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Is it really already that time of the month again? CHEIGAWAGA!!!!! This thread can pretty much be locked though. :P The devs know they have OHK's in a game claiming to have no auto-deaths, and it'll be fixed over time :) (or not :x ) There will always be one hit kills in Roguelike games. Assuming t...

You got serious consideration on an idea through, I'd take that as a laurel. Damn straight. All my tile contributions got whacked (I'm OK with that), so all I have left to cling to are the Dev wiki re-organization (that some liked and others were recently vocally against), and several bug catches i...

vengefulcarrot wrote:jeez you're missing the "point"er aren't you

No the Point*er is there...Ok maybe he did miss it... It just seemed so obvious.

crate wrote:it's because attacking enslaved allies with ranged attacks to kill them is super dumb

I assumed it was for tactical reasons such as not throwing clouds willynilly around if you have allies.

It seems that zombies, skeletons and some other allies are changed to attack you back when you attack them or target them with spells like inner flame. Why did this change happen? I am not really a fan of that either but it does mean be cautious with summons/perma-allies. Particularly if you like t...

Patashu wrote:Hello? Didn't anyone see my post?

I feel so... lonely...

I did. Don't be lonely. Help is only a phone call away...if only we could figure out the number...

You can actually be a dragon-riding knight in Incursion. Well, a Paladin, rather. That is, if it doesn't crash on you, which it probably will. I just wish the guy would get back to that game. Lots of fun that. Also was surprised at how true to his concept he stayed (D&Dlike roguelike) to the po...

2. The moment when I tab-splatted a MiBe the first patch after slime things could merge and I tried to fight an enormous one in a hallway. I've done that...not so much fun. I didn't realize the gigantic slime was so damaging but I learned it well. :D For myself... 1. My first realization that there...

Hirsch I wrote:now thats a smart frog.

And by smart you mean smarting? Looks like the trap bit his leg...

Congrats!

Before adding Knights to Crawl one should add mounts first. Knight or knecht is not initially a cavalry based warrior in history. I don't see why it would have to be in crawl. :p However I am not against mounts. (Though implementing them could be tricky.) Could be lots of fun with knechts riding dr...

goblins (little) what live near the shops and can lend money. okay i admit this one is a little rough. it involves debt magic, which i think can work guys, its just that i have a lot of other ideas in mind and have to think a lot about video games this week, probably next week also, so i gotta divi...

I wonder why you didn't suggest Cryomancer for Ice Elementalist? Personally I don't see any point in changing these, they have such a long history. Except Skald, which is indeed strange. Skald is a barbaric type of Bard so why not call it Bard and make its book more song related? Because Skalds are...

Hirsch I wrote:even ignite poison is kinda useful by itself. I cant see how this can be.

A more general telekinesis replacing aportation would probably have some use on its own.

Hirsch I wrote:but... why?

To make his own brand of combo involving multiple spells, duh. Now as to why he'd want to do that? cf: Customization and innovation.

using ?ea or ?ew on specific rings seems strange too. Probably better to have those scrolls (and ?recharging) used as materials for the god's forging abilities, as is the case with Igni. Why is it strange? The scrolls of enchantment would make sense for being used on their ring counterparts. In tha...

Since you're asking for feedback, I can't really see myself drinking any of the potions you describe -- maybe the rTorment one under very rare circumstances. The reason lignification works is that there are times when it's incredibly strong, particularly early in the game. I normally wouldn't comme...

Sprucery wrote:I wonder why you didn't suggest Cryomancer for Ice Elementalist?

Personally I don't see any point in changing these, they have such a long history. Except Skald, which is indeed strange.

Skald is a barbaric type of Bard so why not call it Bard and make its book more song related?

A long corridor was the only other way(no step from time). For a young level 10 Ga, even if you focused on defense and let magic dart stay at 10% all game(and magically survived to this point), Nessos would run/blink into range and hit you for another ten turns. No way it's possible outside of stea...

Hirsch I wrote:I believe it would hit character limit fast, but I could be wrong.

Maybe reserve a few posts after the OP just for the purpose of updating so that if the character limit hit you could continue. Though perhaps that is a way to make people more terse with their fancy ideas. :p

Im relatively new to crawl (maybe 300 games under my belt with 1 win) but my take on the annoyances are as follows: Food is a mini game that keeps players honest with spells/swinging weapons and resting. It gives real meaning to the term: Turn Based. Without it you still take turns but there is a li...

Potion of Stimulation: replaces potion of poison. Grants clarity and +3 to all stats, but drains your during the duration. drains your what? health? edit: also, there are too many stuff in this thread. it is confusing, and hard to discuss wich ideas migh work. the intention is pretty good, by not f...

Why not just a regular nonego weapon too? Sorry, I don't understand your question. Why make it "of Velocity"? What if there is a bug in the game or just fsim that makes comparing ego vs ego (or artifact) not so hot? If you chose a non-ego longbow instead that won't be an issue. Just sayin'.

Hirsch I wrote:oh no, my precious remove curse, I only have 58 of them.

I don't think I've ever had more than 10 through a game. But then again I consider it lucky if I find a scroll of acquirement in a whole game.

Re: wrath probably add in curses (and recursing) to worn items randomly.

