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I got evolution mutation a couple of times and each time my character fully evolved (eventually the evolution mutation itself goes off), gaining quite a good mutation set each time. Of course, you may gain bad mutations too, but there is a way of mitigation for almost every bad one.

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention I play ASCII only, are there another options?

Hi guys, my outgoing connections are restricted to the ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), is there any way to play Crawl over this limitation?

Okawaru's generousness has been nerfed a long time ago to limit people going Oka just for gifts. That said, he is still a viable choice, rather nice for melee hybrids.

Personally I like him a lot.

Oh, come on, surely -10% off yours HP/MP are not that bad! Barring shoutitis, my own way of pulling monsters if often 'manual' yell. The only mutation which makes real issues is slow movement, but then, nagas survive, do they? (I even pulled off an all-runing completed ziggurat game with one) You ju...

I double that, tasonir. I find mutation mechanism to be a great way of personalizing crawl experience and making each game truly unique. Myself, I deliberately try to mutate each game I play. Vast part of bad mutations can be mitigated (berserkitis -> amulet of statis/clarity, teleportitis -> stasis...

What do you think about clubbing little quokkas, then?

I played 2.5 months before I got my first win (SpEn), but I heavily used Crawl knowledge base - checked all the monsters I see - and wiki (it was relevant back in 0.4.5 days). Depending on your play style - if you don't mind spoiling Crawl surprises - you might perform better if you read the knowled...

Thanks everyone for your comments, I managed to complete that ziggurat (got lucky with the last levels - snakes and draconians) and collect the rest of runes. Three last zig levels gave me enough exp to get Necromutation online from scratch. Two-storm variability is a beast! Used fire storms (by def...

Hi all, I used to avoid ziggurats like black plague for a long time, afraid of the various threats out there. Now, basking in a overconfidence, I decided to give it a go and died on Zig:25: 652308 hayenne the Archmage (level 27, -1/188 (189) HPs) Began as a Naga Ice Elementalist on Feb 24, 2012. Was...

TehDruid wrote:Do curare needles disallow monsters that aren't aware of your presence yet from shouting when they are hit? (so you can safely pull one without waking up all the others)

No, but it is a perfectly sensible enhancement request. I would like to see it live!

If you are not saving your gold for anything, you can briefly forsake TSO, go Zin, donate some gold to him, cure all the mutations and return to TSO.

Neither of them will be angry, and you will start with *** with each of them.

An anaconda, a hog, a worm and a giant mite walk into a pub...

Okay. Stabbers have basically three principle concerns: 1) Getting the stab in. You need some way to get to your target (or targets) without waking them up. Training stealth and stacking stealth boosting equipment are the most straightforward way to do this. Invisibility (spell, evocation, potion, ...

Vampires are better from a standpoint of survivability in the extended game where you need your precious HP the most. Not only they have way better health, but they also can equip resist items to all the slots and they have a nice synergy with long blades crosstraining (in case your stab failed) - t...

Well, yes, but I wanted a more convenient solution, like it is for older version games.

It is no fun manually crawling through a ton of your old log files trying to find the one you're interested in!

Hi all, does anyone know when it will be possible to locate morgue trunk files on CDO? I cannot locate any of my 0.10+ games' morgue files neither in CAO-hosted scoring, nor via IRC bots.

Pan is indeed considerably easier than an of the Hells: - no Hell effects - monsters are scarcer, even in lord vaults - monster generation is slower - there is some random loot on the floor, including food, +0 animal skins and scrolls of acquirement - even on the hardest levels, you can enjoy cTele ...

If you are swamped with a set of bad mutations (I had slowness 1, berserk 1, frail 1) and don't mind switching a god to a good one, you can go Zin, donate some gold (I spent ~6k, which very quickly built up my piety to ******), cure all the mutations and switch to TSO/Ely right away (as a bonus, you...

We already do , actually. Don't forget learndb's bit: Henzell says... ⋅ <Danei> My character's skills run the gamut / but not Traps and Doors; I just spam it / Now on hive level 4 / I shall search for the door / search, search, search, search, search, search, search, splash, damn it. &sd...

Donald and Crazy Yiuf - for speech.

If you are playing Yred, I find Nergalle quite a good target for enslave soul invocation. She will gladly cast haste on your minions all the time, even out of combat. Think of permahasted profane servitors and bone dragons.

Edit: if you are undead, she will haste you too.

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Nice mutation set, mate

916298 hayenne the Grand Master (level 27, -4/304 (319) HPs) Began as a Sludge Elf Transmuter on Oct 24, 2011. Was the Champion of Makhleb. Slain by Cerebov ... wielding the cursed +6,+6 Sword of Cerebov {flame} (39 damage) ... in Pandemonium on Oct 31, 2011. The game lasted 09:53:06 (123322 turns)...

Yes, most of the game creatures (except those of Slime Pits) don't resist acid damage, therefore it is a powerhouse.

Personally, I find new green, black and red draconians pretty cool. (with personal favourite being the green) They all have an interesting and unique breathand they are not dull anymore and much, much better than old boring ones. Not to mention they all have very useful resistances way through all t...

