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Well, I already tried over at the Nuzlocke forums, but either the lengthy ruleset scared them off or nobody understand Crawl over there as I didn't get any real feedback either. I actually have rules for the other gods to some degree (though a number of them are incomplete due to a lack of creativit...

...for a Pokemon game. Wait, what? Yes, I came up with the insane idea to play through a Pokemon game while "worshipping" Xom. To make it more insane, I'm doing a Nuzlocke* run of it. However, I feel like I don't have enough random crap Xom can pull on me. So, why not see if anyone else ha...

You see here the corpse of KoboldLord.

You call upon the dead to rise...

The dead aren't posting... :(

Lemme make a few edits to that quote... I don't think that any new spells which are mostly resisted by rN are going to be useful for making the Necromancy skill worth training past the early teens. Necromancy is already very good at killing everything w/o rN, so much so that if there were Level 8 Ne...

Here's a few spells I came up with. Mind, this is mostly mechanics brainstorming rather than thinking about balance, such as what spell level these should be, how long they last, etc. Coming up with interesting mechanics is the hard part, after all. The spell names may or may not outright suck. Infe...

This can't be the complete proposal. Where's something about his overly long power-up sequences?

You hear screaming. 42x
Goku comes into view. He is emitting a golden aura.
Ashenzari warns you: Goku's HD is over 9000.

Well since I got killed by Shatter while petrified, I'm not sure my remains would count as a corpse.

If you see a new unique that was added in the new version, the correct course of action is not to immediately fling a fireball at it. Had I known Jorgun had Petrify + Shatter (and was able to do 95 damage with it), I would have ran very, very fast. Granted, I was playing rather suboptimally and was ...

See, you're handling centaurs wrong. You're supposed to catch his arrows and throw them back.

As for lowbie items and spells, did you buy the Starter Pack DLC?

On my second win, which was a SpEn, I ignored a +8,+8 electric quick blade for a lowly enchanted flame sabre because the quick blade's base damage was too low. I still smack myself every time I think about it.

There's not really a choice between eating items yourself and feeding them to jellies, even with this proposal. The jellies are going to eat stuff out of LOS whether you want them to or not. So I imagine you'll end up eating whatever you do come across that you don't need to keep.

What about a Sticky Flame and a Strong Poison brand "unique" to the random gods that give them out?

Well, they could have the two of Lair runes from the branches that didn't spawn plus a Demonic rune. And the Zot gate might only stay unlocked for the person who unlocked it (and you just happen to hold it open when your allies run through). That could explain how they got there. Still, not sure if ...

Who says it has to be one or the other?

Well, Zot has amazing amounts of XP if you do clear it and, you never know, a couple of skill points or an extra level or two could mean the difference between life and death when attempting to grab the Orb. Hence, I usually clear it if my character is capable of safely doing so (keyword: safely, be...

Those layouts look pretty awesome, if you ask me. Except for that bottom middle one as it seems pretty bland in comparison. I hate the narrow corridors of Zot, particularly since those Hellfire spamming Draconians can sit behind a row of other Draconians and there isn't a lot you can do about it wit...

Capping them by total HD or something would solve the problem of infinite allies yes, I'm not sure this is really a great idea though (for one thing it promotes learning the spell, making a ton of aboms, and then amnesiaing it). All player controlled abominations summoned by Twisted Ressurection im...

Yo momma is so slow she hit the turn limit without playing a mummy.

Yo momma is so hated not even pratamawirya would give her post a "Thanks".

Yo momma's so fat that the slimes think she's Jiyva.

Your momma's so hairy, she gets the randart descriptor "distressingly furry".

While it would certainly make them harder, that's a case of the A.I. being too smart. If you play a melee character, are not a Spriggan or Centaur, and have not found a decent ranged option yet, kiting Centaurs would be an automatic death sentence you ran into one.

Let's put it this way. The amount of coding it would need to result in a small, if any improvement, makes the opportunity cost of adding this proposal to the game too high to be considered when there are lower opportunity cost proposed features that'd give much larger returns for the same, or less, ...

Post that, even after being told by a moderator and developer to stop, continues to argue vehemently that their idea should be implemented.

Your momma's so ugly, Ashenzari went blind while scrying her.

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minmay wrote:A whole line of awake orcs in a corridor won't get past an awake goblin either. I don't see the problem.

Thing is, an awake goblin will chase you, letting the whole pursuit team follow you. With an asleep goblin, they'll all patiently wait for it to wake up, assuming that it ever does.

Your momma's so ugly, I casted Summon Ugly Things at max spell power and she appeared.

