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In article <602@nlm-mcs.ARPA> miller@nlm-mcs.ARPA (Nancy Miller) writes:
>> (hack 1.0.2)
>> 
>> I had something interesting happen the other day. I was cruising along
>> around level 25 or so, wearing the following: +0 Plate mail, +0 gloves,
>> a +1 shield, and a +3 elven cloak. My total armor class was something
>> around -5 or -6 (gloves may have been +1). At any rate, I found another
>> scroll of enchant armor and read it and this is what happened:
>> 
>> "Your elven cloak glows violently green for a moment--more--
>>  Your elven cloak has vaninshed..."
>> 
>> Interesting, eh? Back to -1 armor class. Has this ever happened to
>> anyone before? I suppose you can't enchant armor past +3....
>> 
>>  -- 
>> * Isaac Salzman (Gumby)
>
>I have wished for +7 plate mail and gotten it.  But I get a similar message
>when I read a scroll of enchant armor that affected it.  It appears that for
>each type of armor there is a maximum enchantment value.  Lately I've been
>wishing for +6 plate mail when I haven't yet seen a scroll of enchant armor.
>-- 

From examining the code, it appears that when _reading a scroll of enchant
armor_, there is a random chance (based on current +) that your armor will
evaporate if it's currently +3 or better.
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Rich Kuhns		{ihnp4, decvax, etc...}!pur-ee!pur-phy!mrstve!rjk