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It's been about 18 months since I last picked up the game. In everyone's oh so humble opinion, do you think the game has become easier or harder in the past few years? Reasons for your opinions would be appreciated.

Windows 7 OS. Just downloaded 12.2. On attempting to run crawl.exe (tiles) get a black screen. It is impossible to tab out of, bring up the task manager, etc. Only recourse is to manually reboot PC. I've gotten this every time I've tried to start the file. I've run it as admin, I've redownloaded it,...

jejorda2 wrote:Was there lava beside some water just out of sight? That would make steam. The the disturbance would be inside the water.

Maybe the horror wandered into the steam and died?

Nope. No lava or water on the entire level.

Does the speed bonus from Boots of Running stack with the speed bonus from Swiftness?

Share with us your experiences that you still don't know what exactly happened. I'll start: So I was rolling around on level 17 with my SETm doing my thing. I had just carved up my first rakshasha without breaking a sweat. Anywho, I'm on auto explore and I stop because I see some steam in the hallwa...

Sorry, I meant to quote. They don't have "terrible EV". It's only -1.

Good points, fellas. I didn't realize that stoneskin and blade hands could be cast together. I thought they were mutually exclusive. And what I've been doing, skill-wise, is to get unarmed and dodging up to about 6 each. Then I immediately swap to transmutation and spellcasting until I get spider fo...

True but that was a single example. The point remains that I only have 5 AC or so. That's rough, regardless who you are facing.

So I've recently been trying out a few runs with DrTm. I like it a lot, gotta say. Not many super early deaths, but I'm having a lot of trouble around the lvl 10-15 area. The problem is, I'm just too damn squishy. Sure, spider form keeps me from getting hit a bunch but if I run into some orcs with c...

Well, the holy sword of Jihad cut through the entire Orcish Mines like a hot knife through butter. What is next? Also, Xom did me a solid:

bobross419 wrote:To Orc Mines!

On the way.

Ok, I made it through the Lair and am ready for my next adventure. However, Xom has turned me into a quivering mess of mutated flesh. Check it out. It's a quite impressive list. On the good side, I can control teleportations, and resist electricity and poison. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.9.0 ...

Is everyone forgetting that I haven't done Orc either?

Sorry, was trying to edit my previous post and wound up deleting the dump. My bad on that one. You'll get another one soon.

*Sorry guys, guess I lied. Things are more hectic than expected. Sorry I've been taking so long. I was also having connectivity issues earlier. Anyway, I took the liberty of exploring a bit more of the Lair. Nothing much interesting other than what's below.* Hello again Pantheon. Not much new to rep...

Happy Corner wrote:Is it possible for a .10 polearm to have a brand on top of its (now) innate reaching?

Yes. Unless I missed something big.

Sorry, forgot to wield that staff. It's a staff of air

That sucks. So that's the ignoble end to this saga?

The Pantheon is powerful indeed. Even though this was the second time this happened: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/MADDOGmjb/DungeonCrawlLeif10.png THE SECOND DAMN TIME. Twice I was on the escape hatch and I was teleported. Once by Xom and once by a ring of teleport. So I had to make my wa...

Well I'm curious about the flame thing because my Character in Progress thread has a flame next to it and I definitely didn't put it there.

Alright, I'm going in. I'll report back to the Pantheon once I emerge. I've actually never died in a Labyrinth, so I'm not too worried.

in Webtiles, how can i enter a shop? Press this button ">" Usually "Shift"+"." Three questions of my own: 1. Is it possible vorpalize electrocution some way? 2. Is there any way to put pictures (or anything else, really) into spoilers on this forum? 3. What does the fl...

Definitely use the god gift. The exp lost from Draining weapons is tiny. You won't notice the difference. As far as the one hand thing, I really don't know. My gut says to stick with the buckler though, since your EV is terrible and your AC isn't fantastic. This guy looks promising. Good luck!

Ok so the Ice Cave did not go so well for me. Not because I had a problem with the denizens of the cave themselves, not at all. In the first room next to the portal, I encountered half a dozen Ice Beasts and a quartet of white imps. I summoned five of my own Ice beasts and we duked it out. We came o...

Kaliman wrote:i command ye to test those unidentified wands on yourself,xom would find that hilarious.

YOU WERE RIGHT :shock:

Oh great, Happy Corner, one of the highest Gods of the Pantheon, do remember, your advice is not so much advice, as it is commands. Feel free to command your humble servant, Leif as you will.

I'm more impressed with that ring. Even with the hunger on it. Congrats my friend.

bobross419 wrote:That sucks, but why would you move with 3 or less HP instead of mashing 5?

This. It's just asking for trouble. However, really sucks, especially since you got that nice electric whip so early.

Apparently I was a fool to doubt Xom. I delivered myself from his test thanks to a blinking scroll and a teleport. However, I soon after fell through a shaft, falling to the ninth floor of this damned torture chamber. Once there, I managed to not break my legs, so that was a plus. Outside the entran...

