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Thursday, 10th November 2011, 18:25

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Overabundance of detect/remove curse scrolls?

Replies: 40

Views: 8782

Re: Overabundance of detect/remove curse scrolls?

Yeah, cursed items are pointless right now; with every one of my non-Ash worshippers who've made it reasonably far in the game, I have used exactly one detect curse scroll (specifically, to ID it) and ended with 15+ remove curse scrolls in my stash. I have had two games where curses have had a signi...

Thursday, 10th November 2011, 18:21

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

I have a few new questions: What is the skill required for a non-elf to have no casting penalties from a medium elven shield? With Mutation Resistance 1 and an amulet of resist mutation, what is the chance of being mutated on any given attempt (Neqoxec, Shining Eye, etc.)? Just how good is Piercer (...

Tuesday, 8th November 2011, 02:01

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: CIP Skill help please.

Replies: 4

Views: 1031

Re: CIP Skill help please.

If you get Fireball down to reasonable levels of hunger, it can take you most of the way through the midgame (i.e. Vaults 1-7, Crypt 1-4, Elf 1-4, Swamp, Snake). Also, you might consider picking Freezing Cloud up at some point (purely on Conjurations and Air); it's a very nice spell to have and it m...

Monday, 7th November 2011, 23:50

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

After forgetting to identify my scrolls until D:6 -

Read one of 4 scrolls labeled GHEFUDOU PLOU?
It was a scroll of recharging.
- Hey, cool! 4 recharging.

Read one of 5 scrolls labeled WUET ZUTARO?
It was a scroll of blinking.
- ... :D

Sunday, 6th November 2011, 15:03

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: New Monster: Doppelganger (revised)

Replies: 8

Views: 1804

Re: New Monster: Doppelganger (revised)

"Hm, I wonder If the one demigod in this entire dungeon could possibly be a doppelgänger?"

I like this revision much more than the original, but some races would have a distinct advantage over the others.

Sunday, 6th November 2011, 06:23

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Vaults:8 Welcome Party

Replies: 15

Views: 3380

Re: Vaults:8 Welcome Party

As a berserker, I took the welcoming party out by going down, stairdancing some vault guards up (next to a wall so only five could be next to me at a time), slaughtering them, and repeating. As a HOPr, I took the welcoming party out by stairdancing them up into the middle of my loyal army. As a DEFE...

Sunday, 6th November 2011, 04:11

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Farewell brown F

Replies: 47

Views: 10183

Re: Farewell brown F

Looks like kenku have just been removed, too, to make room for another race. An astonishing choice, really, although admittedly there would be too much conceptual and play-style overlap between kenku and tengu to keep them both. I suppose the nod went to the challenger because 'kenku' is a D&D-...

Sunday, 6th November 2011, 00:18

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Zot Defence

Replies: 8

Views: 3620

Re: Zot Defence

minmay wrote:You could, but they get erased after a few turns.

When I tried it in wizmode I couldn't even find the card in the first place.

Sunday, 6th November 2011, 00:16

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: First Victory! YA DEConj

Replies: 9

Views: 2140

Re: YetAnother DEConj

Serne wrote:You can totally do it, just be EXTREMELY careful of Orbs of Fire as with only 1 pip of Rf they can hurt you BAD.

...or just wield the Elemental Staff.

Saturday, 5th November 2011, 22:03

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Best/Worst Artifacts

Replies: 2877

Views: 3228520

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

The rF+ rC+ rPois on randart gold dragon armours is actually just the rF+ rC+ rPois they have naturally; the only actual randart properties on that GDA are +Lev MR SInv, so it's not that much better than a regular gold dragon armour, and possibly worse if you have a lot of enchant armour scrolls. I...

Saturday, 5th November 2011, 04:30

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: A Challenge

Replies: 37

Views: 8676

Re: A Challenge

pratamawirya wrote:
Xavi wrote:Ok, so do you think that you could start as a Healer and stay with Elyvilon for the entire game?

I'm not sure if that qualifies as a real challenge since Ely is very powerful.

Okay, then start as an OgHe and stick with Ely the entire game.

