no device heal 3, rot immunity a: Shadow Step, Shadow Form, Renounce Religion You are on level 2 of the Swamp. You worship Dithmenos. Dithmenos is exalted by your worship. You are not hungry. You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 29 of its levels. You have also visited: Labyrinth and Volcano. You have collected 3077 gold pieces. You have spent 2739 gold pieces at shops. Inventory: Hand weapons b - a +3 blowgun Missiles u - 107 poisoned needles E - 56 tomahawks (quivered) X - 4 curare-tipped needles Armour g - a +1 hat of see invisible s - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn) v - the +1 leather armour "Veen Ena" (worn) {rC+ MR+ Stlth+} (You bought it in a shop on level 10 of the Dungeon) It protects you from cold. It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments. It makes you more stealthy. y - a +2 helmet of intelligence (worn) z - a +0 pair of gloves of archery (worn) T - the +2 leather armour of Duck's Teeth {rN+ MR+} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts) It protects you from negative energy. It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments. Z - a +0 pair of boots of fire resistance (worn) Magical devices f - a wand of digging {zapped: 1} w - a wand of draining {zapped: 1} R - a wand of lightning {zapped: 1} Comestibles a - 23 bread rations l - 3 meat rations n - a beef jerky r - a rotting chunk of raven flesh A - a chunk of raven flesh B - 4 chunks of giant leech flesh C - a chunk of raven flesh Scrolls c - a scroll of acquirement k - 6 scrolls of fog m - 13 scrolls of remove curse o - a scroll labeled HAUFEF INTEI p - a scroll of identify t - 9 scrolls of teleportation x - a scroll of enchant weapon I - 4 scrolls of blinking Jewellery h - an amulet of clarity (around neck) M - a +5 ring of dexterity (left hand) N - an uncursed ring of positive energy O - an uncursed ring of protection from magic P - a +3 ring of protection (right hand) S - an uncursed ring of stealth W - an uncursed amulet of warding Potions d - 2 potions of magic e - 9 potions of curing i - a metallic silvery potion j - 5 potions of haste q - 7 potions of agility Miscellaneous D - a stone of tremors Skills: - Level 10.0 Fighting Level 0.3 Bows - Level 3.6 Throwing - Level 5.0 Armour - Level 8.7 Dodging - Level 8.3 Stealth - Level 13.1 Unarmed Combat - Level 9.0 Spellcasting - Level 5.2 Charms - Level 10.0 Summonings - Level 3.1 Necromancy - Level 2.5 Translocations * Level 5.4 Transmutations - Level 6.2 Ice Magic - Level 2.8 Invocations You have 12 spell levels left. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Call Canine Familiar Summ #####... 1% 3 #...... b - Shroud of Golubria Chrm/Tloc ###....... 2% 2 None c - Ozocubu's Armour Chrm/Ice ####.... 3% 3 #...... d - Blade Hands Trmt ####...... 30% 5 ####... k - Blink Tloc N/A 6% 2 None p - Apportation Tloc ###....... 3% 1 None r - Regeneration Chrm/Necr ###....... 8% 3 #...... B - Summon Butterflies Summ #####... 1% 1 None Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (14/15) Temple (1/1) D:6 Orc (4/4) D:12 Elf (0/3) Orc:3 Lair (8/8) D:10 Swamp (2/5) Lair:3 Spider (0/5) Lair:3 Slime (0/6) Lair:7 Vaults: D:13-14 Altars: Ashenzari Cheibriados Dithmenos Elyvilon Fedhas Kikubaaqudgha Makhleb Nemelex Xobeh Okawaru Qazlal Sif Muna Trog Vehumet Xom Yredelemnul Zin The Shining One Shops: D:10 [[[!* D:11 [ Orc:1 ( Orc:2 =[(%! Orc:4 :((( Annotations: D:14 Fannar Lair:4 exclusion: hydra Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations You have razor-sharp teeth. 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Vanquished Creatures Agnes (Swamp:1) An orc warlord (Orc:4) Snorg (Swamp:1) A minotaur (Lab) 3 hydras 2 centaur warriors A rakshasa (D:12) A shambling mangrove (Swamp:2) Erica (Lair:2) 2 ogre magi (Orc:4) 4 death yaks 2 alligators (Swamp:1) A catoblepas (D:13) 2 skeletal warriors (D:13) 2 deep trolls (Orc:4) A necromancer (Lair:7) An orc knight (Orc:1) 8 hill giants 2 unseen horrors (D:13) A lindwurm (Volcano) 2 ugly things 2 orc sorcerers 2 griffons An oklob plant (Lair:6) 4 cyclopes 8 elephants 2 black mambas A centaur zombie (D:14) 2 molten gargoyles (Volcano) A feature mimic (Lair:5) 2 gargoyles 9 spiny frogs A freezing wraith (D:13) 9 komodo dragons 3 fire drakes A wandering mushroom (Lab) 15 trolls Sonja (D:10) 5 baby alligators 3 giant leeches 2 bog bodies (Swamp:1) 8 ravens (Swamp:2) 8 two-headed ogres 3 blink frogs A minotaur skeleton (Lab) 5 basilisks 4 slime creatures 3 fire bats (Volcano) A hill