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Not to mention giving birth to some "Oh hells ya!" moments when Vehumet decides to gift you just the right spell at just the right time.

Ammo gifts are a bit underlooked here. A bunch of highly enchanted steel bullets or bolts could really make your game much easier. I've tested it, and MDFi of Oka could really pull a fighter-mage hybrid pretty easily. By Snake Pits, my MDFi already had Blink and Swiftness castable, all while wearin...

I see what you mean, minmay. I just had to dig a bit deeper.

Base > Stat > Slay > Weapon Skill > Fighting Skill > Modifiers > Bonus.

Bonus doesn't get added on until the end.

Hexchanter.

@minmay, statistics shouldn't be that much of a problem... just go through the stat db and replace "enchanter" with "hexchanter".

It looks like base damage always happens, but + damage is randomized between 1 and +.

If I'm deciphering fight.cc int melee_attack::player_apply_weapon_bonuses(int damage) correctly.

I find myself keeping way too much stuff in my stash... God gifts, scrolls, potions, random artefacts, wands, decks, evokables... Not to mention that I can't help but start a collection of dragon hides every game lol.

Add one new trick to the arsenal

Thanks minmay!

Yep, no where to sell. You'll find a lot of references to people making stashes. Temple, Lair, and Hive (though you haven't reached any of them) are all good locations for stashes. Don't worry about picking up every piece of gear you find, just the ones you can use or the ones that would be dangerou...

ryzol wrote:Alternatively, if pet death causes large piety loss such as a full * then pets don't need such a strong AI.

That seems backwards to my thinking, could you elaborate?

I don't like the companion idea. There's a reason the Escort Mission is so hated. It's annoying to have to protect a "friend" who is dumb as a rock. And permanent allies in general don't currently work very well. The conduts are too similar to Zin. I would get rid of all the piety-loss ac...

Definitely dig the ability to choose your ranged weapon. Will be trying out an OpAM with Crossbow hehe

Thanks for the info Galehar

This is a pretty cool idea. If it could be implemented into the game it would be fun to have Xom powers to play on the poor, unfortunate adventurer.

I don't know... I gave this a try on a lucky Op that found a WizHat before temple. By D:6 he had almost fully piety with killer stats. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-487-g298eb13 character file. 5438 TentaclePorn the Covert (level 10, -8/66 HPs) Began as an Octopode Monk on Sept 3, 2011. W...

At ***** damage is shared, one notable problem is if you companion dies. He is back to level 1. A quokka won't last long at all at higher levels even if he is only taking half the damage. You'd pretty much always be under penance anywhere past D:6 or so if your companion happens to die. I'm sure mid...

Xtahua blasted through 5 ranks deep of Shadow Creatures to kill me. Awesomesauce

Ended up dropping Sting for Swiftness, and use the Agony/Pain combo as my primary DD combo. Unseen Horrors are easy to kill with shadow creatures spam. Eventually the UH won't be able to move away anymore and it is a trivial kill at that point, even if your SC can't see invis. Cleared down to D:17 n...

I may have spoken too soon about lackluster melee performance. Doing well with an OpMo, he was able to take out a 6-headed Hydra in melee with a potion of might, but had a bit of trouble with a 5-headed on the next level and had to resort to wands to take it out. I've also handled quite a few hill g...

Ink in water would be great if Op could use it as an escape mechanism to enhance their innate water stealth abilities. Constriction could be kind of cool if you could drag monsters into deep water, but as it was posted previously in the thread it would either be OP or never used. Or maybe a constric...

bobross: Isn't this the Merfolk's perk? The two aquatic species should be diverse, not similar. Different gearing (op gets 2 more slots) Slight increase in base Stealth (Shared by many other races) Able to attack w/ aux unarmed when using 2-hander or 1-hander+shield Aside from that and the way apti...

When fighting invis enemies, look for the "You feel more experienced" message and the message that AutoPickup is back on.

Can you Passwall through unnaturally hard rock walls?

I've been through this thread a few times in the past and don't remember if this has been brought up (and no time atm to check). What about an EV bonus for Op in water? They get a decent stealth bonus in water and I think an EV bonus in water would be fitting... not overpowered, but enough to give t...

Cleared down to Shoals:4. Lot of harpies this time around. Shadow creatures is pretty hit or miss in Shoals. Can get anything from a single butterfly to a Cyclops+Sheep. You were right about the shops, Kobold. I found a Magic Scroll shop... with no amnesia... but then I went down to Shoals:3 and hea...

hmmm... flock of harpies right inside shoals almost took me out, le sigh.

Thanks for the advice... The problem I have right now though is that all my spell slots are full with only one amnesia. My biggest conundrum is which spell should I drop for what that will be beneficial to me right now. For quick reference, here is my current spell list: Your Spells Type Power Succe...

