[ndnh] Shouldn't a killed leprechaun leave the stolen gold?

[Janis Papanagnou]

In a notDNethack game (my character has a passive cold attack)...

"You hit the leprechaun! The leprechaun hits!"
"Your purse feels lighter. You kill it!"

But there's neither a corpse nor my gold left.
Shouldn't a killed leprechaun leave at least the stolen gold?

Janis

[Ron Nazarov]

Post by Janis Papanagnou
In a notDNethack game (my character has a passive cold attack)...
"You hit the leprechaun! The leprechaun hits!"
"Your purse feels lighter. You kill it!"
But there's neither a corpse nor my gold left.
Shouldn't a killed leprechaun leave at least the stolen gold?

"You kill it!" means that you killed an unseen monster and leprechauns
teleport after their gold-stealing attack, so there are 2 possibilities:
1. You killed the leprechaun with your passive cold attack after it
teleported, meaning the stolen gold is somewhere on the level. This
may be a bug (passive attacks triggering after teleportation).
2. You didn't kill the leprechaun, you killed another unseen monster.

[Janis Papanagnou]

Post by Ron Nazarov

Post by Janis Papanagnou
In a notDNethack game (my character has a passive cold attack)...
"You hit the leprechaun! The leprechaun hits!"
"Your purse feels lighter. You kill it!"
But there's neither a corpse nor my gold left.
Shouldn't a killed leprechaun leave at least the stolen gold?

"You kill it!" means that you killed an unseen monster and leprechauns
1. You killed the leprechaun with your passive cold attack after it
teleported, meaning the stolen gold is somewhere on the level. This
may be a bug (passive attacks triggering after teleportation).
2. You didn't kill the leprechaun, you killed another unseen monster.

I think case 2 may not be possible given the above quoted sequence of
messages; it seems to have clearly happened in the monster's turn.
So I suppose it's more like case 1. So maybe a time sequence bug, as
you suggest. (Or there's no drop of gold in case of passive attacks?)

Janis