The Storm Bow may leave some puddles of water around too.

10-20. Less and more is also possible of course. Note that you don't always have to explore these, once you have the demonic rune you can just jump into the nearest portal to find unique levels. Until you start looking for an exit, then you have to start exploring again (or you can leave via abyss ...

Happy Corner wrote:without needing to learn the Selective Amnesia spell

This spell is gone, I think, from 0.8+. It is only available from scrolls of amnesia, Sif's invocation, Wucad Mu staff and orange crystal statue courtesy.

Don't start fight with Asmodeus when even a single Fiend is there. Evidently applies to Dispater too. 750104 hayenne the Draconian Barricade (level 27, -4/251 (260) HPs) Began as a Green Draconian Necromancer on Oct 4, 2011. Was the Champion of The Shining One. Slain by a Shadow Fiend (19 damage) ....

Anyone succeeded to ninja the Tomb rune? Run through, controlled blinking to the rune, death's door anyone? Share your experience!

Congratulations with your first little win! :-) It should not take long before you grab that pesky Orb and run out of the dungeon! Just be careful with the stuff you see for the first time as a lot of endgame monsters pose a serious threat. I would also stop pumping exp into Spellcasting and Poison ...

Don't start fight with Asmodeus when even a single Fiend is there. Berserking under such circumstances is even worse an idea. 755543 hayenne the Draconian Barricade (level 27, -40/391 (415) HPs) Began as a Green Draconian Fighter on Sept 22, 2011. Was the Champion of The Shining One. Annihilated by ...

Say I wanted to get freezing cloud (for a 3rune win but mostly because I just want to see what that spell is like) on a mummy. What skills should I leave -,+,* and when? I was able to cast Freezing Cloud at Good or Very Good (with staff of wizardry and Vehumet) by the time I reached Elf:5 which I u...

I didn't have the "armor" skill to dump the exp into :( didn't understand the mechanism.) You have to gain the skill first by hitting things in armour with EVP other than zero (so no robes but leather armours and stronger ones), and getting hit/dodged in the armour; then you can train it ...

I would go Makhleb

Fire storming Tomb:3 is not as good idea as it may sound like. A lot of spellcasting mummies will come at once and death curse summons will float around you. The better solution would be to take them one-by-one.

Note that the cloak you wear completely negates bracers of archery damage bonus.

Welcome to SpEn family! This is one of the classes which never lose attraction even after you win some of them. I must admit I absolutely adore mutation potions :) they are a significant part of what I like in the game and add a TON to replayability. I quaff all of them in most of my games and never...

My first mummy win! (15 runes): http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/h ... 174907.txt

Got a hairy situation on Tomb:3 when I decided to storm it rather than carefully dispel it one-by one and had to use distortion unwield trick.

I ramp up Str to 8, then all points go to Int. Don't bother with Dex, racial bonuses are going to max it for you. As a spriggan, I never carry around most of wands (maybe 1 of fire/cold or draining/lightning), immediately get rid of low-tier wands like random effects, magic darts, slow, confusion, f...

Welcome to the forums and to the game, abchiptop!

I strongly disagree with umrain. Dungeon Sprint is WAY harder than the main game altogether and only will possibly lead to frustration. Sprint is hardly playable without major game knowledge and spoilers.

SpEn breezes through whole lair and orc like a cruiser, hibernatting and stabkilling everything. This guy is really a powerhouse, especially so for new joiners - you can run away from most things and squishiness is covered by insane evasion. I started learning the game using SpEn/SpAs and it still r...

I certainly would not call Draconians an easy race (restricted slots, mediocre apts). If you prefer the melee way, try Merfolks (with polearms), Trolls (unarmed), Minotaurs/MDwarves (axes, maces). Deep Elves make wonderful casters with brilliant magic aptitudes, but bad hitpoints; Spriggans are stil...

I only think I occasionally casted clouds - to get rid of oklobs in Hive:2 for instance. My offence was chiefly bolt of fire spell. I did not bother with summons altogether. You can check my dump file here: http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/hayenne/hayenne.txt I went D to L, L->L:6 with 3 close ...

I've been looking for one but I havent been lucky enough to find one. I'll have to CRTL+F to find it. I guess you just use it anyway until you get shield 1, and then maybe * it exclusively until its 5 then other skills back on? Perhaps leave the shield skill on so you can use a larger shield later?...

My MuCj is storming Pan away at moment. I put focus on getting fire storm castable until I reach V:8 and Slime as it makes them way easier; I think I made my way through early levels with Magic Dart and Mephitic cloud only, frequently meleeing enemies with a whip of electrocution, kindly offered by ...

MuCj has a great start - I'm currently playing one and enjoying it.

Check out this thread - viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1408 - it has nice ideas on the subject, most important of which are defences.

I don't think I ramp up anything but Int. Well, I might put points to STR for Berserkers, but that's it.

Following my manual training question, how can I edit config file for Sprint on CDO?

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