Phial of undeath

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LCC · #1 Post by **LCC** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:27 am

Can the Phial of undeath be flipped using *remove curse* to be +5 to stats rather than -5???

#2 Post by **Yottle** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:43 pm

I do not believe that any artifact can be flipped. I have never succeeded and a code diver said long ago that it was impossible. Of course the post has disappeared.

Lord Estraven · #3 Post by **Lord Estraven** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:25 pm

At any rate, the whole Ancient Foul Curse thing makes it kind of useless to wear for any long period of time.

LCC · #4 Post by **LCC** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:13 am

I read the curses spoiler on AFC. I am going to donate that nasty thing to Mathom house!

AnonymousHero · #5 Post by **AnonymousHero** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:46 pm

Artifacts cannot be flipped. The relevant code is in src/spells2.c, remove_curse_aux():

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       if ((randint(55-p_ptr->lev) == 1) && !artifact_p(o_ptr))
        {
                if (o_ptr->to_a < 0) o_ptr->to_a = -o_ptr->to_a;
                if (o_ptr->to_h < 0) o_ptr->to_h = -o_ptr->to_h;
                if (o_ptr->to_d < 0) o_ptr->to_d = -o_ptr->to_d;
                if (o_ptr->pval < 0) o_ptr->pval = -o_ptr->pval;
        }

Wastrel · #6 Post by **Wastrel** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:24 pm

a couple years ago I would occassionally find randart body armour that the game thought was only a 'good' item. I could tell because the inventory slot would be white instead of blue (for ego) or gold (for artifact). As luck would have it, I eventually found a randart like that which had the life bonus and the hideous combat penalties. So I got it cursed by some monster and actually managed to flip the combat penalties to bonuses.
True it was exploiting a bug, but I failed my saving throw to resist doing it.

#7 Post by **Yottle** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:33 am

Wastrel wrote:a couple years ago I would occassionally find randart body armour that the game thought was only a 'good' item. I could tell because the inventory slot would be white instead of blue (for ego) or gold (for artifact). As luck would have it, I eventually found a randart like that which had the life bonus and the hideous combat penalties. So I got it cursed by some monster and actually managed to flip the combat penalties to bonuses.
True it was exploiting a bug, but I failed my saving throw to resist doing it.

Combine that with a randart ring with 12 attacks and you could take out Morgy with a broken dagger...

Wastrel · #8 Post by **Wastrel** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:34 am

Yottle wrote:Combine that with a randart ring with 12 attacks and you could take out Morgy with a broken dagger...

Am I the only person who never finds such rings?

#9 Post by **Yottle** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:58 pm

Wastrel wrote:
Yottle wrote:Combine that with a randart ring with 12 attacks and you could take out Morgy with a broken dagger...
Am I the only person who never finds such rings?

I assume that you don't normally scum speed ring shops for artifacts?

Wastrel · #10 Post by **Wastrel** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:31 am

Yottle wrote:
Wastrel wrote:
Yottle wrote:Combine that with a randart ring with 12 attacks and you could take out Morgy with a broken dagger...
Am I the only person who never finds such rings?
I assume that you don't normally scum speed ring shops for artifacts?

So.. that's why I never find them. No I'm out to save Middle Earth, not rob merchants. On the other hand, I mow down pretty much every townsfolk that gets in my way, so my characters aren't 100% heros. (I really, really prefer the townsfolk behavior in the T3 ToME module)