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*[[F]]: Like '''f''', but you can also select the item to fire.
 
*[[F]]: Like '''f''', but you can also select the item to fire.
 
*[[Q]]: This command is used to select the item slot that will be used by next '''f''' command
 
*[[Q]]: This command is used to select the item slot that will be used by next '''f''' command
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*[[Tab]]: If wielding a launcher, attack the nearest monster with the quivered ammo, moving if necessary.
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*Shift-[[Tab]]: If wielding a launcher, attack the nearest monster with the quivered ammo, without moving.
  
 
==Requisites==
 
==Requisites==

Revision as of 16:07, 20 July 2020

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Ranged Combat is a term used to describe any action that consists in striking from afar a target with a missile. To do so in a effective way, the attacker may need to wield a launcher.

Commands

The commands used by the player to perform ranged attacks are:

  • f: After selecting a target, you shoot the next appropriate item.
  • F: Like f, but you can also select the item to fire.
  • Q: This command is used to select the item slot that will be used by next f command
  • Tab: If wielding a launcher, attack the nearest monster with the quivered ammo, moving if necessary.
  • Shift-Tab: If wielding a launcher, attack the nearest monster with the quivered ammo, without moving.

Requisites

The player is not always able to do ranged attacks:

The only monsters that can use ranged attacks are those with the Weapons armour flag or the Use starting equipment flag. Those monsters need to meet the following conditions:

  • Not being incapacitated. Some effects that can cause this are paralysis, sleep, confusion, being entangled, and petrification.
  • Not being submerged.
  • Monsters with the Archer flag are more likely to use ranged attacks: 8/9 for archers vs. 4/5 for normal monsters.
  • They need to be able to see their target.
  • Monsters adjacent to their target won't use ranged attacks, except if they have the Archer flag.
  • Monster with ranged spells won't use ranged attacks, unless they start with some ranged weapon.
  • Fleeing and pacified monsters have lower chances to use ranged attacks.
  • Not being inside sanctuary.
  • Not being berserk.

See also