because (a) all of his other destructive powers are aimed at monsters, not the player; (b) it's probably in for symmetry with Xom, but since Lugonu was added to the Chaos God sub-pantheon and doesn't have it, it's no longer as fitting; (c) among Makhleb's "Greater Destruction" effects, the orb-of-electricity effect covers electric attacks nicely; and (d) Xom's effects are generally not conjurations-oriented, except for divine lightning, and making it unique to him is good.
git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@7627 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573
POKOLCFPHHPP2CZE62SHPXKPU7ECALS4P2VKJLFOGBN2U66EWEPQC case 7:you.attribute[ATTR_DIVINE_LIGHTNING_PROTECTION] = 1;simple_god_message(" hurls a blast of lightning!", GOD_MAKHLEB);// Make a divine lightning bolt, and fire!beam.beam_source = NON_MONSTER;beam.type = dchar_glyph(DCHAR_FIRED_BURST);beam.damage = dice_def(3, 30);beam.flavour = BEAM_ELECTRICITY;beam.target = you.pos();beam.name = "blast of lightning";beam.colour = LIGHTCYAN;beam.thrower = KILL_YOU;beam.aux_source = "Makhleb's lightning strike";beam.ex_size = 1 + you.skills[SK_INVOCATIONS] / 8;beam.is_tracer = false;beam.is_explosion = true;explosion(beam);// protection downmpr("Your divine protection wanes.");you.attribute[ATTR_DIVINE_LIGHTNING_PROTECTION] = 0;break;