Hound's Omen (Condition)

Hound's Omen

• A dark omen that can be of ⁠Acid, ⁠Cold, ⁠Fire, ⁠Lightning, ⁠Poison, or ⁠Thunder.
• When damage of that type is dealt to the affected entity, the owner of the hound regains 1  Sorcery Point.

Sources of Hound's Omen

None defined in the wiki database

Omen Rolling and how it functions

Condition OMEN_ROLL uses a new-for-patch-8 khn function called OmenRolling() which first checks if the target already has an Omen condition applied to it of the type it is trying to apply (such as OMEN_ACID). If the target does not, then the function calls another new-for-patch-8 khn function called RollDieAgainstPercent(), which appears to be half-implemented by Larian using the older RollDieAgainstDC() code. RollDieAgainstPercent() still has an entry for a DC value, but does not actually use it during its execution. The function then makes a dice roll of the chosen type, divides the number by 2, and checks to see if that quotient has a remainder or not. If it does not then the function returns "true", and if it does then the function returns "false". This effectively makes the RollDieAgainstPercent() function only ever return a 50/50 roll, which in the case of OMEN_ROLL ignores all the individual dice roll and DC checks and gives each Omen condition a 50/50 chance of being applied when they are rolled for. However, as Acid is the first condition rolled for, it will have a vastly higher chance (50%) of being applied than say Thunder or Poison (3.125%), which are the last conditions rolled for, due to compounding dependent probabilities.

Bugged Ominous Bite

Condition	Percentage of Application	Compounded Probability
Omen of Acid	50%	50%
Omen of Cold	50%	25%
Omen of Fire	50%	12.5%
Omen of Lightning	50%	6.25%
Omen of Thunder	50%	3.125%
Omen of Poison	100%	3.125%

Intended Ominous Bite

Condition	Percentage of Application	Compounded Probability
Omen of Acid	16.7%	16.7%
Omen of Cold	20%	16.7%
Omen of Fire	25%	16.7%
Omen of Lightning	33%	16.7%
Omen of Thunder	50%	16.7%
Omen of Poison	100%	16.7%