Implement another new unique, this time of my own coding: Maurice the thief.

Equipment: a cloak, a dagger or short sword, and some gold.
Spells   : Blink, Invisibility, Teleport Self

Most importantly, in melee combat Maurice will try to steal items from
the player. Due to technical limitations he can only steal item types
monsters can carry and only if said item slot is still free. All
applicable items get weighted by item value, and if nothing is
applicable he will steal some gold instead. If even that isn't possible,
he'll complain a bit and teleport away.

Maurice is placed in the same depth as Gastronok. He's not actually
hard (except for the occasional weapon brand or wand), but rather
annoying. :p

Stealing from monsters hasn't been implemented, and I don't think it's
as interesting. Maurice is currently prevented from stealing items the
player has equipped, though I'm considering allowing him to steal a
wielded weapon, at least.
The limitations of monsters' inventories means that Maurice will never
attempt to steal armour (slot already filled) or jewellery (missing
slot). Maybe we could try to force valuable items into inappropriate but
rarely used slots, e.g. MSLOT_MISC. 

Other than in the FR (see 2838375) Maurice does not disappear from the
level, so you can still hunt him down. He also doesn't get a crossbow or
blowgun yet, though that's an interesting idea. However, handing out a 
secondary weapon would mean that he couldn't steal weapons either.

Doesn't have a tile yet, and I have no image of him in my head either.


git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@10776 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/monspeak.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/monspeak.txt
index d6285ef88c..9056c2d759 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/monspeak.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/monspeak.txt
@@ -2138,6 +2138,55 @@ _Maud_rare_
 
 ## END Maud ##
 %%%%
+############ MAURICE ### A thief.
+Maurice
+
+@_Maurice_common_@
+
+w:6
+@_Maurice_medium_@
+
+w:2
+@_Maurice_rare_@
+%%%%
+_Maurice_common_
+
+VISUAL:@The_monster@ tries to hide in the shadows.
+
+@The_monster@ shouts, "HAHA!"
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Nice gear. Can I borrow some?"
+
+@The_monster@ shouts, "Mine, all mine!"
+
+%%%%
+_Maurice_medium_
+
+VISUAL:@The_monster@ looks sneaky.
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Lost something?"
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Very interesting."
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Have you got some gold to spare?"
+%%%%
+_Maurice_rare_
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Betcha didn't see that coming, eh?"
+
+@The_monster@ says to @foe@, "Money or life? Never mind, I think I'll take both."
+
+@The_monster@ says, "Killing adventurers and taking their stuff. It's what I do."
+%%%%
+# Triggered when Maurice tries to steal something, but doesn't find anything.
+Maurice nonstealing
+
+@The_monster@ grunts, "Curses!"
+
+@The_monster@ mutters, "Now where did you hide it?"
+
+@The_monster@ groans, "What are you, a monk?"
+%%%%
 ############ MENKAURE ### A mummy whose rest you've disturbed
 Menkaure