[Slashem-devel] Vampire bite attack

[J. A. H. <al...@op...>]

Eva has raised an interesting question about the vampire bite attack.
See http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=115297&group_id=9746
for details.

Currently this is implemented as all other bite attacks. This means that you
get penalties implemented in passive (eg., stoning, rust, cold etc). What you
don't get are the full range of penalties as if you had eaten the monster's
corspe (eg., cannibalism, death from riders, sliming, stun (bats), mimics, etc).
Presumably the current thought is that biting a monster during an attack is so
fleeting that many adverse affects don't apply. The question is does a
vampire's attack fit into the same category? If we decide that all the corspe
effects should apply, what about the beneficial ones (eg., nurses).

Comments?

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