Hydrophobia whackiness!
Description
flee
flee
You steel your resolve and prepare to venture beneath the water's surface.
You can't hold your breath long enough to venture there!
PANIC! You couldn't escape!
An evil storm female has some small but disgusting cuts.
<58%hp 100%m 100%mv 6851tnl> On the Aryth Ocean
And then:
You are affected by:
Skill: 'hydrophobia' modifies morale by -30 for 5 hours.
So I got hydrophobia for frantically looking for a way out of a fight,
and opting NOT to go underwater? Seems pretty crappy to me.
Carrion Fields on 2003-08-30 18:34 UTC
Automatically imported from the legacy bug board forum.
Zulghinlour on 2003-08-30 18:53 UTC
Subject: By design
From the hydrophobia helpfile
Even just attempting to do so can put fear
into their minds as they approach the water and try to keep their
thoughts away from the terrifying prospect of drowning.