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Question: does anyone with a wolfhound know if they actually do try to protect their owners? Periwinkle mentioned something about that, but mine seems content to just watch me kill stuff, so I'm not sure if I really do need to worry about him jumping in at any point.... --Ilde 03:47, 10 April 2010 (UTC) ETA: Never mind. --Ilde 08:18, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

It seems my quest pet cat only understands Morporkian, can anybody confirm whether his or her cat reacts to other languages? --Gunde 07:13, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Mine only responds to Morporkian, too--not Agatean, Djelian, Ephebian, or Uberwaldean (which I have at high enough levels for npcs to understand me). --Ilde 08:18, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


For those who are interested, but don't want to kill their own dear pets, here's a log of the haunting thing. --Ilde 02:10, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Swamp dragons

Alright, so they explode when attacked...

You prepare to attack the scaly green swamp dragon.
Hp: 500 (500) Gp: 50 (50) Xp: 101705
You thrust at the scaly green swamp dragon with your short sword but, although unable to defend, he somehow avoids the attack.
The scaly green swamp dragon sinks his teeth into your right foot.
As kaboom dies, your mind reels in panic, storing every last detail of their existence in an orgy of denial.  Perhaps a priest can help you to recover your lost love?
The scaly green swamp dragon explodes in a violent inferno of fire and dragon bits.
You can't move! You seem to be paralysed.
The spectral image of a scaly green swamp dragon appears in front of you and looks sadly at you through pale eyes.  You shudder in horror as the image passes through you with tears in its eyes.  You find your yourself less able to communicate from the shock.
You can move again.
You feel you have recovered and are ready to communicate with the world again.
Someone says: MY, WE'VE BEEN A BIT CARELESS, HAVEN'T WE?  SHALL WE POPPADOM TO THE NEXT DIMENSION?
You turn and see Death standing behind you.

When else do they explode? Is it always fatal or does it just do a bunch of damage? What's with the paralysis? --Ilde 10:22, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Moon Dragons

Sto Lat Catapult

The other way a moon dragon can die. :(

The greasy old ballistics engineer exclaims with a Sto Plains accent: Have a fun trip!
Could not find the verb 'untie'.
With a creaking and grinding, the trebuchet is released, catapulting you high into the sky.
You soar out, over the cabbages.
You find it hard to float and make a quick trip fourteen yards downwards.
Ouch, that hurt.
Hp: 651 (1724) Gp: 280 (377) Xp: 279270
An aquamarine moon dragon plummets in a floating way down out of the sky.
The aquamarine moon dragon stands up on you.
The aquamarine moon dragon flutters to the ground and ambles about, nibbling at things.
You horrible, horrible person.  Shame.
The aquamarine moon dragon squeals with desolate betrayal, hops into the air and zooms away at top speed.
You horrible, horrible person.  Shame.
The aquamarine moon dragon soars in and lands beside you.
The aquamarine moon dragon dies.
As eysx dies, your mind reels in panic, storing every last detail of their existence in an orgy of denial.  Perhaps a priest can help you to recover your lost love?

