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I will never stop hating you.

Came back after a longer break from crawl. Wanted to play it safe and go for Oka, but had to realize that the temple is slimified. Since I never played Jiyva so far I'm curious. What do I have to expect from stat stuffling? Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19.1 (tiles) character file. Arno the Bas...

whoops... I was indeed just asking if it's viable (=possible to win) this way. I actually don't care about "optimal play" but I do like to try different things and see how they work. Like playing a TrAK... honestly, 2 (including mine) threads in this forum about a race that is quite bad (f...

Is going for statue form viable on a TrAK? I do have a gold dragon hide and an IDA in a shop but only 1 ea atm... and I like the idea of a transmuting troll + I already have rc from a mut so IDA is even less desirable... Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19-a0-1099-g481dbaa (tiles) character file. ...

What "the game says" is not always important, Aizul is basically ever "extremely dangerous" when you meet her without rp. Spend your ea scrolls. It took me a while to learn this as well, but it is really better this way. It can help a lot if you enchant your early stuff and your ...

... I start a DrIE, get a white colour and the ice cave with the two ice magic manuals in lair.

YAverySD in 3,2,1...

but what if you theoretically find two exec axes - first a nice branded one and then one of holy wrath?

play a formicid because this way you'll never run out of blink scrolls!

Immediately after joining.

That's enough to curse a weapon or two jewellery to start with her, cause sometimes you just find none (or very few) for a long time.

You are a blaster with 30 hp and 15 mp. You have 2 orc priests in your vicinity that will smite you for 15 damage each.
During the first turn you are smitten for 30 damage. You die...

Qazlal alone means that you will at high piety draw all the mobs of some levels to the stairs, including the ones you do not want to fight in a big group. I'm not sure I'd want to play him with a -20% hp race... the only time I played (and won) Qaz was with a HO that had lots of AC and HP and a larg...

Okay, I had a look at my options. So far I was staying at satiated all of the time - absolutely perfect, berserk available, bat form available, regen and I have resists except torment from my gear. I'd like to switch to Kiku and stay at near bloodless to thirsty now. I don't need torment immunity, K...

Would it be OP making the Virulence Spell available to the player?

I wanted to try a stabber that does not rely on EH spam and so I tried a VpBe. My first one died in the Abyss (rip!), my second one married the rng-gods. He got this ring ("Wupsel" {rF+ MR++ Int+3 Dex-3 Slay+2}) and this ring ("Zouluzug" {*Contam +Blink rPois rC++ Slay+4}) early ...

Code:: ring "Zouluzug" {*Contam +Blink rPois rC++ Slay+4}

OMG, it causes contamination when I take it off!

I would stick to the plan using short blades. That mace is a good weapon for some builds for now, but it will be outclassed in the mid-game, when it's base damage can't hold up anymore - the +10 doesn't help that much. Meanwhile, you lose the stabbing bonus from short blades, antimagic drains your m...

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- Trog piety does not decreases over time.
- Trog grants piety only for killing spell casters and burning books (piety gain could be adjusted a bit for that).

My recent KoHu hat Cblink at 3% with Int 8, IDA, subdued magic 1, tloc 27 and spellcasting 14. So I don't think you can get it to a reasonable failure rate and even if you do so, you won't until very, very late in the game... given Minotaurs apts, I'd rather focus on something like haste or abjurati...

Wooohooo! A PDA on Lair:6!

I'm sure it's there because I'm playing a Dr...

they don't matter if you're on Zot:5 and going to anyway, but they do matter if you want to get 12 more runes... and I don't want low hp/mp on a vine stalker! that's why I just took the win. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19-a0-1007-g133f65f (tiles) character file. 1696715 Arno the Wrestler (lev...

Yeah, you were right. Things are going are little slow with this char... or at least it feels like it, after playing a Gr of Ash who after a while was able to do anything... Anyway, I'd like to do extended as this guy feels quite strong right now (sitting in Zot:5 with 3 runes), but I'm a bit worrie...

Hi, I'm currently trying Vine Stalkers, which I haven't won yet. I'm going unarmed and with Ru, because I don't have anything else to acquire (sacrificed Evocations, no need for weapons etc.) I'm acquiring armour. Got now this beauty here: Identified the +13 large shield "Zuwuj Qamo" {rF+ ...

Code:: Identified the +10 great mace of the Briny Deep {vamp, rF+}

Found with a Gr, who was going with Maces...

(... at the bottom of the tomb)

Code:: 27086 | D:15 | Noticed Louise 27086 | D:15 | Cast into level 2 of the Abyss (Louise) 27087 | D:15 | Escaped the Abyss 27095 | D:15 | Banished Louise

I started a HoFi, basically because I never use shields and want just to play a few Fighters with shields... then I got this on D4:

Code:: the +9 large shield "Yhouptuf" {rF++ Str+7 Int-3}

Guess I'll have to go all the way towards large shields now.

and yavp. The first time I survived hell, the first time I was in Gehenna and Cocytus and my first 15 rune win. Cocytus was a real pain! Anyway, this guy was quite strong, and triple crossbows are simply awesome! Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19-a0-630-g098d46c (tiles) character file. 11669099 ...

