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One-shotting the Royal Jelly means no spawns. Stab it, but deal slightly too little damage (and your brand finishes it off) and Hir majesty will spawn over a dozen jellies before dying.

You're lucky. My MDEE got 8 gain str potions and 1 gain dex (from an ice cave).

Clarity prevents the mutation from activating. Stasis also works, but you may need to teleport in battle. If you don't have either then drink the potion.

A player once equipped a dagger of distortion early on. He managed to win the game for the 1st time with it. Was he writing a "Let's play"? Was he playing a KoEE named Meepo? I remember this guy! Great story :) Yeah. I remember giving him some advice. I was surprised when he defeated Cere...

I save up plain (+0) ammo, until I have a huge stack (500+). Then, I enchant them all as high as possible. If I find steel ammo I'll save it for enchanting later. I don't usually enchant launchers, since I expect to find a decent randart eventually.

Intelligence is more important than either str or dex for a SETm.

A player once equipped a dagger of distortion early on. He managed to win the game for the 1st time with it.

Me? I would keep it on, unless I had a ring of teleportation or was around LV15-16.

Fighter of Okawaru
Beserker of Trog
Hunter of Okawaru/Trog (I prefer Trog)
Healer of Elyvilon (switch to TSO when you find the crypt)

I cleared Elf:1-6 solo, because bringing your orcs everywhere is tedious. And huge groups of orcs are better in open spaces (i.e the dungeon, vaults, etc.). My zot strategy was simple: Run downstairs quickly, teleport randomly on the last floor, and recall my troops when I'm near the Orb. Then, I us...

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-4997-g7e02080 character file. 1389967 Demos the Metallomancer (level 27, 232/232 HPs) Began as a Mountain Dwarf Earth Elementalist on Feb 3, 2011. Was a High Priest of Cheibriados. Escaped with the Orb ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Feb 6, 2011! The game l...

Press (w)ield, then * and select the ammo.

... furthermore, there seems to be situatons where i want an orc to use a particular weapon, but theres no function "use this weapon/armour ONLY" or "here take this weapon/armour and DONT SWITCH!" Tell them (Ctrl + T) to pick up only things that you drop, swap places with them, ...

I would've ran the moment I saw the hell knights. Anyway, most ice spells are useful. Simulacrum is a fun spell. Chop up a corpse, wield the chunks, and summon several ice clones. Refrigeration is wonderful for clearing rune vaults. Condensation Shield sucks.

The game auto-inscribes Xtahua's name on the hide now.

So stupid ... I thought hey, let's pop in the Zig, clear a few floors, get some nice items and then come back finish Cerebov. It's strange that Zigs in Pandemonim don't behave like the ones in the Dungeon. Entering any portal inside Pandemonium causes the game to forget where you were in Pan. You u...

1. You attack once and if you hit fast enough you attack again. 2. Yes, but helmets block your teeth. 3. No. 4. I wouldn't use a buckler. 5. The heaviest armor I'd use for UC is dragon armor, but I prefer robes. 6. If you're not wearing heavy armor, then if you get hit your damage is reduced randoml...

1) Finish the Shoals, since it's the 2nd easiest rune you can get. A transmuter can handle all 5 levels of the Crypt. I wouldn't enter the Vestibule without Deflect Missile, since there are a lot of yaktaur captains and stone giants waiting for you. The Abyss has a reduced spawn rate for Chei worshi...

I wrote a pretty extensive guide awhile ago for this combo: http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Sludge_Elf_Transmuter_guide It might be of some use to you. Anyway, to answer your questions: 1 - You can learn Air Strike. It has smite-targeting and it's pretty useful for clearing the Hall of B...

Why do some people keep on saying that Chei doesn't like spider form? Have they just not tried it or what? Because unless someone changed it it works. And if you DO change it, I will hunt you down and Frown at you. It's because they don't read my guide (posted above). ;) Using Spider form for escap...

starless wrote:I was on the Cerebov level in Pan. Tried to fight him but had to run away. I got into a Zig on the same level, but when I came out of it I was on a different Pan level!
Is Cerebov's level lost now?

Yep.

Here are some tips: - Don't bother going in harm's way to please Xom, unless he's BORED. - Don't waste your time resting. Use Regeneration. - Use speed boosting spells and gear. The less time outside of battle, the happier Xom will be. - Controlled blink/teleport is enough to trivialize his most dan...

I mainly stash stuff that I'm going to take to Zot or ascend with. I leave almost everything else on the ground. D:1/L:1 (general) and H:1 (food) are my stash locations. I'm not very organized, so I just dump my loot in large piles.

Other than the decay abuse (which doesn't work anymore) I don't like vampire transmuters. Mainly because vampires need to be full to use transformations. I like the resists you get from being thirty or nearly bloodless.

@orshelack You can clear the Crypt and Elven Halls. Maybe even the Slime Pits. I would replace Mephitic Cloud with Intoxication and your low level ice spells for IMB or Iron Shot. Train summonings to make Abjuration work better. You can learn Ice Storm if you want, but it's overkill for Zot. Note: E...

