probably just not smart enough to realize why

[trueoutsoldier]

So I was doing a task for GoS and was fighting the rank 10 boss when I noticed something odd.
My DS vs arrows increased when I stowed my mace, compared to when it was in hand.
My skills:

Armor Use..........................| 120 30
Shield Use.........................| 96 22
Combat Maneuvers...................| 96 22
Blunt Weapons......................| 124 32
Ambush.............................| 124 32
Physical Fitness...................| 124 32
Dodging............................| 82 18
Magic Item Use.....................| 54 11
Harness Power......................| 5 1
Stalking and Hiding................| 124 32
Perception.........................| 124 32
Climbing...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 1

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 3

Game code of lowered DS

A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter removes a plain wooden arrow from in her quiver.
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter fires a plain wooden arrow at you!
AS: +221 vs DS: +226 with AvD: +24 + d100 roll: +14 = +33
A clean miss.
The wooden arrow breaks apart and crumbles away.
!>stow right
You put a linden-hafted glaes mace in your elven-tailored cloak.
!>
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter removes a plain wooden arrow from in her quiver.
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter fires a plain wooden arrow at you!
AS: +221 vs DS: +276 with AvD: +24 + d100 roll: +40 = +9
A clean miss.
The wooden arrow breaks apart and crumbles away.

[Riltus]

So I was doing a task for GoS and was fighting the rank 10 boss when I noticed something odd.
My DS vs arrows increased when I stowed my mace, compared to when it was in hand.
My skills:

Armor Use..........................| 120 30
Shield Use.........................| 96 22
Combat Maneuvers...................| 96 22
Blunt Weapons......................| 124 32
Ambush.............................| 124 32
Physical Fitness...................| 124 32
Dodging............................| 82 18
Magic Item Use.....................| 54 11
Harness Power......................| 5 1
Stalking and Hiding................| 124 32
Perception.........................| 124 32
Climbing...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 1

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 3

Game code of lowered DS

A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter removes a plain wooden arrow from in her quiver.
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter fires a plain wooden arrow at you!
AS: +221 vs DS: +226 with AvD: +24 + d100 roll: +14 = +33
A clean miss.
The wooden arrow breaks apart and crumbles away.
!>stow right
You put a linden-hafted glaes mace in your elven-tailored cloak.
!>
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter removes a plain wooden arrow from in her quiver.
A battle-scarred Grimswarm orc hunter fires a plain wooden arrow at you!
AS: +221 vs DS: +276 with AvD: +24 + d100 roll: +40 = +9
A clean miss.
The wooden arrow breaks apart and crumbles away.

The +50 DS increase is the result of a long standing bug with parry DS vs ranged attacks. Normally, ranged attacks bypass all parry DS except for runestaves which have a reduced bonus of 50%. Part of the parry DS formula is a stance bonus which increases by increments of +10 (0 in stance OFF to +50 in stance DEF). In the second attack you gained the parry DEF stance bonus of +50.

Oddly enough, the bug only occurs when you are NOT holding a weapon you are trained for. You lose the stance bonus when parry DS is activated. If, for example, you had 1 rank of brawling skill with an empty right hand you would not have received the +50 DS bonus. However, the right hand does not need to be empty to gain this bonus. Holding anything other than a weapon you have skill ranks in will also activate the stance bonus vs ranged attacks. Ranged attacks include bolt spells.

Mark

[Zhiart]

That seems like a pretty fucking huge bug.

[trueoutsoldier]

Well now. Isn't that good to know. Thank you