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1. Felids 2. Summons (and really just having any allied creatures) 3. Labyrinths Labyrinths?! I like labyrinths. In fact I hope that I "hear a distant snort" every time I enter a new level of Lair or the main dungeon. If anything, I wish there were multiple labyrinths' spawn chance per le...

What I did with my EE was dig (the spell) out a kill zone complex on zot 5, just beyond the stone walls of the orb area. Lure the Orbs of Fire (one at a time) to it, and killed them within using both LRD and Iron Shot. I did not use LCS, because if I'm going to miss (and LCS tends to miss a lot) I w...

Ja, going to the abyss shouldn't be much a problem with a high character like you had, but deciding to duke it out with so many monsters at once may not have been the wisest choice. I understand what rebthor means, although he could have worded it better. In essence, since you had the ability to has...

All right, I'm happy more people started replying after I did - and especially to WalkerBoh for posting a morgue on a wining MuWz that went mainly as a clubber. :) I've been trying to remember what my (awesome 15 runer) had at the time, and think it was mainly a: Melee (staff of air) - Charms - Air ...

Hey Everyone, I'm going through all my characters in progress and finishing them before upgrading to the newer version of DCSS. I see there has been a proliferation of enchanter background characters lately in this forum, so I will complete this guy before upgrading the game because I want to demons...

Well, I dunno, this sounds kind of strange to me because I just recently finished playing a near exclusive EE and he performed quite well. Besides Dig and Passwall, it was the first time I ever played with a full compliment of earth magic. The link is here , you can verify in the final morgue when I...

Ja, you can play a MuWz without summoning anything. I'm not a top player and have 15 runed them in the past. hmmmm.... come to think of it, I had summon elemental, and used it at times, but that was not necessary. Just don't memorize any spells from the summoning school. Go with Sif Muna if you want...

Grats! Wondering how did you manage to get out of the mess in the ziggurat. Ja, sure, I'll tell you how... If you look at the picture in that post, you'll see that I had already walked two squares in all those monsters' sighting range. I knew that I could not hope to stab them all before something ...

Well, finished wiih all the runes. :) This character was interesting, both in learning how to use Earth magic, and then seeing if I could complete an entire game with him. I found that using earth magic like the hexes school, in the way it played. Where one spell alone was not that great, but when y...

use Leda's to slow the egolems/titans, and shatter to kill them. you can probably also LRD the egolems? use crystal spear on the storm dragons. You have rElec, so this set shouldn't be too bad for you. after the fight, try to LRD a wall - I think you still get the explosion/damage, but cannot destr...

Heya, Mummys are fun, and could very well be the best necromancers in the game. Going to need a little more information, if you want specific advice about your axe, though. Do you want to be primarily a spell caster? Then don't worry about a weapon, really. Do you want to be primarily a fighter with...

I'm currently playing an Earth Elementalist, and wrote how I killed it. However, when reviewing my post I see that you do not have the earth magic spells I used to do so. So then, considering what you have, I would suggest the following... - Clear out the level of all slime monsters. - Lure The Roya...

Well... This might be concluded soon... I'm in Pandemonium, trying to find the last rune there, and of course, I'm out of blood again... I'm hopping from gate to gate, exploring levels, hoping to find a blood fountain, and come across a gate to a ziggurat. I think to myself, "I wonder if I can ...

Well, I must say that with; Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, Shatter, Dig, and being at maximum stealth with a vampire - this character absolutely rocks (pun intended) in the Abyss. Being in the Abyss, It's almost like - dare I say - a welcome interlude to the regular dungeon. :shock: No more worries on ...

Flap, flap, flap... "La-de-dah" Flap, flap, flap... "A vampire's work is never done - good thing we live forever" There is a gateway to Hell here. You fly down through the gate. Welcome to Hell! Please enjoy your stay. There is a gateway back into the dungeon here. You drop an un...

nordetsa : Okay , I will equip a buckler. HenryFlower : Well, with conjurations at -3, I didn't feel like also doing fire at -2, just for another rock shooting spell, but.... Since, I am doing experimentation with all earth magic - I will learn it. This character seems quite strong at ranged attack...

