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crate wrote:sprints aren't real crawl, which is pretty painfully obvious when you play them

I think it's also pretty painfully obvious that you can't squeeze real Crawl into a one hour game.

crate wrote:You can instead go the other way: DoomRL games take me about an hour, which is an acceptable length.

Don't we have sprints for that?

Am I the only one who actually enjoys playing Crawl as it is? If you want shorter games, play sprints. Instead of making Crawl shorter, make longer sprints.

doubtofbuddha wrote:I think this is the first time I have ever seen Jory. Should have looked him up it seems.

Yes, you should do that every time you see a unique for the first time.

Does Throwing skill affect the use of nets (and if it does, how)?

Congrats! I would have trained some Armour skill as well. For a stealth based character I'd suggest a VpEn of some god you haven't done yet.

Most fun (5): Nemelex, Fedhas. Next (4): Ash, Oka, Chei, Kiku, Jiyva, Lugonu. The rest are 3. I haven't played Beogh, Dith or the non-stable G and Q. Atheist (Demigod) would also be 5.

I'd say keyboard reasons ;)

Be sure to report how you got killed!

I usually use a ring of teleportation on Tomb:2, but there are lots of teleportation traps there to use anyway. All in all removing rings of teleportation wouldn't affect my typical games a whole lot. On the other hand, I don't mind the current situation either, so whatever. Removing =tele would be ...

I think if lowering the weight of a layout is warranted, it could also be made so it can only generate once per game. This would be a good idea for things like the cross layout, which can produce fun gameplay but feels same-y if you get several of them. I think this is a very good point. In additio...

I don't think that all slow-moving kitable monsters should be removed. The possibility that some other monster pops in while you're kiting the worm/ooze/etc. is interesting. Most of the time they're just free exp, but there has to be some amount of that too.

Slowing is extremely good in the early game for kiting ogres and other monsters you don't want to get next to you. Enslavement is great for early orc packs. Enslave a priest, wizard or warrior, who kills the rest of the pack. Then you can easily finish it when it's hurt after the battle. If I find a...

mikee wrote:I'd like to apologize to the player Bart. When I told him to die, I think people didn't realize that I was actually using German for 'the'.

Something's not right. Either you told him to der or her to die.

HOFEs rule!

Funny though that I never noticed that before. Personally I think that death curses should affect the one who killed the mummy. If the death curse mechanic is to be changed to prevent/discourage the use of allies, (Tomb) mummies could gain an "aura of fear" that would prevent allies from a...

I like to keep 4 or 5 rations with me at all times, just in case someone banishes me. (I also leave ministashes next to downstairs on most levels.)

My HEMo was clearing an ossuary with the help of a wand of enslavement: A decayed bog body comes into view. Your mummy hits the decayed bog body. The decayed bog body hits your mummy! The decayed bog body touches your mummy. The decayed bog body freezes your mummy. Your mummy resists. Your mummy is ...

All species are equally fun. Down with racism!

Congrats! What's an FD caster, a Fountain Dwarf?

d3k0 wrote:Sometimes stealth and/or dodge, but I did not find them very useful.

Dodging is very important. Depending on your dexterity and armour it takes a few levels of dodging until you start to see the effect on your evasion.

The abyssal rune as the 4th or 5th rune shouldn't be too hard if you have a stealthy character. Whenever you see a monster, just run away. Go to Abyss:3 but not deeper. Worshipping Ashenzari makes the Abyssal rune quite easy to get. Ash will detect portals for you and you can use scrying to find the...

Well, training more stealth *might* have prevented this death. But it sure is a tough one to swallow.

Unless that stack of two unidentified scrolls is acquirement*, you should definitely use the first scroll you'll find immediately and not wait to get a second one (which might even never happen).

*And even if it is, you should probably still just read those scrolls.

I haven't met Asterion yet myself, but from the description it seems to be quite a tough unique to appear on the first levels of Lair rune branches.

Btw. wouldn't that long sword of electrocution be better than that scimitar of slicing?

