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So ... played DCSS years ago, come back to it recently, and I'm doing ok on this run - 4 runes collected {Spider, Shoals, Vaults, Abyss} I'm thinking about going on for more runes on the basis that I got pretty lucky (I think) with gear I've found - I've decent ranged and close up weapons. ⋅&nb...

Found an artefact ring with both Ring with both rCorr and *Corrode (and also RC+, MR+ and Dex+5). Not found any other cold resist yet, so might wear it if come across ice cave. However ... the text says that "It may corrode you when you take damage" ... but would the rCorr (I assume resist...

On that note ... what else have/do people use to play Crawl when on the move? My laptop is just a bit too bulky on the train/bus. My issue is that I need a full keyboard with the NumPad keys ... I just cannot get the hang of the alpha keys for movement, and every time I try I end up moving in the wr...

Trying to go to Wiki (http://crawl.chaosforge.org/) and I get this: Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties. Try waiting a few minutes and reloading. (Cannot access the database) Backtrace: #0 /home/jail/home/crawl/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(1028): ...

Hi all, Playing a DemonSpawn Berserker, and have 3 runes done (Spider, Shoals and vaults). Also cleared out Lair, Orc, Elven and currently exploring Depths. Any advice on next steps appreciated. I guess my main decision at the moment is do I stick with Trog or convert to another god? I've pretty muc...

Anything you can't stab - run away! :-)

That said - it's a bit easier if you go Spriggan I think, as they're faster and allow you get out of harms way faster.

the eudemon blade is the perfect weapon imo.. vs living u got the bastard sword, vs undead/demon eudemon blade / sacred scourge are the best 1handed standard weapons imo (maybe bastard sword of HW has more knock) Swapping between Vamp. weapon and "a.n.other" is a pain due to high Satiatio...

Yeah ... and Trog keeps gifting anti-magic weapons and 2 handers ... Grrr! :twisted: My best 2 weapons to swap to are currently a bastard sword of draining or a Eudemon blade of Holy Wrath. Both are +3 but i have a few enchant scrolls. I have a few decent scimitars (elec, flaming) ... but I think ba...

Hi all, 4 runes down - Swamp, Slime, Spider, Vaults, Also done Crypt, Depths to L5, Elven. So ... what rune next? And ... is now about time to retire my Vamp Sword? Will I start running into more mobs that I won't be able to steal HP from? Also ... VsBe is strong when you get going ... I very rarely...

Yup i hear you. THere is the "virtual" popup keyboard ... but no idea how that would play with the screen / device. Anyway ... if anyone has played DCSS on a Surface Pro please let me know ... may make the difference between Surface Pro or Ultrabook (I travel a lot with work and spend many...

Hi all,

Anyone got any experience of running DCSS on a Microsoft Surface Pro? If yes - is (webtiles) playable?

With / without keyboard attached?

Thanks,
Dez

personaly i will never use crystal ball while in lich form because one confusion can kill me in a very frustrating way Yup I should have just said drinking potions in general is the issue - confusion isn't good at all! But with horrible things and dragons it wasn't too bad the few times it happened...

After a few 3 run wins I went for the "easy" 15 runer - a Deep Elf Fire Elementalist. Morgue/Dump below - but a few general comments: 1) Hell branches are hard! - mobs showing up constantly and stat draining etc. - make it pretty slow going. Think I must've spend 50000+ turns in lich form ...

That translates to over-training stabbing so you don't have to worry about not catching them asleep because you're one-shotting 180 HP uniques with tier-2 stabs? Why is it over training if it allows you to kill something quicker? Because if you're invisi-stabbing you can have as many stabs as you l...

Thanks Cereb - more to think about. Was wondering about getting statue form online as it would give so defence and 50% reduction to torment (I think?) - but Earth and Air oppose to I guess I have to either go all out attack(tornado+ice storm) or buff up defense then attack(statue form + ice storm an...

