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If you happen to learn the spell Ignition, it decimates the Royal Jelly after it surrounds itself with jellies. If the spell power is lower, might need to mix in other utilities like immolation. Takes as little as three castings with high spell power.

Telling other forum users that everything a person types is "complete nonsense" and to "Ignore" the poster is a violation of Forum policy. Even when reported it goes ignored or unanswered. I think this forum only has rude people left in it that regularlly break forum rules. Sever...

First, you should dump a copy of you character file in quotes here. That's the reference points people use to make recommendations. For a Berserker: Abyss and Crypt:3 are simple and easy. Slime is a toss-up. Depends on resists. RJ's summons will be what kills you. Hells. Most of the Hells are easy. ...

So let me get this straight, based on your reply. 1. Delusions are grounds for logical discussion on game design/implementation. 2. Thinking i'm in the minority, makes me for a minority opinion. 3. Change is painful, and the Truth is pleasant. 4. Draconian's get a random sub-species template with fi...

For a Troll I feel you would get more out of putting your points into Str and rolling a dragon armour with acquirement. Would make casting easier over points into Int. For a Troll, the way I see it. You would need about 4 Int per spell level and 3 skill levels per spell level to make casting feasibl...

it's really over powered. I wonder how it even got into the game. Was seeing great benefits on it for full strength melee. Now imagine if I were to use a fast moving, high evade combo.

All depends on combo and what you have on hand.

I think in most cases Abyss would be the most safe. Both RJ and V:5 seem like there are certain requirements to clear it safely. And, sometimes you are geared for it, sometimes not by the time you get to it.

The description for Demigod was never accurate. The mechanics of Demigod were designed well, to make a proper Demigod going by the definition of the word. Maybe there was some confusion with the description of Demigod, maybe it was based in Forgotten Realm lore. Maybe only the description needed to ...

Offline version only. Using a wireless keyboard. No numlock, no keyboard short command available. Issue: From in the game, set a macro for the end key. Example, za. set to end key as a macro. This sets the 1 numpad key to za. as well. And, the same result if setting any macro to numpad 1. Complaint:...

In my experiences so far: Pure casters don't need much of armour, which only nets you 1d(armour) of physical reduction. It's nice to have for mitigating the low damage attacks. Of course, more is always better. It's perfectly fine to be noisy and sloppy as a spellcaster. If you want to avoid stair d...

I'd go armour. Hoping for a Wizardry robe or armour with int+. It's nice casting level 9's hungerless. And, two enhancers for earth or air is always great.

In my experiences with casters Getting it low as possible is the only exceptable goal. I've had issue where 10%-12% failure rate will fail two to three times in a row, but I barely ever see it happen at 5% or less and almost never twice in a row. As far as getting past Lair. I've found that just abo...

There's also the ####.#### If you're above or below it at the proper angle, and aim for the wall where the gap is located; it will bounce back and forth between the two walls where the . is indicated. This also seem to apply to any interstection or turn in a path.

It would be nice if there was an indepth tutorial on the rc file stickied on the forums. I have a real simple rc file myself because I prefer to just spam the o button a lot.

About the statement ice beasts being enough for Lair. I've found it lacking, personally. Espsically against Blink Frog packs. If you are want to enjoy OpTm of Chei, you should consider the primary weakpoints of the starting combo and fix it. low UC dmg, low AC, average stats. It takes a while to get...

Being a successful melee troll mostly means to focus on UC or your weapon choice, while putting all stat points into STR. If you have Trog it gets easier, and using Berserk often is quite efficient. Just remember to only berserk when monsters are adjacent. If you find a wand that can disable monster...

If you have Fire ball or better at 9 spellpower, having rc-- is manageable to an extent. I'd be more concerned about managing the noise in that case.

Two Frost Giants, for example, would be a cause for worry.

A lot of my casters die to jackal packs on d1, as I seem to run into a lot in about 25 turns from the start. And, the pack is always fully in view.

I had a melee of Qaz in Abyss:5 once. As soon as I got the Rune, the screen was always filled with monsters. Must have killed a 1000 monsters by the time I died.

It's good for casters if you can one hit. I did that once with a FE with the harm amulet and enhancers. Fireball was either one shot killing or nearly killing everything on one cast in the depths. Clearly, no defense needed. Just mind the noise. It's also good for throwers or ranged units that can s...

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I think Hell's should be made more difficult. And, it should be a nightmare to navigate. Fomicide's of the Shining One already have the most easiest time in Hell. Shaft to the bottom, summon an Angel. Summon more Angels at the boss. Done. Have a little throw/x-bow/sling trained so you don't have to ...

If the devs take away the ability to melee with staves, I'll be upset. If it's made rare to find, that would be unpleasant. A buckler can block large rocks, which is all you ever really need a buckler to achieve. So the complaint is that there are 2 or 3 useful staves that you don't want to swap aro...