After removing magic (because it's OP), ranged combat should be removed too (because it's OP). Then melee should be removed, because it would have become a no-brainer (which is a no-no in Crawl).

I don't love it when I fire up a necromancer and decide from the start to go Kiku and the first Kiku altar is on D:9.

zardo wrote:FeBe is really quite good

Right. My first FeBe got 5 runes and died in Dis:7. And this was in 0.13, so without wands.

wheals wrote:I would thank but how could I ruin that perfect 500 number

That 69 is quite perfect, too.

Edit: was

Quazifuji wrote:Immolation followed by shatter immediately upon entering Vaults 5 is one of the more entertaining things I've ever done in crawl.

Damn, I should've done that too with my HuEE (who also shattered the welcome party on V:5).

Hubris kills. Even though you're feeling powerful and splatting monsters left and right at the moment, things can change very rapidly and you should be on your toes all the time. Whenever you see a new monster (especially unique), use xv and possibly other sources of information to decide a) whether...

I don't love it when I die with an unidentified +0, +9 ring of slaying in inventory. I'm beginning to feel I'm going to use id scrolls for undientified tried rings over potions just because of this.

...So next time I'll probably die with an undientified potion of experience in inventory...

cerebovssquire wrote:
WalkerBoh wrote:My species proposal sense is tingling!

Slightly Less Deep Dwarf

Shallow Dwarf

The optimal solution would most often be to read those scrolls. However, I could possibly take the Trove anyway, as it would be more fun and interesting.

and into wrote:I like board games too. Carcassonne, Settlers of Cataan, etc.

Me too. Those two are great, as are 7 Wonders and Dominion.

What I think about the Abyss: 1) As a rune branch, it's almost perfect as it is. Fun, interesting and challenging. The only thing I don't understand is why Abyss: 4 and 5 exist. I always get the rune from Abyss:3. Sure, without Ash it'll probably take a few thousand turns but that's not a problem fo...

Crawl takes all of the time I can dedicate to playing (which isn't a lot). I liked Heroes of Might & Magic a lot, but currently I just want to play Crawl whenever possible.

Yet this is held true by the wise of Eressëa, that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in envy and mockery of the E...

cerebovssquire wrote:Given that you have 18 grapes, probably wand.

That's a good advice, but personally I would still be tempted to get food. Oklobs are just so much fun...

(Incidentally, my only Fedhas winner so far was a HOWz.)

Finding an orcish great sword of electrocution in a sewer on D:3 made sure that this character didn't have to wait to start hybridizing. Result (uses): Great sword 4792, Sandblast 295, Stone Arrow 3830, LRD 919, Iron Shot 1955, LCS 162, Shatter 27. Vehumet was kind enough to offer just the right spe...

Well, Phase Shift is in the book of Dreams...

Well, I don't see a reason to limit runes to 3. If a character can get the orb with just 1 rune, why not? Orbs of Fire and alike will make the player think twice about ignored XP Flashback: Dungeon Crawl version 3.20 character file. Jysky the Destroyer (Hill Orc) Level 23 Fire Elementalist) Experie...

The reason I always do Elf is that I find it fun and interesting. That's the same reason as why I play Crawl, btw.

Patashu wrote:
duvessa wrote:guide to crawl resources:

crawlwiki: awful
learndb: awful
tavern: awful

hope this helps

It's a wonder how anyone beats this game

Well, since you can't trust anyone, the only options are source-diving for answers and wizard mode for trying out tactics.

Permanent solution: merge all species into one that has random aptitudes all over the board.

All I can say is that I wouldn't use that wiz ring with rC-.

Play some Conjurers for a change. When you kill everything from afar, they won't be able to hit you with distortion weapons.

...otherwise, go Kiku.

I would drool over +5 gloves even if I found them on D:27...

Also memorized shadow creatures, its feeling underwhelming so far. Shadow Creatures will give you stuff like Gold Dragons in Zot. Not bad for a level 5 spell. I don't know what else there is to expect beyond that. You quite consistently get draconian packs in Zot, which can kill anything there. Rar...

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