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Thanks for sharing your strategies guys, I'll read-ID my scrolls and wait for more identification scrolls to ID the potions If read ID'ing a scroll asks me to choose an item to use it on, can I potentially harm my venom short sword by choosing it? Like Sar said, it's either identify, enchant armor,...

Ashenzari gets my vote, easily. As a stabber, you want to limit the likelihood of being swarmed, or having to walk great distances and have numerous stealth checks before stabbing an enemy. Ashenzari allows you to see where every enemy is behind walls and allows you to have an idea of how dangerous ...

scroll id potions. you dont have to scroll id anything except potions and aftefacts since wand is now always id'd after zapping Unless I'm mistaken, most jewelry doesn't ID itself when you equip it. And Duvessa, it's true wasting an item is a bummer and it's part of the reason I don't do it, but I ...

I don't ID anything until Temple. Once I get to Temple, it's usually easy to tell by the number in my stack what potions and scrolls are what. The highest number of potions usually being curing and the highest scrolls being either Identify or Remove Curse. I read ID scrolls since there's no reason n...

I liked Lamia. =(

She was legitimately terrifying. Why don't people like her? Other than them both having OoD, I don't think she's all that common to Boris.

An Executioner on D:6 XD

Wow

Ah, so it creates clouds randomly not when fired, but simply by being wielded? Interesting. I guess all thats left to know is what kind of skill investment I'm looking at to make it useful. I'm not worshippinh Trog or Oka, so ammo might become an issue, though it wont be my main means of damage, so ...

Clouds around me seems like it could be dangerous for me. Getting surrounded by water might make escape harder, although, it could be nice being surrounded by enemies standing in water while I stand on the one piece of dry land. Then again, being surrounded is never good. I guess the weapon skill re...

I've never actually used a bow in all my time Crawling, but I came across this and I'm considering it. I'm once again trying to win with a DrAK. I got White Draconian and even though I'm level 16, I haven't found any worthwhile spells, aside from apportation. Because of this, I'm at a big loss for r...

Ffffffff...damn it

Died climbing the Stairs escaping a bunch of Centaur in the vaults. Should have Banished myself.

Those gloves are questionable. Even a standard pair of gloves would give you +5 AC. The MR boost and rElec are nice, buuuut you only have 9AC. That's really dangerous, even with your nice EV (and without a buckler too) Do you have access to Agony? Get it. Honestly, Throw Icicle is a pretty decent sp...

Oh, how is this cloak, btw? -3 Dam is kind of a bummer, but evokable Fog is awesome and the stealth bonus is proving useful. I might replace it if I come across preservation or some other nice thing, but it's not hurting me too much, is it? Edit: I just realized something regarding the Swamp Drake c...

Walking around Snake Pits and I've managed to avoid any packs of Naga, but on Snake 2 I found Lamia and Aizul...both sleeping fortunately.

I also find a scroll of acquirement and wish for jewelry. I get a ring of flight despite having the flight spell memorized. Thanks Dungeon Crawl.

I need a rune for vaults. I considered finishing Swamp and just avoiding the third and fourth floor for Jorgrun and Mara respectively. 17 is a little low level for taking a Vault, but most everything in Swamp: 5 (including the Lernaean Hydra to an extent) is susceptible to Agony spamming. If I pulle...

I have Deflect Missiles, but -2 in Air Magic means I won't have that online anytime soon. Now that you mention it though, Elf might not be a bad idea. Even with the Digging trick, I usually stay away from Elf until I'm almost done because I hate going to the Abyss unless I'm a high enough level. How...

Spores were my favorite part of playing Fedhas. I remember finding it particularly amusing in the Orcish Mines. They're just good fun.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-1379-g74b6bc2 (tiles) character file. Lorenzo the Impaler (DrAK) Turns: 69789, Time: 03:41:30 HP 134/134 AC 27 Str 16 XL: 16 Next: 92% MP 32/32 EV 16 Int 18 God: Lugonu [******] Gold 15 SH 0 Dex 14 Spells: 7 memorised, 2 levels left rFire . . . SeeInvis + K ...

