From: cohrs <cohrs>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 03:41:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: spells doing negative damage
X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~3407
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a637d21a5d3f83bf66d0d26d35d8f66030387cf;p=nethack

spells doing negative damage
Add a check to zhitm to ensure that spells cast by characters with low XL
and Int will not do negative damage.
---

diff --git a/doc/fixes33.2 b/doc/fixes33.2
index 0ac6fc3d5..de7f19324 100644
--- a/doc/fixes33.2
+++ b/doc/fixes33.2
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ monsters shouldn't use wands of digging in Sokoban
 objects dropped in or travelling across java pools can take damage
 monsters that enter lava can take damage
 eating an unpaid tin should calculate cost before not after eating
+spells shouldn't do negative damage
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 10cb25ee6..a19d81c8b 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -2981,6 +2981,7 @@ struct obj **ootmp;	/* to return worn armor for caller to disintegrate */
 	if (tmp > 0 && type >= 0 &&
 		resist(mon, type < ZT_SPELL(0) ? WAND_CLASS : '\0', 0, NOTELL))
 	    tmp /= 2;
+	if (tmp < 0) tmp = 0;		/* don't allow negative damage */
 #ifdef WIZ_PATCH_DEBUG
 	pline("zapped monster hp = %d (= %d - %d)", mon->mhp-tmp,mon->mhp,tmp);
 #endif