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Spoily, so
Recently I read either in adom.brinkster.net forum or R.G.R.A (can't
remember where and by whom, sorry) about using scrolls of repair to
mass-bless items. Apparently a blessed scroll of repair not only fixes an
item or a heap of items but also blesses it. Also, a cursed scroll of
repair breaks the item or heap of items. Thus, first using a cursed scroll
of repair and then a blessed one can be used to quickly bless a heap
irrespective of its size. I tried it on some ammo and it did indeed work.
Where it gets strange is that it is not limited to things like ammunition,
weapons and armor, but apparently just about anything can be mass-blessed
this way. My first experiment was with a heap of 10 uncursed plain blankets
(weighing 100 s and thus being far beyond the weight limit). After reading
a cursed scroll of repair on this heap I was somewhat surprised to find:
heap of 10 uncursed broken plain blankets
in my inventory. After reading a blessed scroll the heap was blessed and
unbroken as expected. Next I tried the trick on scrolls. I didn't want to
lose some important scrolls in case it didn't work so I chose a heap of
about 9 uncursed scrolls of amnesia. After reading a cursed scroll I had:
heap of 9 uncursed broken scrolls of amnesia
in my inventory. And after reading a blessed scroll of repair I had 9
blessed unbroken scrolls of amnesia. My final test was with potions. I had
a heap of something like 57 uncursed potions of healing in my inventory
(had been scumming the BDC post gate-closing and cleansing). Guess what I
had after reading a cursed scroll of repair ? Yes - 57 broken potions of
healing. And after reading a blessed scroll they were indeed fixed and
blessed (and thus combined with a heap of blessed ones).
This offers a very severe way of abuse as long as one has some scrolls of
repair and makes scrolls of repair (at least IMHO) much more useful. I
don't know if this works with 1.1.x, and won't be testing it either (I
won't play 1.1.x due to the übermonster-bug).
J.
Spoily, so
Recently I read either in adom.brinkster.net forum or R.G.R.A (can't
remember where and by whom, sorry) about using scrolls of repair to
mass-bless items. Apparently a blessed scroll of repair not only fixes an
item or a heap of items but also blesses it. Also, a cursed scroll of
repair breaks the item or heap of items. Thus, first using a cursed scroll
of repair and then a blessed one can be used to quickly bless a heap
irrespective of its size. I tried it on some ammo and it did indeed work.
Where it gets strange is that it is not limited to things like ammunition,
weapons and armor, but apparently just about anything can be mass-blessed
this way. My first experiment was with a heap of 10 uncursed plain blankets
(weighing 100 s and thus being far beyond the weight limit). After reading
a cursed scroll of repair on this heap I was somewhat surprised to find:
heap of 10 uncursed broken plain blankets
in my inventory. After reading a blessed scroll the heap was blessed and
unbroken as expected. Next I tried the trick on scrolls. I didn't want to
lose some important scrolls in case it didn't work so I chose a heap of
about 9 uncursed scrolls of amnesia. After reading a cursed scroll I had:
heap of 9 uncursed broken scrolls of amnesia
in my inventory. And after reading a blessed scroll of repair I had 9
blessed unbroken scrolls of amnesia. My final test was with potions. I had
a heap of something like 57 uncursed potions of healing in my inventory
(had been scumming the BDC post gate-closing and cleansing). Guess what I
had after reading a cursed scroll of repair ? Yes - 57 broken potions of
healing. And after reading a blessed scroll they were indeed fixed and
blessed (and thus combined with a heap of blessed ones).
This offers a very severe way of abuse as long as one has some scrolls of
repair and makes scrolls of repair (at least IMHO) much more useful. I
don't know if this works with 1.1.x, and won't be testing it either (I
won't play 1.1.x due to the übermonster-bug).
J.
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