Passwall and petrify are great for stabbers. :) Ja, combined with good stealth it really allows me to control what I kill, when to kill, and how I decide to kill. Although I need more stabbing skill to off a petrified monster, compared to a sleeping one. Any ways, good news, I found a book of earth...

Oh ja - and concerning moments of utter satisfaction while playing a vampire - here is an excerpt from the above game.... You remove your ring of hunger. P - the ring of Hyet (right hand) {+Inv rN+ MR Dam-1 Stlth++} Which direction? Really passwall into a travel-excluded area? You begin to meditate ...

Hey all, Thanks for the interest and the debate it generated. (lol) This character is primarily to test and see what all the rave is concerning the Iron Shot spell, so the melee weapon is just for the monsters that are not too threatening, and/or those I don't want to use mana points to dispatch. I'...

Code:: H - the +2 pair of gloves of the Oligarchy (worn) {rElec rF+ rC++ rN+ Acc-1 Dam+4 SInv} (You found it on level 21 of the Dungeon)

That was just lying on the floor, in the middle of a twisting corridor.

Hey guys, you got me scratching my head some.... You telling me you would be using the staff of earth over any of the other weapons I have in the above morgue file? Some of them have impressive pluses and some added affects. I have the staff of earth on switch, because it gives me an extra "#&q...

Oh really?! :o That is so strange that I never noticed that before, and usually I'm pretty observant on such things. :oops: I will, of course, try this tonight and see how much health actually does regenerate when I am bloodless - per time I use this ability. I will change cloaks, since I'm going ba...

Hiya, My other characters' progress had slowed down, so I started this one to see what all the rave is about concerning the Iron Shot spell. He has turned out somewhat entertaining, mainly due to my experimentation with Lee's Rapid Deconstruction. I have one question, and that would be: Which weapon...

That cloak gives me resistance to electricity. There are all kinds of different ways to die in Pandemonium, I am trying to minimize those, is the reason I'm wearing it. Trogs' Hand does not heal you if you are bloodless. If it did, I likely wouldn't have posted the above points. Not all characters a...

All right, back from, and survived a journey to Pandemonium... That went just about how I figured it would; fought till blood potions ran out and then it became a game of survival until I could find an exit - in this case it was an exit to the Abyss - which I gladly took. I have thought about it, an...

Hokay, more excitement since my last post... Slime Pits Adventure: I figured that I may as well see if I can kill the The Royal Jelly, because if so, then that would be an indicator of trying for more runes, or just going to Zot. So I slept on it, and during the course of the following day, I devise...

So then, I have three runes now, can proceed to Zot if I want. But I'm going to try and push a little more... Was exploring deeper into the dungeon, and came upon some kind of crystal golem complex. Once I destroyed the orange crystal statue and slew some other monsters, I saw it was really some kin...

Hey minmay, welcome to the thread. I think it does, but again I may not be as well versed in the English vocabulary as you are. However, from the link you gave, definition #2: "unnecessary or needless", seems like what I was trying to express. In news concerning this character, I'll write ...

Hey man. Crawl is so much more fun when we start putting our own essence into it. I could feel the backdrop emotional clash, the angst among the races, and the heart-wrenching loss of your companions. You might get inspiration, or some ideas on how to continue with the development of your story, fro...

haha. Where is a gate to the Abyss when you want one, eh? Had to go to dungeon level 25 before I found it. Spent near 5,000 turns there, most of it in bat form, so that made it seem like longer because I can do so many actions. Voluntarily ignored two gates out, because I hadn't found the rune. Thin...

Hi all, Figured I should post what this guy looks like, but forgot how to find where the game saves the file. I remembered galehar explaining me how to do it a couple years ago, so had to hunt down his post on that. Any ways, found it so here we go. :) I've carted and identified most of the loot fro...

I dunno, nago - I never got 15 runes in a game. It's hard finding the ones in Pandemonium, and Hell is scary as, well... hell - lol The Slime Pits can really hurt too. I'll see how this guy goes for little while longer before deciding how it ends (could very well end in death, you know). But that bl...

