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I'm not a big fan of the actual implemention of GDR, largely because it's complex and there's no in-game indication that it exists. I do think something like this needs to exist to reduce damage variance for heavy armor. But I really don't like the mechanic where 30 AC from wearing GDA is different ...

I did not realize it didn't work against arrows, I'd been thinking it worked on anything that checked AC but I see it doesn't. Herp derp never mind, that does indeed make it not really helpful. That's really odd, but good to know.

I agree with the basic "(at least part of) the problem with Chei is that Strength and Dex aren't very useful" idea. But I don't like the idea of giving him I Can't Believe It's Not Haste; that kind of defeats the point. Strength and Dex really just need a fixin' in general. Almost everyone...

I agree that Nemelex would be just fine without Mark Four, which is a useless trap option. It should probably be removed entirely.

I found that training Stealth on deep elf casters is vital to that kind of YASD not happening. Being able to back off from bad fights is useful - and so is being able to get close enough to Mephitic Cloud immediately.

Ah, thanks. I was looking at XP instead of under Skills.

I was mostly interested in being able to figure out which skills I should train for multi-school spells, so the conversion rate shouldn't be a problem.

Is there somewhere I can find a table of XP required per level of skills? I do know about the one for character levels, but I can't seem to dig up a skill XP chart.

It's not Draconian, it's Spider Form. That's a thing with Transmuters in general. Spider Form and Evaporate will let you stomp all over 99% of the stuff you meet in the early game, because very few things can hit spider form, and spider form can run from stuff. Evaporate works on nearly everything, ...

I've noticed that shapeshifters keep turning into weaker and weaker creatures as you fight them longer...I had one cycle straight from death drake down to green rat. What's up with that? I wasn't using draining on it.

Seriously, I think they aren't even treeing anymore.

I always thought the whole "convert to Lugonu to get out of the Abyss" thing was a cool idea but never actually a good one, because nearly every god has wrath that's at least as dangerous as being in the Abyss and it's enormously unlikely that you end up Abyssed before you have a god. I fi...

You might consider training enough summoning for Summon Elemental; there's rock everywhere to summon EEs from, and they're quite good for dealing with HP-sack monsters.

Animate Thread! Having played around more with Nemelex, I've concluded that the following strategy seems to work best if you are picking up Nemelex first (rather than as a late or end game convert). Turn off Wonders and Escape. Sacrifice everything. This means all your decks are Wonders, Destruction...

Most characters should be far, far more afraid of the Anaconda. You can run from dire elephants.

Thirding "get those gloves right away." You really don't care much about Hunger as a kobold so +Hunger is more a nuisance than a drawback. Eating more is an annoyance; dying sucks. The helm is not that great. I would, however, still buy it since you (a) can afford that and the gloves (b) h...

Pretty much every RPG needs to learn "GRINDING IS BAD MMMKAY."

Another option might be to change the way MR works (possibly just for Paralysis, possibly in general) to be less all-or-nothing and instead affect both success and duration, ie, if you have very low MR, paralysis will hit for 2-7 turns, if you have medium or high MR, it might be 1-5 or 1-2 or whatev...

I think Sif can theoretically kill you with INT drain, but it's unlikely. A ring of sustain abilities makes it even more unlikely. Since you can't emergency-restore your stats as a mummy I would probably wear one. I have waited out her wrath twice, and never went to dangerously low INT, but if you h...

Huh, I didn't know that.

A few things: First, don't read scrolls if there's some un-ID'd scroll that could shaft you that badly, eg, don't read anything until you can live through Immolation, don't read anything while holding a weapon if Curse Weapon will shaft you horribly, etc. Second, for a non-Okawaru transmuter, you ca...

If you want a second summoning spell, Haunt is a sensible choice for creating emergency swarms. They can't kill things nearly as well as dragons, but can tie things up well enough, and you don't care about hunger. You don't need to worry about wrath. You're a mummy. Just abandon sif, hang out in the...

Stash that Enchant Weapon II scroll; no reason to let it get burnt.

A Demon Trident of Pain is a very solid weapon - if you have the Necromancy skill to back it up. That spear is worth holding onto as a swap for rPois but it is not nearly as good a weapon. Seeing as you also have Necromancy spellbooks, I would think about training up some Necromancy, or possibly a l...

Alright, next time I play Nemelex I will be hitting up the Ornate and higher Helix cards. Just to clarify, I agree that blind drawing from Wonders decks is pretty much always an awful move and wasn't suggesting that. Do you recommend that it's not worth the piety to triple draw->stack 5 them once yo...

Zin does make hells enormously less dangerous, though, by removing hell effects (I think it's Piety/2%, same as the other resists), and of course entomb and sanctuary as emergency escapes. You might well be able to switch, dump a ton of cash to Zin, and then speed-grab some of the Hell runes.

I actually am curious what the best strategy is with Nemelex. I am totally not the best player out there so take this with a grain of sald; I have won with Nemelex though. What I came up with is: As soon as you convert, sac all the wonders-category stuff you can immediately, and mark any decks you g...

One thing to keep in mind is that how effective Mara is varies wildly based on his AI. If you do the Teleport/BiA strategy listed above, he might firebolt something a few times, move up into melee, or clone himself and then you. Always be ready to try again later against him; if you are able to flee...

Don't inner fire things that are faster than you.

The revolving door is also funny if you have a way of generating damaging effects on tiles, eg, conjure flame in front of the door, let the monster walk into it, slam the door on them, and keep closing the door as they open it. They do indeed have a chance of double-acting due to action randomizatio...

I think the main problem with the strategy guide things is, yeah, they are opinions, but you can't get anything better and good ones are useful. I feel like the best solution would have to revolve around some kind of authorship, eg, connect strategy guides with their creators, and allow people to ag...

Yeah, spellpower determines the miss chance for spells. Do you have a staff of earth lying around somewhere? You might want to use it as a swap.

You might try building up a stack of Large Abominations outside of lair, then returning. You have a spellbook with it and you should be able to caste it acceptably. They are undead (hence poison-immune) and should be able to beat down killer bees for you. I would not try this without a way to deal w...

I hate when I'm trying to make it as a non-undead wizard, conjurer, or transmuter and I run into a ghost of my last try. They're immune to Mephitic Cloud, but you aren't. Not fun. I also hate Earth Elementalist ghosts. If I understand why it happens right, they use the monster versions of EE spells ...

I think "Noise" items have a chance of doing that. I'm not sure of the exact mechanics - maybe it's if they trigger while you are on the stairs? Anyways, last time I got an awesome weapon with Noise, I wound up dying to a similar "walk down stairs onto a new level with a clusterfuck o...

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