From 4b30e3fab86d80aa0bfae1699d8bd1f822e5b9e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pasi Kallinen <paxed@alt.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 18:11:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Healers may get tiny damage increase with knives

Styled as anatomy knowledge, a healer attacking a monster in melee
with a knife gets +1 damage per 6 dead monsters of that type,
capped at +3 damage.

Handwaving away the fact we're not keeping track who actually
killed the monsters...

Idea from aosdict.
---
 doc/fixes3-7-0.txt | 1 +
 src/weapon.c       | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index afeb8c249..3bcb9e172 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ slow monster effects are more effective against faster enemies
 light-spell is clerical, if playing a priest
 boomerang can hit multiple monsters
 the "bustling town" minetown has more peacefuls
+healers may get tiny damage increase when attacking with knives
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/weapon.c b/src/weapon.c
index bd21b93b2..9a12df652 100644
--- a/src/weapon.c
+++ b/src/weapon.c
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ dmgval(struct obj *otmp, struct monst *mon)
         }
     }
 
+    /* Healer with anatomy knowledge */
+    if (Role_if(PM_HEALER) && objects[otmp->otyp].oc_skill == P_KNIFE)
+        tmp += min(3, svm.mvitals[monsndx(ptr)].died / 6);
+
     /* Put weapon vs. monster type damage bonuses in below: */
     if (Is_weapon || otmp->oclass == GEM_CLASS || otmp->oclass == BALL_CLASS
         || otmp->oclass == CHAIN_CLASS) {