Talk:Xtahua

missing description of searing breath

It's always sad if you can't tell what a deadly monster is able to do in damage. So here with Xtahua's searing breath. I've tried to code dive in mon-spell.h. But all I found there: xthaua's distance weapon is quite the same as a fire dragon's. Just the frequency parameter ("62") is really high!
({ MST_XTAHUA, => SPELL_SEARING_BREATH, 62, MON_SPELL_NATURAL | MON_SPELL_BREATH | MON_SPELL_NOISY }). I searched inside spl-data.h. I found:

(SPELL_SEARING_BREATH, "Searing Breath",
   SPTYP_CONJURATION | SPTYP_FIRE,

   SPFLAG_DIR_OR_TARGET | SPFLAG_MONSTER | SPFLAG_NOISY | SPFLAG_NEEDS_TRACER,

   level= 5, power_cap= 0,

   min_range=5, max_range=5,

   noise=5, effect_noise=0,

   target_prompt=nullptr,

Disappointing: I wanted the damage possibilities, but those are not included. Someone among you who has a good idea how to put the found code into wiki info? -- Bwijn (talk) 15:27, 30 April 2016 (CEST)

Does the Spells section tell you want you want? It says Xtahua's Searing Breath deals 3d38 damage. -- Edsrzf (talk) 04:22, 2 May 2016 (CEST)

I see what you mean: the wiki text indeed names a rough formula. Nevertheless I was unsure about the odds of trying to stab this unique. A red wikilink like searing ray is IMHO really bad for the main function of this wiki: give the users the means of reliable quick check-up for encounter odds. -- Bwijn (talk) 12:12, 3 May 2016 (CEST)