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I've been wanting to try Chei with a decent character for the longest time. At first, I thought Naga would be a fine species with Chei, which is so wrong it hurts. So I tried it with a specie that COULD survive early on with Chei speed, which is why I chose TrMo. Also it should be fun to have real i...

Happy tiiiime ! So... I'm happy. I've been playing crawl for a loong time, with many failures and bad ideas (I won't tell you how many Troll Wizards I had fun with). But I won, at last ! And with a species I hated before food was changed ! Now I love it and this run was awesome too. Escaping with a ...

Aaand dead. That felt extremely dumb. This is important for later, but i had just woken up and my head was not perfectly clear. I was trying to clear a bit of the Snake Pits, using my troll leather armor to compensate the poison damage, but then found rPois. At some point, I was doing the usual thin...

This is a run I wanted to share because I don't really know what to do with it. I say Okawaru is clueless because he doesn't hear my prayers for a good sling or decent short sword. So I wonder, where should I go ? I tried to finish the Orcish Mines earlier but I got an nasty ending, it looks like th...

I didn't know about that, I'll try it next time I see her ! Thanks for the feedback

You can guess by the title that I'm salty. I feel it's difficult to start a transmuter run, so dying when I finally cast reliably my favourite spells is hurting my soul. I met Sonja, got curare'd instantly, teleported away while in ice form and was moved right next to an unseen horror with no way to...

Thank you for your answer.

If I understand correctly, the case of a Troll is different in that it might be better to train shields before let's say 10 dodging because it pays off quicker ?

I never seem to know when to train specific skills or when not to train specific skills with a melee char. For example, when do I start training shields ? How long do I wait before I train a second "defensive" skill ? Usually, I turn on my weapon skill + a defensife skill (dodging for a tr...

okay, thanks for the answers

Well in my head they were not very good, must be me being used to playing Deep Elves too much I guess.

Oh I almost forgot to ask, what are the reasons that makes zombies pickup their weapon or not ? I can't find a way to have them use their weapon for sure :p 4. It never, ever makes sense to use only a single magical school. Low skill levels are really cheap compared to high ones, and there are a lar...

Hydras. How can I kill them with Ghoul Monks, or any class with claws ? The only way I found is zerking with a mace using TrBe or KoBe atm :v Should I rely on wands to kill them ?

I gotta say, whatever game I start to play, I always want to try necromancers first thing, because I like swarming and well necromancer gameplay generally speaking. So I tried necromancers (DDNe for example) and Death Knight (very very enjoyable imho, TrDK are nice and MD/Na DK) and I have a bunch o...

I'd like it if you could make potions by mixing food ! With effects like real potions but a bit weaker.
Also, crawl needs a Baker class. Fights with a baguette, shields with pizza bread. In any case more use for fruits would be good, even if Fedhas is already a great reason to like fruits :3

When you switch from playing Felid to an other specie, remember.
Do NOT die. There is no second chance.

I recently discovered Frank Zappa was nice to listen while crawling. It seems very fitting for some weird reason :p

Most of the time I just listen what I want to listen. Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd come back omre often when I Crawl though :p

DON'T claw Hydras. just don't. unless you are very very strong that is

Is Labyrinth doable/worth doing with a Ghoul Monk that is NOT of Kiku ? I'm worried about the food because of the hp rotting but i'm not sure it's a real threat here...

Poisonned corpses actually POISON you.

What, it's okay to forget the basics from times to times isn't it ? I was starving

Also, kraken zombie brings Necromancers to an over-the-top state of awesomeness. I want one NOW.

Okay so what I did is I turned off M&F once I hit 6 (average attack speed) in order to boost my HP (fighting currently at 2, and my HP around 100 I think). I am now in Lair and it's going pretty well, I think this is an excellent idea to turn of weapon skills for some time in order to level up f...

Yeah, I do like Ogres for some reason :3 But I realize they're low tier for sure. Thank you for your answers ! I'll try it all :3 M&F - 2 then off (if using whip of *brand*) This is to get attack speed at average Don't you want a good melee potential for your ogre ? I was thinking leveling M&...

Yeah because they are. I like how they have a ton of hp and good spellcasting :3 But I have a few problems with Ogre Wizards. Yes. Because they're not actually that easy :o (if not hard !) First, at some point it seems my spells are just weak compared to the monsters I'm facing, even if they remain ...

Hm okay. I already got the Abyssal rune from my first trip (lucky !) but my berserker troll is getting annoyed by the banishing. I just got out of a second trip. Can a resistance potion help ? I have no MR armor yet, nor do I have poison resistance which is a problem for snake pit x_x

AN other quick question, sorry.
How can you prevent those damn elf demonologists from banishing you ? Is there a resist for that ?

Snake Pits without poison resist is DANGEROUS, and a permafood black hole.

Lesson of the day (RIP Hercule Poirot *cries*) :
You're not the only one who's frightening with berserk. See an ennemy berserking ? run. More specifically if it's a unique. Same applies for haste : it's not because there's no icon to show haste that it's not dangerous.

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Also, how the heck are you supposed to deal with undead and jellies with a Naga Venom. early on ?

