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I must be doing something wrong, but when I do a run, I tend to get "you feel odd for a moment" at least 10 times...

What do you do Minmay? Kill them before then can pop you?

Isn't a sultana 70 food points? You're just saving 1 sultana per lightning bolt and now you can't outrun an elephant if you catch it on the corner.

rMut is not very useful in any part of the game IMO. Faith is usually the best amulet in any part of the game IMO. Wait. What? You don't wear rMut in Slime, Abyss, or Zot:5? If you don't, I'm sure you have a good reason, as you're a great player, but if I don't have rMut I'm a twisted mess if I try...

Wait, did you clear Zot:5 with rF-?

Edit* Derp! I'm a goof who got rC and rF mixed up.

=)

I asked a similar question a year or so back. Read down for the stash mashing. "Yes, early in the current tournament i made the mistake to forget the "never make a stash on Lair:1, make it in Lair:2". Result, at some point i went back to my stash to get some objects to prepare for a b...

You could still have ever so many demons.

And yea, I agree that the name does imply demons, but come on, it's a cool idea to imagine that you could adventure to planes of existence flavoured with some/all of the crawl gods.

I think this is a really, really, cool idea. It seems like it would take a ton of work to do, but yes, it would be great fun to play.

What of warding had an effect like the D&D spell Protection from Evil, where it hinders evil creatures from attacking you and prevents summoned demons, devils, etc., from attacking you at all. I'm all for activation on it, because then it could be a bit stronger, and if it gave a bit of glow it ...

Wow! Looking good!

Any reason you're not in Plate Mail? I know you have a few spells there, but none of them are game breaking, and it doesn't seem like you're in too deep in casting.

Thank you Psi!

What browser do you use? I always have trouble with perma allies because the key to let them choose their own gear opens up a new tab in chrome...

Not to get too off topic, but in response to improving warding, what if it had an activation/food cost and gave a % chance that all creatures would be warded (unable to attack) and a higher % that otherworldly ones would be warded as well.

I would consider going from 50 to 60 MP much less valuable than going from 20 to 30 MP. In fact I would consider an Op with +10 MP in every slot to be barely better than an octopode wearing nothing. How come minmay? It seems to me like 80 additional mp, provided you had the spells to use it on, wou...

If you're going necromutation to deal with spell hunger you're doing it wrong.

There's plenty of food in the game, unless you're hasting up and firestorming every time you see an enemy you should be fine. Eat those chunks!

Sif's wrath is one of the worst in the game. If you leave Sif, you really should know what you're in for.

If you want this kind of challenge I think you can go play v.8 or below? Back in the old days you had to actually bash things to learn fighting, and read scrolls with exp in your bank to learn spellcasting, etc.

Oh victory dancing, you are not missed...

Not to overstate the point, but there's a spectrum of constructive to non-constructive criticism. Often, the criticism on this board tends towards the non side.

I'm not going to belabor the issue, because I love this game and I appreciate the people who make it.

I've found that OoD can be tough against OoF because the latter move so fast and can often dodge them. Then I'm stuck tanking with wavering orbs. You OoD OoF killers, how do you mitigate that?

Wow...awful lot of snark here. It's almost like there are some people who don't want others to enjoy the game and who don't want to help new players develop...another analogue to DotA games! Thank you for the guide, I think that some of the criticisms, even if not made particularly nicely or constru...

Another plus for prism is that while it's quite loud, it's only quite loud once is explodes. You can cast a prism in a nest of sleepers and wait for it to cook.

When I posted, a year or so ago, that monsters with wands of polymorph were unfun, I got some sass. However, now, a year later, the fix has been made. I didn't take it all that personally at the time. I appreciate how hard it is to make a game this good, and I'm sure it must be annoying to hear the ...

Sorry to assume!

Post your new dump and I'm sure people will give you some tips.

Good luck!

I've had decent luck with MuIE as well. It's all about surviving the beginning of the game and getting Sif's channeling online. Once you have that you have a lot more freedom. I would say that as a mummy you really need to abuse the lack of a food clock. Rest as much as you want. Forget level 1-5 on...

Welp...welcome to Crawl! This dude is very likely going to get pounded by Trog's wrath, that said, it's a tall order to expect a shield carrying, heavy armour wearing, Mi to be able to cast spells until well into the game. I LOVE hybrid characters, but the problem with them, is that they do everythi...