This one's a challenge because, you know, ogres. 8-)

Friday, 4th November 2011, 19:01

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

AtT wrote:What welcoming party?

O_O Some of those clouds are dangerously close to you.

Fire Storm makes for a fun Vault:8. That much is certain.

Friday, 4th November 2011, 16:14

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: My time starts... /now/

Replies: 43

Views: 9384

Re: My time starts... /now/

Un67 wrote:I actually have to go without Crawl for more or less the whole month. It's NaNoWriMo and I can't get distracted while writing my novel :geek:

-can't get distracted-
-said on a forum unrelated to NaNoWriMo-

You may have already failed. :wink:

Friday, 4th November 2011, 14:42

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

It's a really really bad idea to stop playing in a moment of non-obvious danger. I just opened up one of my recent games, and found that I was slightly under half health and hungry; a few moments later, I remembered that I had just killed Harold before quitting. So I ate, rested up, and went down th...

Friday, 4th November 2011, 03:11

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

I've got a character who has a cursed helmet, marked {SInv}. What does the abbreviation stand for? In addition, my DEFE is suddenly going through food like it's nobody else's business. I don't see anything that would contribute to this, except possibly burdening. Does this contribute to a character...

Friday, 4th November 2011, 03:07

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: First Victory! YA DEConj

Replies: 9

Views: 2140

Re: YetAnother DEConj

Once Ice Storm and Controlled Blink are castable, fighting and dodging become a lot less important. I would suggest turning those two off now and just training Spellcasting, Conjurations, and Ice Magic through Blade and Crypt (do Blade and Crypt, by the way; there's some nice XP in there). You shoul...

Friday, 4th November 2011, 02:29

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Life is like Crawl in a way... or a random rant.

Replies: 70

Views: 16802

Re: Life is like Crawl in a way... or a random rant.

Have you ever considered a career as a motivational speaker?

Friday, 4th November 2011, 02:28

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

What skill levels do I need to get ice storm castable? Pretty much as low as you're going to get: 20 int, 20 spc, 20 conj, 20 ice, worshipping Vehumet, using wizardry, Ice Storm is at Great. With 30 int, 20 spc, 20 conj, and 20 ice, you can reach Great without Vehumet but you still need wizardry. W...

Friday, 4th November 2011, 02:17

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: That beam is likely to hit you

Replies: 11

Views: 2733

Re: That beam is likely to hit you

Learn Shock, Lightning Bolt, or any sort of AOE spell. Stand next to a wall. Aim at wall. That beam is likely to hit you. Playing an Air Elementalist is annoying when I have to constantly confirm whether I want to cast my spell. There are also other situations when this happens often as well. On a ...

Friday, 4th November 2011, 02:12

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Did something change with monster actions between .9 and trunk? Taking out Hydras at range on low AC chars is generally a good idea. That, or running. Letting them get close to sticky flame them is a rather bold move. In my one victory, a DEFE, I did it to seven or eight hydrae through Lair and nev...

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 23:03

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

I love it when you enter a vault full of mindless creatures with Conjure Flame available.

:D

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 20:26

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: moderation

Replies: 43

Views: 12636

Re: moderation

I would be willing to moderate (I read every thread and am capable of reviewing them all) but I probably lack the Ideal level of experience and seniority.

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 18:25

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Wands are your friend. If you have any good ones. Also note that hydras are very fast in water. The times it's happened, I've had no good wands and was in the Lair with no water in sight. My hydra-slaying technique in the past with FE (the class I've been losing most to them) was to sticky flame th...

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 16:34

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Hydrae love to take double actions and hit you with every single one of their attacks while you're pillar dancing them.

I've lost three or four characters to them recently, just because they're really really good at hitting you while you're trying to run away. :x

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 05:15

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: How do you name your characters?

Replies: 67

Views: 23315

Re: How do you name your characters?

Also, most of my Felids are named Santa. For obvious reasons.

(claus=claws)

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 03:58

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

Thanks. Who manages the Wiki, by the way? I've noticed a few errors, and wanted to pass those along. http://crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=badwiki The chaosforge wiki, while useful for some things, is not to be relied upon. If you notice errors, feel free to correct them (it is a wiki, after all...

