1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc b/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
index 2bec5b9aff..554879c05d 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ REVISION("$Rev$");
 
 static void _create_monster_hide(const item_def corpse)
 {
+    // receive_corpses() in spells3.cc creates corpses that
+    // are easily scummed for hides.  We prevent this by setting
+    // "DoNotDropHide" as an item property of corpses it creates.
+    if (corpse.props.exists("DoNotDropHide"))
+        return;
+
     int mons_class = corpse.plus;
 
     int o = get_item_slot();