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How about casting Freeze on yourself solves the problem?

Why don't we just get rid of the automatic confusion effect for the conjured lightning? Seems like it would make it a hell of a lot more effective (easier to direct/less likely to kill you) without sacrificing flavor or adding a lot of work for devs.

This may not be balanced, but I also think that every consecutive use of this spell should provide a temporary 2-4 boost in EV. I imagine it would be a little harder to target an enemy who is constantly teleporting behind you.

Edited the title to reflect the change in priorities.

Minmay tended to be a little rougher with people than necessary. He gives excellent advice, but since the people who needed it most are those who are newest to Crawl and the Tavern and therefore the easiest to intimidate or offend, it was decided that he should no longer represent the counselors.

tcjsavannah wrote:Thanks system should be removed in favor of knives. Like a post? Give them a knife. Don't like a post? Knife in the face.

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You've got to be at least slightly in tune with your avatar, savannah.

I like this quite a lot actually; it has a nice thematic flavor and adds new options to an otherwise weak class. Two things I'm worried about: 1) It has a lot of overlap with Controlled Blink, and could easily be used to escape monsters in a similar way; you should probably lower the range quite a b...

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True. Perhaps we could reduce the duration, but increase the damage?

B) I would prefer that this spell damage only one creature at a time, since that would differentiate it from other Level 9 spells I'd prefer it deal damage to targets which crash with each other in addition to damage to target in middle square. how about damage on the target square but also damage ...

Is the weapon still permanently enchanted? Because if not, you're essentially wasting a permanent buff on a vorpal weapon, making the brand even more useless because you can't enchant the weapons it's attached to.

A) Liking the discussion, guys. I feel like this could shape up to be a great addition to the game. B) I would prefer that this spell damage only one creature at a time, since that would differentiate it from other Level 9 spells and create interesting choices for the player (do I go straight for mu...

Yes. Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes. It gives you a useful resistance (fire) and an even more critical layer of defense (MR++), which is on its own much more valuable than an extra 5 AC. (MR is often a critically undervalued resistance) Also, it's a +6, +9 dagger of SPEED. You get the highest possi...

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Ugh. We're arguing about this again?

I don't actually know how to code/am not a dev, but this seems to have been a universally well received spell idea, and I would hate to see it vanish. Are any devs willing to add this to trunk and see how it does?

...I'm not really sure Ashenzari needs a power boost.

I would add a health boost as well, since it doesn't make any sense for someone 1200 pounds to have the same HP as anyone else.

tasonir wrote:video of new spell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMWv2LXxLo

Spell is cast around the 36 second mark.

See? Super effective. Should definitely be in Crawl.

MarvinPA wrote:A surprising fact about meat rations is that you don't do any damage while you're wielding them either.

Just wield your real weapon as soon as Mara makes a ghost of you, which usually doesn't take too long. If you have fire resistance, you can afford to wait.

Also, if this can effectively immobilize a single target and do repeated iron shot-level damage to them, it would be one of the best anti-helllord/panlord/unique spells, since it can do repeated irresistable damage while you pound them with some other attack, and if you want to run away they can't ...

I start as magic background character and still die too often. I was at 1hp twice vs a single Orc Wizard, Gnoll with Wand of Draining has just killed me by a single zap from full HP at XL 4, 16 hp is ridiculous. Do you focus on Stealth and avoid anything even remotely dangerous? don't play Fe :D Mo...

It would affect the caster and allies, yes. Same rule as Fire Storm: don't cast it on yourself

This looks quite overpowered in that 1)it deals irresistible dmg 2)maneuvers monster movement 3) absorbs projectiles (which blocks quite a lot of spells and ammunitions). It's a level 9 two school spell, and one of those schools is never trained beyond a certain point. It had better be strong, cons...

Sorry, that part wasn't clear :oops:

Only one monster is in the singularity at a time. The rest, when sucked in, just kind of bounce off of it until it dies and they can take its place.
On the other hand, the blinking idea is cool too. Maybe it should do that instead.

Singularity: (Level 9 Conjuration/Translocation) Creates a smite targeted singularity on a square of your choice. Every turn, monsters within 3-4 squares of the singularity are sucked towards it (I imagine this would use code similar to Force Lance, but likely a bit stronger). Monsters on the target...

Phoenix sounds fun, but why the hell would you want to combine octopode and naga? They have nothing in common.

I can testify that FeSk actually works surprisingly well.

On the other hand, Felids are kind of terrible.

Yredelemnul is the one you're forgetting.

Although I have nothing against the idea itself, I believe proposals very similar to this one have been produced in the past, with nothing much coming from them... this kind of thing is hard to balance.

I like it, but if it works as posted it should probably be higher level. Blinking an orc warlord's 2-3 weapons five spaces behind you in a corridor is to powerful to be level 3.

On a similar note, there should be more translocation spells like this. It's a fun school, and should be added to.

...I kind of want to continue this thread now.
What say you, men and women of Crawl?

Werewolves should be a separate species for the same reason vampires are. They're both technically spreadable afflictions, but putting in a new disease mechanic is much more complicated than just making them playable from the start. It seems too hard to put a transformation trigger as part of a non-...

Health average actually looks like it should be a thing. A really overpowered thing, but a thing.

Yeah, that sounds much better balanced. When do you think it'll be in trunk?

I like the idea of a grenade-type throwing consumable. :twisted:

Nah, Song of Shielding is actually not bad for hybrids who use magic to buff up and then fight. Might as well use the extra mana for something (note that Song of Shielding is still not good, and needs a buff)

Minmay's being a little optimistic, here. I don't like it quite as much as him.

No, he's a slug, not a bug.

Yes. I play a lot of skalds, and usually start grab the first elven ring mail I see (it's surprisingly common) before switching to some kind of dragon armor. Their spells aren't hard to cast if you get Charms skill sufficiently high.

Personally, I support the MP drain every turn idea. Gives it a real, noticeable downside.

He he.

Elminster.

If you go hexes, you need to really invest into it if you want to use them on anything but popcorn. They're all about spellpower, and they either work of they don't-- all or nothing, as you put it. (Note that some uniques, like Sonja, actually have practically no MR and are therefore an excellent ta...

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Also, epsilon, welcome to the Tavern. Didn't mean to come off as too harsh... :oops:

Probably because Haste is overpowered as hell, and should be kept in as few spellbooks as possible. Not that I would complain if it was put in

Hello, folks! I'm new here, but still, i want to make a few suggestions. I've been playing DCSS from time to time for a few years already. Still have to beat it though. My favorite backgrounds always was battle mage hybrid, starting from Reaver and Crusader in a bit older versions. They were a lot ...

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This sounds about right to me, and would help to reintroduce parity between player and monster summoning. Though to be honest, I hate the summoning cap, if only because Summon Butterflies is crap now.

...That's actually kind of hilarious.

I feel bad now.

Since it's level 9, I think Death Touch could leave the target with 1 HP (since Torment isn't quite "Death", and Agony already does that...)

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