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My point is that pressing Ctrl-X after every kill and checking the list for relevant items (which would be ideal play with what's proposed) is a lot more tedious than pressing 'o' and walking over all items. If you are not interested in picking up stuff in the late game, just switch it off (Ctrl-A)...

Why do you have to step on piles to see items anyway? It seems somewhat silly and probably came from a technical limitation in a very early version of the game. Would you want to check items in LOS everytime you kill a monster? I think it's useful after a big fight where a large AOE has killed a lo...

+1 vote for Skald

We should have a pizza timer that starts when you enter a level with pizza! (*You smell a fresh baked pizza on this level.*) As time progresses, the pizza begins cooling and loses nutrition gradually until it is a "lifeless, cold pizza". The initial nutrition would start out as a double ra...

I feel you.

I kind of avoid Mennas whenever I see him unless I'm absolutely sure I can take him and I have some kind of infallible, silence proof escape mechanism, such as a wand of teleport.
Even then, I tend to only engage him if I have some kind of decent spammable summons, like shadow creatures.

I find it strange that an adventurer would even go into a dungeon without *some* kind of weapon, even if it's a club.

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Nice. Although I'm curious how late game (Pan/Hell) Transmuters fare who don't have a second school spell (Tornado) to pick up. After all, once you have Tornado I'd imagine you'd rarely have to cast another Transmutation again.

+1 vote for this idea as well.

I was carrying 3 fully charged healing wands, which I used frequently after I activated tornado. The reflected damage didn't kill me immediately, but it definitely hurt. After I felt I had generated enough noise to draw most of the dwarves from the stairs, I usually teleported/blinked with flight/ha...

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How do transmuters handle hordes of enemies? Do you simply cut them down HTH one at a time?

What do you think about having level messages being represented as a short "tag" notation right below the character's stats on the top right hand corner of the interface? Level announcements like Labyrinth ("Labyrinth"), lack of controlled teleport in Elf 5 ("-cTELE"), ...

So, my first 15 rune victory. With tazoz's excellent guide, I've been grinding Mummy Wizards for some time now, trying to perfect this build. I've pretty much got it down now, although I had two previous potential 15 rune winners die (one to Gloorx Vloq) and one to mashing when I ran into Hellion Is...

LOL: the amulet of Fuck {+Rage rF- rN+ Str+2 SInv}

I thought portals didn't start running a timer until you had seen the edge of their entry tile(s), with the Labyrinth being the exception.

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Use Chrome. Its JavaScript processing is better.

Anyone else using Chrome 13.0 and notice that webtiles is broken today? Yesterday it was fine, but today when the screen redraws things look funny.

I am the top wizard, after moving 1 square to the right.

Hey edlothiol, is there any chance that this will get set up on the CAO server at some point? Thanks for your hard work!

Polearms are one of the worst weapons in the game. You'd be better off using a war axe and a shield, or an executioner's axe for 2h.

I'd generally stay away from polearms unless you happen upon a very, very good randart.

Yeah, I think the next time I see a late angel zigg level I will just abort to the Abyss.

This guy was for the tournament, on the tiles web version. I think the lagginess I get playing it due to the trans-atlantic connection forced me to play slower and more methodically. Well, this guy could have ascended for my 2nd win, but I wanted to see the endgame, as I've never left for anything e...

Is there anyone else who feels that weapon hit/damage bonuses should be normalized with slaying bonuses? This should include all other hit/damage bonuses -- such as one that come from randart armor, for example. Weapon accuracy bonuses and penalties should also carry the same "weight". It'...

Congrats on your first win. It's a significant milestone in any crawler's career.

Q: I've found a trove that is asking for a +6 demon blade. Does this mean +6/+6? Does it have to be exactly those bonuses or will a +6/+7 blade do?
Since enchant weapon scrolls are inexact, I figure I'd ask before I waste them.

Is there any additional bonus for reaching L27 in a skill? It might be nice to give a bonus for mastery for skills that reach the cap, such as a non-trivial hit/damage bonus for weapons, etc. Perhaps spells could get a 10% SP boost for max level. Of course, this would be a buff for all players, but ...

Hey, is it possible to get a CAO version of this? Or one in North America? I'm wondering if the lag is a websockets thing or the fact that tiles.crawl.develz.org is in Germany.

I agree with this. I think the removal of dependable life saving one of crawl's major strengths. I also think it goes against the nature of roguelikes; permanent death is indeed one of the strongest identifying mechanics of them, especially given the nature of games today. As far as bots go -- isn't...

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In the trunk:

bf67be9 | Gustaf Hallberg | 2011-04-29 23:57:03 +0200
Removed need for sharp weapon when butchering.

Magic mapping should map "secret" areas, otherwise the application is inconsistent. The player has no idea what is considered "secret" or not.

I personally feel that T&D should be dropped as a skill and trap detection should be based on other skills/attributes.

Here's quick and dirty tutorial: ⋅ Download a telnet client such as PuTTY . ⋅ Create an account using PuTTY to telnet to " crawl.develz.org " port " 345 ", and selecting "R) egister as a new user". Don't use a password used anywhere else, as this pas...

I'm trying to figure out the difference in bonuses to hit/damage when applied to rings of slaying vs other items (randart amulets, armor, etc). They seem to be out of whack when compared to weapon +hit/damage, which seems to be a bit counterintuitive to me. Does anyone know the difference of power b...

Ouch! That sucks!

Hmmmm .... seems like an implementation of a crawl hearse might encourage setting up powerful ghosts at low depth.

Is there anything in the code to prevent high level ghosts being unfairly generated on a lower level (just because you happened to die there)? Or are they generated 'depth appropriate'?

The fact that magic mapping scrolls have exceptions seems confusing to me; I personally (and I assume those who haven't been explicitly told) would expect that it would map the whole level. To the player, "vaults" are as much a part of a dungeon as the rest, so it's confusing that they're ...

Tiber wrote:And I believe mapping scrolls were specifically changed to not show secret areas; which is IMO, a completely dumb and counter-intuitive change.

Is this true? This gets rid of one of the best things about mapping scrolls.

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Curiously, how much do artifacts contribute to your score? I see most people carrying around artifacts they don't use when ascending. Does the quality of the artifact matter?

What is the Spriggan Forest? A vault?

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LOL @ Demonic Guardians 3 + Brothers in Arms.

My favorite mutation.

Teleporting can get dangerous in the mines as some of the sections are completely unconnected. This doesn't make sense to me from a logical standpoint or a gameplay standpoint. I once got trapped in such a way that I had to use a wand of random effects + a scroll of recharging to dig through to the ...

You can 't' then 't' to shout.

I can offer no advice, only a "good luck" and "that's a nice hat".

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I haven't personally tried Nagas because the idea of moving slowly terrifies me. How do you escape when things go badly? Flight/swiftness?

Congratulations on your win! That vampiric blade is a pretty nice find. I never seem to find one when I choose to go vampire or DD. Vault 8 is no longer Phat Lewt. If this is indeed true, I am most disappointed. The whole point of a vault is to be a heavily guarded depository of shiny things and sw...

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On demonic guardian: active power is exactly what we not wanted. Old DS had active abilities, and I believe the passive one is much more interesting. I could imagine a "demonic void" command (as 't'ell, not 'a'bility, probably) but the basic premise is like with the other mutations: you c...

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