You aren't

Another target for my fleeing policy I see, thanks !

Do daggers hinder spellcasting ? and bucklers ?
Also, how the heck are you supposed to deal with undead and jellies with a Naga Venom. early on ?

Anddd now he's dead. I'd call it a YAVSD (V standing for "very", obviously). The reason ? cockiness. PURE stupidity. Hercule Poirot picked the wrong ennemy for a moustache contest. I had never met Rupert, and didnt read the Monster Info enough. Because rupert can BERSERK, and he's goddamn ...

Thank you all ! Well it's true the sling did look epic but i was not sure. Now, I know it IS. Also, i just identified the second branded sling : it grants rPois (EDIT : more precisely, " the +2,+4 sling of the Wasp (weapon) {god gift, flame, rPois} ". good one too ! Trog sometimes gives ni...

A little update from my favourite moustachy halfling gentleman after having cleared the Orc Caves (den? anyways.) Hercules Poirot is from now on a SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR (well you know, he's a halfling too right ?), well except he has dwarven boots. duh ! So yeah, first time i clear this branch an...

Noob in Arms here ! (or Brother in Noobiness ?) I'd like to concur (is it the right word for this I wonder ?) : Mountain Dwarves, powerhouse or not, seem hard to play imo. I mean they're so slow, it's very hard to flee :x Also, I think that in some way casters are easier than melee characters. It mi...

Slings too ? hehe thanks, I was right to post this, many things I learnt there. I'm pretty sure most of the reasons why I can't get past early game are bad habits of mine that look like nothing. About the fact to equip a shield with a sling, isn't the weight of the shield a handicap if it's a massiv...

Thank you for your answers ! Well as I saw gastronok in L6 I though I might be abe to take on him. I might just go to the Orcish mines instead or go further down into the dungeon as the Hive is already cleared (and a convenient stash/fridge). Nice link about the minimum delay, I didn't know that ! I...

Hercule Poirot is actually my MOST SUCCESSFUL character ever, i'm not kidding : i NEVER went past the Lair. Yeah, really i'm that bad :3 (but havin a lot of FUN). So yeah, successful character, plenty of Trog Sling Bullets of Awesome and some good wands but I am stuck at what to do there. This might...

Don't rush things when on berserk. I know that's basic advice here but god. It DOESN'T SOUND logical to delay your next assault when on berserk right, but it IS ! I was scared to death a few minutes ago when I came into a big pack of yack right when my halfling hunter's berserk ended. I survived bec...

I haven't tried but does it work with player ghosts ?
Given that I always have problems with them, it could be useful I think. Here's my suggestion for the list if it works and is okay to do.

@Ququman: Goodness, but the player in that review is a whiner, isn't he? Aside from the language barrier forcing him to use-ID everything like a CK of Xom, it didn't seem any more merciless than any other roguelike I've played. Heck, he only died once in ten minutes. And he got to carry over part o...

Omg this tread is beautiful. I have some too ! Add the possibility to play as Crazy Yiuf, therefore adapting the game log to Yiufese conventions of language. Also Crazy Yiuf sometimes refuses to obey your commands and do what he wants. "Crazy Yiufs refuses to eat the meat ration. Crazy Yiuf eat...

BEEEES. Fear the BEEEEES. As if they were not annoying enough in Blazblue (totaly unrelated topic is unrelated), they can also kill you pretty quick if you don't pay attention ! But this lesson can be wrote this way "Overconfidence kills. As fast as an army of BEES". I'll see in yellow and...

Thank you for your answers ! All this stuff is good to see. I'm also glad there seem to be some uses for the polymorph wand, that I have a tendency to drop in the Temple until I find some electric eels. That will save many Dwarf Fighters afraid of Jellies because they seem rather fast when compared ...

I have a question about JELLIES and melee characters (like well melee characters, the example i'll take is from a game with Furude Rika, Ghoul Monk. if you know who Rika is, justt don't ask me WHY a ghoul monk. I really don't know.). What are the options against them if your melee capacity is not en...

There are a few of them, including one boring Angband modification. http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fangames#RPG I don't know about their difficulty though. It seems they are not real roguelikes mostly but some kind of jrpg (which difficulty is grind). Yeah they don't look like total roguelikes. But ...

I like it when Xom is BORED.

But I also hate it. Go figure. (but isn't it the core of roguelike games ?)

I agree with Rogue. Say Stone Soup punishes your mistakes with a Whip of RNG +10 (yes, i don't know why the whip though), Rogue just punishes everything (with say, a Hammer of Fated Dragon_in_your_face_after_going_downstairs +666). It even punishes your will to play by random stuff impossible to pre...

Do not use-ID wands on Giant Slugs in the Lair. You're not ready to face a Storm Dragon in case it's a Polymorph Other (YASD, yeah).

Felid/Spriggan Chaos Knight of Xom. The funny parts being "how long will I survive Xom's wrath" and "how will I die ?" :twisted: I had some epic results with this build, as well as Xomlarious deaths. Xom is BORED. *steps into a room full of jellies at like D:6* Xom thinks it's hi...

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