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Decided to play some Sprint because I didn't have much time; and I think I won the thread:

Code:: You continue putting on your dazzling crystal plate armour {god gift}. x5 _You finish putting on the +13 crystal plate armour of Myaqul {Str+6 Int+2 Slay+5}

Also this is on a Gargoyle.

I see a few solutions; in reliability order: #1: Invisibility. Naga Sharpshooters don't have SInv. Problem solved. #2: Confuse can be pretty good. You have it at rather high power. It might take a few attempts to work however. #3: Blinking as soon as you see a Sharpshooter. One of two things will ha...

Code:: F - the +9 dagger of Magnificence {distort, MR++ Str+3 Int-5}

If I was playing a stabber this would live up to it's name. +9 Dagger is cool; Distort is pretty good with the swing speed, and MR++ isn't bad.

Some uses I've found for Acrobat: 1: If you find one earlygame; it's great for Cj; as pressing . during Searing Ray gives you the +15 EV. 2: Got summons? You can literally pass turns and let the summons wail on things. Bonus points if you also train long blades and Riposte as you do this. There's pr...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.21.1-1-g345015f (webtiles) character file. raikaria the Bludgeoner (Green Draconian Conjurer) Turns: 34821, Time: 01:41:47 Health: 144/144 AC: 17 Str: 12 XL: 16 Next: 11% Magic: 25/25 EV: 20 Int: 20 God: Okawaru [******] Gold: 450 SH: 24 Dex: 17 Spells: 9/27 level...

Rapier of elec is a good weapon which will last you till the end of the game. I would enchant it up to max and train short blades to min-delay. If you want ranged attacks, train a bit more evo, or train throwing. Bows/Crossbows are two-handed, so are not usable with a shield. As for branches - the ...

Here's an interesting one that I don't see listed elsewhere: Ru Ru allows you something no other God allows except Ash; it allows Gnolls to somewhat focus their XP. By sacrificing a skill you do not intend to use; you can then lock it off from having further XP invested into it. Since there would al...

The main problem with Vm is that it just dosen't scale at all. Every single other magic school scales in some fashion. Every other magic school has an 'endgame'. Venom's 'endgame' is a Level 6 spell that is mostly redundant in comparison to a Lv 5 spell before it; and is worthless against most enemi...

I agree. Tm is fine but people suck at playing them. Form spells are really, really strong. Especially now that there's another god that's good with Tm in Wu Jian. Even it's most basic ability lets you do 120% damage when moving in. Which, with high damage Transmutations like Blade Hands can really...

svendre wrote:I think you have part of this backwards. The last time I checked, small races could wield an eveningstar with a shield, but not a double sword.

Oh yes; my mistake.

Good reasons to pick Longblades: - If you're more EV based, since Riposte activates from Evasion. - If you don't want to heavily invest in a weapon skill; since Riposte is independent of weapon delay. A caster can wield a Longblade and still benefit from Riposte while casting. - You found the Fencer...

Vapors is a smite-targeted skill that deals pretty heavy damage early. It's used for taking out dangerous early monsters. It's also a lot more reliable than Sting. Also; it's Poison/Air. Meph Cloud; which is basically the reason for being a VM; is Poison/Air/Conj. So you're leveling Air anyway for M...

I equip-ID'ed an Amulet of Harm at XL2. I'm a Summoner and so took it off. The drain nearly dropped me to all-zeroes skill-wise. I only just now finished working it off at the high end of XL6. I'm amazed I made it. Is it intended that Harm is that punishing at XL2?? Yes. Harm was added to the game ...

Considering the limited usability of Poison later in the game; I'd argue Poison Arrow should be rather rare. There are very few branches where it's worth it. Lair - Lots of Poison immunity Snake - Entire branch is RPois Slime - Entire thing is RPois Swamp - Mostly RPois Shoals - Good here Spider - G...

First and Foremost: I don't see any uses of pale dragon breath. Pale dragons are frequently considered the best dragon because pale dragon breath is so strong. Use it all the time in every fight. Breath should be on cooldown all the time. ID your confuse, enslavement and digging wands, probably in ...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20.1-1-g8b1a95d (webtiles) character file. raikaria the Basher (Grey Draconian Warper) Turns: 13895, Time: 00:57:09 Health: 94/94 AC: 14 Str: 14 XL: 11 Next: 59% Magic: 17/20 EV: 16 Int: 21 God: Sif Muna [***...] Gold: 706 SH: 0 Dex: 13 Spells: 2/22 levels left rF...

