Michael Barnes' Angband - MJband

Current version: 0.0.6

Author: Michael Barnes

Homepage: MJband homepage

Released: 22nd June 2000

Based on: Angband 2.8.3

Downloads:

MJband 0.0.6
System / Comments	Compiled by	Size	Date
Source code	Michael Barnes		22nd June 2000
For compilation instructions see my Compile Page.
RISC OS	Michael Barnes		22nd June 2000
Amiga (680x0) (Mirror)	Bablos	451 KByte	30th June 2000
MS-DOS (386 or better) (Mirror)	Robert Rühlmann	1046 KByte	11th July 2000
Windows 95/98/NT (Mirror)	Robert Rühlmann	848 KByte	11th July 2000
Supports ASCII mode, 8x8 tiles, easily resizeable info windows, and sound.

Changes in version 0.0.6

• A new class: The Elementalist. This class has spellbooks based on the elements as defined by Angband (So the first book is Light & Darkness, and the fifth book is Nexus...)
• Useless equipment is getting a use. Not happy with Rings of Teleport being activatable, now Rings of Stupidity and Weakness have given way to rings of Brutality (not inconsiderable - to INT & WIS, Sustains STR & CON) and Geekness (Vice Versa) - Likewise, for the intrepid, Resist Fear is finally available in an object. Specifically the Ring of Aggravate Monster. Feeling Lucky?
• Added a degree of combat-based stat loss. Don't worry, this isn't Z. There is no way for an electric shock to drain your DEX. I'll let you find out what does :)
• Creatures which can 'point at you and curse' now get a chance to curse your equipment. This is implemented similarly to Zang, but changes which had to be made to objects to allow this are implemented quite differently. This offers no small amount of room to play in the future :)
• Rebalanced weapons once more. Now a random amount of the weapon's plus to damage is added before brands/slays are calculated, and the remainder afterwards. This is purely the fault of weapons such as the Glaive of Pain and Deathwreaker, which would otherwise have had to be toned down against all enemies, and we wouldn't want that would we?
• Hopefully, I have now put things in place to future-proof savefiles to the point that 0.0.6 savefiles can be loaded by future versions. Unfortunately, 0.0.6 does not load 0.0.5 savefiles.

Changes in version 0.0.5a

• New monsters
• Ring activations (4 so far)
• Unified spellcasting ('p' and 'm' now do the same thing)
• Point based character creation

Changes in version 0.0.5

• Weapons are now difficult to enchant to-dam above the maximum damage their base dice can do (ie a 1d4 dagger is hard to get past (+9, +4) wheras a 3d8 Lochaber Axe is relatively easy to get up to (+9, +24) but not beyond) - I hope this levels the situation in so many varients where Half Troll Warriors always seem to fight with whips/daggers.
• Branded weapons increase both damage dice and the weapon's +to-dam (rings of damage, bonuses from Strength, etc are not increased by this).
• Some branded weapons will increase a spellcaster's power. Currently the brands in question are the elemental ones for mages and Slay Evil/Undead for priests.

© 2000 by Robert Rühlmann, rr9@thangorodrim.net