giant zombie (D:9) 10 hippogriffs 20 yaks Eustachio (D:6) 2 wyverns A wraith (D:12) A steam dragon (D:11) 7 swamp worms 5 wargs A soldier ant (D:11) 10 wolves An elf skeleton (D:13) 11 vampire mosquitoes A hell hound (Volcano) 2 mottled dragons 18 water moccasins 3 nagas (Lair:5) 9 porcupines 6 swamp drakes 4 sky beasts (D:11) 8 spiders (Lair:3) 18 orc warriors 6 centaurs An ice beast (D:11) 3 black bears An elephant zombie (Lair:7) 11 crocodiles A phantom (D:13) 3 necrophages 28 ogres 2 boring beetles A manticore skeleton (D:13) Sigmund (D:3) A yaktaur zombie (D:12) 11 giant frogs 2 cyclops zombies (D:11) 2 insubstantial wisps (D:11) 14 jellies A wyvern skeleton (D:10) A scorpion (D:7) 9 killer bees 7 wights (D:11) 3 goliath beetles 2 quasits (D:10) 3 electric eels A giant frog zombie (D:5) A lava snake (Volcano) 6 crimson imps 13 hounds Crazy Yiuf (D:4) 33 orc priests A centaur skeleton (D:10) A gnoll shaman (D:7) 31 orc wizards 3 basilisk zombies (Lair:7) Natasha (D:4) 10 iguanas 11 worker ants 3 orange rats (Lair:5) 10 sheep An ogre skeleton (D:5) 3 mummies A worker ant zombie (D:10) 26 adders 13 gnolls 86 green rats 3 shadow imps A giant mite (D:7) 2 worms (D:3) 2 adder zombies 3 orc zombies 2 iguana skeletons 2 orc skeletons 6 giant geckos 6 oozes 210 orcs 12 bats A bat skeleton (D:4) 15 goblins 14 hobgoblins 6 jackals 12 kobolds 9 quokkas A ball python (D:1) 7 giant cockroaches A giant gecko zombie (D:7) 6 giant newts 2 giant spores A goblin skeleton (D:4) 29 rats 18 ballistomycetes A fungus (Swamp:1) 5 plants 1033 creatures vanquished. Vanquished Creatures (others) A fire drake (Volcano) 2 hounds (Orc:4) 2 giant spores (D:9) 2 ballistomycetes (D:9) 4 fungi 2 plants (Orc:1) 13 creatures vanquished. Grand Total: 1046 creatures vanquished Notes Turn | Place | Note -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | Samadhi, the Vine Stalker Monk, began the quest for the Orb. 0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 11/11 MP: 1/1 181 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/16 MP: 3/3 923 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 19/19 MP: 4/4 983 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat 1492 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 14/23 MP: 5/5 1848 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 25/27 MP: 7/7 2002 | D:3 | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat 2163 | D:3 | Noticed Sigmund 2180 | D:3 | Killed Sigmund 2352 | D:3 | Gained mutation: You heal very quickly. [vine stalker growth] 2352 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 32/32 MP: 8/8 2800 | D:4 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf 2819 | D:4 | Killed Crazy Yiuf 2989 | D:4 | Reached skill level 7 in Unarmed Combat 3433 | D:4 | Noticed Natasha 3438 | D:4 | Killed Natasha 3669 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon 3941 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 36/36 MP: 9/9 4517 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple. 4525 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple 4610 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Dithmenos the Shadowed 4610 | Temple | Acquired Dithmenos' first power 4789 | D:6 | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat 4921 | D:6 | Noticed Eustachio 4938 | D:6 | Killed Eustachio 4938 | D:6 | Gained mutation: You have razor-sharp teeth. [vine stalker growth] 4938 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 32/42 MP: 9/11 5105 | D:6 | Reached skill level 9 in Unarmed Combat 5416 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting 5813 | D:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat 5813 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations 5877 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 44/47 MP: 13/13 5956 | D:7 | Acquired Dithmenos' second power 6363 | D:7 | Reached skill level 11 in Unarmed Combat 6489 | D:7 | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One. 6489 | D:7 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna. 6758 | D:8 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth 6831 | D:8 | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal. 7045 | D:8 | Got a dazzling cutlass 7048 | D:8 | Identified the +8 cutlass of Wrath {flame, *Rage rN+ SInv} (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon) 7301 | D:9 | Acquired Dithmenos' third power 7627 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 48/51 MP: 17/17 8207 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon 8221 | D:10 | Found Kluj's Distillery. 