Despite my best efforts to ignore Menakaure, he managed to seek me out. Luckily, my Ice Beasts manage to handle him without too much eventfulness. However, I'm currently in a much, much more fun situation: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/MADDOGmjb/DungeonCrawlLeif5.png SCREW YOU XOM! I shall...

It doesn't make sense to me to have 0 aptitude for fighting and shields. I think shields should get a bonus. It seems that they would be naturally inclined to grabbing a slab of metal and blocking things with it.

I have no advice for you, but this is definitely awesome. Kudos to you, good sir. And yes, quite hilarious as a cat leading a pack of dogs around.

Ok, I lied. You might get an update, sooner rather than later. Seemingly as an immediate test for his new disciple, Xom chooses to present me with a challenge: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/MADDOGmjb/DungeonCrawlLeif3.png Nothing I can't handle with the help of a few ice beasts and Sigmund...

I think I'm going to write this from the first person perspective now. Unless you'd prefer third person or omniscient? Sorry for the long post time, I'm currently visiting a different city, so the updates will be sparse this weekend. Don't worry, you won't miss any of the action. Anyway, continuing....

Well dodging certainly never hurt. And I would recommend keeping Airstrike for its smite targeting. You never know when that will come in handy.

absolutego wrote:well, technically you should press '#'. not all keyboards have that character mapped to shift + 3.

True. I suppose I simplified a bit too much. Good catch.

Ok, here are the votes:

Zin 1
Xom 1
Vehumet 1
Okawaru 1

We need more votes to break this tie!

A bit off topic but where do you find that data? I'd like to post my own CIP but do not know how :s In-game, Press Shift+3. This will create a character dump. To find it, go to the search bar on your Start menu (if you are using Windows). Type in Run. When the run command comes up type in %appdata%...

Alright folks, I said I'd do this and I'm nothing if not a man of my word. I'm giving you all a chance to decide how Leif's adventure turns out. Any time Leif comes to an important decision, you'll be the ones to decide his path. Anyway, Leif is a High Elf Ice Elementalist. He has just found the Tem...

Congrats, friend. Glad to see that my love of the less than holy members of our society is shared by others. Keep it up!

Interesting. I've never actually died to a death yak. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Guess I've just gotten lucky.

Congratulations! It was a lot of fun watching your game progress on the forum like that, and I'm glad it all paid off in the end. Thanks. I certainly had fun recounting it. Next time I have a promising character, I'll be sure to share it. Possibly giving options for people to vote about his way of ...

Well thanks to everyone who helped give advice along the way, Clash lived to brave another dungeon another day. My first win, and with a Demonspawn at that. No KoBe for me, thank you. Anyway, here's the character dump. Any suggestions as to what combo I should try next? I'm thinking something not ev...

Not worth it at this stage. Clear Zot, get that Orb to the surface, and dance a victory dance! Will do it. I'll sleep tonight and do it in the morning. If I succeed, you'll be reading MFVP (my first victory post) accompanied with some pics. If I fail, you'll be hearing a single gunshot if you live ...

If you want to win your first win: Don't go into the hells. First, there are nasty hell effects that damage your character, summon enemies and do other stuff (like opening the malign gateway). Second, some of the games most dangerous enemies reside there. Take the Ice Fiend as an example: Torments ...

Alright, a few updates. 1. I've gotten Fire Storm castable, as Geryon discovered ;) http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/MADDOGmjb/DungeonCrawlWelcometoHell.jpg 2. I've Cleared Hall of Blades, Crypt, and am currently getting a feel for the Hells. 3. While I'm currently in the Ice Hell, a portal t...

Yes. I have the highest level of Demonic Guardian. However, my Executioner was my only summon. I didn't see him cast a spell which is why I find this puzzling.

Ok, I ran into this problem after I decided to go back and do the Slime Pits. http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/MADDOGmjb/DungeonCrawlJellywtf.jpg Now, I didn't banish him and there weren't any traps around the level that could hurt him. He ran behind an army of summons and while I was dealing...

Thanks to your advice Happy Corner, I decided to check out the Wizlab. It was inhabited by Wucad Mu. What a joke. I hit him with a single Orb and he died. I did get a spellbook with Haste in it from it though. Otherwise, disappointing. I got rid of Meph Cloud and Conjure Flame. With that out of the ...

Mephitic Cloud and Conjure Flame can safely go, at the very least. Do you have a source of Haste yet? That would be another spell you should absolutely learn. No Haste, unfortunately. I've been getting by with Swiftness + Fly. On the Mennas topic, I actually did just that. I accidentally woke him u...

I'm currently in the process of preparing to move to a new city. I took some time off to focus on that. I guess that means it's time for another character dump! 1. I don't want to go to Zot without first having Fire Storm. Where would be a good place to get experience? I know Crypt would be good, bu...

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