Merfolk are the best Fedhas race, IMO. I had a relatively easy time playing a Merfolk Ice Elementalist of Fedhas. Fedhas allows you to move behind plants which works well with Merfolk given their polearm aptitude. You can attack and even fire spells through plants while your enemies are trying to ge...

I recently rolled a Labrador. I finally hit level 7 and got yellow as my color. I really wanted black (for rElec) but I guess I'll take what I'm given. I found an altar to Grum and found myself compelled to worship him. He hasn't granted me any active or passive abilities, but I'm low on permafood a...

TrEE of Chei sounds pretty cool. Never used any of those.

Also, Vampire of Nemelex sounds cool, but is there a different background, since I've already won with an Enchanter?

The wiki might have incorrect info sprinkled in there, but it definitely helped me A LOT when I was getting started.

When I first started playing Crawl, there was a period where I was living alone and I was and still am completely convinced that playing without any pants on made me a better player. This was proven later on when I eventually got a new roommate and was forced to play with pants, thus reducing the qu...

Did the Ironbrand Convoker summon all of those things? I won't be too hard on you because it seems you understand that it was a bad idea to try to fight all of those things. That said, I'd like to point out that Deflect Missiles, Amulet of Warding, etc. etc. was the least of your concerns. Honestly,...

I was actually considering reusing Mummy for my eventual Chaos Knight win since winning with Xom is obviously a challenge run kind of thing and if you're gonna do a challenge run, you might as well go big. If I do decide to not reuse Mummies, I was also thinking Human. As for winning with him first,...

My favorite aspect of DC:SS has always been the variety, specifically the variety offered with god selection. My long term goal with Crawl has been to win a game using every god. I've knocked 10 of them down, but now I'm getting into some of the less straight forward gods. I've made a topic like thi...

I love MTG as well. I have a tendency to make decks that aren't really great just because they sound fun to me. This doesn't bug me because I rarely play competitively, but I'm that kid who plays green because "Weee big creatures." Currently, I play a Black/White/Green lifegain deck with a...

Do you wish you were a little bit taller?

Do you wish you were a baller?

Do you wish you had a girl who looked good, you would call her?

Why do you have a 5th Mind Control in your sideboard?

I would enchant the Holy Triple Sword. The artefact one is better right now, but later on, you'll want that Holy.

Okay, I tested whether or not my Torment invoking would make my Zot allies turn against me and it didn't. Of course, them losing half their health is no good, but at least I don't have to worry about making a dumb mistake and having my own army upon me. Anyway, I'm standing over the Orb. Here we go....

Good job on the rune, but it's generally not advised that you go for a rune until absolutely necessary. Most people will explore the first 4 floors of the Lair subvaults and leave the 5th floor for later. I would also advise not carrying all those consumables if you don't need them. Losing all your ...

Okay, I learned Shadow Creatures and Blink as advised. I have 3 spells levels which means I can learn Apportation, but I'd also be able to learn DM if I forgot another spell. I'm thinking I might ditch Bolt of Draining. It's been useful for dealing damage behind my allies, but I feel like most dange...

If you're going to Zot you should very much get much more than 12.7 unarmed. h - Haunt Necr/Summ ######.... 1% 7 ######. I would get shadow creatures before deflect missiles, though. And apportation and blink and control teleport before deflect missiles. And repel missiles before deflect missiles; ...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-1379-g74b6bc2 (tiles) character file. Lorenzo the Slayer (Ghoul Monk) Turns: 117595, Time: 10:16:14 HP 259/259 AC 20 Str 22 XL: 26 Next: 93% MP 43/43 EV 19 Int 18 God: Kikubaaqudgha [******] Gold 4077 SH 0 Dex 16 Spells: 12 memorised, 5 levels left rFire . ....

