/* scorpion race object Thought .. 19th Oct 1996
* Fixed by Sin to do the poisoning correctly. */
#define POISON_EFFECT "/std/effects/poisons/spider_venom"
inherit "/std/races/arachnid";
void poison( int damage, object him, object me, string atype, string aname );
void setup() {
set_name( "scorpion" );
set_long( "A nasty little poisonous creature, of the arachnid family.\n" );
set_height( 5 );
set_weight( 2 );
set_desc( "a nasty little poisonous creature, of the arachnid family" );
bits = ({
"head", "head", ({ 0, 200, 0,
"left eye", "right eye", "mandible", "brain" }),
"left eye", "eye", ({ "head", 10, 0 }),
"right eye", "eye", ({ "head", 10, 0 }),
"mandible", "mouth", ({ "head", 50, 0 }),
"brain", "brain", ({ "head", 25, 0 }),
"thorax", "thorax", ({ 0, 500, 0, "heart", "poison sac" }),
"heart", "heart", ({ "thorax", 50, 0 }),
"poison sac", "sac", ({ "thorax", 50, 0 }),
"tail", "tail", ({ 0, 300, 0, "sting" }),
"sting", "sting", ({ "tail", 25, 0 }),
"left claw", "claw", ({ 0, 100, 0 }),
"right claw", "claw", ({ 0, 100, 0 }),
"left front leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 }),
"left middle leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 }),
"left back leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 }),
"right front leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 }),
"right middle leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 }),
"right back leg", "leg", ({ 0, 50, 0 })
});
inedible = ({ "mandible", "left claw", "right claw" });
unrottable = ({ "mandible", "left claw", "right claw" });
set_stats( ({ -6, 4, -8, -6, -8 }) );
} /* setup() */
void new_set_level( mixed *args ) {
int level;
object thing;
if( sizeof(args) < 2 || !args[1] )
return;
level = args[ 0 ];
thing = args[ 1 ];
thing->add_skill_level( "general.health", level * 3 );
thing->add_ac( "blunt", "blunt", level / 2 );
thing->add_ac( "pierce", "pierce", level / 4 );
thing->add_ac( "sharp", "sharp", level / 3 );
thing->add_ac( "fire", "fire", level );
/* Not quite sure about these levels, I know the ordering is right, but
* the actual values could probably do with tweaking
*/
} /* new_set_level() */
int query_dark( int light ) { return 0; }
void set_unarmed_attacks( object thing ) {
int number;
number = (int)thing->query_skill_bonus( "fighting.combat.melee.unarmed" );
number = 4 + sqrt( number );
thing->remove_attack( "hands" );
thing->remove_attack( "feet" );
thing->remove_attack( "poison" );
thing->remove_attack( "bite" );
thing->add_attack( "sting", 70, ({ 5 * number, 10, number }),
"pierce", "unarmed", ({ "poison", this_object() }) );
thing->add_attack( "bite", 20, ({ 3 * number, 10, number }),
"pierce", "unarmed", 0 );
thing->add_attack_message( "sting", "pierce", ({ 0, ({
"You sting $hcname$.\n",
"$mcname$ stings you.\n",
"$mcname$ stings $hcname$.\n"
}) }) );
thing->set_combat_response("dodge");
} /* set_unarmed_attacks() */
void poison( int damage, object him, object me, string a_type,
string a_name ) {
tell_object( me, "You stab " + him->one_short() + " with your tail, "
"injecting " + him->query_objective() + " with venom.\n" );
tell_object( him, me->one_short() + " stabs you with " +
me->query_possessive() + " tail! You seethe in agony.\n" );
tell_room( environment( me ), me->one_short() + " visciously stabs " +
him->one_short() + " with " + me->query_possessive() + " tail! " +
him->one_short() + " seethes in agony.\n", ({ me, him }) );
him->add_effect( POISON_EFFECT, 100 );
} /* poison() */