Hard to tell whether all the emotes and actions are a bug, since most of the log doesn't make much sense if the dragon died from plummeting out of the sky. Death by catapult seems to count as me attacking it. --Tabs 2:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Got to be a bug. Not only is it illogical in multiple ways, but it's a little bizarre that you get the "you attacked you rmoon dragon" message twice. It's not limited to moon dragons, either--I think it's an aspect of "falling with something following you" in general, because I saw a similar thing with Ryattenoki. See, there's this spot on New Bridge in AM (right outside Lanfear's house) where if you leave "down" you'll be in an "up in the sky" room. Then of course you fall down to the river (but it's a very short trip of only one yard, and you don't seem to take any damage from it, so it's probably a safe thing to experiment). When I did that with Ryattenoki following me, when he fell onto the river I got the same message you get if you attack him (twice in a row).
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You climb down to the river Ankh.
Ryattenoki arrives from above.
An aristocratic Ramtop wolfhound and Ryattenoki precede you.
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Up in the sky [none].
Ryattenoki and an aristocratic Ramtop wolfhound are standing here.
Ryattenoki might go away if you buy one of his haddocks.
You find it hard to float and make a quick trip one yard downwards.
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Under New Bridge [n,e,s,w].
A brown crab is scuttling around.
That didn't hurt a bit.
Ryattenoki plummets down out of the sky.
You move to attack Ryattenoki but the strong odour of haddock overcomes you and makes you feel weak.
You move to attack Ryattenoki but the strong odour of haddock overcomes you and makes you feel weak.
Ryattenoki will accept 25 rhinu for a haddock.
Ryattenoki is looking for an "offer".
Ryattenoki might go away if you buy one of his haddocks.
My wolfhound did not act attacked--possibly because they have a different following method (they don't take extra gp when you passage, and they magically appear in your room if you go through a door that blocks them--note that my wolfhound didn't "plummet out the sky", either). ...Oh, I just tried it with an astonished chicken from Mrs. Puddlesocks, and she didn't act attacked, either (or plummet out of the sky... she was just in the room when I looked). But then, she doesn't passage with me, so I guess that's a different following method.
--Ilde 03:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Oh right, the bridge-the-heavies-leave-me-on. My quest cat was unaffected, and even if my dragon were perched on me, he acted as if I tried to attack him. (I guess he's too sensitive. :P) Bugged the catapult/dragon, though. --Tabs 3:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I bugged the bridge with a note that it was really for the room beneath, but I don't know if that was the best place for it... the last time I tried to bugrep an "up in the sky" room, though, I finished falling before I managed to "bug here", paste the rep in, and save (and checking the rep showed it being for the room I landed in :( ), so I'm not sure what would be better. --Ilde 05:51, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I noted that the "up in the sky" in my dragon bugrep, but it does leave something to be desired. It's too bad I can't submit the bug as a witch while flying. At least she stays in the sky a little longer. :/ --Tabs 3:06, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Hatchet and Entrail

The special brawl moves when fighting here means that moon dragons can be thrown into the fight, dragged away from your protection and killed. Can presumably happen to other pets as well. Does anyone know if this type of brawl happens elsewhere?

You hurl a jet black moon dragon into the fray, and it hits the muscular troll fighter!
The jet black moon dragon stands up on you.
The jet black moon dragon stares haughtily at the troll bodyguard from her safe position as she makes a move to attack her.
The jet black moon dragon stares haughtily at the troll bodyguard from her safe position as she makes a move to attack her.
The troll bodyguard drags the jet black moon dragon upstairs by the hair!
The jet black moon dragon gets off you and stands up.
The bodyguard viciously kicks the stupid troll fighter in the shins, and grins sadistically!
The stupid troll fighter yelps.
The bodyguard grins.
The muscular troll fighter moves aggressively towards you!
As Jet black moon dragon dies, your mind reels in panic, storing every last detail of their existence in an orgy of denial.  Perhaps a priest can help you to recover your lost love?

Terappi 06:39, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Kelpie Attacking Human

The crazy prophet loudly asks in Djelian: Behold!  There shall come a ptime of minor pollution, when the famed grey-headed serpents shall feast upon the bin-bibh-khot-ghot of the sinners and nobody will know why lat louk for the fruit of the One True God.  For is it not written, in the bouk of Khuft: "Troubled ghot he who, in the name of all that is Evil, paints his ptoenails bright pink, for he shall find ptrue peace."?
Phyre arrives from the south.
Phyre leaves north.
The crazy prophet gibbers madly.
Phyre moves north into the northeastern corner of the east bazaar.
The scribe leaves southwest.
The russet bronze kelpie zooms in little circles, barking savagely, spittle flying.
The russet bronze kelpie hurls himself at the crazy prophet's throat!
The dusty farming labourer leaves north.
The crazy prophet punches at the russet bronze kelpie.
Hp: 2162 (2162) Gp: 362 (362) Xp: 2359240
You smash the crazy prophet in the stomach with one of your rune-engraved crescent wrenches.
The russet bronze kelpie bites into the crazy prophet's left foot.
The crazy prophet punches at you but your floating oval bronze shield swoops in and absorbs all of the blow.