Talk:Bad Luck

I can confirm that this effect gives you adventure text similar to as if it were Friday the 13th. On my 4th attempt at Guy Made of Bees I got Bad Luck (stupid bug kept me from beating the guy), and then while the effect was running, I saw the image of the disassembled clover and the message, "You hear an owl hoot three times. Damn it."--Whiskey Jack 11:57, 8 November 2006 (CST)

I got the same effect (same owl hoot, even), but then didn't get any other bad luck messages after that. Maybe it's only the first one?

I got this one right after the battle with bee guy: "You look up and see a ladder above you. You must've accidentally walked under it. Damn it." --Roman-the-evil 14:40, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Sometime after I got this after winning the battle: "After all that happens, you look down and notice a five-leaf clover.

Damn it." --Roman-the-evil 14:42, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Other effect: Might cause your substat gains to discriminate against your main stat? Three of the six post-guy-made-of-bees adventures, I only gained 1 main substat and higher numbers on my off stats.--Joelogs 11:17, 6 July 2007 (CDT)

I just checked that. With Bad Luck I entered the castle and got normalish substat returns. 24-7-6, 20-4-7, etc. You and the RNG, a Guide to Love. --Blastphemist 11:15, 13 July 2007 (CDT)

Funksling

So I used two hand mirrors against the guy made of bees, just to see what would happen... and I actually got the message of 7 adventures of bad luck twice, but only have 13 adventures worth... is that worth noting? Or am I just dumb and it actually used up an adventure's worth of it when I did it?

• The end of combat reduced the duration of all your effects by one... including the 14 adventures of Bad Luck that you had just gained. --Terion 02:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)

Fumble

I just fumbled three times against a War Hippy Infantryman with Bad Luck. Maybe Bad Luck increases fumble rate? --Andorin Kato 00:55, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

Increases combat encounter rate?

This would need to be spaded more, as it could have been just RNG luck. But with this effect I got 7 lobsterfrogmen out of 22 adventures at Sonofabeach. I was a Frat Soldier, and was running +10% encounter with +36 ML (+11 from the CMCD), which means a net of +17% encounter. -- Zucker 04:06, 27 March 2008 (CDT)

• You were running a net +10% combat rate. +ML only cancels out +noncombats, it doesn't increase the combat rate itself. That being said, you can test this at the bedroom with +20% noncombats applied. Any combats would then be due to effects or +ML interactions.-QuantumNightmare 08:04, 27 March 2008 (CDT)

Bandersnatch

i cast lasagna bandages in battle with a bandersnatch as a familiar & bad luck was not removed... as this combination would normally remove a 'bad' status effect, it would suggest that bad luck is not considered a 'bad' effect. --Quickbaby 17:41, 30 June 2009 (EST)

Hot tub

This effect is not removed by the hot tub, anyone know what/if effect it has on the NS or Ol Scratch? --Coderanger 05:58, 6 February 2011 (UTC)