Spider form got nerfed. No more easy escapes with Chei and curare paralyzes you now. Wall clinging is just situational levitation. Anyway, Transmuter is my favorite background. Merfolks (best transmutation apt in the game), felids (great statue form users), demigods (high stats), draconians (dragon ...

I like Beogh and I think he's a fun god to play with. I found Smiting to be useful in the early-game for killing uniques. Beogh is very powerful in mid-game (close to overpowered actually). And kinda mediocre in the endgame. Warlords don't suck in Zot, but they die easily against the tougher enemies...

I only died of drowning once (back in 0.5). There are plenty on ways to prevent it, so I don't see how it's a problem.

Lugh wrote:If I throw a branded weapon, does the brand affect the target as it would if I wielded then hit that monster?

There are two types of brands: melee and ranged. Melee brands don't activate when launched.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-4873-g76db833 character file. Demos the Acrobat (Spriggan Berserker) Turns: 86088, Time: 13:36:05 HP 135/135 AC 12 Str 18 Exp: 21/505344 (599), need: 41305 MP 37/40 EV 39 Int 14 (15) God: Xom Gold 1716 SH 0 Dex 23 Spells: 12 memorised, 4 levels left Res.Fir...

The gods are genderless.

tcjsavannah wrote:I also sac the "bad" potions/scrolls too. Is there any difference in Nemelex piety sacrificing bad potions vs. good potions?

Yes.

szanth wrote:For that matter, can you completely screw that system over by being a transmuter and sacrificing a bunch of potions of confusion?

No.

As for looting good equipment off high level allies, that already sort of exists... when Beogh blesses an ally "with attack power" they get a fail-free EW II scroll on their weapon. Some questions: How do you mutate orcs, and does Beogh punish you for it? Is it worth training Invocations ...

My best character was a DSWz, so I think they make good casters. ;) Anyway, PbD gives you regen when you kill something while standing near a corpse. The more corpses around the faster your regen becomes. The main downsides are limited range, massive hunger increase, and the fact that corpses are ra...

Orcs are not very good in Zot. I walked in with several warlords and a dozen knights, and left with only three orcs. Two of my warlords got instant-killed by an electric golem at the same time. If you have evaporate and a few mutation potions you can turn your warlords into shadow and storm dragons.

If you have a wand of teleportation you could zap yourself with it. Hopefully your mummy won't zap all the charges in random directions. You can also read scrolls and hope to summon butterflies to impede your enemies.

Javelins are better than large rocks. Javelins are more accurate, weigh less, and have higher damage potential . Enchanting large rocks is kinda pointless, since large rocks don't break often and enchantments don't increase a large rock's damage by much. Well.. according to the knowledge bots Javel...

Megabat sounds silly. I think of robots whenever I hear "Mega" in a name.

I won a SpVM with Poison Cloud and IOOD. Poison Cloud kills orb guardians and draconians very quickly. For everything else, I used the orb.

Javelins are better than large rocks. Javelins are more accurate, weigh less, and have higher damage potential. Enchanting large rocks is kinda pointless, since large rocks don't break often and enchantments don't increase a large rock's damage by much.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-4618-g341728a character file. 1322705 Demos the Necromancer (level 24, 181/181 HPs) Began as a Vampire Transmuter on Jan 18, 2011. Was the Champion of Kikubaaqudgha. Escaped with the Orb ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Jan 23, 2011! The game lasted 05:10:24...

You pretty much answered your own question. Casters need MP to do anything and you have plenty of escape tools (that rely on MP).

A MuCj (ice book) has Mephitic Cloud, Bolt of Cold, and Freezing Cloud. It's an easy combo and I didn't need to scum for xp.

I probably put too much into Necromancy already. Is Necromutation out of my depth? Any other things I should do before I dive into Pan? Slime Pits or something? You won't be able to cast Necromutation for a long time. You'd need about 15-16 levels of both spellcasting and transmutations to cast it ...

Only slicing weapons can cut off a hydra's head. Any bladed weapon shorter than a short sword doesn't slice stuff iirc. Anyway, I recommend playing a FeBe. They're mindless fun (no need to worry about tactics or strategy) and they can out-damage a hydra's regeneration. Later, you can ditch Trog and ...

Ouch, that sucks.

Fight them one at a time is my usual approach. I just have no idea if I'll be able to take them as is. Just how viable is the random 'port strategy? What are the odds? It feels like a big risk relying on luck after a whole game of careful play. I think everything in Zot except the draconians can sI...

Fight them one at a time or avoid them. You could drink a potion of invisibility and teleport randomly in Zot:5, until you land near the Orb chamber. Then stab the guardians, grab the Orb, and teleport near a staircase. Or summon a few allies, go berserk, slaughter the guardians, and grab the Orb. B...

I refuse to quit, so this happens a lot to me.

Weapon enchantment doesn't add to your weapon's base damage, which is why a weapon's base damage is more important than its enchantment. Anyway, the katana is faster (13 instead of 16 delay). Meaning that you'll hit enemies more often with it.

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