If you enter Lair:1 and are immediately greeted by Fannar and Harold... just read !Tele immedately. Not even the stairs can save you.

I made the error of going for the strairs right away; got Netted by Harold and died.

Reading the changes to the mechanics of mutation pots; and to non-hostile mutation sources, made me try out a little Mutation roulette once again. The logic being if it's earlygame it's not bad to lose a character if something horrible happens. Mutation Pots are guaranteed to give you at least 1 goo...

You had 4 scrolls of tele and died in the abyss. You chose to follow chei. Don't be angry when you can't get to that abyss exit portal cuz your slow ass can't move. !tele takes time to work; and is far from a sure-fix. There's more than enough time for something nasty in Abyss to smash a Lv9 charac...

You do not need ice or poison to cast those spells and you will rarely cast them after you have blade hands. Ice/Poison help those spells come online a lot faster than just purely training Transmutations. With Op's +2 Poison Aptitude; and the fact that Transmuters [Especially Op] are really weak un...

Literally killed me. I had no idea he could do that. I rested after having to leave a sewer portal from too many sewer rats, and I just exploded with magical energy? He previously filled the whole place with smoke. I rarely ever play Xom, but I didn't know he was quite that malicious. Xom usually w...

Amusingly enough; I actually tried out a CeTm a few days before this was posted. Ended up dying in Lair because I got swarmed and had no answer to it; but I got Blade Hands up and working; and to get to that point; I used a mixture of basic UC and Throwing.

Players wielding long blades can now ‘riposte’. After dodging a melee attack, users have a 50% chance to launch a free counterattack. This does not trigger retaliation effects, such as porcupine spines or hydra head growth, but functions as a normal attack otherwise. Long blade base damage has been...

Honestly? I'd say a durable species. I'd actually say a less-than obvious; but potentially strong choice is to play a Halfling. Sure, you can't use the biggest swords; but as a Halfling; you're probobly wanting to use a Shield anyway, and Halflings have +1 to Dodgeing; Armour and Shields; and get an...

You use a Tele scroll to escape a situation and get dumped somewhere just as bad if not worse.

Like teleporting from Signmund into Grinder's face.

I went onto D:3 in a run today and there was just a Two-Headed Ogre there.

Prsonally my favorite Transmuter god is Ru. Leap lets you close in to pummel ranged threats; and you have some great AoE panic buttons; as well as Ru's passive aura of power really helping your survival. I find that Sacrifice Hand generally isn't that much of a detriment; since off-hand punches are ...

Yes; MR is not required to win the game.

Neither is worshiping a god.

Nothing is required to win the game. But a lot of things greatly help. You'll be wishing you had that MR when a Lich in Depths/Zot Abyss 5's you.

Code:: O - the +12 war axe of Pain and Death {chop, Dex+7}

Appropriate name for a weapon with a +12 Enchantment and Vorpal.

+7 Dex is really nice for dodging too.

Don't go to Slime yet. Vaults 1-4 first, then Depths, then you can decide about your third rune. Slime is usually easier if you have rCorr, though that may not be the case if you're not used to it, V5 is more "normal crawl". Lear is very good, but can you wear it with antenna? I'm not sur...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.18.1-47-g9310371 (webtiles) character file. raikaria the Whirler (Halfling Hunter) Turns: 46235, Time: 04:05:08 Health: 135/135 AC: 21 Str: 17 XL: 20 Next: 17% Magic: 26/26 EV: 31 Int: 13 God: Okawaru [*****.] Gold: 2367 SH: 20 Dex: 19 Spells: 0 memorised, 19 leve...

the +10 blowgun of Wijisaed {evade, rElec rC++ Str+4 Dex-3} I don't know if I should laugh or cry. A blowgun isn't the weapon you want out when you need resists; and that +10 the +2 leather armour of the Turtledove {rCorr} Ho Hum. the +8 plate armour "Pil Tilo" {rN+ MR+ Int-5 Dex+2} Not b...

I have my best results with Ogres not using the clubs. Personally I like using Shields with my Ogres to make up for their lack of defense [Large Size + Bad dodging Apt + Can't wear most armors; while their Shields Apt is only -1 and they need less skill anyway] I takes a lot less skill to put a Star...

There are a lot of reasons to use each type of weapon: Short Blades - Better for stabbing [Especially Daggers]. Speed Brands. Generally high aptitudes. Generally common so you can generally find a specific brand quite easily. Low Req to mindelay Long Blades - Generally lower skill reqs than other we...

