Posted by Nirgal on August 16, 2000 at 00:24:05:
In Reply to: How is this possible? posted by Invoker on August 15, 2000 at 20:46:59:
> A small cyclone of air begins to swirl around you before
> striking out at a goblin raider!
> Your cyclone wounds a goblin raider.
> A goblin raider is DEAD!!
> You receive 94 experience points.
> You hear a goblin raider's death cry.
> I see nothing like that in the corpse.
> The gods give you 14 gold coins for your sacrifice.
> You split 14 gold coins. Your share is 7 gold coins.
> You have become better at cyclone!
> You have become better at cyclone!
It happened to me a few times, I remember the same thing with cyclone. My theory is when you improve a skill you roll a new target number for improving the skill again, modified by whatever type of skill it is. Since cyclone is such a simple spell, it must be easy to roll the equivalent of a '0', thus automatically advancing you again. Or maybe not. Who cares, just smile.