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Interesting responses, well done. I would have voted for LRD if it hadn't lost its mini-shatter. As such, I believe I went with Mana Viper.

mollymolluskus wrote:Ok, so what is Beem?

Beem is a bot that can follow your games. If you "subscribe" to it you can enter queries into the chat during your games.

https://github.com/gammafunk/beem/blob/ ... ommands.md

You know what's more annoying than recasting Deflect Missiles every time its duration runs out? Taking off your armour, switching two rings, casting it, switching two rings, and putting on your armour every time it breaks. If someone wants to waste that much of their short, precious time on this ea...

Apportating the Orb allllll the way to the closest stairs in Zot5.

PseudoLoneWolf wrote:My dude, you should play Caves of Qud.

Well, everyone should play Caves of Qud.

PseudoLoneWolf wrote:How about a half-headed ogre?

"This one looks a little slow..."

What about a single-headed two-headed ogre?

I mean, it is logical for stuff like demons and orcs to have an intense desire to kill you. But why you are getting attacked by Angels, Elves, Draconians, Nagas, Dwarves, and even nomal, sane beings like Dowan and Duvessa? Like, everyone - animals, humans, constructs, weird abominations, they are w...

I mean, if you really want a "how does size even work in crawl" think about how spriggans and ogres can both wear a robe with minimal encumberance What I'm saying is, this is one area where real-life consistency is probably not something we're gonna get. Right, just like the inexplicable ...

cut:I also agree that Poison isn't exactly a compelling school. Maybe the school could be more reworked to a more "entropy or decay" focus, so that it's not relying on something being alive as it could focus on the decay of anything, even stone (like a gargoyle). So instead of JUST poison...

no, and no Right, those were just guesses. Most gods as far as I know give some extra benefit for getting to six stars. Is that simply not the case with Wu Jian? You can look at it this way: the benefit of being at 5* means you have a lot of piety in the bank. Using Heavenly Storm consumes piety. F...

It'd be interesting to hear what some of the more neutral parties on the tavern have to say on the subject, as most of the posters in this thread have lets say... taken part in the drama this thread is trying to discuss. I've been playing DCSS for years and lurked on this forum for years. I've post...

All good points. I decided to go for it - I took Donald's shield and it only took the XP from Vaults:4 to get up to Shields:9. I have a +5 slaying bonus so my offense was already pretty potent... if I find it lacking I'll just take the shield off again.

What if Pan remained infinite but the percentage chance that you end up on another rune level goes up with every rune you get? I have no idea what the odds are, but with no Pan runes say you have a 1 in 100 chance of landing on a rune level. Get that first rune, now it's 1 in 80. Get another rune an...

Is it generally recommended to use a shield as a Troll? I have a TrMo going right now that found an early GDA, so defenses have been okay. Using a shield means you lose the offhand attack, is that a worthy tradeoff?

The very first game of crawl I played had the starting vault where a whole slew of deadly monsters are behind a closed door. (It might be runed, I’m not sure.) In any case, I thought “surely they wouldn’t put this room here if it wasn’t beatable by a new character” and opened the door. Then I died. ...

edit: never mind, why do I bother posting here

Most people on the tavern would tell you that being bloodless is a bad idea because being alive gives you a huge boost to regen and its much more useful than the resists that bloodless gives you in the early game. Regen is surely better than having rN and can substitute for rPois but what about bat...

I think the proposal overall is really great. I agree that it makes the most sense for the changes to occur in the branches themselves rather than having a diret effect on the player. Some well-written flavor text can also make it more fun: "You pick up the slimy rune and feel its power. The oo...

Rast wrote:Just make it immune to apport already.

I fell victim to this once as well. I would say that making the orb un-apportationable makes more sense and is less of a "gotcha".

That all makes sense. The fire spells presented themselves thanks to Vehemut and I figured they would be useful for undead/cold resistant enemies. I see now that it's not as critical. I have a few other Ice spells to learn like Freezing Cloud, and I also have Frozen Bolt. Those should take me pretty...

I'd like to not screw up this character because I seem to have found some really neat loot. In particular I'm pretty stoked about my bow and the PDA. It might be one of the best armours I've seen, and my goal is to wear it through the end of the game. I know it's on the upper end for a spellcaster a...

Next, you've got the interface issue, since part of the reason we have 52 items at all is so that each item can be assigned a lowercase or uppercase letter, a function that breaks down when you put more than 52 items in the satchel. The biggest problem to me, however, is that there's no good reason...

I can’t take credit for this idea as I came across it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dcss/comments/3pvkno/opinion_on_branching_the_game/cw9wzge . It seems like an elegant solution to the complaints about stashes/inventory. I just wanted to make sure it got some visibility. I know more inventory slot...

I like the idea of earlier book drops. Pocket Spell is a neat idea but should probably have a piety cost that scales with spell level. Having a freebie Death's Door or Tornado locked and loaded should come with more of a cost than having lower level spell ready.

Anyway... I like shoals the most, at least thematically. The concept of an underground sea has always been intriguing to me. I also like flying around the islands as a gargoyle.

If it makes you feel better I was playing on CSZO and died to my own ghost. If there were achievements I think that would warrant one.

Hey guys, just a heads up to let you know that it actually happens: I am a hapless noob that took everything I read in the wiki as gospel. I have no way of knowing any better. In particular, I've tried following the aforementioned Mummy Wizard guide. Now I don't know what to believe.

How many turns (roughly) do I really have before OOD monsters appear? I'm not interested in hanging out on a level too long, but I find myself descending somewhat quickly to avoid an OOD encounter. Perhaps I've read too many warnings about scumming and have an irrational fear, so if I had a handle o...

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Re: Hot DCSS Spell Poll Results

Re: Meem?

Re: The Deflect Missiles experience

Re: New Crawl players will never get to experience...

Re: More depth to classes?

Re: Can we tone down the number of two-headed ogres

Re: Why everything wants you dead?

Re: Why can large species wield small weapons?

Re: rework Venom Mages

Re: What does 6-* Wu Jian Piety Get You?

Re: a(n actual) conversation about dev/player relationships

Re: Troll UC shield build question

Re: Can we brainstorm a way to shorten pandemonium?

Re: Troll UC shield build question

Re: Share stories from when you were new and bad at Crawl

Re: Add a runed door to Crazy Yiuf's hut

Re: Bloodless Vampires

Re: Rune screen and rune effects

Re: warning/confirmation on orb pick up/apport

Re: CIP: An Elf of Ice and Fire (HEIE)

CIP: An Elf of Ice and Fire (HEIE)

Re: Stash solution – extra items but with a turn penalty

Stash solution – extra items but with a turn penalty

Re: Sif Muna Reform (Buff)

Re: What's your favorite branch and why?

Re: how many G--D-- player ghosts am I supposed to kill?

Re: I'm annoyed by everyone calling the wiki outdated!

Re: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' threa