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TBH I couldn't care less about the Darkness spell being OP because by the time I can cast Darkness reliably, it's such a microoptimisation that I never bother to cast it in the first place. I am glad you got my point, it's OP and yet unusable for sane players. I did not get your point, and I do not...

Deliver Corpses + Simulacrum at high Necromancy levels (thing titan simulacra and the like) can take down even the 8 Lords of Perpetual Pain.

But it's newbies who dabble with mutations. . I'm going to stop you right there. That statement is categorically false. It's boring people who play for score that avoid mutations like the plague. Some of us play this game for fun, and my idea of fun just so happens to be playing Ds who chug potions...

I like the idea of a race with mutation affinity. I'd like if Demigods had a 75/25 chance to get a good/bad mutation from chunks/potions. It's not a OP idea, requires very little coding, and makes Dg a little bit more interesting. The thing that makes Dg unattractive to new players is that getting ...

BTW. Aren't Formicids supposed to be a turtlesque race?

"Vision radius" and LoS are one and the same. I think you'd have to code this "vision radius" in the game as a Turtlekin-specific thing, which opens a can of worms. About the race: I see a Gargoyle who switches AC bonuses for SH ones. You get a nasty vulnerability, a marginal res...

TBH I couldn't care less about the Darkness spell being OP because by the time I can cast Darkness reliably, it's such a microoptimisation that I never bother to cast it in the first place.

I still think a race that has positive affinity for mutations sounds cool. Could it be bolted on Demigods for a while to see how it works out in practice?

Train more Throwing early than UC. Also, raising Dex is a no-brainer considering how badly Trolls need defence.

I'm afraid you misunderstood how LOS works in this game...

All tiers: (REDACTED)

Early +6 =oSlay and /oHasting FTW.

Throwing is, as always, excellent. Starting with a shield is a big boost to defense for a troll.

EDIT: and the full morgue: http://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/ku ... 150608.txt

A short sword is pretty much the best starting weapon, so what's the problem?

Consumables and wands are plenty. Personally, I always like the ID game early, as ID a stack of blink scrolls, haste potions, or a good wand is a huge power/ego boost early.

ID game is tedious late game and extended. It's never tedious to me early.

Existence of *drain, Fragile and amulets proves how pointless curses have become in modern Crawl.

That, and those stupid ?oRC take valuable space in my inventory.

BTW. Chance Inaccuracy so that it has the same effect on enemies as on you.

I like the idea of a race with mutation affinity. I'd like if Demigods had a 75/25 chance to get a good/bad mutation from chunks/potions. It's not a OP idea, requires very little coding, and makes Dg a little bit more interesting. The thing that makes Dg unattractive to new players is that getting c...

It's optimal to always wear them when exploring, therefore they encourage tedious gameplay where you swap them every time you stumble upon something you want to fight.

1. Does slaying from items apply to auxiliary attacks in 0.19?

2. Does slaying from Song apply to auxiliary attacks in 0.19?

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VeryAngryFelid wrote:Also I think Nightstalker mutation and robe of the Night should remove the ability to read scrolls.

Casual League Week 46 Casual league - Play the char this week, get some points, report if you do. No sign-up necessary, just make a post when you reach a goal, or PM me on IRC/reddit. If you're unable to finish it this week, still let me know and I'll give you "late" credit also. Previous ...

Or: let's make the apts even more constraining.

Fuck design.

Make Crawl fun again.

The sheer number of "make Charms permanent" propositions suggest that maybe lots of people want Charms permanent, even if it would make them 'unbalanced' a bit.

Tier 2: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19.0 (webtiles) character file. Dioneo the Tortoise (Minotaur Fighter) Turns: 35365, Time: 02:07:48 Health: 158/158 AC: 29 Str: 20 XL: 17 Next: 72% Magic: 23/23 EV: 15 Int: 10 God: Trog [****..] Gold: 1558 SH: 16 Dex: 18 Spells: 0 memorised, 16 levels left...