Hi, both wiki and learndb state that fighting trj with ranged weapons is tricky and penetration ammo should be used. Now that ammo brands are gone for bolts, has anything changed about trj or do I have to beat him up with the lajatang? also, any other special cases that a ranged guy should be aware ...

horn of geryon chain mail ratskin cloak fencers gloves gauntlets of war +2 pair of gloves "Viank" {Int+4 Dex-3} -4 pair of boots of the Arcane {+Inv rElec rCorr Str-2} the +0 shield "Loofoi" {rElec} +0 pair of boots of the Komtur {Str+4 Int+3 Slay-4} +0 hat of spirit shield +2 bo...

You can get mr from trog's hand and rf and rc from other sources. Trog will constantly gift you big bad weapons so it is always never useful to use a shield with him. An antimagic exec axe is another very good reason to go 2-handed.

Code:: You finish putting on the +4 helmet of Terror {rElec rF++ Str+4 Slay+3}.

Yes, to clarify: I find it unfun to have virtually no chance to do the portals, because the timers are optimized for there being one of them at a time. I've done two of them on the same level before, I've rushed this time as well and while I needed less than 1000 turns for the first two the ice cave...

Because having a labyrinth, ice cave and volcano all on Orc:2 is kind of unfun. Freak accident, for sure, but two portals at the same level at this stage of the game are not too uncommon. They are already timed...

Thank you Oka for gifting me 5 artifact robes, one artifact animal skin and the skin of zhor. Meanhwile I keep searching Zot for nothing else than a simple fire dragon hide...

+6 demon trident potion of xp potion of magic potion of hw potion of cure mut hat of the high council +0 hat of Distant Worlds {rF- rN+ MR+++} +2 ring mail of fire resistance +2 robe of magic resistance amulet of rage amulet of reflection amulet of harm amulet of Xom's Capriciousness {Gourm *Drain r...

thx for the info about lightning bolt. Will try again and possibly invest a little bit more in my magical skills then... The game has only generated 2 ego robes so far, the mr+ one that I'm wearing and a rc+ one. plus a somewhat tempting +0 rf+++ int+2 artifact, but while Ozo's armour is nice I thin...

the point of portals in general is to provide a risk/reward ratio that isn't 0, unlike labyrinths Isn't the risk/reward ratio 0 for any portal except for the labyrinth? You can leave them as soon as you enter anyway, if you think that the challenge in there is too hard for you at that time... I lik...

In my experience, you're better off with the starting shield than without. Does this only apply to normal or larger sized races but also to small ones (Ko and Ha)? If not so (or even if) may it be possible to let them start with a buckler instead of a shield, like spriggans already do? I mean, unde...

Dungeon, Lair and Orc cleared, Elf1+2, Swamp and Snake up next (possibly in that order). A trove wants a +5 demon trident. At least it does not want my demon blade. Got a book of clouds and decided to learn Freezing Cloud. The shops in Orc were disappointing, but there is a book shop in the Dungeon ...

Thanks for the advice.

I will go for the demon blade, after all I got swamp and am a bit worried about it. Could become a nightmare for an AE who lacks any walls there to let his spells bounce off

Still uncertain about Necromancy. I never got used to it and the summoning playstile in general.

Hi, not so much experience with AE here. I have all spells from my starting book + Ozo's Armour castable, somewhat decent defenses, but don't know how to proceed. Shock starts lacking power, Static Discharge is okay, Lightning Bolt as well, but somewhat tricky to use, it's 5 tiles range makes double...

So, what is the first artifact weapon my Wizard finds in the dungeon?

Code:: Identified the +7 rapier of the Revolution {antimagic, MP+9 Int+5} (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon

fuck you, crawl!

On my GrWr Identified the amulet of Xom's Whimsicality {Gourm MR+++ SInv} (You found it in an ossuary) Identified the +9 morningstar of Okawaru's Outrage {venom, Dex+4} (You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts) Not bad as a lair+orc starting package. Then I decided to clear the vest...

It's a nice weapon but I did not wanted it on an Ar who was using frequently rods and blowguns.

D11 trove wanted all the piety from my KoAr of Pakellas. 1x heal wounds potion 1x lig potion 1x teleport scroll 1x unknown potion ~760 gold 1x cancellation 1x remove curse 1x wand of digging 1x wand of flame the cursed +0 plate armour of Kaek {+Blink rCorr MP+9 Stlth+} +1 leather armour of cold resi...

Download page still links to 0.17.1

Code:: Identified the +4 helmet of Gravity {rF++ MR+ MP-9 Str+3} (You took it off Robin on level 1 of the Dungeon)

Code:: 967 | D:1 | Noticed an ice beast

... and I have large rocks :twisted:

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