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I propose to remove the overlap of strategic consumables with the scroll item type. A new item type can be generated for these strategic consumables. This will allow -scroll to be a meaningful tactical debuff without impacting strategic resources. Further, these items can be goldified and accessed t...

Is it really a "bad UI" problem, though? It seems like the answer to "It's hard to tell weapons apart" is to have fewer indistinguishable weapons, not to crowd the UI with more numbers. It doesn't have to be a TON of numbers, just modifying the weapon description to say "wi...

1) If two weapons are similar enough that you can't tell them apart in melee, the difference in their average damage output is small. 2) In Crawl, output of weapon attacks is quite random. 3) The degree of randomness in the outcomes of weapon attacks overshadows the difference between two similar-s...

I've been playing this game for years and still have no feel for the answer to "is a +6 flail better than a +9 mace or a +1 morningstar?" Does the answer to that question changes at different skill levels? "Swing the weapon a few times at enemies and see" is not an adequate answ...

I've been playing this game for years and still have no feel for the answer to "is a +6 flail better than a +9 mace or a +1 morningstar?" Does the answer to that question changes at different skill levels? "Swing the weapon a few times at enemies and see" is not an adequate answe...

What's the point of an unrand artifact then? There are mundane items that you will absolutely find in every game which are powerful enough to win the game. In my mind, an unrand serves the purpose of providing an added benefit at the expense of an added cost to what would normally be available on a ...

Artifacts with only positive qualities are mostly uninteresting. It would be VERY rare for a character to find this item and not use it. There is no choice presented here. Even a -3 slaying would make it more interesting.

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plantaspoon wrote:IMO, low int casters should use Staff of energy more.

Felids can't.

One race has never been the tipping point in a systemic crawl change. Felids can be rebalanced.

IMO, low int casters should use Staff of energy more.

Is that an Eye of Raining?

I recently played a TSO game and it struck me as odd when an Eye of Draining didn't give me piety. I realize now that it's because it doesn't actually have a draining attack as the name would imply. I propose to rename Eye of Draining to Anti-magic Eye.

Reckless - as combat goes on +slaying increases and AC/EV decreases.

I'd prefer adding the drain status on unwield to playing with the item until an XP limit is reached. Other temporary measures can be explored like malmutations which wear off with XP.

would it also be possible to be able to x-v a monster that you saw, ran from, but still have the tile up for its last know position that's out of sight? There are many times I run from things just on principle when I first encounter them, only to not be able to x-v them cause I can physically see th...

I always considered this human space. no positive apts, very fast leveling.

The most significant impact orc 1-3 usually has on my character is rapid piety gain for all piety for kills gods.

Proposal: make the labyrinth about exploring the level. Remove maprot, and place triggers around the level. Each trigger adds a piece of loot to the Minotaur's inventory, but also buffs the Minotaur. Each character can make the Minotaur as dangerous as they like with higher risk equaling higher rewa...

Andinto, I wasn't suggesting changing the way accuracy works in the game currently (although this could be a good way to create the stated devs desire of a tiered weapon choice, that's a topic for another thread). I was just looking for a way to make EW1 and the first + stat on a weapon relevant thr...

Sandman, That is my understanding as well and it's what I wanted to improve with this proposal. In the hands of a master, a +0 accuracy weapon and a +9 accuracy weapon do the same damage.

The issue I'm trying to improve is the decreasing usefulness of accuracy as skill increases. I'm not arguing that accuracy(and ew1) is useless. I'm trying to improve upon the late game value of accuracy(and ew1) for characters who have heavy skill investment into the weapon skill. In actual play, I ...

My statement that they lose relevance by mid game is based on by the time a character puts enough points into a skill to get it to a reasonable delay they almost never miss the target even with +0 weapon. There is almost no benefit to adding the accuracy unless you are unskilled in the weapon. It ha...

Enchant weapon 1 currently loses its relevance by mid dungeon. Accuracy is not a relevant issue once the player reaches a middling level of weapon skill, causing EW1 to lose it's strategic worth as the player advances through the dungeon. With the weapon and weapon skill reform which removes the bre...

Seems to me like a large stealth penalty to Rmsl and Dmsl might be a more appropriate downside. The wind generated by the deflection shield is noisy.

Does anyone have an argument for ogres wielding two-handed weapons as one-handed that isn't also one for dual-wielding? Yes, restict shortblades as unweildable by their giant meat mitts and enable 2 handers as 1 handed except GC and GSC which are 2 handed for large species and unweildable by anythi...

As far as shields go, I find them incredibly useful for a 3 rune game, only falling off in Zot. As a DDFI you will have skill points to spare because you really only need a few skills. Fighting, Weapon, Shield, Armor, T&D, Invocations, Evocations. Use the shield, leave the training on normal, an...

Something I've not seen proposed is to make a permanency spell. Lvl 9 enchantment spell that allows you to choose a currently active buff to make permanent. there can be a permanent cost involved. Permanent mp loss when the spell is cast, permanent increased metabolism, permanent minimum glow, reduc...

