On 02.09.2021 20:34, Pat Rankin wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 6:06:04 PM UTC-7, Janis wrote:
>> [ random blue dragon scale mail generated ]
>
> Slash'EM shows random items of the same object class as the actual
> item when you are hallucinating (nethack doesn't do that).
I was not hallucinating. (If that was the thought behind the
explanation.)
Just tested that I can also wear that piece of dragon armor.
> [ technical hallu-display process snipped ]
>
> That is a special level so doesn't necessarily obey the same rules as
> ordinary levels. But a quick look at some of the sources didn't reveal
> anything relevant.
It just occurred to me that (in Slashem) I occasionally find
random items that are not randomly generated in Nethack (e.g.
royal jelly). So I suspect that it might be just such a rare
random generation effect?
Janis