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They're situationally overpowered. I mean you can take on a troll with only BBB fairly early on.

But I can't really say I'm a fan either.

BTW, why haven't you moved to the tavern 2.0?

Manifold Assault is interesting for Dj^Mak because it gives you the option of switching from an int-focussed approach to a dex-focus. You have enough dex to pull it off. And it makes you far less dependend on RNG and waiting for new spells from XLs. But if you're getting a great sword to mindelay an...

On the balance I like them being in the game. There's a lot of different ways to manage an encounter with an UH, many of them unusual. And it's fun when a terrifying encounter is suddenly manageable. OTOH, they're yet one more mechanism that punishes careless (auto) exploration. If you're caught far...

Hep knight recently got nerfed with an extra 50% attack delay. I always had the impression that the mage and stabber were stronger already. The knight catches up in utility when it gets its axe, but you have to survive with a low-utility ally for a long time to get there. Anyone disagree? Why was th...

I think the UI you suggest could work well. Having a line of yellow to pay attention to in addition to the 'Ray' token would probably be nice. I actually consider point (3) to be a feature. It makes it feel more satisfying. Besides, lining up enemies is optimal with almost all ranged attacks. Also, ...

I would have said no, because running away from enemies to get free attacks is a degenerate playstyle. It's not very fun and largely unrealistic. (Intelligent monsters would stop chasing and start setting up ambushes) But with the new opportunity attacks, I wouldn't mind being faster than a few mons...

Having a colour/behaviour for 'not usable now, potentially useful in the future' would be nice.
There's a lot of special cases, like Teleport in the gauntlet.
Not being able to quaff useless curing etc would also be nice.

But for me it's not a priority.

I believe it's pretty bad. It's useful in the early game, (stronger than a buckler,) but when you have the xp available to get a kite shield or 2-hander, it'll be stronger to forget about it.
That's based on theory crafting though. I find it pretty hard to test this kind of thing practically.

Having thought about your replies, I have come to the conclusion that (these) double-edged curses probably aren't a good idea for Ash. I think Nekoatl is right that the curses wouldn't be worth it. You have 9 pieces of equipment that need to be cursed, and with the level of curse I had in mind that ...

I really miss the flexibility of the old Ash. Here's a proposal to maintain the fun aspects of the current Ash design (equipment piety system; creating fragile artifacts from equipment with a 'curse') , but allow Ash worshipers to switch between skills again. step 1: give an equal boost to all skill...

Currently the formula is 2/5 * encumbrance^2 / (20 - 3 * size_factor) * (27 - shield_skill) / 27 where encumbrance is 5, 15 or 25 for bucklers, kite shields and tower shields respectively, and the size factor varies from +4 for spriggans to -2 for the big boys. I could think of alternate formula lik...

I wouldn't have seen that coming either. Now I'll be careful

It being optimal to retreat before enemies get adjacent makes the game feel more tedious for me.

So I don't bother, and sometimes I die.

You probably would've survived if you hadn't killed Dowan.
The nice thing about Dowan & Duvessa is they can't follow you up stairs. But berserk Duvessa is *nasty*.

I agree that the summoning miscast is one of the most punishing miscasts in the game, though I don't recall having actual trouble with it since they tuned down the strength of the summoned nameless horror. I actually like summoning, even in its current state. A summoning game takes a while. You coul...

Anyone got any experience / advice with the new Kobolds?

Their poor aptitudes (and hp) scare me out of doing a stabby run with them, whilst with ranged weapons they seem to be inferior to the Elves. I mean, Deep Elf has the same ranged aptitude, same hp, better support aptitudes, and more LOS.

I really appreciate how the monster damage descriptions have updated! The buffs to Palentonga feel fair. I feel Pal had been really hurt by the opportunity attacks. The shield nerf also hit them pretty hard. (I still feel it should be changed in a way which benefits them, ith the shield penalty not ...

Code:: ring "Coqui" {rF+ Int+6 Dex+4 Slay+2 SInv} (You found it on level 3 of the Dungeon)

I rolled a Draconian Conjurer semi-randomly, got Gozag from a faded altar, and found a shop where I can buy the end-game spells FireStorm and Chain Lightning . I've been putting all my stat-ups into Int . The character feels strong, though there's no obvious direction to grow into for now. I just fo...

wow, I wouldn't have expected a single OOD to deal almost 80 damage either

The only one I'm confident in is (4): Yes, it is worth wearing a buckler when you're using short blades and investing in a little shields skill. I have no idea how much shield skill is optimal, and have not had any idea ever since the shields change a while back. As for the rest, I know there's a vi...

I've tried with a couple of mummies to make use of their new Hex enchancer. (bcrawl only) The problem they've all had is that they don't have enough panic buttons, but this MuAM has been the most successful of the bunch. As an AM you don't need to be adjacent to enemies nearly as much as you do as a...

I have taken the orb with this character. Nothing particularly interesting to report.

https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/pete ... 120459.txt

I feel like that would be a significant nerf to EE. After all, Sandblast in its current state is useful well into Lair, and at that point stones are no longer much a limitation.

Then again, it would make the EE starts were you can't find any stones a lot more forgiving, which would be nice.

I died in Tar:4 https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/petercordia/morgue-petercordia-20220414-204715.txt My verdict: It was fun. The small levels were nice, the fights were tough, the special Hell effect was fun. The new monsters were fun, even if I still hate Miasmic clouds. The get-punished-for-waiti...

I'll sacrifice this character to the devs, by attempting to get some Hell runes with it Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.29-a0-323-g050149af67 (webtiles) character file. petercordia the Hoplite (Demonspawn Monk) Turns: 74851, Time: 04:18:01 Health: 225/225 AC: 34 Str: 23 XL: 25 Next: 9% Magic: 35/...