Took your advice and made it out fairly easily. Thank you! Digging worked this time, after hasting and healing a few times. After that, I popped a teleport as I ran from the Tentacled Monstrosity which brought me right to the exit. I panicked when the digging failed, because I didn't know if it woul...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-1379-g74b6bc2 (tiles) character file. Lorenzo the Warrior (Ghoul Monk) Turns: 109149, Time: 09:17:21 HP 64/234 AC 28 Str 22 XL: 25 Next: 85% MP 40/41 EV 18 Int 16 God: Kikubaaqudgha [******] Gold 3825 SH 0 Dex 16 Spells: 11 memorised, 2 levels left rFire . ....

mikee wrote:
pratamawirya wrote:You'd need:
1. Tele wand;
2. Potion of speed;
3. Potion of might;
4. Potion of agility;
5. Monstrous offense and defense in general.

YOU FORGOT 6. HAVE FUN

Haha, you're touchy, man. It's just Dungeon Crawl. Relax =)

I wasn't aware that "Dungeon Crawling Advice" was limited to beating the game. What if somebody asked for advice on clearing Pan and Hell? Would you advise that nobody ever get 15 runes, since it's not necessary to win? What if somebody wanted to do a challenge run and try out Xom? Would y...

The same applies to Mennas. You literally just wrote a page full of reservations about fighting him. You should probably leave him alone forever if possible. Of course. I'm well aware that there is really no benefit to taking him out, but this is a game and games are played for fun. Leaving him alo...

This weapon has proven to be quite a blessing. I walked up a staircase in Vaults and was standing directly next to Frederick, who I had been avoiding thus far, without any allies to help me. Frederick's MR is too high to rely on Agony, so I just wailed on him with my Sceptre of Torment. He was dead ...

duvessa wrote:
skyspire wrote:A level can have very deep water but no room to fly over things? Some serious logic issues here.
Deep water reaches all the way up to the ceiling, thats why you cant swim over it.

This doesn't explain why you can fly over deep water.

Congrats. I've been trying to win with an Abyssal Knight, but I'm not sure which species to choose. I'd been rolling Draconians for a while, but I've been considering switching to Demonspawn. Do you recommend them as Abyssal Knights, or have any advice for how to play one?

I always carry meat, but never eat it in combat. It's just not worth it if my health is that low. Escaping and eating before being swarmed again is always good though.

Got the Swamp rune and I'm carefully exploring the Vaults now. Working on getting Haunt online. Also got my +5 MDA now.

Okay, that sounds like the plan. Going up against Vampire Mosquitoes and Insubstantial Wisps (which are resistant to torment) in the Swamp made me realize that simply unwielding my Mace takes virtually no time at all, so having two methods of attack will be nice. I'm running very low on HW potions (...

Crawl takes up a lot of my time, honestly. >_> Truth be told, Crawl doesn't really have any impact on my physical lifestyle since it's my job to be physical. Plus, it's not too hard to get to the gym a few times a week since powerlifting is something I'm pretty passionate about. What Crawl really in...

So, knowing that the UC bonus does apply to my off hand, would it be smart to train more UC after I get M&F to Min Delay? Or is the bonus not really worth it?

It's a really cool show. You should watch it this season if you get the chance. Here's a run from that show in 2012 to give you an idea of one of the courses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI9pis4c1FU I actually met that guy when I went to the Miami qualifier and then trained with him some more aft...

Crawl: Win with a GhMo and an Abyssal Knight of some sort.

Life: Win American Ninja Warrior. I made it on the show last season, but didn't make it as far as I wanted to. Hopefully this season I do better.

1. When it says "You sock the Hippogriff!" is that me hitting it with the mace, or is that an unarmed thing? 2. Is my Unarmed Combat skill still being taken into cosideration when it says "You claw the Hippogriff."? 1. That's the mace 2. You get an extra offhand attack with no s...

Zigs are free now? I'd say that's a major buff to the game. Now anyone can go Pan scumming for Zig loot much faster, with no need to accumulate gold for it. That arguably breaks the game, allowing epic gear to be much more attainable. I did do 23 floors of a Zig, so I know it is relatively safe if ...

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