8305 | D:10 | Found a staircase to the Lair. 8536 | D:10 | Found Puyrch Udan's Antique Armour Shop. 8536 | D:10 | Found Asmoin's Assorted Antiques. 8693 | D:10 | Noticed Sonja 8705 | D:10 | Found Utuu's Antique Armour Emporium. 8924 | D:10 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging 8965 | D:10 | Found Ycualix's Antique Armour Boutique. 9000 | D:10 | Identified the Compendium of the Toxic Escort 9011 | D:10 | Learned a level 3 spell: Call Canine Familiar 9269 | D:10 | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting 9269 | D:10 | Reached skill level 1 in Summonings 9472 | D:10 | Bought a fine leather armour for 147 gold pieces 9492 | D:10 | Bought a heavily runed cloak for 218 gold pieces 9503 | D:10 | Identified the +1 leather armour "Veen Ena" {rC+ MR+ Stlth+} (You bought it in a shop on level 10 of the Dungeon) 9514 | D:10 | Identified the +0 cloak of the Snake Pit {Dex-4 Int+4} (You bought it in a shop on level 10 of the Dungeon) 9561 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts 10097 | Lair:1 | Acquired Dithmenos' fourth power 10188 | Lair:1 | Got a brightly glowing robe 10236 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 58/58 MP: 18/18 10456 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Summonings 11090 | Lair:2 | Identified the +0 robe "Thet" {Dex+4 Stlth+} (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts) 11211 | Lair:2 | Noticed Erica 11236 | Lair:2 | Killed Erica 11730 | Lair:3 | Found a hole to the Spider Nest. 11909 | Lair:3 | Got an ivory war axe 12172 | Lair:3 | Noticed a four-headed hydra 12473 | Lair:4 | Noticed an eight-headed hydra 13090 | Lair:4 | Gained mutation: You regenerate. [vine stalker growth] 13090 | Lair:4 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 65/65 MP: 20/20 13448 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 10 in Summonings 14106 | Lair:5 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru. 14449 | Lair:5 | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation 14452 | Lair:5 | Learned a level 2 spell: Shroud of Golubria 14633 | Lair:5 | Identified the +4 war axe of a wizard's laboratory {flame, rElec rPois rF+ rC+ SInv} (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts) 14764 | Lair:5 | Got an ichor-stained leather armour 14775 | Lair:5 | Identified the cursed +2 leather armour of Duck's Teeth {rN+ MR+} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts) 14795 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting 14955 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit. 14963 | Lair:5 | the staircase to the Snake Pit was a mimic. 15231 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Regeneration 15461 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Charms 16705 | Lair:7 | Found a labyrinth entrance. 16724 | Lair:7 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 60/69 MP: 27/29 16726 | Lab | Entered a labyrinth 16889 | Lab | Noticed a minotaur 16917 | Lab | Killed a minotaur 16917 | Lab | Reached skill level 5 in Charms 16924 | Lab | Got a smoking glaive 16955 | Lab | Identified the +8 glaive "Niceleib" {chop, rElec Str+2} (You took it off a minotaur in a labyrinth) 16973 | Lair:7 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits. 17598 | D:10 | Killed Sonja 17627 | D:10 | Bought a potion of beneficial mutation for 525 gold pieces 17628 | D:10 | Gained mutation: Your flesh is heat resistant. [potion of beneficial mutation] 17849 | D:11 | Found Chol's Antique Armour Boutique. 18167 | D:11 | Got an ichor-stained cloak 18191 | D:11 | Identified the cursed -4 cloak of the Dragon {+Blink +Inv rN+ Slay+4} (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon) 18858 | D:12 | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations 19036 | D:12 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines. 19960 | D:12 | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting 20178 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines 20306 | Orc:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour 20697 | Orc:1 | Found Axaez's Antique Weapon Shoppe. 21360 | Orc:2 | Found Framaleg's Jewellery Emporium. 21387 | Orc:2 | Found Onotijas' Armour Shoppe. 21401 | Orc:2 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog. 21420 | Orc:2 | Identified a scroll of acquirement 21608 | Orc:2 | Found Rierph's Food Shoppe. 21626 | Orc:2 | Found Stragan's Weapon Emporium. 21639 | Orc:2 | Found Keppugu's Distillery. 