I would say species with AC problems would be the worst to use with Chei. And, species that rely on higher movement speed to stay out of range. I don't think Formicide has a problem with early Chei. Digging tunnels is the best thing ever in Dungeon, you can control how many monsters are adjacent to ...

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On D:4 and around turn 3500 for both a Two-Headed Ogre and a pack of Yaks to pop out of nowhere at the same time? I was thinking it was a new death trap feature made for that good old M.U.D. feel.

In most situation you flee Rupert. With enough MR you have an option to melee, but you need a way to either mitigate or escape if his rage mechanic kicks into gear.

It's better to use blink scrolls in those 100% gonna die scenarios like Rupert here.

If you don't have a way to mitigate hunger costs by staff of energy or god choice, then you wind up alternating training schools and spellcasting. Hunger from level 4 and 5 spells should not be underestimated. If you find early rings of mana then, you only need spellcasting to learn spells for a whi...

A standard method is to start with training your primary kill weapon or spell. Switch to defense training when you reach min delay or enough spellpower. Then, repeat this process when you have a better weapon or spell or need more spellpower. The transition between offense and defense is where the n...

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amulet of rage is only good for a short duration. It has a very, very low chance to add more turns to rage. Unlike Trog who can extend your rage decent odds. For example, the last berserker I played cleared 30 monsters in V:5 on one berserk. To be able to do that you have to avoid triggering any act...

Many of the scrolls can get you out of it if you use them before being afflicted. I always though berserk would prevent paralysis, but i'm probably thinking of something else.

Nowadays I just stock up on them until I get past early game and start seeing some lair depth monsters or large rock throwers. Usually around D:7-10 on avg. By that time you can typically blind-id the large stacks of scrolls until you find identify. And, most of the time the large stacks will always...

Hep is fine, it will tank well. OpBe is strong, and the heart attacks only occur when u see ranged units or large rocks.

for casters it's nice to train stealth so you can always get the first shot in most the time. The trick is to train it early because you want at least 8 or upto 12 for early and mid game. So unless u got the apt or the need to stab, just getting 8 or 12 is good enough for a caster.

The game needs more options, clearly.

Repel is useful if you currently don't have deflect from an item ego. I wouldn't say it's super great. Regen will be really useful in extended. You basically want to keep you HP ticking up as much as possible. A lot of spells can be useful, you just have to ask your self how well will spells combo t...

Conjure Flame and Freezing Cloud. Use conjure flame to block off freezing cloud from crossing into your tile position. So then your Ice attack options are covered: single target/pierce targets/area target.

If you can make a valid claim that it is based on the Nazi symbol or has a Nazi meaning, then it should be removed b/c the Nazi symbol is a universal hate symbol today. The symbol itself is common globally, and has a very different meaning with a 12k+ year history. And, even when you reverse the ima...

I don't think any weapon needs to be removed. In fact, variety is what keeps weapons interesting.

If you want help with the food mechanic i'd suggest giving this a read: Dungeon Meshi Manga.

It's how crawl should be with food.

The game is not that different from dnd challenge ratings. The first 3 dungeons are as newbie friendly as the game gets though.

What's so bad with poison magic? You basically get a free 3-rune game with the starter book.

Basically what papilio said. Oka is like the most hybrid friendly god in the game. It's a pretty strong ability. And, you can always go back to raising those skills when done with magic skills.

MiBe you wind up just training Fight/Weapon/Dodge/Armor to max in some order that typically favors weapon training more at first. I'd say Axes would be ideal for your guy. While L.Blades works really well with your MiBe due to Riposte and Headbutt, the EV is a bit low to make it fully effective. Whe...

A few points to note: * As a vampire you get more healing from vamp weapons. * You have boots of assassin, so all your stabs are as potent as wielding a short blade. You don't need short blades exclusively. * Using invis is great for stabbing. If they see invis you have: Nets, needles, hex spells. A...

For the pack, Fireball would be ideal if your at the 7#-8# power range being able to cast it at least 6 times. Even then some access mana would be ideal b/c you can use sticky flame or conjure flame to clear the survivors. In the first case you posted, staying in a corridor using conjure flame with ...

I would focus UC for all of dungeon. Wear any armour or shield found with the large shield being ideal. After that you have a lot of options. Since you rolled Tms, I would get Ice Form up and running. Then u can ignore large rocks. And, you get sticks to snakes to throw at every unique you find. Fre...

Getting 8# spell power on your key attack spells would probably be ideal. Petrify as well, is potent for a standard 3-rune. I would say since you have 6# spell power now, get your defenses up to your liking, then aim for more spell power. More stealth will help for stabbing. Can never go wrong with ...

Most trog builds survive Dungeon, Orc, and Lair by focusing Fighting and primary wpn to min delay. As an Ogre you don't get a lot of EV from dodge to be useful during this time, unless you find enough EV rings to aim for 20 EV. Since you're going 2-handed shields are useless, and while reflection is...

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