This is by far my most successful spellcaster. He started life as an Octopode Venom Mage, went on to worship Kiku and is now working towards being a Lich-Haunt Summoner. I've cleared Lair, Hive, and Orc without any real issues, but I'm starting to hit a point where myself and my Aboms just don't see...

Could be a fun multiplayer minigame on web tiles...

I wish my OpVM could raid this thread...

Throwing things that aren't javelins or large rocks quickly becomes useless anyway. Yep, this is why I hate Trog Throwing gifts. He gives you nothing but darts, darts, more darts, and even more darts... Not anymore . Damn galehar, post up your mailing address so I can send you some Hershy Kisses......

Throwing things that aren't javelins or large rocks quickly becomes useless anyway. Yep, this is why I hate Trog Throwing gifts. He gives you nothing but darts, darts, more darts, and even more darts... The worst part is that you have to pick them all up or risk a monster grabbing them and destroyi...

I read through the wiki page, but I was unsure of one thing. Will these changes involve item mimics chasing player characters? Or will the item mimics remain stationary?

I'm not sure, minstrel, but I've been at around Throwing 15 or so and still had them occassionally not come back. Only throwing weapons that are really worth it though are Javelins and Blowguns, in my experience. If you can find a stack of Javelins of Returning and enchant the shit out of them you'l...

Thanks for helping me decide whether or not to memorize Shadow Creatures, guys.

And gratz on the win Mouse!

Currently running my most successful Op loosely based on the the MuWi guide. OpVM of Kiku that has morphed into a summoner. Man, Twisted Res makes mid game mostly trivial.

@stormfox - LOL... Thought it would be a fun mechanic to throw in there to demonstrate some of the less stat/equipment oriented possibilities of the God. It would open up some interesting possibilities for tactics... "Do I fight in this corridor and risk losing piety, go out into the open and r...

Royal Jelly are a bit different... I wasn't arguing against the idea, just pointing out a possible side effect. Sure the examples I gave were completely stupid sounding, but that wasn't the point. I'm sure someone that really wanted "Ghost Turds" implemented would put some serious thought ...

God of Feng Shui (GoFS - can't come up with a name that has the Asian sound and is serious) is a god whose precepts revolve around acting a certain way and his benefits mostly involve the hunger clock and gifts. The main idea is a somewhat limited and less chaotic version of Xom. GoFS requires you t...

The only way I could see it not really hurting the game is if you have a couple "lives" available when going through in Hints Mode. I'm not sure if HM gives the same wins as regular, but I'm sure a flag could easily be added. It would give noobs the chance to progress a bit and get more h...

Plus it would be really funny to watch an ogre down a potion of resist poison before fighting an early mage. I really have no strong feeling in this. It is kinda like peanut versus plain M&Ms, just because you like one flavor more does not mean either is bad. I had no strong feelings about this...

I've tried different save strats and it just isn't as much fun. I've got a 27 MiBe sitting at Zot entrance that lost his appeal because he is save spawn. Also have 5 other .cs files just wasting space that I'll never use again because it just isn't as fun. It was nice to do to help me get a feel for...

Maybe its scrolls... you could be right about that.

Speaking of monster behavior...

Apparently large fish can hide in fountains... that are smaller than they are

If you switch from auto to manual mode, usage doesn't matter - Exp gets split up. You can also set a focus. Example: Manual w/o Focus M&F - 25% Spellcasting - 25% Conjure - 25% T&D - 25% Manual w/ M&F Focused M&F - 40% Spellcasting - 20% Conjure - 20% T&D - 20% I think that to ge...

The ' (apostrophe) key can be used to switch between what is wielded from slot 'a' to slot 'b' and back. You may have to use = to rearrange things so that one or the other is empty, but I just tested and it does work with unarmed.

Plenty of Gods out there requiring normal activity (killing stuff). And while opening every single door might be tedious it can play into the hunger game if you are playing a class that has issues with this... albeit, it is a rather small factor, but one to consider nonetheless. Plus, monsters can o...

Wand of Paralysis is very useful against Imps.

The in-game help offers some information - Depending on what you consider spoilers, you could try hitting ? and checking out what is available in game.

Get down to the temple... No Sif, Veh, or Kiku... lol Crawl hates me

Thanks for the skill tips, it definitely makes sense once its spelled out like that for me. You're right about why I'm diving early. I'm hoping for the piety gains through backtracking, but I'll give standard crawling a try with Veh. Great advice on Kiku, looking at her wiki page she gifts a book ve...

I've been playing a lot of OpVM lately and I've seen many posts that say VM is very powerful in the early game and I've done very well in getting through the very early stages of the game, but I've run into some issues along the way. My first step is to dive down to Temple to worship either Vehemut ...

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