What the hell happened?

[greycat]

Miraculously, this character made it to the vault: Svathik. So there's a few lines there. But that doesn't tell me what happened.

From my perspective, I was standing next to this monster, and I used Dissolve (multiple melee attack) on it, and then a whole shitload of things happened, and I was dead.

From the log in the vault, it looks like I was just standing there like a bloody idiot while the monster cast spell after spell after spell. I would love to know how/why the game did this to me.

The character dump that it made on disk (pressing "d") has a bit more:

[Last Messages]

Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is recovering from the damage!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik's mind surges with critical power!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
Saving done.
Saving done.
Saving game...
Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
Svathik is stunned!
Svathik hits Gledawyn the worm that walks for 26 cold, 26 cold, 26 cold, 26 cold, 26 cold, 26 cold damage (total 153.79).
Gledawyn the worm that walks hits Svathik for 46 physical, 7 cold, 16 blight, 91 fire, 68 blight, 7 cold, 16 blight, 93 fire, 46 blight, 7 cold, 17 blight, 73 lightning, 53 blight, 7 cold, 17 blight, 63 lightning, 59 blight, 7 cold, 17 blight, 95 fire, 55 blight, 7 cold, 17 blight, 113 lightning damage (total 980.73).
Gledawyn the worm that walks killed Svathik!
Svathik the level 30 thalore wyrmic was zapped to death by Gledawyn the worm that walks on level 2 of Ardhungol.

But even that doesn't appear to have the full transcript of the events from my last action to my death.

So here's the last bunch of lines with LOG in them from the raw log (and you wonder why I still run this game with --flush-stdout ??):

[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is on fire!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks tries to evade attacks.
[LOG] Svathik hits Gledawyn the worm that walks for #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST# damage (total 51.26).
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks hits Svathik for #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#15 blight#LAST#, #LIGHT_RED#88 fire#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#70 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#16 blight#LAST# damage (total 199.38).
[LOG] Svathik uses Dissolve.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks evades Svathik.
[LOG] #{bold}#Svathik performs a critical strike!#{normal}#
[LOG] Svathik hits Gledawyn the worm that walks for #GREEN#6 acid#LAST#, #YELLOW#6 mind#LAST#, #GREEN#9 acid#LAST#, #YELLOW#6 mind#LAST# damage (total 23.60).
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks aims less carefully.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks hits Svathik for #LIGHT_RED#30 fire#LAST# damage.
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks uses Dirty Fighting.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is recovering from the damage!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] #{bold}#Svathik's mind surges with critical power!#{normal}#
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Flame.
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks drains life from Svathik!
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks casts Lightning.
[LOG] Saving done.
[LOG] Saving done.
[LOG] Saving done.
[LOG] Saving game...
[LOG] Svathik is invigorated by the attack!
[LOG] Svathik is stunned!
[LOG] Svathik hits Gledawyn the worm that walks for #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST#, #1133F3#26 cold#LAST# damage (total 153.79).
[LOG] Gledawyn the worm that walks hits Svathik for #aaaaaa#46 physical#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#16 blight#LAST#, #LIGHT_RED#91 fire#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#68 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#16 blight#LAST#, #LIGHT_RED#93 fire#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#46 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#17 blight#LAST#, #ROYAL_BLUE#73 lightning#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#53 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#17 blight#LAST#, #ROYAL_BLUE#63 lightning#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#59 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#17 blight#LAST#, #LIGHT_RED#95 fire#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#55 blight#LAST#, #1133F3#7 cold#LAST#, #DARK_GREEN#17 blight#LAST#, #ROYAL_BLUE#113 lightning#LAST# damage (total 980.73).
[LOG] #{bold}#Gledawyn the worm that walks killed Svathik!#{normal}#
[LOG] #{bold}#Svathik the level 30 thalore wyrmic was zapped to death by Gledawyn the worm that walks on level 2 of Ardhungol.#{normal}#

So, what the hell? Did this thing have some sort of talent that caused a Flame or Lightning spell to proc every time I swung at it? Is that an Arcane Blade thing?

Gah!

[supermini]

It's a bug with corrupted strength triggering more than once. Fixed in the svn but it has found another victim I see.

If anything that has corrupted strength (reavers, daelaches, worms that walk) has arcane blade talents, get away from it.

[greycat]

Oh... thanks for explaining.

I'm not sure if I should feel better, or worse, about dying to something I couldn't possibly control (bug I'd never heard of).

[HousePet]

A rare Worm that Walks...
If I had nightmares, that would be giving me nightmares right now.

[Frumple]

Eh, just a rare's pretty tame, relatively. Try a randunique stair guardian Worm that Walks on, say, level hundred or so of the Infinite Dungeon. Or just a farportal boss, if you're feeling skittish. Because, yeah, the elite horrors can be used as a random unqiue chassis

Or go back a few versions and see if Amatathon can show up in the ID and be blessed with multiclassing. Wouldn't that be fun?

[Hunter]

A rare Worm that Walks...
If I had nightmares, that would be giving me nightmares right now.

I've hit a few rare WtWs. They can be nasty, but it's the rare horrors that give me nightmares. Bloated and the like aren't so bad, but some of the more powerful sorts can eviscerate you.

Also, the rare (unique?) lich in a certain type of vault is pretty brutal for some classes.

[Frumple]

Worm that Walks is an elite horror

Just doesn't have the foo horror naming scheme going on. It's an 'h', too, same as the umbrals and the dreamings and the lot.

[Mewtarthio]

It's an 'h', too, same as the umbrals and the dreamings and the lot.

Oh, merciful Amakthel... can you get a a rare dreaming horror?! I realize such a beast would be extremely rare... but it should be possible, yes?

[Frumple]

Possible nothing, I've seen one or two. Pretty sure I said, "Nope." and ran away. Or died, either way.

Few's been linked in chat while I was on, too.

[SageAcrin]

I've seen rares...rares you wouldn't believe.

For my money, outside of the obvious candidates(high end horrors, MHWs), the nastiest are high end demons(which, especially on Dreadfell elites/bosses, have soul crushing statistics), Dreadmasters and Ruin Banshees(aaaaaaaaa) and a few weirdies like Blinkwyrms(Did you know Blinkwyrms have massive regen in basically every resource? This can come up.). Oh, and Liches, but that probably goes without saying. (At least, I think I've only seen Liches and Blood Liches as rares or elites.)

I think the funniest was the rare Ureslak the Prismatic though, unless I'm misremembering. That was a silly bug for a bit there. Not as silly as the part in SVN where Ureslak kept resetting Draconic Body's cooldown by changing colors though.