Not quite. Currently, if you see a piece of plate mail on the ground, it might be a potential upgrade or it might be cursed. The fact that it might be an upgrade may encourage you to go check it out. There's low risk (unlikely, but possible, to be cursed) but the potential for reward is low too (unl...

Post accusing someone that their ideas are wrong because they play the game differently from me and/or more casually than me.

You get to know only about non-cursed armors that are worse than yours. There lies the problem. You're essentially telling the player "These pieces of armor are both worse than yours and are not cursed. Therefore, as your armor improves, each unidentified piece is more likely to be cursed rath...

I don't, but I also don't value the potential of 1 or 2 extra AC to be worth the hassle of trying on every mundane armor ever once I have at least a half decent ego (aka, something useful, not Strength when I'm playing a Troll, for example). A robe of rFire is worth more than a +2 robe to me, especi...

Not every decision to handle something that is OP is to remove it. And not everything that is removed is OP. The two reasons for removing it were: You lugged around a bunch of potions and it was way too strong for its spell level I was not referring to Evaporate specifically, but rather every singl...

Really? This is hardly scummy. What do I do when I come across ten random, mundane robes? I ignore them. Why? Because I'd much rather look for a branded robe and, because I'm not wasting time trying on every robe, I've probably already gone and found one. Seriously, this is a solution in search of a...

Not every decision to handle something that is OP is to remove it. And not everything that is removed is OP.

I don't know why, but that somehow gave me the idea of a monster who comes with a herd of sheep and purposely sets them on fire and sends the flaming sheep in your direction in hopes of setting you on fire. I have no idea if that'd even be effective, but it'd certainly be hilarious.

Long, poorly thought out argument against a post written by someone who no longer cares about the proposal nor even reads the topic anymore.

Wall of text that essentially restates a much shorter both above and technically adds nothing to the conversation.

Thing is though, you can pretty much sum up a three-rune game as "Early game > Yaktaurs > Zot" Well, really, "Ugly Things/Yaktaurs/Slime Creatures".

nicolae wrote:Should we make a Discussion: thread about Proposal: threads?

Only if you name it "Proposal: Discussion: thread about Proposal: threads"

I feel that Crawl would greatly benefit from having more topics that begin with "Proposal:". This needs to be encouraged and spread to sections outside of the GDD. It would greatly enhance immersion if every forum used it, especially the YASD/YAVP section and the Strangers Corner. In fact,...

Let's think of this in reverse. Assume that Spellbooks identify and stay identified like all other items do and then read the following proposal. "Hello, I have a proposal I'd like to make. I know all items that have multiple copies, such as rings and scrolls, are currently recognized from acro...

To argue from realism, humans are often hostile to other humans in reality and it can be very impossible to charm them. In fact, there are places where, if you walked in uninvited, every human in there would make an attempt to kill you. Crawl is actually quite realistic in this case that not every m...

Slings have two distinct advantages of bows and crossbows: they can be used with shields effectively and, using stones (and only stones), they can safely murder slimes without risking ammo loss to said slime. This is very handy in the Slime Pits where you may not want to do a whole lot of melee (gra...

Why not take an approach more similar to Pokemon? I know what you're saying, that's a simply JRPG and we're in a Roguelike here, but the way it handles paralysis could actually work nicely in DCSS, either to replace the current mechanics or as a new effect somewhere. In Pokemon, when something gets ...

The big place where it's stronger than Conjure flame is that it actually protects you from ogres, hydras, centaurs, dragons etc. I don't know. While against Centaurs and stuff, yeah it'd be stronger than Conjure Flame, but against others, like Hydras, it'd be weaker since you can just lay down a li...

I thought she always could? Or do you mean teleport teleport and not just blink you to her?

Well, since the thread is going on, Trog could... -Blast you with anti-magic, the equivalent of getting hit by the brand itself. -All BIA have anti-magic branded weapons, most of the time or always. -Set your spellbooks on fire when you try to read them (might be too harsh, but it'd certainly be the...

Zombies and skeletons in Crypt should be different from regular ones. Pretending to be bands of trap door spiders, zombies that pretend to be bands of jumping spiders, zombies that retain abilities they normally lose while undead (hydra head regeneration, dragon breath, etc.), sometimes reanimating,...

Because this topic is 11 months old. I actually now do like the idea of Trog tampering with your magic, but not to the extreme suggested and not piled with the crazy berserker summons. Dunno if I should go into detail on my thoughts on that or not in a topic that'll probably get gravedug locked.

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