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 03:22

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

Borodin wrote:Would a dagger of speed affect movement, or (as is more likely) speed of attack using the weapon?

Just attack speed.

Thursday, 3rd November 2011, 03:21

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: White and Red Draconians or Red headed step children?

Replies: 31

Views: 6559

Re: White and Red Draconians or Red headed step children?

Giving Yellow Draconians rCorr would make no sense at all, and having them grow a slimy field, etc. would be entirely inconsistent with the rest of the Draconian colours; they are not Demonspawn to get a ton of bizarre mutations. Draconians should not expand at all beyond scale colour as far as muta...

Wednesday, 2nd November 2011, 13:42

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Taking Snake right after Lair after finding a spellbook with Ignite Poison seemed like a great idea until Wiglaf said "lolno" on Snake:3. Hit him with Mephitic or Poisonous Cloud and then ignite the cloud. Or stick him with a few poison needles and then cast Ignite. Unless he's pulling a ...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 23:27

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Fun Vaults

Replies: 97

Views: 23477

Re: Fun Vaults

I've experienced the fire-and-ice demons vault before (two mostly-completed circles next to each other, one with lava in the center and fire demons, the other with water in the center and ice), around D:23 or so. Just barely, though, I saw a similar vault on D:5, with a single imp on one side and a ...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 23:19

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

Replies: 963

Views: 295276

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

On D:4, I just found a buckler, Bullseye, and a dwarven large shield, for all my shielding needs ever.

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 23:16

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The 'Questions too small to need their own thread' thread

Replies: 3005

Views: 807743

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

I've always used High Elf Conjurer and played as a Melee-Spellcaster combo. But now that I look at it, Kenku seems a better choice for this. I played a run as a Kenku Conjurer and I did pretty well (finally died in a Bailey against an Orc Warlord; apparently Berserk Rage doesn't QUITE do the job ag...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 21:09

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 972447

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Being able to handle the monsters of a branch is no guarantee that you'll defeat the uniques in that branch.

Taking Snake right after Lair after finding a spellbook with Ignite Poison seemed like a great idea until Wiglaf said "lolno" on Snake:3.

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 18:23

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: White and Red Draconians or Red headed step children?

Replies: 31

Views: 6559

Re: White and Red Draconians or Red headed step children?

I'm always happy to see a red or white draconian, especially when playing a caster of the opposite elemental school. -2 aptitude (+2-4) is not terrible, and it's intriguing to be able to effectively train fire and ice alongside each other. As for resistances, one pip of fire/cold resistance is excel...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 04:25

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

Replies: 200

Views: 492822

Re: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

So its okay to cut dwarves but a terrible crime to cut High Elf (the ULTIMATE stereotypical Tolkien race?) Actually, High Elves, along with Halflings (the other stereotypical Tolkien race) are very high on the list of potential candidates for being cut. They have been saved thus far because their n...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 01:20

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

I love it when I roll up a TrEE, planning to work up to Statue Form, and find a book of Earth on dlvl 3, right after thinking "It would be cool if this book had Statue Form in it" I love it even more when that same character dies to a hydra who managed to step towards him and attack on the...

Tuesday, 1st November 2011, 01:10

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Berserkitis suggestion

Replies: 15

Views: 4433

Re: Berserkitis suggestion

Here's an idea that might make it both less crippling for melee builds and more present for magic-users: Make berserk trigger upon taking damage, not giving it. Stage 1 could be, perhaps, 1/4 of your HP in a blow to trigger it, Stage 2 1/8, Stage 3 1/16 (or some other ratio). Not only would this be ...

Monday, 31st October 2011, 22:06

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Serpentine rune got lost

Replies: 9

Views: 2433

Re: Serpentine rune got lost

Runes you've picked up don't show up in your inventory; press } to see which ones you have.

Monday, 31st October 2011, 21:31

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YASD - MDFi^O - A Farewell to Dwarves

Replies: 8

Views: 1770

Re: YASD - MDFi^O - A Farewell to Dwarves

62 AC, 58 SH ... O_O

Those are some pretty nice defenses.

