[Crawl] What are those pseudo-(weapon)enchantments?

[Guest]

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Every once in while, when I read an unID'd scroll, I get a message like
this (example): "Your +0 hand axe glows mottled mauve for a moment".
Messages like this are relatively common, but I never found what they
mean. Sounds like an enchantment somehow, but there isn't (not visible
at least). What happens here?

tia
Rubinstein

P.S.: Sorry for not testing this newsreader before posting, just too
lazy. Hope, the MID is correct and it's not posted in html...

 

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Rubinstein wrote:

> Every once in while, when I read an unID'd scroll, I get a message like
> this (example): "Your +0 hand axe glows mottled mauve for a moment".
> Messages like this are relatively common, but I never found what they
> mean. Sounds like an enchantment somehow, but there isn't (not visible
> at least). What happens here?

That particular one is a scroll of random uselessness I beliece.

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[z80]

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Graeme Dice <grdice@sasktel.net.NOSPAM> wrote in message news:<W6rgd.52006$%k.50748@pd7tw2no>...
> That particular one is a scroll of random uselessness I believe.

Exactly. Any time a scroll causes your weapon to glow anything other
than either green (To-Hit) or red (Damage) is a scroll of random
uselessness.

 

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Z80 wrote:
> Graeme Dice <grdice@sasktel.net.NOSPAM> wrote in message news:<W6rgd.52006$%k.50748@pd7tw2no>...
>
>>That particular one is a scroll of random uselessness I believe.
>
>
> Exactly. Any time a scroll causes your weapon to glow anything other
> than either green (To-Hit) or red (Damage) is a scroll of random
> uselessness.

Not exactly. Bright yellow is enchant weapon III, and there's another
coloud for vorpalization.

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