Just wondering... My 3.4.3 priest has obtained Sunsword from Archon
that is shining! That is, it behaves like a radius 2 permanent lamp.
I can drop it and see its light from the distance then come back and
pick it up again. Radius 2 is standard for Sunsword in 3.4.3 AFAIK
but I always thought it was supposed to be wielded?
My guess, not necessarily correct, is that killing the wielder does
not unwield the sword, so it keeps shining forever.
Not sure if
this is a bug or a feature and have no intention to wield and then
unwield it myself at this stage as the priest has no magic lamp (yet).
I'd rather keep it as a light source for the time being. Maybe later.
But can someone comment on the validity of the guess itself?
I seem to faintly recall a former report (or was it own experience?)
where such an effect had already been reported and was classified as
a bug.
On Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 17:40:54 UTC+10, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
I seem to faintly recall a former report (or was it own experience?)
where such an effect had already been reported and was classified as
a bug.
I had a similar (but very vague) memory and so have just checked the
3.4.3 bug page on wiki. It indeed lists a bug C343-106 "Sunsword
continues to glow after its wielder dies" but... the additional
info says "It continues to glow if you petrify a monster wielding it
(and then recover it from the statue) or if you snag it out of a
monster's hands with a bullwhip". [...]
The official page (http://nethack.org/v343/bugs.html) just says:
"Sunsword continues to glow after its wielder dies."
Clear enough, I'd say, without any "additional info" provided there.
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