* Look up and return a hint message from the database. * @param arg1 A string that can be inserted into the hint message. * @param arg2 Another stri

What item set is this item in, if any?

Gets all eligible enemy targets in view of the player, in random order

* Create a consumable as a "good item". * * Shouldn't ever create an useless consumable for the player's species. * e.g., potions for Mu, heal woun

Increment a given artprop on a given item while ensuring it doesn't overflow sensible values.

* Does an item improve with training some skill? * * @return the skill, or SK_NONE if there is none. Note: SK_NONE is *not* 0. */

Copy action counts from one action to another, possibly modifying the sub-action in the process. Retain any counts which were already against the "new

Checks if the foe *appears* to be immune to negative energy. We can't just use foe->res_negative_energy(), because that'll mean monsters will just "kn

* If the player has no items matching the given selector, give an appropriate * response to print. Otherwise, if they do have such items, return the

Various gods' response to attacking a pal.

XX code dup with invent.cc, _operation_verb

* The sides for the roll against monster avg hp to determine if the * monster can be pacified. * * The formula is sides = int * ((invo + 1) * power

An evasion factor based on the player's body size, smaller == higher evasion size factor.

Could also go with coloured glyphs.

Randomly reduce two values until their sum is less than or equal to a third value

Create and register the ray defined by the arguments.

Replaces @foe_god@ and @god_is@ with foe's god name. Atheists get "You"/"you", and worshippers of nameless gods get "Your god"/"your god".

Cleanup a temporary 'avatar' monster.

Remove the offer of sacrifices after they've been offered for sufficient time or it's time to offer something new.

Monster tries to get into a firing position. Among the cells which have a line of fire to the target, we choose the closest one to regain LOS as fast

* What spell should a given colour be listed with? * * @param spell The spell in question. * @param source_item The physical item holding

TODO: deduplicate with the same-named function in spl-cast.cc XXX: Passing both HD and power is a little redundant, but some functions were designed

* List the name(s) of the school(s) the given spell is in. * * XXX: This is almost certainly duplicating something somewhere. Also, it's * pretty u

Return the integer stored in the table (on the stack) with the key name. If the key doesn't exist or the value is the wrong type, return defval.

* For the given spell and monster, try to find a target for the spell, and * and then see if it's a good idea to actually cast the spell at that targ

* What skill affects the success chance/power of a given skill, if any? * * @param ability The ability in question. * @return Th

* What's the spell school corresponding to the given Ru mutation? * * @param mutation The variety of MUT_NO_*_MAGIC in question. * @return

Initiate the processing of the attack * * Called from the main code (fight.cc), this method begins the actual combat * for a particular attack and

XX: this is distinct from hand_name because of the actor api