Make shadow dragons' corpses mutagenic as discussed some time ago, and

mark skeletal dragons' genus as "dragon", so they are affected by dragon
slaying.
Add several more descriptions for various abilities. Please feel free to
correct or add anything.


git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@6261 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573

3 files changed, 46 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/ability.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/ability.txt
index 5a6ba553a6..8b09d0a407 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/ability.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/ability.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ If you get this description, it is a bug.
 %%%%
 Spit Poison
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Spit poison at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Sense Surroundings
 
@@ -13,39 +13,41 @@ You can map your vicinity.
 %%%%
 Teleportation
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Teleport yourself to a random location on the level.
 %%%%
 Blink ability
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Blink to another grid within your line of sight.
 %%%%
 Breathe Fire
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of fire at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Breathe Frost
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of frost at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Breathe Poison Gas
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of poison gas at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Breathe Lightning
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of lightning at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Breathe Power
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of power at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Breathe Sticky Flame
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a blast of sticky flame at a targeted monster. As the name
+suggests, sticky flame will stick around, so the monster may be
+covered in flames for several rounds until they eventually go out.
 %%%%
 Breathe Steam
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Breathe a jet of steam at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Bat Form
 
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Gate Yourself to Pandemonium
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Enter the chaotic realm of Pandemonium. Getting back might be
+difficult.
 %%%%
 Channeling
 
@@ -98,11 +101,11 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Throw Flame ability
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Throw a blast of flame at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Throw Frost ability
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Throw a blast of frost at a targeted monster.
 %%%%
 Bolt of Draining ability
 
@@ -110,7 +113,8 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Release Delayed Fireball
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Release a previously memorised (delayed) fireball without 
+additional cost in terms of magic or hunger.
 %%%%
 Self-Restoration
 
@@ -122,11 +126,11 @@ You can map your vicinity.
 %%%%
 Evoke Teleportation
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Teleport yourself to a random location on the level.
 %%%%
 Evoke Blink
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Blink to another grid within your line of sight.
 %%%%
 Evoke Berserk Rage
 
@@ -141,7 +145,9 @@ even pass out.
 %%%%
 Evoke Invisibility
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Turn yourself invisible for a limited amount of time. Turning
+invisible increases your magical contamination and may eventually 
+cause glowing.
 %%%%
 Turn Visible
 
@@ -237,7 +243,8 @@ Temporarily increases your Strength and damage output.
 %%%%
 Haste
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Greatly increases your movement speed. Hasting yourself increases
+your magical contamination and may eventually cause glowing.
 %%%%
 # Makhleb
 Minor Destruction
@@ -263,7 +270,8 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Forget Spell
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Forget any spell out of the ones you've currently memorised, so as to
+free memory to learn others.
 %%%%
 # Trog
 Burn Books
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ prevent you from passing out.
 %%%%
 Trog's Hand
 
-A powerful regeneration ability, stacks with all other sources.
+A powerful regeneration ability which stacks with all other sources.
 %%%%
 Brothers in Arms
 
@@ -321,7 +329,8 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 # Lugonu
 Depart the Abyss
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Leave the Abyss to return into the branch and level you last were in
+when you left the dungeon.
 %%%%
 Bend Space
 
@@ -329,7 +338,8 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Banish
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Depending on the targeted monster's magic resistance, it may be 
+banished into the Abyss.
 %%%%
 Corrupt
 
@@ -342,15 +352,18 @@ You can transfer yourself to Lugonu's realm instantly... but at a cost.
 # Nemelex Xobeh
 Draw One
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Choose any deck in your inventory and draw a card from it.
 %%%%
 Peek at Two
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Draw two cards from your wielded deck, look at them and shuffle them
+back into the deck. The deck will be inscribed as containing those
+two cards, and if they are different this will identify the deck.
 %%%%
 Triple Draw
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Draw three cards from your wielded deck, have a look at them and decide
+which one to keep. Discard the other two.
 %%%%
 Mark Four
 
@@ -358,7 +371,9 @@ There's currently no description for this ability...
 %%%%
 Stack Five
 
-There's currently no description for this ability...
+Draw five cards from your wielded deck, losing the rest of the deck.
+Look at the cards and sort them into any order you'd like. Subsequently
+you'll draw these cards in the order you chose.
 %%%%
 # Beogh
 Smiting
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc b/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
index c84b2542d9..30431843c3 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
@@ -3551,6 +3551,9 @@ void zap_wand( int slot )
     if (!alreadyknown && (beam.obvious_effect || type_zapped == ZAP_FIREBALL))
     {
         set_ident_type( wand, ID_KNOWN_TYPE );
+        if (wand.sub_type == WAND_RANDOM_EFFECTS)
+            mpr("You feel that this wand is rather unreliable.");
+
         mpr(wand.name(DESC_INVENTORY_EQUIP).c_str());
     }
     else
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/mon-data.h b/crawl-ref/source/mon-data.h
index 1b982e60a2..30bff524d8 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/mon-data.h
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/mon-data.h
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@
     { {AT_BITE, AF_DRAIN_XP, 20}, {AT_CLAW, AF_PLAIN, 15},
       {AT_CLAW, AF_PLAIN, 15}, AT_NO_ATK },
     { 17, 5, 5, 0 },
-    15, 10, MST_SHADOW_DRAGON, CE_CLEAN, Z_BIG, S_ROAR, I_ANIMAL,
+    15, 10, MST_SHADOW_DRAGON, CE_MUTAGENIC, Z_BIG, S_ROAR, I_ANIMAL,
     HT_LAND, 10, DEFAULT_ENERGY, MONUSE_NOTHING, SIZE_HUGE
 },
 
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@
     MONS_SKELETAL_DRAGON, 'D', LIGHTGREY, "skeletal dragon",
     M_SENSE_INVIS | M_EVIL,
     MR_RES_POISON | MR_RES_FIRE | MR_RES_COLD | MR_RES_ELEC,
-    0, 12, MONS_SKELETAL_WARRIOR, MONS_SKELETAL_DRAGON, MH_UNDEAD, -4,
+    0, 12, MONS_DRAGON, MONS_SKELETAL_DRAGON, MH_UNDEAD, -4,
     { {AT_BITE, AF_PLAIN, 30}, {AT_CLAW, AF_PLAIN, 20},
       {AT_CLAW, AF_PLAIN, 20}, AT_NO_ATK },
     { 20, 8, 8, 0 },