Some people really don't like dropping skill into traps until later. I really like a few levels in traps, because it's so cheap and actually does save you a lot of damage/shafting. That said, there are skills that are way more practical, such as skills that actually help you kill things. I think rea...

I've only cleared 1 Zig, so not the master, but you definitely need something that can kill faster than just tornado. As for abandoning Sif, well, that's either going to take many, many thousands of turns in the Temple, or is suicide, because her wrath is devastating.

Ouch...that's tough.

I agree on drinking the potion of speed first, then digging and running. You have 17 EV, which isn't bad, so you might not get hit.

I hear you Psi, but from experience, playing a caster of Jiyva is going to seriously limit the amount of spells you have access to. Not that you can't do it, but it is far from an ideal pairing.

First off, I want to say, SLIME FOR THE SLIME GOD!

I'm not so sure about early Jivya for a caster though, because the jellies will eat most of the books on the ground. Consider it highly unlikely that you'll be getting any books that aren't in Slime 5 if you worship Her Squelching Majesty.

If you're serious about Bows or Crossbows a shield isn't going to work. If you're taking potshots at fleeing enemies or enemies who are closing on you, maybe, but generally shields and bow weapons don't work. Your rate of fire slows considerably, and that can be a big issue if your bow attack is at ...

Wow...you and I have a VASTLY different relationship to sticks to snakes...

Blessed bow not so much, blessed longbow, absolutely. Only major caveat is that you need to have a decent amount of stockpiled unbranded ammo to make it through extended using a bow. Minimum 300 arrows, could be more or less depending on how long it takes you to get through Pan.

Lol...yes...probably should have said QQ.

Wyrmbane...Vamp Bardiche...so nice...but not for you.

This is like finding a +12 Artifact CPA on D:2 when you're a DeFe. Salute the RNG and move on.

GSC is SOOO good. Even with all that shield I would be tempted to put 7 more levels into M&F and use one.

I have immolated myself several times as a defense against early killer bees if I have rF. Ideal? No. Better than getting killed by bees? Yes.

Just got jumped by Grinder with a wand of polymorph. What pre-forms would have been a GG due to mutation spam instead became a really fun game where I'm running away as a hog, until I decided to stand my hoggy ground for a turn, morph back into an elf, and then blast away. Super fun. Whereas getting...

Wow!

Super cool, thank you for this!

How about Firelings for a name?

Yeah...totally agree on not endgame, but I'm still in lair...I'm basically trading 2 points of EV for 5 points of slaying, which I would do on most any character.

As a corollary, am I nuts for thinking this is a totally wearable set of leather for a melee dodger? 5 points of slaying is pretty golden in my book, even at the cost of my dodging stat.

[the +3 Leather of Absolutism {+Fly Dex-4 Acc+5 Dam+5}

byrel wrote:
Note that swamp dragon armour is much more spell-impeding than F/IDA

I don't believe that's true. SDA has a -2 EV penalty. FDA/IDA has a -3.

I like to clear Z:1-Z:5 if I have rmut and a few cmuts just in case i get a terrible mutation. That way, if I happen to die in extended at least I feel like I could have had the win. =) Not necessarily an optimal strategy, given that yes, you can get a character wrecked astonishingly easy in Zot. Ho...

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You can cast haste and icestorm and have rF+++ (and you'll even have a pip if you get the horns mutation from an Orb). I think you can clear Zot. Going to anywhere else is going to give you mutations, and then you won't even get a win out of it at all.

I can't seem to remember or find it in the help documentation.

Thank you!

Hell yes!

You won, you so deserve a victory lap!

I was pumped for DAYS after my first win.

AWESOME!

Stormfox wrote:You can tell when an American is being photographed with a two-handed weapon because they'll invariably hold it like a baseball bat.

Okay...I'll bite...how would one of your countrymen hold a two handed weapon?

Congrats!

Feels great, huh?

First thing, why are you training so many skills, and why are you training earth and air? They oppose, so you're pouring exp into a big hole. Also, your spellcasting is as high as it should go for quite some time. As for your spells, you have pretty much everything you need to win at this point. I d...

Sorry for the confusion, I meant the armour penalty.

Thank you!

The bot says you can reduce the penalty...is there a formula for that?

Is there any clear documentation for the effects of armour and shields on unarmed? If I have my shield skill high enough to fully reduce the spellcasting penalty, or my armour skill high enough to eliminate the EV penalty, does that eliminate the effect of the armour on my unarmed combat? Thank you ...

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