21697 | Orc:2 | Found a dark tunnel. 21720 | Volcano | Entered a volcano 21955 | Volcano | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet. 22237 | Orc:2 | Bought a potion of confusion for 16 gold pieces 22237 | Orc:2 | Bought a potion of poison for 16 gold pieces 22495 | Orc:2 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 77/77 MP: 30/30 22708 | Orc:3 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls. 23446 | Orc:2 | Bought a +3 ring of protection for 252 gold pieces 23637 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour 23974 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 12 in Unarmed Combat 23974 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic 24069 | Lair:7 | Noticed a death yak 24084 | Lair:7 | Noticed a death yak 24121 | Lair:7 | Killed a death yak 24149 | Lair:7 | Noticed a death yak 24150 | Lair:7 | Noticed a death yak 24176 | Lair:7 | Killed a death yak 24239 | Lair:6 | Killed a death yak 24259 | Lair:7 | Killed a death yak 25255 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts 25277 | Lair:8 | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink 25791 | Lair:8 | Identified the Collected Works on Flight 26432 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines 27008 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc warlord 27710 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Ice Magic 27733 | Orc:4 | Found Secson's Weapon Shop. 27776 | Orc:4 | Found Fudyn's Book Boutique. 27956 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 13 in Unarmed Combat 28281 | Orc:4 | Found Psue's Weapon Emporium. 28317 | Orc:4 | Found Miuddol's Antique Weapon Boutique. 28870 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Armour 28991 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc warlord 29514 | D:10 | Bought a potion of berserk rage for 45 gold pieces 29514 | D:10 | Bought 2 potions of brilliance for 75 gold pieces 29534 | D:10 | Bought a glowing beryl amulet for 165 gold pieces 29534 | D:10 | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 99 gold pieces 29534 | D:10 | Bought a murky orange potion for 29 gold pieces 29534 | D:10 | Bought a scroll of identify for 66 gold pieces 29566 | Lair:1 | Upgraded the game from 0.15.0-23-gc2b521c to 0.15.0-25-gd84c1e8 29678 | D:11 | Bought an encrusted buckler for 323 gold pieces 29684 | D:11 | Identified the +2 buckler of the Dice {Dex-2 Int+2} (You bought it in a shop on level 11 of the Dungeon) 29741 | D:11 | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy 29763 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 5 spell: Blade Hands 30411 | D:13 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 44/80 MP: 21/32 30541 | D:13 | Learned a level 1 spell: Summon Butterflies 31003 | D:13 | Reached skill level 1 in Transmutations 31300 | D:14 | Noticed Fannar 31450 | D:10 | Bought a pair of glowing boots for 94 gold pieces 31573 | D:11 | Bought a glowing cloak for 153 gold pieces 31594 | D:11 | Bought a glowing helmet for 153 gold pieces 31724 | Orc:2 | Bought a +2 cloak of magic resistance for 279 gold pieces 31724 | Orc:2 | Bought a +0 pair of gloves of archery for 84 gold pieces 31965 | Lair:3 | Killed a four-headed hydra 31965 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing 31966 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Swamp. 32072 | Swamp:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp 32072 | Swamp:1 | Noticed Agnes 32273 | Swamp:1 | Killed Agnes 32687 | Swamp:1 | Noticed Snorg 32707 | Swamp:1 | Killed Snorg 33309 | Swamp:2 | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul. 33370 | Swamp:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total -------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++------- Melee: Unarmed | 99 | 161 | 401 | 900 | 1532 || 3093 Fire: Blowgun | | 5 | 5 | 34 | 202 || 246 Throw: Stone | | | 2 | | || 2 Tomahawk | | | 2 | 11 | 29 || 42 Cast: Call Canine Famil | | | | 4 | 2 || 6 Regeneration | | | | 1 | 2 || 3 Shroud of Golubri | | | | | 29 || 29 Ozocubu's Armour | | | | | 18 || 18 Blink | | | | | 2 || 2 Evoke: Wand | | 2 | | 4 | 3 || 9 Use: Scroll | | | 1 | 13 | 12 || 26 Potion | | | | 1 | 2 || 3 Stab: Sleeping | 3 | 12 | 10 | 77 | 164 || 266 Distracted | | | 1 | 10 | 13 || 24 Confused | | | | | 1 || 1 Eat: Chunk | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 || 67 Pizza | | 1 | | | 1 || 2 Fruit | | | 3 | 1 | 2 || 6 Royal jelly | | | | 4 | || 4 Beef jerky | | | | 3 | 2 || 5 Meat ration | | | | | 2 || 2 Bread ration | | | | | 2 || 2