A little sad I found this after upgrading my Tower shield of Positive energy to +7 :lol:

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Code:: The +7 tower shield "Wikuduzus" {Rampage rN+ Str+3}

If every time a monster had an attack opportunity it created one tile distance, it would make pillar dancing less tedious and punishing, it would allow strategical retreat without Blink in more situations, and it would make repositioning in the middle of combat less punishing. Pillar dancing if frus...

It feels weird when strength is literally useless.
This is already the case for Draconians with a blade or ranged weapon. In the past Strength at least increased weapon damage and SH.

That said, it'd be a pretty sweet buff to Felids.

Ah I did read this differently than you intended then. I imagined there'd still be a cap on the enchantment level, just at +18 or +27 for the weapon and at double the AC for armours. Flash Forge would offer an interesting decision in that at some point in the game you'd commit to a piece of equipmen...

The only thing I'd change about this design is to remove the instability effect, and instead have the enchantment removed as part of the wrath.

Even if you could end up having end game gear with an extra +9 on your weapon and an extra 20 AC, I think it'd be fine. Oka and TSO are strong too.

I'd suggest using silence + attraction potion as a combo for stabbing many sleeping enemies. What kind of situation would you use this for? I don't usually find many ?silence or !attraction, but I find many many rooms full of sleeping enemies. What groups of sleeping enemies do you save your consum...

In trunk the following weapons now scale with Dex instead of Strength: Long- and Short-blades, xbows, bows, slings and (I think?) throwing weapons. So first, the gratitudes: I love the Long blade change! It's innovative, enables new builds, differentiates Long blades from the other weapons, feels re...

I don't have any experience with the new Hells, but it sounds like a lot of players find them unpleasant. I doubt I'd like them either. Could I suggest taking inspiration from bcrawl? Allow each of the 4 Hells to be entered once only, allowing re-entry only if you have obtained its rune. (Of course ...

https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/petercordia/morgue-petercordia-20220218-140006.txt So I managed to get 6 runes before entering the depths. It turns out that TreeForm + TSO + Shatter + the new Brilliance makes short work of Tomb. The abyss actually felt more challenging, first trying to find a way...

I'd still class this as a bug, even if it's a known issue.

Though I wouldn't necessarily give fixing it much priority.

https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/petercordia/petercordia.txt My 2nd attempt to win a Nemelex' Choice combo is still alive. It's also the only FoIE that's currently in the running for the 9th spot. Good for me since I play somewhat slowly :D (The first one died because I like gambling too much. Fir...

Stealth also randomly stops monsters from tracking you, which really helps to avoid getting swarmed.

Fulm Prism is one of my favorite spells from a starter book. I think it's very strong in trunk. I once won a Djinn Conjurer who didn't get any decent spells before spell level 6 or 7. Without Fulm Prism that run would have been far more painful. There's even a use of Prism the OP didn't mention: it ...

Yes but examining that formula ``2/5 * shield_penalty^2 / (20 - 3 * racial_factor) * (27 - shield_skill) / 27``, if enough skill points have been invested into shields to bring a gargoyle (with a shield aptitude +1) to 25 skill, he can wear a large shield with very little issue. But a Naga with -2 a...

It might be a buff for tower shields for most characters, who'd need 25 skill to remove the penalty anyway. I've got a DG who's wearing a tower shield with no more trouble than I'd expect. (The character feels really strong.) But the change makes me rather wary of Trolls, Naga and Ogres with a shiel...

I'm running a DGHu with a sling, and I'm unironically running out of stones. I've bought stones from shops twice already. I've never had this problem before, at least not after getting to a critical mass of 50 stones. I don't know if it's due to a recent change to trunk, or if its just back luck, bu...

Naga's used to be good with shields because they could negate the shield penalty with only 9 / 15 skill for a kite / tower shield. But they've also got an aptitude of -2.

Does anyone know what the situation is now, after the shield change?

I'm not a streaker either, but it's exceptionally rare for me to lose a Naga in the early dungeon.
It's a combination of stealth, spit poison, stairdancing, and carefulness. Naga's having high health and rPois and Sinv also helps sometimes.

DCSS version 0.26-a0-4258-g7c84da036a (tiles) Game seed: 2723669407849963217 2 scrolls of acquirement before Lair. Excellent Ds mutations for a Wu Jan early Tomb run. Passwall and swiftness in an early spell book. There's an +3 dagger of speed on D:3 and a +2 longbow of flaming also before lair. Del...

That could be solved by slightly improving the hotkeys. It's already possible to bind 'fire sling bullet' to a hotkey 'Fc ' (if your sling bullets are in inventory slot c), which is no more obnoxious than binding a hotkey to 'za ' to spam your default spell. I acknowledge that using a hotkey to fire...

I think in the early game ammo can provide interesting decisions. Such as: When do I use my sling bullets? When do I use my preciously branded dart/javelin/wand charge? I wouldn't be opposed to having bundles of infinite arrows/bolts/boomerangs drop in the mid game. Darts and nets are too powerful t...

greater beckoning: level 7 translocation. An idea to fill out the translocations school with a bit of extra utility after the removal of Controlled Blink. Effect: acts as a cast of Lesser Beckoning on all monsters in LOS and a cast of Apportation on all objects in LOS. Optional: monsters suffer coll...

Apportation, Blink, Animate Dead, Borgnjor's Vile Clutch, Cause Fear, Iskenderun's Mystic Blast, Passage of Golubria, Passwall, Swiftness, are all spells of level 5 or less that have significant late-game utility for most characters. Leda's Liquefaction, Animate Armour, Spectral Weapon, Lesser Becko...

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