jump gives wrong failure message in combat
Description
I have the 'fox' form. As far as I can tell, there are 3 outcomes from using the 'jump' skill:
1) You successfully jump
2) You aren't allowed to jump in this terrain (and see an appropriate message)
3) Your attempt to jump fails whatever the skill check is (and see a different message)
The jump skill says that you can use it to escape combat as long as you are outdoors. However, there is a skill check, and if you are in combat, it's possible that you fail the attempt to jump.
My expectation:
When in combat, in a room that it is possible to jump from, and I fail the skill check, I expect the skill failure message from outcome [3] above. (It's been a while since I had this happen, but I think the message is just something like, "you fail to jump")
What actually happens:
When in combat, in a room that it is possible to jump from, and I fail the skill check, the error message from outcome [2] above is shown. Specifically, it says "You cannot jump in that direction."
Commentary:
This is a problem for a few reasons, the biggest being that the incorrect error message leads one to believe that jump simply doesn't work the way that the helpfile says. In fact, I was originally writing this bug report about the jump skill not allowing one to use it while fighting, but apparently it just has a low chance of success, and I actually succeeded for the first time while collecting the log below.
Carrion Fields on 2023-06-29 15:13 UTC
Automatically imported from the legacy bug board forum.
Ishuli on 2023-06-29 18:42 UTC
Subject: Working as intended.
Your direction chosen doesn't matter during combat.
In combat, your jump is a random direction.
Hence what you're seeing.