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CF: spelllist/potion effects (long)
Hi all,
It seems that spellcasting from 'secondary' agents like
altars (Marks new code), runes (comment from someone
trying to make a "rune of staff to snake") and potions
(eg. alchemy code) have shown there is increased interest
in how spells might function when cast from objects.
Here below then are my notes as to how the spells function
(or dont) when cast from potions. There may be a differenct
between the effects recorded below and what may arise
if that spell were cast from an altar instead. In the several
cases I have tested, I saw no difference though.
Hopefully this list will prove usefull to other map makers.
Caio,
-b.t.
Effects of spells imbedded into potions -b.t.
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These are the "empirical" results of my testing the CF 0.92.4
spell code. Seven main general effects, related to the way in
which the spell manifests, are noted:
"360" Indicates that the spell is released as
in a 360 degree field of effect, centered
on the potion user. User is uneffected.
"attack" Indicates that spell is released, centered
on the potion 'user'. One day, when the
throwing code is fixed, the 'user' can include
the target of a thrown potion.
"self" Similar to "attack" but no 'visual' effect
occurs and no others are effected.
"golem" A creature controled by the potion user is
created.
"create" Makes an item in the user's square.
"destroy" Destroys items/creatures surrounding the user.
"summon" Summons creatures friendly to user, but not
strickly controled by the user.
Looking at the list below, it would appear that the "golem","360"
and "attack" spells are most likely to work. Real problems seem
to exist for casting many of the clerical spells.
Unless otherwise noted, all spells work.
Sp#. SPELL Effect Notes
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1. sm. fireball attack
2. md. fireball attack
3. lg. fireball attack
4. burning hands 360
5. sm. lightning attack
6. lg. lightning attack
7. magic missile attack No visual effect.
8. create bomb create creates bomb at user's feet.
9. create golem golem no xp gain for golem kills.
10 - 13. create golem ""
elemental
14. dimension door self nothing happens; asks
"what direction?"
15. create earth wall create fails; asks "what direction?"
16. paralyze 360
17. icestorm 360
18. magic mapping self works fine.
19. turn undead 360
20. poison cloud 360? user appears unaffected.
21. fear 360
22. wonder 360 flowers appear, other effects?
23. destruction destroy works, but says "you killed
<victim> with <username>" odd.
24. percieve self self
25. word of recall self
26. invisibility self in 0.92.4 code this failed,
bug fixed for 0.92.5+ (?)
27. invis. to undead self as for invisibility
28. probe self bizarre. gives user weight.
29. large bullet attack fails. nothing happens.
30. improv. invis. self same as for invisibility.
31. holy word 360 failed, says "need to worship
a god". Might work if you are
a worshipper??
32. minor healing self Heals others if nearby??
33. med. healing self ""
34. major healing self ""
35. heal self ""
36. create food create food appears below user.
37. earth to dust destroy fails.
38. armour self
39. strength self works fine.
40. dexterity self
41. constitution self
42. charisma self
43. create fire wall create fails; as create earth wall.
44. create frost wall create fails; as above
45 - 53. protection self all work well
from ?? spells
54. levitation self
55. sm. speedball attack no effect.
56. lg. speedball attack no effect.
57. hellfire 360
58. dragon breath 360
59. lg. icestorm 360
60. charging self? fails.
61. polymorph attack? fails. nothing happens.
62. cancellation attack? fails. nothing happens.
63. confusion self works, says "hands glow red"
64. mass confusion 360
65. summon pet monst. summon works, but no text.
66. slow 360
67. regenerate sp. self
68. cure poison self
69. prot. from conf. self
70. prot. from cancel self
71. prot. from deplete self
72. alchemy 360 works, only adjacent sq. effected
73. remove curse self
74. remove damnation self
75. identify self
76. detect magic 360
77. detect monster 360
78. detect evil 360
79. detect curse 360
80. heroism self
81. aggravation ??? failed.
82. firebolt attack
83. frostbolt attack
84. shockwave 360
85. colorspray 360
86. haste self failed?. effect is very small.
87. face of death. 360
88. ball lightning create on users sq. attacks user?
89. meteor swarm attack very deadly.
90. comet attack deadly.
91. mystic fist golem as other golem spells.
92. raise dead ???? not tested
93. resurrection ???? not tested
94. reincarnation ???? not tested
95-103. immunity spells self
104. invulnerability self
105. defense self
106. rune of fire create fails; rune appears above user
107. rune of frost create ""
108. rune of shock create ""
109. rune of blasting create ""
110. rune of death create ""
111. rune of marking create ""
112. build director create works; below user in facing dir
113. create pool chaos create failed.
114. build bullet wall create appears on top of user;points
in user facing direction.
115. build lightn. wall create as build bull. wall above
116. build fire wall create as build bull. wall above
117. magic rune create failed.
118. rune of mag. drain create as other runes
119. anti-mag. rune create ""
120. rune of transfer create ""
121. transference attack works; can kill user
122. magic drain attack works
123. counterspell 360
124. disarm ???? works?
125. cure confusion self
126. restoration self
127. summon evil mon. summon failed.
128. counterwall create fails; asks "what direction?"
129. cause lht. wounds attack bizarre; req. worship a god.
fails to work if you do.
130. cause med. wounds attack ""
131. cause ser. wounds attack ""
132. charm monster attack fails
133. banishment 360 as "holy word"
134. create missile create creates missiles in user
inventory! Works I guess.
135. show invisible self
136. xray vision self
137. pacify attack fails
138. summon fog create creates fog above user.
139. steambolt attack works; later steam surr. user.
140. command undead attack appears to fail
141. holy orb attack fails; as "holy word"
142. summon avatar golem ""
143. holy possession self fails; get "empty blessing" msg.
144. bless self ""
145. curse self/attack ""
146. regeneration self
147. concecrate altar ???? fails; need "god to worship". In
that case fails too.
148. summon cult mon. summon failed; might work if right
god is worshiped.
149. cause crit. wounds attack failed; as other "wounds" spells
150. retrib. strike attack failed majorly! CF code thrown
into inf. loop. DONT USE THIS!!
151. finger of death attack as retrib. strike!
152. insect plague attack as retrib. strike!
153. finger of death attack as retrib. strike!
154. call holy servnt. golem as summon avatar.
155. wall of thorns create fails as counterwall
156. staff to snake create? fails
157. light create fails, asks "what direction"
158. darkness create ""
159. nightfall ????
160. daylight ????
161. sunspear attack
162. faery fire attack user makes others glow.
163. cure blindness self
164. dark vision self