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Congratulations! First victory and Jiyva, a rare combination I guess... Also, slimy and abyssal runes instead of silver!

Tip: Next time, put the character dump between code tags, it becomes much nicer to read that way.

Sif Muna is S. TSO is 1, just like said above.

Yes, I haven't ever played Crawl online.
Computer wasn't broken, I just didn't play for a very long time. After that I had a couple of years' break from Crawl.

All in with my DDFi:

Code:: Began as a Deep Dwarf Fighter on Sept 23, 2009. Was a Priest of Elyvilon. Escaped with the Orb ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Oct 27, 2010!

Knight9910 wrote:At 27 Spellcasting you'd need 31 Int to do that... which, I guess it's possible in extended.

Well, if you find and are willing to wear +int equipment, it's quite possible to get +40 int. Then you don't have to max Spellcasting. (My 3-runer HOWz had Int 38 and Spellcasting 23.)

Congratulations! DrVm is a quite a cool combo for the first victory, IMHO. Out of curiosity: any specific reason for the particular combination, or did you just try different kinds?

Congratulations! Killing 3 Pan lords on the way out is quite much ;)

Next a spellcaster, right?

It is possible. Older versions can be downloaded from Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawl-ref/files/Stone%20Soup/

They could be Tunnel Dwarves.

I started with Nethack around 1991. After 1995 I started following and posting to rec.games.roguelike.nethack. Then I noticed people posting in rec.games.roguelike.misc about a cool sounding game called Linley's Dungeon Crawl. I started playing Crawl in 1998.

Hirsch I wrote:please dont ruin Ds most awesome facet by giving it to someone else, sprucery.

OK, I guess I haven't played a lot of demonspawns lately...

I suggest we create a sticky thread about the greatness/horribleness of Chei, so that every other thread doesn't have to turn that way.

Likewise, I've had two Slime Pits shown there.

I'm so used to using numpad for roguelikes that I just had to buy an external USB numpad for my laptop solely for this purpose...

GlassGo wrote:Is it normal, that I got second bazaar (with help ofTrowel card)? There was one good scroll shop, and one poor distillery shop.

Yes, if the first bazaar was generated normally. But you won't get yet another bazaar from Trowel (you get each portal type once).

arcanist wrote:I wonder if anyone actually using malign rateway. do we have such statistics?

I've used Malign Gateway as a summoner and would do it again.

spudwalt wrote:Not sure what should happen if you banish yourself using Lugonu or use an Abyss portal in Pandemonium. Probably you should end up on at least Abyss:2 (according to the current system).

I'd say Lugonu should let you choose the Abyss level on which you'll land.

Perhaps they could spawn fire clouds upon being (massively enough) hit.

W.W. suddenly looks more proficient!
It was a potion of experience.
W.W. reads a scroll.
Something appears before W.W.'s feet!
It was a scroll of acquirement.
W.W. picks up a twisted lajatang.

Thalfon wrote:Plus it didn't spawn me a single Kraken. So disappointing. :\

Krakens seem to be quite rare. I remember the very first time I went to Shoals there was a Kraken there (which IIRC even killed me). After that, most of the times I haven't seen one in there. Or maybe they're just lurking in corners.

Make it Mountain Elf.

Perhaps 27 was chosen because of Johnson, Jones, Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Alexander, Cobain & Co. ;)

So are there any examples of DCSS coders "cheating"?

The concept of cheating means that there are some rules that have to be followed in order to not cheat. What are the rules for DCSS coders?

I don't think the game can cheat. It plays exactly the way it is coded.

Mattchew wrote:Ash plus super stealth is a good combo for the Abyss.

I'll second this. Probably the best combo, at least based on my experience.

cerebovssquire wrote:I hear ice dragons breath on the water and create a frozen bridge

ADoM has that. Then you can cross deep water over the ice bridge, provided you're not carrying too heavy a load. Then a fire-breathing dragon comes around while you're on the bridge...

thromnambular wrote:Never blindly draw from a legendary deck of wonders. You might end up getting your 31 str shuffled with your 5 int.

Now let's hope you didn't burn all the spellbooks for Trog...

crate wrote:honestly I think statue form is probably the most overrated spell in all of crawl but this might just be me

Even more than Necromutation? ;)

Usually I get Troves that require 5 scrolls of blinking or 8 potions of heal wounds or something as ridiculous. Now I got one asking for 17 potions of curing. Since I had 19 available, I decided to give it a shot (XL 22 HuEE). The loot: e - a scroll of enchant weapon I e - 2 scrolls of enchant weapo...

CARED ROT

GrSu rocks!

Copy your char dump in text format between Code tags for convenience.

If you just want to win, stay out of Elf, Crypt, Tomb, and Slime.

AE is also a bit tedious to play if you want to arrange double-zaps for Shock and Lightning Bolt all the time.

That makes me curious: does someone use autoexplore in Abyss or Slime?

When I first won Crawl, only one rune was needed for Zot and on Zot:5 you could control-tele to the Orb and back. No notable opposition during the ascension either.

Also, the harder you hit the keys, the more damage your attack does.

stickyfingers wrote:silence if doing tomb
3) tomb is easy with kiku

ezyang wrote:
Code:
}: 4/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy, golden

Looks like Tomb's done.

Abyss would probably be easier than Vaults:5 for a stealthy character like yours, but they are completely different experiences.

Yes, Chei stopping portal clocks sounds solid to me. Could be tied to some level of piety.

I splatted a GrSu with 4 runes and the Orb on D:1 to a Pan lord once...

Worker Anthrax
The Boulder Beatles
Blind Guardian Serpent
Celtic Frost Giant
Danziggurat
King Crimson Imp
Paradise Lost Soul
Pearl Dragon Jam
Queens of the Stone Giant Age
Radioheaded Hydra

Remove all smileys ;)

I don't think I've ever dug a killhole once in my Crawl career. I should probably sometimes do it, though. Most likely, I'll forget to do it anyway.

Abyss is fine, and for a stealthy character getting the rune can even be quite easy.

Orc Manowarlord

This is a pretty minor point but if the Wiki is correct, Ogres and Trolls receive no stealth penalty in shallow water. I would think that they splash water and make waves just like smaller races and should therefore receive the same penalty. It makes sense that they don't get attack penalty due to t...

KoboldLord wrote:Mottled dragon armour sometimes shows up in Lair, and if it does then it is excellent, but if it doesn't show up then it is worthless.

Reminds me of a game not too long ago when I found a mottled dragon hide on D:4. Of course, I was playing an Octopode.

Humans are the best race for Crawl players.

The problem with axes is that cleaving tempts the player to fight more than one monster at a time.

I've killed Mennas exactly once, with a GrSu. Four castings of Haunt did the trick.

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