Thanks for the replies guys :) Evocations now at 20 something-ish, and CBoE working fine for channelling above 50% MP. Went to Slime, took out TRJ and got the rune. Sadly nothing decent in loot - I'm still running with basic gloves and nothing really that's a great artefact. Re: spells - agreed - Ch...

Thanks for the comments hxy. Yeah - spellcasting went to 27 to get Ice Storm hungerless ... that way I could pretty much spam it on vaults:8 and get decent MP back as it was killing 3 or 4 mobs per cast. Agreed it's probably not optimal though :) I've found plenty of spellbooks - so pretty sure I co...

Hi all, Running a DeCj with Ice as my main spell school, although I've branched into a few other areas. I've got 2 three rune victories before, but this char looks good enough to head on further. I've got quite a few offensive spells (too many?) at no hunger and v. low failure: Orb of Dest, Ice Stor...

Grimm wrote:What is the deal with people signing their posts? Is it some new internet fad?

Grimm

It's us "older folks" that just can't get used to not putting our name at the end of a letter / email / forum post. I consider it "retro"

Zed

Is it just me or has the crawl wiki been taken offline (looks like suspended for some reason).

I know it's not perfect ... but it's useful for some things, like reminding me of min delay values etc.

Zed

Some great advice here. I'd add to that: Always have an escape plan (scroll/wand of teleport, potion of speed), and execute it when you get near or below 50% health. For me, Potions of health are the last, last resort (usually). You drink it, it swings again and hits, you're gained nothing but moved...

Hi there, Only my 2nd victory (just 3 runes, but hey!) ... so thought I'd post. Plus ... not seen many SpEn posts of late so it's something different. I've splatted quite a few SpEn post lair, so I took my time with this one. Ash is good for stat boosting, but I didn't once use Scry or transfer skil...

Hi,

Playing a DsFi and found an amulet of rage on D2. Was considering going either Okawaru or Makhleb ... just wondering if the "rage" from the amulet stacks with Heroism etc. from Oka, or if with the amulet I'd be better going Mak?

Thanks,
Dez

My only win so far was a NaMo of Chei. I took stealth way up which allowed me to (mostly) pick and chose my fights. Use Slouch if things get scary. Having teleport option at all times is mandatory! "Step from time" is the "last chance saloon" option when you think you've really r...

Emmm, I'm not an expert, but from the wiki the formula for stab bonus is: dex*(1 + stabbing skill). You need a score of 600 to max. bonus for "non-dagger short blades", and only 300 for daggers. So if you maxed stabbing to 27 you'd still need 22 dex to get the bonus. (600/28). Those attrib...

If (pain) brand doesn't get taken into account with stabbing, wouldn't it be better to just have a "Standard" dagger for stabbing, and then put the pain brand onto a sabre for any situation where stabbing isn't possible? i.e. a monster that can see invisible? (although I guess they may als...

Hi Tasonir, I found the guide clear - no problems :) And yes, starting with a shield is a good boost, so NaFi would probably be just as good/easy. Monks get piety at 2 stars straight away, but as it's not really a problem building piety I don't see that as any great issue. As for stealth, it's more ...

Yeah ... I do have a tendency to carry too many scrolls round with me I suppose ... must get better at stashing them! Thanks.

Jabberwocky wrote:The reason your scrolls were burning was because you didn't have conservation. rFoo doesn't protect your items, only yourself.

Ah I see. Thank you. Pretty sure I had an amulet with conservation too ... Dooh!

Dez

Well ... after about what must be about 3 or 4 hundred games I finally did it ... I got out with 3 runes! While I've had 1 or 2 runes before, but this was the first time I'd got 3, and also the first time I'd been to Hell, crpyt, Elf5, D27 and Zot. I think my "good fortune" was finding a (...

I'm no pro at this game, but here's my two cents... Since you don't have a robe or resistance or anything remotely great on the body slot, if you could wear any dragon armour (except steam, which doesn't give any minus to EV) or even troll leather (you should have a troll hide for sure at this poin...

