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Resistances are very much needed for extended. I would like to see anyone show a game where they managed to beat hells or even Zot with just one level of resistances or none.

You certainly can't fight your way through it. You would have to cheese it somehow.

IMHO, the best way to power up Sif would be by making the book drops work by having Sif propose one of two books, with the player able to choose between them. It's still situational, but it should be an aid. This. Like three books maybe could be offered. "Sif offers you a selection of books fr...

Depends on how many negative mutations I have.

Shoals just require a different set of 'resistances' than Snake and Swamp. If you go in with A skilled shield, Repel or Deflect missiles, or invis you should be able to handle it.

Just think about it the same way you would do Snake if you didn't have any rPois.

Make items seeable in deep water but not collectable unless you're amphibious.

There, a sort of roundabout way to buff Apporation.

Only if the halflings at low health become a totem pole monster and gain 3 times as much HD.

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ontoclasm wrote:Because it would take a significant amount of effort to implement and nobody wants to do it.

Perhaps a reminder somewhere to show what the shortcut is for the control list when you first start a new character?

What would be nice would be if, in addition to letting you see the spellbook on x-v, Ash also directly warned you of its most dangerous spell, like: A lich comes into view. Ashenzari cautions you: "It can summon greater demons." Since there are only five lich spellbooks now anyway, this c...

I consider berserkitis worse than teleportitis much of the time. One thing of note is that Berserkitis only triggers in melee. Teleportitis can teleport you at any time. It's tolerable if you use magic/ranged primarily. Wild magic is so insanely good I'm surprised they haven't removed it yet. Going...

One thing that annoys me about the extended game is the abundance of Torment. And how little there is to actually deal with it. But once you do the extended game gets much easier.

Mutation roulette is fun.

Shoals is really easy if you have some form of deflect projectiles, whether it be through a shield or RMSL. And Swamp can get kind of dicey if you get the ending with the 27 headed Hydra...

22: If you enter Zot with 15 runes it becomes SUPER Zot and hundreds of times more difficult. Completing it rewards you with the Cube of Zot instead. Tesseract of Zot sounds cooler http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/28265015/images/1384472877800.png Good idea. Also it should do this.

22: If you enter Zot with 15 runes it becomes SUPER Zot and hundreds of times more difficult. Completing it rewards you with the Cube of Zot instead.

This Trove asked for a +6 Demon Blade. I just so happen to have found a +5 demon blade from a hell knight on the previous level so I enchanted it once and went in. Jewellery a - the ring of Shadows {Umbra +Inv rN+ SInv} (You found it in a treasure trove) [ring of positive energy] It protects you fro...

If it added some GDR on top of whatever you're wearing it might have some more use.

I think it works as it is now because Invocations is an XP dump. Often my choice of god when I don't want to do with the 'sensible' god boils down to, "Do I have enough XP to train Invocations too?"

Jeez I can't tell if you guys are serious or not sometimes. I just thought it was fitting for a god all about ancestors to give a line that you end up joining them after you die horribly.

I can't find it in Wizmode... what's the vault's name?

EDIT: Apparently it's named kb_xom_exploding_sheep.

Cleave and reaching are both really good to have for melee fighters.

Something to add flavor like some of the other gods along the lines of, "You join the rest of your ancestors..."

Code:: D - the +0 cloak "Ejyargh" {+Fly Str+10} (You acquired it on level 5 of the Vaults) It affects your strength (+10). It lets you fly.

... Now all I need is a good armour drop to make use of all this strength.

A related issue: why do monster spells have so much looser damage distributions? A player with LCS does 10d22 damage at max power, and an ancient lich does something like 3d48. It seems like the 3dx distribution dates back to pre-DCSS Crawl , but for some reason it was tightened for players but not...

The ally already regenerates quickly. Nearly any situation that would require you to rest would let the spirit be back in fighting shape.

Hep is certainly way too strong in it's current form. It's an infinite, permanent ally that resummons at no cost after a short time. I propose that the Ancestor should have major reprocussions if it dies. Something like causes a single targeted torment like effect to the player, or massive piety los...

Frankly Veh is already too powerful and doesn't need any more buffs. So any changes shouldn't make him any stronger than he already is such as letting people memorize all the spells he offered.

Too random for DCSS? What version of this game have you been playing? The version where every other amulet has a consistent or evocable effect. Rather than one based on a continual low% die roll you have no control over. Technically, Amulet of Reflection does not match that description, and is in s...

To be honest I almost never see scythes outside of Sigmund and Reapers anyway.

ER does way more than just affect the amount of AC you get. It affects dodging and spellcast rates.

If it was added, it should definitely be just a malmutation and not a racial trait for Naga/Cent.

