Change 6937

```Originally Posted : Fri Oct 30 01:16:47 2026
Posted by : Darkpoole
Title : Bug sweep 30-Oct (2/2): QoL & balance
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NEW / QUALITY OF LIFE
- Death shouts have their own colour: 'colour death bold+red'.
- Spiders: 'setenv web_low <pct>' colours the (web: X%) on your HP bar
with the web_low colour (bold red by default) when it drops that low.
- Mindflayer hypnotize, dracolich charm undead and nefaricium command
undead now show <Charming: X> on the HP bar, like bards. [relog]
- Unicorns in blindmode: lifebloom shows as "(lifebloom 3 of 5)" instead
of a graphic. [relog]
- After you die and are resurrected, 'hearth return' takes you bck to
where you died (usual return fee). Not for arena/war deaths or no-return
rooms. [reboot]
- Warlord recruits renew from your bank if you don't have enough gold on
hand, instead of leaving.
- Shaolin fishing: when your basket is full, a bigger catch replaces your
smallest fish.
- Looking at a monk's stick shows its notch count. [new]
- GMCP: wield, unwield, wear, remove, drop, get, give and eat push item
updates immediately, plus a full re-sync every 4 seconds.

BALANCE
- Kegs: each drink now heals 10% of your max HP and only uses that much
from the keg. About 10 drinks to fill up at any level - stronger for low
levels, less burst at high levels. The pause between drinks and the 'too
drunk' penalty are unchanged. Existing kegs update when re-cloned. [new]
- Jotun: thrash works with any wielded weapon. Uprooted trees still hit
harder and are still the best choice.
- Jotun hellhound and winterwolf: double HP (about 800 instead f about
400 at mid levels). Re-summon to get it.

SPHINX FORM (changeling)
- Sphinx now has its own damage messages: wings, golden paws and the odd
riddle.
- +15 terrain combat bonus in the desert.
Both take effect the next time you shift.

Thanks to everyone who filed reports - especially morfane, silavina,
whysper, onix, esper, deadhead, mishakal, stillborn, khartoum, kressh,
khali, samira, rider, leonidas, informer, ebinhultz, zystylzhemgi,
murazor, hilda, permafrost, mylanta and rubbernaught.

Keep them coming with 'bug', 'typo' and 'idea'.
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