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I'm not sure where to post this. The problem is simple: when something is presented in darkgrey, the html tag is shown. Found 18 gold pieces, the ring "Joteinas" {MR++ Stlth-}, an uncursed quarterstaff and a cursed ring of protection from cold.</darkgrey> You enter the shallow water. Movin...

FYI: it was a DDFi, so he was able to survive. I didn’t even realize that the goblin had a elec dagger until it was almost too late.
Time to change my config to alert me about early mobs wielding elec weapons.

Rule #1 of crawl survival: “I’m almost dead but let me try one more swing” is the best way to get you killed.

I'd choose guardian spirit because it's really good. With Oka you use your abilities before fights so you should be ok.

Speaking of shafts: I was just shafted on D:3 to D:6. No tele scrolls, most potions not identified, got a bunch of wights and assorted mobs that surrounded me. RIP Being shafted in D:3 is as fun as having a goblin in D:1 with a dagger of elec or finding centaurs in D:2. I think I even found Orc prie...

Just got *two* marks while on Orc: 2. This is new. The number of marks by exploration is way off. It's true that most of the time it doesn't make any difference. For instance, in my case it didn't because the first one was 3 squares from the stairs and the other one was after killing everything. But...

petercordia wrote:Should have gone Naga / Mummy

Nope, that wasn't my char

D:1, first monster: a goblin with a +1 dagger of poison.

In case of shafting, maybe reducing the amount of shafting, probably the number of times the number of levels is 3 would be enough. For instance, having something like {1: 0.75, 2: 0.25 * 0.75, 3: 0.25 * 0.25} would be better. Some safeguards like not dropping to V: 5 or Zot: 5 would probably help a...

About -Tele items: personally, I don't go out of my way to find one. But it is true that now I hold on to them while in the old days I avoided them. If someone is advocating they should be removed because their existence entices people to perform boring play to get them then the fix is probably to r...

I know that there are at least two kinds of players in crawl: seasoned players, who are capable of surviving almost anything and regular players. Seasoned players are the elite, they relish danger, enjoy it and think these modifications are welcome because the “game is too easy”. They state that, wi...

IMO the confirmation for attacking an ally should be different if it causes penance. I think it does now, at least in some cases (I've seen warnings for TSO penance when harming allies). If this isn't already happening for Oka it should be added for that god too. I'm not sure if it was different. I...

240 zhorgal the Covert (level 6, -1/52 HPs) Began as a Naga Artificer on Nov 26, 2019. Was an Initiate of Okawaru (penitent). Slain by a warg (6 damage) ... led by the fury of Okawaru ... on level 2 of the Dungeon. The game lasted 00:21:15 (3901 turns). So, I found an Orc Wizard with another orc. I...

As an aside, I do dislike how Zot:5 interacts. If you have -Tele or amazing magic you can survive or avoid a tele trap into lungs, if not you need a specialized setup because you aren't teleporting back out with purple draconians/QS dragons around. I find this a pretty distasteful way to end a seve...

What I meant is that I don't know how Qaz is implemented. I don't know if the character makes the noise, or if the noise happens at the characters location. I'm not even sure that would make any difference, but this is crawl, so you never know... I'd bet it's not the character. But I doubt it makes...

There is a common misconception: you are only powerful if you can cast lvl 9 spells. That is simply not true! The main strength of a gnoll is being able to cast spells from many different schools! And Ash is one of the best gods for that. Besides, you can use any one handed weapon and a nice shield ...

I like Qaz. I think I've won with him thrice, 2 online and 1 offline. But all were sturdy chars like HO or gargoyle.
I don't think Qaz is good with caster types though. Or is it?
Qaz is good with very high invo and amulet of faith.

I hate these people who entice me with the siren song of Qaz.
A troll of Qaz, hmmmmm.
Damn you! ;-)

CB and DD help a lot. I don't do Hells without them. Most people say that Pan should be done first and it is true. I personally love CB. I also use PoG, apportation and, depending on the char, lesser beckoning (e.g. statue formed chei).

The weirdest thing about your character is that +0 swamp dragon scales. This is a gargoyle with innate poison immunity. It is very hard to believe that that's the best body armour option available. True. The reason at the time was the compromise between AC and spell failure. I haven't looked into i...

My opinion is that I take a long amount of time without having a good win percentage to show for it. For instance, I only won 3 games in the tournament. And had some high level splats. So I am clearly not using all that time for taking good decisions.

Remember to use x -> v to examine mobs you don't know or don't recall what they do. You should have fled the second it appeared. You had freezing cloud and scrolls of fog. Did you spam freezing clouds on top of it? I think it's susceptible to cold. I wonder if you didn't have a lack of escape option...

This char can learn LCS and shatter and concentrate on training earth. It already has Iron shot and, as far as I know, that's good enough even to kill OoF. On the other hand, I can learn ignition and lord knows it trivializes many fights. So, do I concentrate on earth? Or spread myself thin between ...

