>>Hey....did when did the riders on Shalswar start attacking while mounted?

Likely a side result of my recent Dragon Priest emergency fixes. I just double-checked, and it looks like they were originally designed to behave this way.

GM Grejuva

Oh it kind of makes sense that they should be able to attack, but it was a surprise.

Luckily for me, Flavius is no longer relying upon Shalswar to learn Parry because Sentinal attacks would make that pretty much impossible if you can still learn parry there. Flavius got flamed several times when he forgot to swap stances back from parry to shield when he started killing off the Shalswar.

Now....lets talk about Plague Wraiths special attack.....

>>Hey Grejuva- looks like maybe there was another result then- some time back Shalswar were changed so we could see what was riding them- Sentinals or Zealots- as I recall both when they entered the room and when you looked at them.

Are you sure? I'm only seeing two descriptions in the code: mounted by an unspecified DP and unmounted.

GM Grejuva

> Are you sure? I'm only seeing two descriptions in the code: mounted by an unspecified DP and unmounted.

Check the ones in Plat; ours show up as ridden by zealot or sentinel. Chances are we didn't get the DP update, whatever it pertained to.

- Tyr, player of

Grolig exclaims, "Silly Paladin!"

"If it is the critter's entrance message, it is random and will only sometimes show the zealot/sentinel.
If it is the critter list in the room look, it's working in Prime too. To see it, make sure you have Set RoomBrief disabled.
If it is the critter's Describe info, you won't see the specific DP riding it. This is the case in Plat too.

GM Grejuva"

I would like to suggest that given that both the Zealots and Sentinals can attack while mounted now, that we be able to see them both when they enter the room and when we look at them. It only makes sense, and especially considering the issue of the Sentinals arrows, will make hunting there- and trying to learn parry- a more reasonable option.

Right now as i recall- when the Shalswar enters the room it will only describe the generic type of rider.

What would make even more sense is to have it show up in the assess function.

I suspect you are speaking of your necro, not your cleric.

Clerics can deal with Zealots......

But your point is valid regardless.

You have been having too much fun with your necro!

And by the way- I see what Grejuva meant- you can see the riders in the room 'look', but when they enter, you only get a generic 'rider' and can't see the rider when looking or appraising. So there is at least a way to see if Sentinals are in the room.

I'd assume he means PS or COZ.