From what I can gather; Pak gives you things no other god really gives you. The flexibility of the god is truly maddening. Probably the biggest thing Pak gives however is a real alternative to Oka/Trog for melees. They're not using their MP anyway, and they invest into Invo instead of Evo and in tra...

It's mostly for combos. The biggest one I can see is using it before an Upheaval as a Stormbringer worshipper; especially since the noise you generate by worshipping Qazlal will summon every enemy nearby anyway. But for that matter Translocations are generally pretty good for Qazlal worshippers; sin...

'I can walk into this small group of clouds of fire; pick up this artifact ring that spawned there that might be good; then use a blink scroll to get out'

*Forgets he's a Naga so moves too slow and burns to death before he gets to the ring*

Apport - No, for one you'd need a new Lv1 Translocation. For 2, it isn't even that useful except some niches. Animate Skeleton - Nerfing Skeletons seems a better option Spectral Weapon - It is too good for Rank 3, but only as a Polearms user. Skalds also have a massively rough time before it. Blade ...

Demonspawn perhaps could be able to only worship Evil or Chaotic gods if they really needed their god pool nerfed, but I can't see why Vehumet for example wouldn't accept a Ds. But thew simple logic is a God cannot worship another god. As for earlygame deaths you cannot prevent regardless of skill? ...

Ah, poor Poison Magic. We love you for a Lv 3 spell and then never touch you again because so many monsters are nearly immune to you and you have no spells beyond Rank 6. That's... kinda a problem. So, how do you encourage people to actually use Poison Magic? Firstly, we need to know the two core is...

Nabbed this one off a Goblin: q - the +7 hand axe of Extinguishment (weapon) {flame, *Rage rElec rC++ SInv} I'm playing a mage-based Naga who already found an Elec Whip; so it's not that good for me; but if you found this on an Orc; or any melee really; it would be great. Berzerkitis isn't great but...

<Sequell> Unwon gods for magipi: Gozag, Jiyva, Nemelex Xobeh, Qazlal, Ru, Sif Muna, Xom My next project is to win with all gods, and these are left. If anyone has a strong recommendation for any, I'd really appreciate it. Gozag - I've never used him. However food issues are a thing with Gozag; so s...

looks fine, just keep training bows and some dodging/fighting imo. once you have those at high level (longbow at mindelay with heroism at least) you can start thinking about branching out. i don't think hexes are worth it but you don't have to decide now, see what your options are then. translocati...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16.2-2-g470672f (webtiles) character file. raikaria the Archer (Purple Draconian Venom Mage) Turns: 12099, Time: 01:06:18 Health: 97/97 AC: 13 Str: 10 XL: 11 Next: 7% Magic: 27/27 EV: 16 Int: 18 God: Okawaru [*****.] Gold: 590 SH: 0 Dex: 13 Spells: 2 memorised, 10...

Attempting another TeAE transitioning into XBows; and I find this: http://i.imgur.com/nXvupPY.png Welp; I guess I should start raising Armor and weapon skills. Also maybe go Bows since they scale off Dex better than XBows and I'm more likly to find them. The only spells I planned on using were basi...

Attempting another TeAE transitioning into XBows; and I find this: http://i.imgur.com/nXvupPY.png Welp; I guess I should start raising Armor and weapon skills. Also maybe go Bows since they scale off Dex better than XBows and I'm more likly to find them. The only spells I planned on using were basic...

I like Crossbows; but dear lord are they the Magikarp of weapon classes. Bolts are so rare early that if you start with XBows you basically have to pray your ammo doesn't mulch away and you find an early Oka, and/or a decent second stack of bolts. XBow starts HAVE to go Oka. There's no other choice....

I don't think singling out just dex's impact on SH is really the best reason to point out, especially if you're going to use a shield (str and dex bonus) or large shield (str bonus), only bucklers are based on dex alone. Chei does give you Str for shields/large shields as well, although for some re...

Qazlal is a challenge option. Noise is bad news, particularly at such extreme levels. You should only pick her on any build if you think her playstyle is fun enough to justify lowering your chances of winning, or if you're trying for a tournament banner or something. Ru isn't too bad with Tm, becau...

the +5 mottled dragon armour of Goosus {rF- rC+ Regen+ rCorr Dex+4} Found it in a shop on Orc:1. Sadly I'm a MfTm; who; even more hilariously; worships Ru and has sacrificed Durability. I'm still probobly going to wear this whereever I don't expect much Fire and will go Blade Handing as my Transmua...

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