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Diffstat (limited to 'crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc b/crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc index c69a75c469..b9c0e38228 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc +++ b/crawl-ref/source/newgame.cc @@ -5478,10 +5478,10 @@ bool _give_items_skills() break; case JOB_VENOM_MAGE: - // Give them a useful weapon they can poison if they want. - _newgame_make_item(0, EQ_WEAPON, OBJ_WEAPONS, WPN_SHORT_SWORD); - _newgame_make_item(1, EQ_BODY_ARMOUR, OBJ_ARMOUR, ARM_ROBE); - _newgame_make_item(2, EQ_NONE, OBJ_BOOKS, BOOK_YOUNG_POISONERS); + // Venom Mages don't need a starting weapon since acquiring a weapon + // to poison should be easy, and Sting is *powerful*. + _newgame_make_item(0, EQ_BODY_ARMOUR, OBJ_ARMOUR, ARM_ROBE); + _newgame_make_item(1, EQ_NONE, OBJ_BOOKS, BOOK_YOUNG_POISONERS); you.skills[SK_POISON_MAGIC] = 4; you.skills[SK_SPELLCASTING] = 1; |