Made it to level 15 ... looking for any help anyone might care to offer (started as Troll hunter to get large rocks, but chose Trog so I'm really a TroBe!) A few general points/notes: I think I need more AC ... but no dragon armour found yet. Anything else I should do? (worth training armour skills ...

Running a Troll Berserker, going unarmed. Just found a one handed obsidian axe (dam rating 14, delay 160%) +12,+15 with properties Sinv, +3 str, Lev, and curse Given it's got the recurring curse property (and I currently have no remove curse scrolls to even try it) ... I take it I'm as well sticking...

Hi all, Having accidentally drank a potion of mutation (desperate times!) I now have ... You have sharp toenails Your rate of natural healing is unusually fast Your skin changes color to match your surroundings (stlth) I've checked out http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=List_of_mutations an...

Hiya, Loving DCSS ... but with a wife and 2 kids under 6 it's tough to get the time to play ;) I do, however, have a 40 minute commute on the train to work (each way) ... and was wondering about a netbook or (even better) a (cheap) tablet that would play DCSS. (I could also tether it to internet via...

If I want to play a Spriggan "assassin", but go with Trog, should I pick Berserker first, and then go with "assassin" skills? Or should I just wait til I find an alter so that I start with the blowgun and curare needles? I prefer the assassin route - as the starting stats/skills...

Thanks for all the advice/info - much appreciated

Always great to find forums where the "old hands" help out the newbie (as long as he's not asking really daft questions

).

Zed

Ok ... quick reply to my own post. I'm guessing that confusing mobs and killing them is still stabbing (not fighting). But ... a follow on then ... do I get unallocated XP allocated to fighting just by using the skill ... or does killing the mob with only fighting (i.e. not stabbing) grant a bigger ...

Hello, New player here ... having a blast. Finding lots of great advice on the forums and wiki ... but a question around unallocated experience. I'm a level 14 Spriggan enhanter (sorry, not learned all the shortcut codes yet!) and I've got 17k exp and it keeps going up. I've turned off all other ski...

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CIP: DDFi of Mahkleb, 4 runes down - do I continue?

Ring with both rCorr and *Corrode

Re: Dedicated hardware

Wiki down?

CIP: DsBe, 3 runes in - advice for extended

Re: Stabbers keep splatting

Re: CIP: VsBe 4/15 runes, where next?

Re: CIP: VsBe 4/15 runes, where next?

CIP: VsBe 4/15 runes, where next?

Re: Will it run on Windows Surface Pro?

Will it run on Windows Surface Pro?

Re: YAFVP: DEFE 15 runes!

YAFVP: DEFE 15 runes!

Re: Multiple stabber-related Short Q's

Re: CIP: DeCj, 3 runes done, where next?!

Re: CIP: DeCj, 3 runes done, where next?!

Re: CIP: DeCj, 3 runes done, where next?!

CIP: DeCj, 3 runes done, where next?!

Re: Is it just me or is Crawl wiki offline

Is it just me or is Crawl wiki offline

Re: Been playing for a year, still haven't cleared a branch!

YAVP: SpEn of Ash (3 runes)

Does rage stack with Heroism etc.

Re: Naga Strategy!

Re: CiP: SpEn of Kiku

Re: CiP: SpEn of Kiku

Re: YAFVP: NaMo of Chei

Re: YAFVP: NaMo of Chei

Re: YAFVP: NaMo of Chei

YAFVP: NaMo of Chei

Re: CiP: TroBe lvl 15

CiP: TroBe lvl 15

Re: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' threa

Mutations

Advice on tablet or netbook that will play tiles DCSS

Re: Brand new with Qs about Assassins

Re: Unallocated experience ... 17k of it!

Re: Unallocated experience ... 17k of it!

Unallocated experience ... 17k of it!