Ah, well, thanks Lafaros and nago, for explaining that - cause as you saw in game, stabbing with a needle did not work well at all. lol Any ways; that is interesting if needles of paralysis function on demons and especially in Hell (Hell is scary for me, I rather go to the Slime Pits, and trust me -...

As Be you may have a needle-stabber build, which is really strong - against single target is even better than hexes. Well, when I read this I was going to ask what you meant exactly, but decided to try it out first - cause you know, I don't believe I ever thought about that before, so I may as well...

Ja, prozacelf, spells and especially the hexes school can assure a successful stab, VpEn (of Ashenzari) is my favorite combo. But since I'm of the berserker background, I'll refrain from going that route (game says in the religion screen that Trog don't like that). Concerning the armour (again), I w...

Thanks to both of you, Sandman25 and Psieye , for the expert replies. The nice amulet is: Cons, +2 Str, +2 Dex. Concerning BIA, the answer is; no - I have not been using BIA all that much, maybe 3 times in all so far, Trogs Hand maybe twice, and have never (of course) beserked. I guess it's because ...

Hi all, I have a vampire berserker going, and am contemplating about purchasing an artifact plate armour (+10 plate, Stlth+) in a shop. However, it is quite expensive (~3400 gold) and I am concerned on how adversely in can affect my stealth. I tested putting on a plate armour i found lying around in...

When playing a vampire - bat form - that rocks in so many ways. ;) The spell Corona (Hexes school): It really helps to actually be able to hit something (like an adder in the beginning of the game). Also can be used as a means to lure individual monsters from a sleeping pack (even if it fails), with...

Wow - the Crypt must have gone through some new designs since I last played, I'm discovering stuff there I never saw before. Also, the Swamp is different, no more big open maps, instead its all roomed with tree walls. Makes it different, that's for sure. Also see that some new monsters were added, a...

My experience suggests that the imps (or other summons) need a line of sight to the target too, in order to obey that order. You can sometimes notice this, when you have several around you, and only those that can see the target move towards it, while those that can't just hang out near you. Also th...

I play vampires often, and have to disagree somewhat. Often your stealth is better in batform compared to vampire form. You can verify your stealth rating by pressing "@", in game, to verify which form is better at any given time. It takes 1.5 turns to change form, and 0.6 turns to travel ...

I'd very be surprised if that works. Probably it's not guaranteed to even show up in the Abyss. Also why on earth did nobody point out yet that you really don't need to worry about bottling blood from dire elephants before doing Crypt. Probably because blood is quite scarce in the Crypt. I'm pretty...

Okay.... So I have to assume that the anaconda went to the Abyss.
Therefore; if I want a chance at having the statues animate, I have to go find it in the abyss - and bring it back with me to Lair level 8, before killing it?

I'm not sure about that, minmay. I was tangling with it, in one of the rooms within the above mentioned complex, and then it got teleported away. I shrugged and proceeded to loot the rooms, expecting to be accosted by those big elephants on the way out, but none came. And exploring it all over, I sa...

Hiya, I'm playing the latest stable release available on the download site - Version 0.11.2 I'm at the bottom most section of Lair, and have the building complex with the elephant statues. Whenever I played in the past, these statues would eventually come to life, but for some reason, I can not get ...

Careful when you're low on hit points and decide to go back to vampire form. You "land" when exiting batform, and may very well be on a bolt/arrow/blade/etc trap. This is really, really, really bad, when exiting next to something like Mennas in order to stab him... :( I now try to only do ...

Code:: You feel a bloodthirsty glee!

Ja Sandman25 , now that I'm more awake and thought about it, it certainly must be the unarmed combat skills kicking in, that allowed that. But don't neglect the 'razor sharp teeth' either - maybe that helps too (?). Not certain what you mean by "slaying" exactly. I don't have any artifacts...

From what I garner about those listed in your above post; Ashenzari would have given magic mapping, clarity and improved spell school levels (if you have cursed jewelry/amulet slots). So being with that god technically grants some of the mutations you are after. A ring of fire resistance would fill ...

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