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I can't make sense out of double and triple swords. I know tiles doesn't reflect this, but I've always pictured double swords as the medieval equivalent of http://halloweencostumeworld.com/images/43087.jpg I suppose that's basically what a lajatang is, but I like the idea nonetheless. Triple swords...

It kinda feels to me that mechanical traps are a relic of the old skill training system -- back when the XP pool existed, disarming traps (as far as I know) would have been the primary way to train T&D skill. Now that the XP system has been overhauled, I don't think anybody would really miss mec...

Hmm. Henzell doesn't return anything on "hydrataur". I'm also still somewhat skeptical. Henzell returns something; Gretell doesn't. One of four possible unique guardians at lvl 3 of the abyssal stair. Each of his nine necks ends in a javelin throwing humanoid torso, and he also buffs, hea...

I probably should have used more accurate wording, although that tip helps also. What I meant was "tips for going through Zot." I momentarily forgot Orb Run meant the run back with the orb and not the run up to the orb. (edit: Suddenly I have the dangerous urge to attempt Slime. Quick, som...

...wait, the Abyssal stair actually has something pointing towards its existence? I've always assumed it was just an urban legend made up to keep people searching in the Abyss for ridiculous lengths of time. What are the other abyssal stair bosses that haven't been mentioned? (I'm still skeptical, b...

Status update! I finished clearing the dungeon down to D:26, found a near-useless bazaar (the only items useful to me were a scroll of recharging and one of identify), then went back to give Elf:5 a shot. I found another bazaar on Elf:5, which was cool, but most of the items in that one were useless...

Perma lev isn't really a requirement, but if you are already slow then I wouldn't risk it without. Thats just me though. If you have a high enough evoc so you can be sure that the ring will work then that is a viable alternative. Mainly want lev to be able to run when things get scary. Still with t...

bobross419 wrote:At XL:21, slow mutation, and no permanent lev ability I'd not risk the Abyss at this point.

Is there any way to get permanent levitation besides boots of levitation?

EDIT:

One chunk of mutation roulette removed deformed body; that's one less thing to worry about.

(I originally had this as an edit, but it makes more sense as a separate post) Well, I cleared Crypt. Boris gave me a scare when he invisibly followed me up to Crypt:1 while I was stairdancing (didn't realize he was around because I had been fighting many other monsters), but I had already cleared i...

And now things are going wrong with astonishing speed. I cleared out a couple more dungeon levels, getting a storm dragon hide in the process (the gold dragon dropped nothing). After that, I was feeling pretty good, so I went to the elven halls and cleared it down to Elf:4 -- my demon whip tears the...

I don't see the need for anything like that. It's not too hard to get through everything except Snake and Hive without rPois if you're careful (Swamp can be tricky, but clarity also works there and Swamp Drakes/Dragons aren't 100% deadly without either, just inconvenient), and you can postpone those...

Haven't played much at all in the past couple days, but I did enchant the demon whip up to +5,+8. Five scrolls of Enchant Weapon II weren't enough to get it up the final level. It's sad to go down from "extremely resistant" to "somewhat resistant" to hostile enchantments ("v...

I bought it, because why not? Maybe some monster will pick it up and make my life a tiny bit easier.

When playing a joke character, you will find seven scrolls of blinking and an experience pot before D:7.

Yeah, I have a rather extensive stash, but it's been a while since I visited it. This is also the reason I have the mentioned enchant weapons, recharging, and potions of magic; I've been diving and collecting loot and posted a pre-stash dump. Replies to other things: I also make sure to bring a few ...

Speaking as a fairly new player, I strongly dislike the idea of making Trog/Oka gifts temporary, even if there's a way to make them permanent later. Trog and Oka always seem to me to be early-game gods. People abandon Oka for TSO if they're trying for 15 runes, and rarely even go with Trog at that p...

EDIT: And...now I'm dead. Was button-mashing in Zot and suddenly noticed that my HP had gotten low. Before I could do anything, the lag caught up with me and suddenly my MiBe was no more. :/ -x- Alright, I've collected the Decaying, Serpentine, Abyssal, and Silver runes, and am just about ready to e...

and...the berserker got his second rune. Time to make a CiP.

I think I'm about done with this thread; I've learned the game much better since I started the thread and have other problems than Lair now.

Thanks once again for your help, everybody. I'll get the win soon enough.

Picked up another decaying rune with the MiBe I'm playing concurrently with my SpEn.