So why'd you do it to blowguns? points in throwing are still useful for non-blowgun stuff like nets or eventually javelins of penet points in shortblades on a mace character are almost entirely useless after you outgrow your dagger of venom Poisoned weapons shouldn't give you a free ride to Lair an...

duvessa wrote:or! what if it just didn't give a status effect to players hit by it? unless you want to add player versions of sleep wary, insane, dazed, inner flamed...

If it was more commonly cast by mobs it might be worth making a status effect for it but as it stands only ghosts use it.

My first 15 rune win was with an Ash woshipper that found a sword of Jihad. I ended up cursing everything except my weapon slot. Switching weapons was just far too useful in the extended game. All you lose out on is the skill bonus for swords but if you're already at decent skill for them you won't ...

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Killed by Shatter ... invoked by Vengug the pandemonium lord (189 damage)

Whoa. But Gargoyles DO take x2 damage from Shatter. Sucks that you died on the orb run though.

adozu wrote:you mean the difference in how the spell works...

is confusing?

115 Ghostbuster the Ruffian (level 4, -4/45 HPs) Began as a Troll Berserker on May 7, 2016. Was a Believer of Trog. Killed from afar by Rewedat's ghost (21 damage) ... with a spray of energy ... on level 3 of the Dungeon. The game lasted 00:03:01 (1688 turns). My D3 is now a Deathtrap because a few...

They keep activating on weak enemies that I have to go and chase again or sometimes end up in a bad situation with them coming up behind me. So I have a suggestion to make them both more useful and less annoying. Amulets of Dismissal now only activate when enemies deal significant damage in a single...

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Tiktacy wrote:Also, please explain rupert farming.

learndb wrote:Turn Rupert into a jelly, feed him items until he splits a bunch, polymorph the jellies into animals, use tame beasts on them, and then polymorph them into cool things. Ruined by devs; rest in peace.

That sounds hilarious.

No. Vampires being able to control their blood level would be an insane buff. It would promote tedium, not reduce it.

Every fight you'd bottle blood, use enough to regen, then vomit it up. There's very little reason to not stay bloodless in many builds.

Code:: y - the amulet of Ibliykh (around neck) {Inacc Dex+5} (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon) [amulet of inaccuracy] It reduces the accuracy of all your attacks. It affects your dexterity (+5).

Uh...? So it's effectively doing NOTHING?

My FeTm worshipped Nemelex instead. It was back when you could still sacrifice items to him. I hoarded permafood I couldn't eat then sacrificed them for decks of Wonder. Got a few experience cards, used Blade paws and tore things up.

There should be a scroll that turns a non-artifact item into an artifact like the Wizmode command.

If you've racked up a bunch of mutations before choosing a god, you're playing poorly. A switch from Ely or TSO is a pretty edge case, and even then you're giving up half your piety, which requires careful consideration as to its value. Giving up 1, 2, 5, or 10 good mutations is way less likely to ...

j - the +10 arbalest of Harmony {freeze, +Blink rElec Int+3 Dex+3} (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon) It causes projectiles fired from it to freeze those they strike, causing extra injury to most foes and up to half again as much damage against particularly susceptible opponents. They can al...

as minmay said in the first reply to this topic, what you are seeing is that players are not monsters player ghosts don't actually get buffed defensively compared to players Ghosts are using the player's stats exactly. So they become pretty damn awful compared to monsters of the same depth. Orc Kni...

From testing with various weapons and races, the only real time that UC outperforms a weapon is with Trolls. Everyone else does better with a well enchanted weapon. So no, UC isn't OP.

adozu wrote:sacrificing a bunch of permafood items immediately after joining nemelex and going to town with decks of wonders

Oh yeah I remember doing this. I ascended with a FeTm of Nemelex doing this once. I just kept drawing experience cards.

I don't know the name but there's one vault in Pandamonium that has a ring of Lava with nothing but Hellions in the center. Walking past it means taking 10 hellfires per turn. It nearly killed my 15 rune run because I underestimated how many there were on it...

Either because they were removed or became non-optimal.

One of my former favorite builds was KoSt of Vehumet I think. Usually used Evaporate from the beginning all the way to the end along with some other spells I got along the way. Stabbing what I could, using spells on those I couldn't.

WingedEspeon wrote:Every adventure enter a dungeon in a parallel universe, and the consumables in each parallel universe have different appearances.

I always imagined it as being like Castlevania. The dungeon is alive and changes. Or the Orb of Zot influences the dungeon.

Stalkers should have been renamed when the spellbook was changed. It's not right to completely change a background but keep the name. Is it too late to file a complaint? (Now I feel bad about not winning a Stalker, old or new.) My first win was with a Kobold Stalker! I really kinda miss Distillatio...

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