Fix: bracers should not be a suitable target when applying a dwarvish bearded axe towards the player or a monster.

Surprised this wasn't noticed sooner.

Author: k21971

doc/evilhack-changelog.md

@@ -3505,4 +3505,6 @@ The following changes to date are:
 - Minor formatting tweaks to last PR
 - Fix: peaceful underline glyph not clearing for shopkeepers
   when rile_shk() routine was called
+- Fix: bracers should not be a suitable target when applying
+  a dwarvish bearded axe towards the player or a monster
 

src/apply.c

@@ -3486,6 +3486,13 @@ struct obj *obj;
             const char *mon_hand;
             boolean gotit = proficient && (!Fumbling || !rn2(10));
 
+            if (is_bracer(otmp)) {
+                You("swing your axe towards %s.", mon_nam(mtmp));
+                pline("%s %s deflects your attack!",
+                      s_suffix(Monnam(mtmp)), xname(otmp));
+                return res; /* bracers are not a valid target */
+            }
+
             Strcpy(onambuf, cxname(otmp));
             if (gotit) {
                 mon_hand = mbodypart(mtmp, HAND);

src/muse.c

@@ -2675,7 +2675,8 @@ struct monst *mtmp;
             /* the random test prevents axe-wielding
                monster from attempting shield removal every
                turn - shields are harder to disarm than weapons */
-            && uarms && !rn2(7) && obj == MON_WEP(mtmp)
+            && (uarms && !is_bracer(uarms))
+            && !rn2(7) && obj == MON_WEP(mtmp)
             /* hero's location must be known and adjacent */
             && mtmp->mux == u.ux && mtmp->muy == u.uy
             && distu(mtmp->mx, mtmp->my) <= 2
@@ -2849,7 +2850,8 @@ struct obj *start;
             /* the random test prevents axe-wielding
                monster from attempting shield removal every
                turn - shields are harder to disarm than weapons */
-            && uarms && !rn2(7) && obj == MON_WEP(mtmp)
+            && (uarms && !is_bracer(uarms))
+            && !rn2(7) && obj == MON_WEP(mtmp)
             /* hero's location must be known and adjacent */
             && mtmp->mux == u.ux && mtmp->muy == u.uy
             && distu(mtmp->mx, mtmp->my) <= 2
@@ -3333,7 +3335,7 @@ struct monst *mtmp;
             const char *hand;
             char the_shield[BUFSZ];
 
-            if (!obj)
+            if (!obj || is_bracer(obj))
                 break; /* shouldn't happen after find_misc() */
 
             Strcpy(the_shield, the(xname(obj)));