New needle brands! Sleep, paralysis, rage, confusion, sickness, slowing.

The numbers and the names will likely need tweaking. Better throwing
skill and blowgun enchantment will increase the duration of most of the
effects, except for sleep and rage.

1 files changed, 107 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc b/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
index 816d8a00ba..618720050c 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/item_use.cc
@@ -1926,6 +1926,92 @@ static bool _blessed_hit_victim(bolt &beam, actor* victim, int &dmg,
     return (false);
 }
 
+int _blowgun_power_roll (bolt &beam)
+{
+    actor* agent = beam.agent();
+    int base_power = 1;
+    int blowgun_base = 0;
+
+    if (agent->atype() == ACT_MONSTER)
+    {
+        monsters* mons = static_cast<monsters*>(agent);
+        base_power += mons->hit_dice;
+        blowgun_base += (*mons).launcher()->plus;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        base_power += you.skills[SK_THROWING];
+        blowgun_base += (you.weapon())->plus;
+    }
+
+    return (base_power + blowgun_base);
+}
+
+static bool _paralysis_hit_victim (bolt& beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                  int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    int blowgun_power = _blowgun_power_roll(beam);
+    victim->paralyse(beam.agent(), 5 + random2(blowgun_power));
+    return (true);
+}
+
+static bool _sleep_hit_victim (bolt& beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                  int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    int blowgun_power = _blowgun_power_roll(beam);
+    victim->put_to_sleep(beam.agent(), 5 + random2(blowgun_power));
+    return (true);
+}
+
+static bool _confusion_hit_victim (bolt &beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                   int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    int blowgun_power = _blowgun_power_roll(beam);
+    victim->confuse(beam.agent(), 5 + random2(blowgun_power));
+    return (true);
+}
+
+static bool _slow_hit_victim (bolt &beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                   int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    int blowgun_power = _blowgun_power_roll(beam);
+    victim->slow_down(beam.agent(), 5 + random2(blowgun_power));
+    return (true);
+}
+
+static bool _sickness_hit_victim (bolt &beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                   int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    int blowgun_power = _blowgun_power_roll(beam);
+    victim->sicken(40 + random2(blowgun_power));
+    return (true);
+}
+
+static bool _rage_hit_victim (bolt &beam, actor* victim, int dmg,
+                                   int corpse)
+{
+    if (beam.is_tracer)
+        return (false);
+
+    victim->go_berserk(false);
+    return (true);
+}
+
 bool setup_missile_beam(const actor *agent, bolt &beam, item_def &item,
                         std::string &ammo_name, bool &returning)
 {
@@ -2034,6 +2120,14 @@ bool setup_missile_beam(const actor *agent, bolt &beam, item_def &item,
     const bool flaming      = bow_brand == SPWPN_FLAME
                                 || ammo_brand == SPMSL_FLAME;
 
+    const bool paralysis    = ammo_brand == SPMSL_PARALYSIS;
+    const bool slow         = ammo_brand == SPMSL_SLOW;
+    const bool sleep        = ammo_brand == SPMSL_SLEEP;
+    const bool confusion    = ammo_brand == SPMSL_CONFUSION;
+    const bool sickness     = ammo_brand == SPMSL_SICKNESS;
+    const bool rage         = ammo_brand == SPMSL_RAGE;
+
+
     ASSERT(!exploding || !is_artefact(item));
 
     if (flaming && poisoned)
@@ -2117,6 +2211,19 @@ bool setup_missile_beam(const actor *agent, bolt &beam, item_def &item,
     if (blessed)
         beam.damage_funcs.push_back(_blessed_hit_victim);
 
+    if (paralysis)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_paralysis_hit_victim);
+    if (slow)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_slow_hit_victim);
+    if (sleep)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_sleep_hit_victim);
+    if (confusion)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_confusion_hit_victim);
+    if (sickness)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_sickness_hit_victim);
+    if (rage)
+        beam.hit_funcs.push_back(_rage_hit_victim);
+
     if (reaping && ammo.special != SPMSL_REAPING)
     {
         beam.name = "shadowy " + beam.name;