Another addition: you can of course enter portals, labyrinths etc. Does the clearing rule apply to portals as well, or is it alright to escape those since we can't re-enter? Yes. Some (volcano) can't be cleared fully no matter what, but running away from eg. Frost Giant in Ice Cave breaks the chall...

Now I'm thinking - isn't "good for extended" (Dg's attributes and bonus hp/mp) bad design? Firestorm/Glaciate and Necromutation are basically extended spells and I've read oppinions that those spells are badly designed (i.e. not necessary to win).

In my current run I dropped down a shaft for 2 floors and forgot that I wasn't supposed to go upstairs without clearing the current floor. Since then I've cleared the intervening floors but I guess I've broken the rules, so does that mean the whole game is now void and I should start again, or can ...

In my current run I dropped down a shaft for 2 floors and forgot that I wasn't supposed to go upstairs without clearing the current floor. Since then I've cleared the intervening floors but I guess I've broken the rules, so does that mean the whole game is now void and I should start again, or can ...

Also show max damage you can do. During April Fools you can also show max player hp, if that's not too spoilery.

Yes, it's a runed door. I forgot the exact name when drafting the post. You can go upstairs to the closed-off section of level above when you explore fully the level you are currently on (you get the "done exploring" or "can't reach some places" message, or if you explored the le...

Another addition: you can of course enter portals, labyrinths etc.

toastedzergling wrote:* Tier 4 (imaginary bonus points): Collect all 15 runes without chickening out!

Knock yourself out.
Addendum: for non-berserkers, the challenge restrictions don't apply to you until you become a Trog worshipper.

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Dithmenos turns Magic Dart into a LOS-range Stone Arrow 50% of the time.

This background ought to start with a pet OOF.

OK, I analysed some more Dg morgues and it seems they seem easy enough played as a battlemage, who has guaranteed spells strong enough to get first 2 runes. Non-book Dg who doesn't find books before Temple means lots of running away, which is antithesis of fun for me. The problem of -1 to everything...

Yes, Punk is excellent because against high-AC non-acid resistant foes it deals lots of guaranteed damage each hit once corrosion kicks in.

On the whole however slings without slaying are too weak to use later, I'm afraid.

Some people have convinced themselves taking more turns is a sign of bad play. That's already a problem for weaker races/combos who can't steamroll the dungeon and have to rest/sneak a lot - they have to deal with OOD spawns. If you people consider crawl too easy, play a less optimal combo instead o...

About 'adaptation' - because you're not guaranteed anything, almost every Demigod game follows the same pattern: train Fighting and Dodging constantly until level 20-22, train Staves so you have greater chance of acquiring one later (or you'll find one sooner or later), train Evocations so you can ...

Demigod's shtick (I suspect) is supposed to be adaptation to whatever equipment they find. It doesn't work in practice because of the bad aptitudes. If Demigods had +1 in all skills then I could believe it. If there's no practical difference between -+1 apts, then giving Demigods +1 apts all across ...

Tier 3: http://underhound.eu:81/crawl/morgue/kuniqs/morgue-kuniqs-20161029-195315.txt I've got a hybrid dodgy/ACy build going until breaking Elf when I got a great plate in elf vault. Used my pain brand on an acquired demon blade. Looking back, a much more 'optimal' way would be to train Polearms in...

I saw one player having something like this that showed monster damage etc. in the text buffer. I could use it now.

There's ~8 SH difference for a large shield between 15 skill and 27 skill (and a lot of xp difference). Decide yourself if it's worth it.

I'm in. If anyone lacks a squaddie, quote me.

Ye can't zerk and shoot at the same time.

How about making Harm an invocable Trog ability? Seems thematic. Would make Trog more attractive to archers, too, since Harm is most useful to them.

Difference between haste spell and haste wand/potion is that it's totally random whenever you get the second one in the first place. They don't generate that often, while spellbooks w' haste in them generate much more often, because they have other spells in them that aren't as broken as haste. BTW....

You're thinking in the right direction. Wait 'till Kiku gives you pain brand and then you can put lots of exp in Necromancy for big returns. Also, use corpse delivery + animate whenever you have problems killing something. (I'm not sure if pain brand is avaliable on launchers; if so, a pain-branded ...

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