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Diffstat (limited to 'crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc b/crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc index 0c3dc4d02b..455e61160a 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc +++ b/crawl-ref/source/monstuff.cc @@ -3340,17 +3340,22 @@ static bool handle_throw(monsters *monster, bolt & beem) if (mons_itemuse(monster->type) < MONUSE_OPEN_DOORS) return (false); - if (one_chance_in(5)) + const bool archer = mons_class_flag(monster->type, M_ARCHER); + // Highly-specialised archers are more likely to shoot than talk. + if (one_chance_in(archer? 9 : 5)) return (false); // don't allow offscreen throwing for now. if (monster->foe == MHITYOU && !mons_near(monster)) return (false); - // recent addition {GDL} - monsters won't throw if they can do melee. - // wastes valuable ammo, and most monsters are better at melee anyway. - if (adjacent( beem.target_x, beem.target_y, monster->x, monster->y )) + // Monsters won't shoot in melee range, largely for balance reasons. + // Specialist archers are an exception to this rule. + if (!archer + && adjacent( beem.target_x, beem.target_y, monster->x, monster->y )) + { return (false); + } item_def *launcher = NULL; const item_def *weapon = NULL; |