# Talk:Monster weapon preference
Putting this here as a reminder to myself, and/or anyone who wants to look into this:  try and figure out what the circumstances are that make monsters decide to switch to/from melee/ranged weapons.  It's not simple distance - moving towards a monster will often make them switch to a melee weapon before you're actually adjacent.
Also, need to figure out if polearms/launchers reduce monsters' damage to 1d2, like they do for players.  They do in SLASH'EM. -Ion frigate (talk) 09:54, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Also the circumstances under which monsters like dwarves wield pick-axes. -Ion frigate (talk) 10:13, 16 November 2022 (UTC)