Thursday, 11th September 2014, 04:04 by Patashu

The chance of your shadow acting on a mimicable spell/melee/ranged attack is 10% at 4* and 50% at 200 piety, scaling linearly between the 2 if your piety is anywhere between those two values.
For melee, it gets exactly one chance when you attempt to melee something. So, having more aux attacks does not mean more shadow activity.
There is no cooldown on how often the shadow can act.
If you suspect your shadow is not behaving as intended (e.g. the above information), make a data set (keep track of X attacks, where X is in the 100s, and how many of those attacks the shadow mimiced it in) and post or mantis it.

Thursday, 11th September 2014, 13:38 by Lasty

To expand on Patashu's first point, 4* piety starts at 100 piety and 6* piety is anywhere from 160 to 200 piety, so your actual 6* mimic chance might be anywhere between 34% and 50%.

Thursday, 11th September 2014, 14:15 by Sandman25

I suspect there is some bug introduced by shadow attack. Yesterday I was meleeing a fiend as Fe of Ash and suddenly the fiend was distracted (exactly like happens after shadow attack) and I got a stabbing attack (and corresponding message about hitting in blind spot). I didn't have any allies or confusing attack so that must be a bug (I don't think the monster can lose track of me in adjacent tile no matter what my stealth is).

Thursday, 11th September 2014, 16:43 by damiac

This happened to me once recently too, where an enemy got the ? above its head in melee combat for no good reason, no allies around, I wasn't worshipping dith...

Thursday, 11th September 2014, 23:02 by Patashu

Distraction occurs (with a % chance) whenever a monster is hit from a source that isn't you.
Your shadow mimic counts as not-you.
The monster hitting itself counts as not-you (for example if it hits itself with a reflected bolt of lightning).

Friday, 12th September 2014, 16:26 by damiac

I don't remember the exact details, but I'm know I didn't have any allies or shadow mimic. I don't remember if maybe it was a monster who could possible have hit themselves, if it happens again I'll keep that in mind.

Friday, 12th September 2014, 16:38 by Sandman25

I was a Fe so I had no shield of reflection and had sInv, I am sure there were no other monsters in LoS. I carefully looked at the message log after it happened, the log had lines about us exchanging attacks, then me hitting it into blind spot. Nothing special before that stabbing attack. I have just checked my init.txt, messages which I mute don't include anything that deals damage.

Friday, 19th September 2014, 14:49 by Samadhi

After much testing (and another splatted character or two), seems this was probably a combo of much-lower-than-max-but-still-6* piety, a longish run of missed mimic checks while UC-ing, and my not noticing some mimic attack notifications (when they were on the next line after the mainhand attack and had also missed, so in dark grey text)

At definitely max piety, the shadow was consistently attacking as expected with UC, so my bad. Apologies to any of the fine coders whose ancestral honour may have been tarnished by my buffoonery.

Friday, 19th September 2014, 23:42 by Patashu

Samadhi wrote:After much testing (and another splatted character or two), seems this was probably a combo of much-lower-than-max-but-still-6* piety, a longish run of missed mimic checks while UC-ing, and my not noticing some mimic attack notifications (when they were on the next line after the mainhand attack and had also missed, so in dark grey text)

At definitely max piety, the shadow was consistently attacking as expected with UC, so my bad. Apologies to any of the fine coders whose ancestral honour may have been tarnished by my buffoonery.

Good to know it's working right!

Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, 12:59 by Happylisk

Here's a question: If I used ice/statue form or bladehands, would the shadow mimic use that form type in its UC damage calculation?

Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, 13:12 by Jeremiah

Related question: if I'm using a pain branded weapon, does the shadow get any bonus damage from my necromancy skill?

Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, 14:05 by Lasty

I don't believe that your shadow mimics forms in any special way. The mimic does not use any brand, so pain brand does not apply.

Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, 23:05 by Patashu

Happylisk wrote:Here's a question: If I used ice/statue form or bladehands, would the shadow mimic use that form type in its UC damage calculation?

No

Jeremiah wrote:Related question: if I'm using a pain branded weapon, does the shadow get any bonus damage from my necromancy skill?

It doesn't use your weapon's brand.

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Re: UC, my shadow, and me.

Re: UC, my shadow, and me.

Re: UC, my shadow, and me.

Re: UC, my shadow, and me.

Re: UC, my shadow, and me.

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