Personally, a large amount of my time is spent on spellcasters. I never know what spell to use. Your advice of taking a deep breath is key here. Most of my stupid deaths have to do with this. I've often wondered if I should just play simple combinations like MiBe until I have high streaks and then f...

I think I'm probaby playing too conservatively because I'm afraid of dying. Ironically, I think it actually gets me killed sometimes. I have the same problem! I either take a long time agonizing about what decision to take or I get bored and stupidly rush through a series of bad decisions and commi...

Be careful with elf 3 though. It can be quite deadly. Hubris is your enemy.
Be prepared to flee if trouble arises.

I had one game where I was shafted on D:1 and more than one where I was shafted and, on my way up, was shafted again!
These were all recent games.

Hi,
I just died to Jogrun after he cast grasping roots. I didn't have a potion of cancellation. Would a potion of flight counter it after casting? Or should I have drank one immediately after seeing him?
The irony is that he was confused when I died.

About the branding scrolls, I think {antimagic} and {holy} (and {speed}?) brands were disabled because of divine gifts. Also, antimagic is not as useful as it sounds - often, you would be better off stopping the target casting spells by killing it more quickly with a damage brand. I've been glad to...

Good luck next time!
Are shafts more common now? They seem to be.

Where are the potions of heal wounds and mutation?
Is controlled blink around?
Right now you only have one scroll of blinking.

Finished this but I'm still a bad player. Never used infestation, hardly ever used mana vipers, had trouble fighting OoF. OoD works but is somewhat erratic and as the orbs are quite fast, it is often useless because it's damage is far less at close range. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.24-a0-475...

Is this really true? When was this? What a waste of scrolls!

And here's the rest: 53836 | Elf:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls 53895 | Elf:1 | Found Gaxeac's Distillery. 53903 | Elf:1 | Bought a potion of invisibility for 128 gold pieces 53903 | Elf:1 | Bought a potion of curing for 48 gold pieces 53903 | Elf:1 | Bought a potion of curing for 48 gold pi...

I'm not one of those players who is capable of playing with their eyes closed, in a very short amount of time or seemingly impossible combos. So, this is one of the easiest combos. I did the gauntlet (kudos to the devs, it's so much better than the labyrinth!) and the minotaur had two objects I used...

Learn Simulacrum. You can learn whatever else you like. With 15 shields, I would wear the large shield if the spell failure rate is bearable. A regular shield is also probably better than a buckler. I was using this buckler because of the resistances. Now that I am using Wyrmlance, I can substitute...

Hi guys, This character has been lucky but I fear I am going all over the place. I was training shields because I had a +2 large shield of protection. Then I found a +2 buckler of resistance and decided to use that instead. I have been using a falchion of pain until I found Wyrmbane and decided to u...

Welcome to this great game! I too made the transition from Adom and never went back. I would advise you to go MiBe until you learn the ropes: ⋅ Pick Minotaur Berserker ⋅ I like axes but I would advise you to go maces to learn how to play since with axes a bad player like me ten...

Hi, Sometimes, when I press a key, it gets pressed twice (or I twich innvoluntarily without knowing). Is it possible to inscribe god powers automatically? I have inadvertedly berserked with trog or worse used potion petition without meaning to). I can manually inscribe the powers but sometimes I for...

Is it me or you only have rC+?
In that case you can face very high level elementals and Qaz can remove your rC.
In your case, I wouldn't ditch a shield. You have blink and can evade the elementals.
In short dumping Qaz should work. maybe do it in the low levels of hell?

But faith is not that much of a nobrainer. In all my winning chars, only one was wearing faith: the Qazlal worshipper. With Qaz I agree, it is a nobrainer. With others the most common amulets were spirit, regeneration, magic regeneration or reflection. That doesn’t mean much because I’m not much of ...

Somewhat tangential: Should amulets be balanced against each other? It's not clear to me. What's the problem if they're unbalanced? The player is allowed to choose between all amulets they have, so that choice shouldn't be a no-brainer. While I can understand the rationale, if I want to use maces a...

bel wrote:Faith is very strong, but it's strong for almost all characters.

Well, it depends on the god. Faith is very strong with some gods (e.g. Qazlal) useful with others (e.g. Trog) and kind of meh with others who don't use piety for anything worthwhile.

Congratulations!

a - the +10 triple crossbow of Quantum Leap (weapon) {penet, rPois rF+++ Int+4 Dex-3} (You took it off an orc on level 2 of the Vaults) On a crossbow kobold. It dropped in Vaults:2, but unfortunately, got lost among the clutter. I found it only after my fifth rune, when I had some brand weapon scro...

I shall not fall to hubris Hubris is the mind-killer. Hubris is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my hubris. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where hubris has gone there will be nothing. O...

Congratulations.
My first win was a 3 rune BaBe. Nice. Now you can try extsded.

This was my worst orb run ever. More than once, I thought I was going to bite the bullet. It was brutal. Pan lords left and right and very nasty ones at that. It started in Zot with *both* lungs protected by zot traps. One had a zot trap followed by a permanent teleport one. I cleared the lungs, too...

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