I like to use draining on things like SPEN to lower the HD and help confuse or EH take hold. This niche of a warmup shot could be expanded for both player and monsters. Maybe adding a vulnerability status effect and make it variable strength. This crosses into the hex school, but we're doing that an...

minmay wrote:Except it isn't because zapping a wand of polymorph at yourself does nothing at all.

Did this get changed? I've mutated myself before with a wand of polymorph, but it definitely wasn't recently. Like touching a hot stove, once was enough.

smock wrote:I don't even bother finding a rat. I just zap at a wall 2+ spaces away. If nothing happens, I get a little hurt and then zap myself. I think wands should auto-id.

This is a great way to give yourself a game destroying mutation when the wand turns out to be polymorph.

Everyone has this YASD. Do it once and you learn to just go up a floor before you change.

Using distortion can send him to the Abyss where you can later encounter him though.

"Kikubaaqudgha, it's spelled just how it sounds" she said in deadpan.

chukamok wrote:"My, aren't we grumpy today?" Ilsuiw crabbed.

Then She and the Aquamancer waved goodbye.

I'd rather the success and strength be based on peity level and adjust the cost, accumulation, and decay of the piety indivitually to the gods and abilities. I'm all for removing the invocation skill, you would have to adjust the mana cost of the abilities though because you would again be hurting n...

The blood of my enemies!

War axe is the second highest tier of 1-handed axes, Broad axe being better. That weapon would be very adequate thru most of the mid 3 rune game and would only start to lose it's luster very late in the dungeon and in the realm of Zot. The decision of 1-handed vs 2 handed is really a question of do ...

I've honestly never seen someone run out of food without having a cursed blunt weapon wielded, and that circumstance is unrelated to sacrifices. In what I recognize as a string of incredible luck, I've gone 3 full floors on a very young TRBE without a single food item or nonpoisonous corpse and sta...

I too think Xom should be a high risk/reward god. I want the player to feel pressured, but rewarded all game. Here are some ideas: Xom spawns a VERY high tension monster but gives you a good mutation (Here's a D5 orc warlord and rF+ have fun mortal) Xom should cast haste, slow, invis, halo, -tele, b...

I've died to two volcanoes. The first one I ever saw, where I was unspoiled about the exploding fire. The second death was as a DDNE of Makhelb. There was a spawned Green death so I tried to summon greater servant. Even with 11 invocation I got another hostile green death. Couldn't get away before t...

I once stepped into the dungeon and had an ogre on my screen at the start of the game. I'm pretty sure that one was less than 20 turns to death.

You're trapped on both sides in a corridor by a gnoll shaman and a gnoll captain, you are out of healing potions, you are out of teleport scrolls, you have red health and are pretty sure this is the end cause you can't see a way out when the shaman decides to try and heal the captain, but hits you i...

Unfitting armor is costing you maybe 4 or 5 AC;not exactly game breaking. I'd wait till you get one that's worse or multiple slightly annoying ones. Also, drawing 2 cards from the deck will ID the deck type, but you are gambling with getting abyssed or something equally annoying so if you are going ...

Nikola is definitely a heavy hitter. I know it sucks to get to vaults with no resists. Boots of Running though! That and a haste pot could let you run away very fast; faster than a spriggan I believe. Nikola is one that's easily dispatched with a couple curare needles and some kiting and it's probab...

Well, I wouldn't go anywhere without a shield, especially on a DD that doesn't heal. Using 2-handers is just asking to be a pin cushion for every Yakutar pack or stone giant wandering around. 40+ SH and a Broad axe will do plenty of dmg for the end game and will severely reduce the incoming dmg. A g...

Enchanting shields is a waste imo. You gain more survivability by burning a few scrolls on your secondary armor, even if you will discard it several levels down the road. Seconded. Store those scrolls somewhere and put them into the first gold dragon that's kind enough to leave a hide. You don't se...

My first thought was to use the scroll of blink to get separation between you and the yaks then meph spam and wand them down. You can't afford to take more than about 2 hits from a yak so I wouldn't bet on fear working on all the yaks the first time.

Slime can be the easiest if you are patient. Step carefully around the walls to avoid gear corrosion. dive straight to the bottom as fast as possible. Walk a big circle around the royal chamber and clear all the stray jellies. Once you have room to work, pull the Royal jelly but DO NOT berserk and d...

Well, I ended up dying with Zin in Zot to a draconian summoner's death drake spam. I was mostly protected from the rot and sickness components, but the direct miasma blast to the face that killed me still did 25 base damage. I took your advice on Ely and rolled up a DDHe that won with 5 runes as pur...

My melee experiences in zot are pretty different. Last time I tried zot with trog and no rN I started at lvl 23 and was just lvl 24 by the orb chamber due to all the draining attacks from the shadow dragons. I was also peity starved because BIA is expensive and the ogres are just speed bumps for any...

I don't really need the god as melee skill support to get thru the dungeon and trog and Oka lose their shine pretty quick in Zot. I like TSO because it frees up much needed armor slots. I can take the slots I was going to put toward rN+++ and Sinv and dedicate them to other resists. Trying to do zot...

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