Re: Piety gain/loss:

+ for iding each unique type of jewelry.
+ for tailoring a new type of armor.
+ for sacrificing armor/weapons

- for scroll iding jewelry

Yes, shooting an arrow takes 0.6 turn with 12 skill and 0.7 turn with 10 skills in Bows. Checked with Storm Bow and +0 longbow of velocity. Also some fsim for velocity: Attack: Deep Elf Wizard vs. yak (4000 rounds) (2014/05/22/17:30:57) Deep Elf Wizard: XL 1 Str 5 Int 23 Dex 15 Wielding: +0,+0 long...

TehDruid wrote:Is it pronounced "tvelve" in German?

Tvelfe

Considering how many questions are asked on this forum about what weapon/armour to use, I don't think calling that choice a no-brainer is fair. People probably find rings much easier to decide between. Considering how many times I ask those questions, you are absolutely right :/ There is one aspect...

I think it was more like 0.11 that Veh still had summoning support. But even then, Sif was the summoning god of choice, for all the reasons you mentioned. Veh's only advantage probably was the more predictable gifting of books, but when that went there probably wasn't enough reason to keep summonin...

"It's better to sit in silence and be thought an idiot than to speak up and remove all doubt." Take notes. Too bad Beogh will never get removed, because as a friend pointed out, many people unfamiliar with Crawl just know it as the game where you get to be orc jesus fucking christ. And th...

Nicely done.

I believe that falls into a different sort of platitude: "A man who has himself for a doctor has a fool for a patient." (Same thing for lawyers: "A man who has himself for a Lawyer has a fool for a client.") So are you saying that if you are a woman then it's okay to perform bra...

I've been having trouble with Thorn Hunters on characters of mine which make it to the Swamp. (specifically SpEns) Their long range attack cuts off large chunks of my HP, and the fact they're MR Immune means I can't use Hexes. Briar Patches normally don't disrupt my escape routes but occasionally p...

wheals wrote:The actual problem here is turn-based scoring -- just change your proposal to "Remove Haste Spell and Spider Form" and then it will be easy to make it aut-based!

OK but then why not just take the turns out of the game and convert fully to auts??

Triple post because nobody cares about my thread :( . Two species proposals and a spell: Species Proposal: Moon Troll Redux Based on the proposal here: https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=dcss:brainstorm:species:propose:moon_troll And it's possible no one will. I think you have a better bet o...

I really dont understand this saying. "oh, I really need brain surgery. well, if you want something done right..." I believe that falls into a different sort of platitude: "A man who has himself for a doctor has a fool for a patient." (Same thing for lawyers: "A man who has...

Retook it and probably gave entirely new answers since it didn't remember me and since I didn't remember what I wrote before. Keeping in mind that even ignoring the completely inadequate flavor of the entries the rating of 1-5 doesn't really do the question justice. Least to most fun changes based s...

You don't need decent AoE damage. Instead of training AoE damage, try to draw single monsters away from packs, use corridors, etc. Maybe I am just not good enough at doing this... :roll: For example when you say: If you can't handle a monster, just run upwards and come down a different staircase I ...

cerebovssquire wrote:I expected a far more entertaining thread based on the title

If you want something done right...

It would be nice if we could see the numbers after we take the survey.

Well, I did expressly say ignoring XP. Its simply true that after investing an absurd amount into UC, even no-claws UC beats all other non-artifact weapons (barring, say, holy wrath vs demons and dragon-slaying vs dragons). With claws, the difference gets even larger. I am curious as to how much la...

Eh I'm kind of rushed atm so I'm just going to give the talking points: + Status quo (for better or worse) does get benefit of the doubt if for no other reason than changing game takes time and resources, so there is a higher burden of proof for adding new spell enhancer rings, just saying "fi...

One really important thing rPois does is block the vast majority of damage from venom bolt and a lot of damage from poison arrow. It also 100% of the time prevents slow from yellow wasps and slow/paralysis from red wasps. Also gives rCurare. Also blocks effects of poison/noxious gas 100%. In a lot ...

rPois is extremely useful vs poison attacks. My current character killed a group of about 30 Killer Bees losing only 30 HP before Lair (was attacked from 2 tiles all this time), I was really surprised, I was going to use several potions of curing but didn't need any. Later the same character almost...

File200 wrote:rPois is not guaranteed to prevent poison. It's only about 90% effective iirc. What you're seeing is either clustering or confirmation bias.

Interestingly I expected either answer and I disagree which is why I posted this query. Thanks for your contribution.

I am pretty certain that rPois is useless in the early game as it seems an adder or any other monster with poison attack manages to poison regardless of whether you have it or not. Anyone want to confirm or deny this? I am curious because I have a lot of rPois characters (Naga mainly) fail to resist...

Congrats!

I really wish you guys would stop snipping at each at any opportunity. In any event it wasn't the build that killed the OP To the OP: in this situation I don't know that Berserk was even your best option (though we don't see the turns before you died except for the very last 6). If there was another...

I've never seen a dragon but I've drawn many...

Words only "change" because the general public is fucking retarded and they continue misusing words until the true meaning fades away. That doesn't mean the new definition is right. I can't wait until roguelike means just means 'indie game.' Oh wait that's already happening. þá wordcwidea...

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