Monday, 31st October 2011, 20:12

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: The Eternal Dilemna: Sif vs Kiku vs Vehumet

Replies: 20

Views: 8443

Re: The Eternal Dilemna: Sif vs Kiku vs Vehumet

Vehumet is extremely well-suited to a coniurations-based build, with guaranteed access to the good attack spells, powerful wizardry bonuses, and the other advantages. The only downside is that he is an exceedingly boring god to worship with only quiet passive abilities available.

Sunday, 30th October 2011, 02:09

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Cloud traps

Replies: 111

Views: 22953

Re: Cloud traps

After playing a Hill Orc Priest, I can say with certainty that while the new traps are a lot more interesting, they also mean that an upgrade to ally AI would be a very good idea. As it was, despite my detection of just about every trap, I had allies stumble into them and set them off. It usually wa...

Friday, 28th October 2011, 19:52

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YASD - HOPr with 4 Warlords died in Zot:1

Replies: 9

Views: 1908

Re: YASD - HOPr with 4 Warlords died in Zot:1

That sucks; my HOPr just died on Zot:5, so pretty much the same thing. Congrats on getting so far with him, though.

Friday, 28th October 2011, 19:12

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

I love it when, playing a Demonspawn Chaos Knight, I get Demonic Guardian 3 by level 6.

Ever seen a friendly executioner beat up on Eustachio and Menkaure before? :D

Friday, 28th October 2011, 06:23

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

Replies: 200

Views: 492822

Re: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

Can you honestly say you would play a Hill Orc over any other race if you didn't want to go with Beogh? Beogh is fun, but there is no other reason to play a Hill Orc. Most of those aptitudes you listed don't even go together that well. For one thing, HO has +2 Stabbing, but they also have -2 Stealt...

Friday, 28th October 2011, 03:35

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

Replies: 200

Views: 492822

Re: "Give Mountain Dwarves the axe"

I think getting rid of MD is a rash decision. HO is a strictly worse MD that only has Beogh to differentiate them from other races and give them flavor. Minotaurs, even with these new changes, still aren't as good at being super tanks like MD (they can't equip helmets for one thing, and their Armou...

Friday, 28th October 2011, 03:25

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I love it when...

Replies: 1478

Views: 3258621

Re: I love it when...

AtT wrote:I thought Mara was a chick

http://crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=gender

Friday, 28th October 2011, 01:47

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Feasability of pure melee builds?

Replies: 22

Views: 5821

Re: Feasability of pure melee builds?

How are rods w/ hunger? Terrible; their hunger cost is not nearly as easy to mitigate as spells; the only thing that affects it is evocations skill, and it doesn't do enough. Highlevel rod spells are not a good idea for most fights, but they're very useful in a few fights. Trunk is the development ...

Thursday, 27th October 2011, 23:51

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: [PROTIPS] Secret Tricks

Replies: 264

Views: 101175

Re: [PROTIPS] Secret Tricks

If you have a scroll of vulnerability and the spell Polymorph Other, you can usually change the Royal Jelly into a Titan, a Gold Dragon, etc. in three or four casts. Can be useful if you don't want to deal with its spawns (and also if you want a Gold Dragon Armour made from the skin of The Royal Jel...

Thursday, 27th October 2011, 21:26

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

Replies: 963

Views: 295276

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

Recently, I had a TrBe die from wear-IDing a Ring of -3 Intelligence without Remove Curse available (a stupid death, I know, but I play TrBe to wind down, not to win). The cause of death was listed as "forgot to breathe." I laughed, moved on, and later thought...what about Grey Draconians ...

Thursday, 27th October 2011, 20:35

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Fun Vaults

Replies: 97

Views: 23477

Re: Fun Vaults

I'm doing a haunted forest Crypt:5 for the first time after doing that island in the middle of the water one with all the secret areas OVER and OVER and OVER again. I'm the opposite. In the four times I've reached Crypt:5 (I know, not many), I've gotten the haunted forest three times and the island...
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