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More than 10 evocations skill is good, 10 is just a suggested minimum. Look at this page http://crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=ball+of+energy for details on how it works with Evo skill. That page also has good advice on usage. I like to train evocations a lot if I'm using one, since having the en...

I would also stick with Vehumet - the passives are really good, you can often make back more mana than it costs to firestorm a group of enemies. What you should definitely try to pick up is Controlled Blink, or at least semicontrolled blink, and summon butterflies. Butterflies sounds weak, but it's ...

Might and berserk don't stack afaik; berserk is functionally similar to a might potion + haste, just with the extra downside of unconsciousness.

I would say go without a shield. Shields really hamper bow firing speed, and take significant time to equip/unequip, you want to be switching between a bow and melee weapon quickly, if you're going to at all. There's no diminishing returns on AC - the opposite is true (IIRC, AC reduces incoming dama...

rchandra wrote:Note that my speed weapon is a giant club, not a giant spiked club.

Oh, I missed that. That means the holy wrath GSC is definitely better against evil enemies. I think the GC of speed is still the best option against regular foes.

It's worth posting a dump for people to look at your character (press # ingame, then it's in your morgues file) if you want advice. That being said, your character sounds like a wizard. There's no way, in my book, that a character with 37 int which can cast fire and ice storm, summon dragon, shatter...

That GSC of speed is better than anything else you have. Speed adds an immense amount of damage output - it actually does more damage to demons or undead than holy wrath (doubles speed but reduces damage by 10% means 180% damage per attack cycle of another weapon - holy wrath damage is average +75%).

Xom tormented you twice in four turns then you died to lightning breath? That's not that stupid, though you should probably have quaffed a heal wounds or two.

Is there a goal to this project? I don't mean this in any derisive way, I'm just wondering if there's a particular set of design goals or if it's a bunch of changes you think are good.

Press 'Z' (shift+z) to cast without a visible target. Just a heads up, do read the information presented carefully, it says "Press Z to cast anyway" when you try to cast with nothing in range.

Strength and Dex do add to your damage (different weighting depending on the weapon - big 2hander axes are entirely strength) but it's not a very large bonus, and not dying to stat death is more important. The leather armour you mentioned is pretty much worthless for your character - the stat bonuse...

I don't know about "this is the way it's gunna work, pal" but I like the insane randomness of the currrent polymorph. It's not just changing into something similar - it's hugely random, and you can get bizarre results. As a side note, wouldn't a rat into boggart be fairly non-threatening s...

I met Mennas on Tomb:2, and even though I was a TSO worshipper (******) he was hostile - when he was first on screen it said 'Mennas refuses to salute you.' Playing 0.11 trunk. Log attached. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11-a0-2900-g46cfc82 (tiles) character file. Megika the Conqueror (Minotaur...

Controlled Blink to the stairs and go down after you lured most of the enemies to where you were a second ago...you have Controlled Blink memorized right? I didn't, but it was -cTele *shrug* Add the line "force_more_message = kneels in prayer and is bathed in unholy energy" to your settin...

Galefury wrote:(or skip the floor).

How?

MarvinPA wrote:so you could put a force_more_message on that

Could you please elaborate on how to do this?

So I recently lost a nice DeFe to my first Deep Dwarf floor in a Ziggurat. I died when I Firestormed some enemies who had reflect damage on. Two questions: I figure the dwarfs cast a spell which gives them the reflect damage. What's the alert message when they do this? Also, is there a way to force ...

I think it's the Lugonu banish self to abyss, but I'm not sure.

Grimm wrote:https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?p=40794#p40794

I'm slow

I really wish I'd taken a screenshot, but I found a medium-ish room covered in blood, jerky, and two minotaur corpses.

I don't even know.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-2968-gc935fa8 character file. Ipi the Thaumaturge (Deep Elf Fire Elementalist) Turns: 12279, Time: 00:57:12 HP 54/54 AC 8 Str 7 XL: 11 Next: 7% MP 32/32 EV 12 Int 22 God: Vehumet [****..] Gold 469 SH 10 Dex 15 Spells: 7 memorised, 14 levels left Res.Fire : +...

As well as stabbing, TSO means you can't use your quick blade, sling (venom brands) and maybe the demon blade (is TSO okay with draining weapons?)

Really? Why 3/3 specifically?

Also, how do you know when you have an ending weapon? Do you just look for the best weapon of the class (executioner's axe or whatever) with a good brand?

I'm wondering what rules people use on when to enchant weapons. When you get a decent-seeming weapon, how do you decide whether to enchant it or hold out for a better one?

Is there any kind of armor at all Draconians can wear?

One last question! I went and looked up executioner's axes - how could I improve my odds of getting one? Just go around for a long time (maybe clear more branches) and hope for a god gift?

No idea whatsoever why I didn't use those enchant weapon scrolls. About the trove - it needed two cure mutation pots. Is there a good way to search for (and through) shops? I went through parts of the dungeon where I could remember shops, but couldn't find one with a cure mutation. For that matter, ...

I can't seem to have more than one character at a time. If I try to start a new game (pressing Dungeon Crawl in the main menu) it will just put me into my saved character. Is there an option I need to enable or something?

I'm not sure how melees are supposed to really deal with liches, warding is totally not enough if you get a horde of undead/fiends next to you. Normally I play nemelex as melee, so I just nuke liches with destruction decks. I'm guessing Oka melees should go into crossbows for liches, or learn mass ...

I didn't find or get gifted an executioner's axe that entire game :cry:. Silly mistake to be using the holy wrath in that fight though - I didn't pay enough attention. I'm not sure why Long Blades was being focused - I certainly don't recall putting it on. The -TELE on MPA worried me, but I figured ...

I'd definitely consider switching to TSO or Zin for Zot. I strongly favor Zin, for the mutation invulnerability, which is a godsend (LITERALLY) in the Orb chamber, not to mention the escape options he adds. I usually only convert after XL 25 though. It can suck getting jumped by Oka's thugs while y...

So this is my first character approaching actually winning the game. A level 23 Minotaur Fighter of Okawaru atm, on Dungeon Level 25. What are some goals in terms of equipment or god-worshipped to reach before going for the Orb? At the moment I think I may not have enough defensive stats - where can...

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Mennas attacked me though I was a TSO worshipper?

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Deep Dwarf Ziggurats

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[CIP] DeFe of Vehumet

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When to enchant a weapon?

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What should I do before entering Zot?