Unfortunately, Mara is prowling around Vaults:1 and I *still* (after 19 dungeon levels, Lair, Orc, Swamp, and Vaults:1) have no rPois to go for Snake. *sigh*

Okay, I'm sorry in advance for the double-post here. but... I GOT THE DECAYING RUNE OF ZOT!!!!!!!!! This represents a monumental step forward for me and was, as it turns out, laughably easy to do. I turned invisible, levitated, and stabbed all those wonderful can'tseeinvisible dragons guarding the r...

Do mutagenic corpses have a higher chance of positive mutations than mutation pots? The last few times I've eaten them, I've certainly gotten better mutations than with the pots, but it's likely just coincidence.

You can cast confuse at the vampire mosquitoes and then stab them. And I do, but they come in packs, move very quickly, and cause rot, so they can still give me quite a bit of trouble while I'm working past their MR Edit so I don't double-post: Ha! I just came back to the level Nikola was on, found...

Again, thanks for all the tips. The same character (playing very slowly) has pretty well cleared Hive, Swamp:1-3 and Shoals:1 (I got scared by sirens and some of the other monsters, so I didn't go any further). I've also managed to defeat two of the ogre mages in Orc:4, so I'm wandering around right...

Just found my best randart yet on D:5 -

the Ring of Autotheism {+Blink +Inv rElec Int+3 SInv}

This means, of course, that I will die a horrible death on D:6. Such is the way of things.

I didn't have the "armor" skill to dump the exp into :( didn't understand the mechanism.) You have to gain the skill first by hitting things in armour with EVP other than zero (so no robes but leather armours and stronger ones), and getting hit/dodged in the armour; then you can train it ...

The one time you will *ever* find a rod of destruction on early dungeon levels, it will be with a Minotaur Berserker. -3 aptitude or no, I'm tempted to train my evocations skill up just for the pleasure of using this thing. As you've seen, go ahead and train it. It's not like you're dumping the XP ...

Ogre Mage : Ogre is most definitely NOT :: Orc Wizard : Orc. Erolcha is an early wakeup call for the danger level. Apart from her and the Mines, ogre mage normal spawning is closer to the depth of Vaults. Yeah, I've begun to figure that out. They rather terrify me. On that note, I got the ogre endi...

The day I savescummed in NetHack was the day I stopped playing NetHack. I therefore will never, ever scum or use wizmode to save characters,'despite looking back on could-have-been incredible characters with regret. It's that regret, and the desire to avoid it next time, that keeps me playing and ha...

I've been having the same problem; in fact, I created basically the same thread about it. I'm not good enough to give you much advice, but you might want to look through http://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2641 (my thread) and http://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=5&t...

I think of a name and then use it. I try to come up with different ones for every character, some serious, some not; if I particularly like a name, I may re-use it.

It's more fun looking at my high score lists that way.

What's the best way to take out an orc high priest when playing a lv.13 SpEn?

I hate to double-post, but this time it seems apropos.

I love it when I'm standing over my stash as a worshipper of Nemelex and I accidentally press p instead of , to pick my items up.

*sigh* I really, really love it. So much.

Sticky Flame+Sheep. It is a beautiful sight.

My favorite weapons tend to be rods (which I am counting as weapons), and I haven't played enough with incantations to have a favorite.

Oklob plants are *wonderful.*

(yeah, I know I can just circumvent it by going at a plant on the other side, but still...

Lugonu (Loo-GOH-noo) Beogh (Be - OGH) (as in yoghurt) Cheibriados (CHAI-brai-a-dose) Elyvilon (Eh-LIV-ill-on) Fedhas Madash (FED-has MAH-dush) Jiyva (JIE-vuh) Kikubaaqudgha (KEE-koo) Makhleb (MACH (german ch) -leb) Nemelex Xobeh (NEH-me-lex ZO-beh) Okawaru (Oh-kuh-WAH-roo) Sif Muna (Siff MOO-nuh) Ve...

+1 Rod of Slaying (Ice) on D:4 for my MiBe. It served me well until an Ogre Mage two-shotted me while I was deep in the Orcish Mines.

The wall seems to have been rather firmly broken down now that I've started playing SpEn and MiBe frequently. My current char is incredible (by my standards): Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.9.1 character file. Nobody the Fighter (Minotaur Berserker) Turns: 20324, Time: 01:26:34 HP 97/97 AC 25 St...

Yesterday, playing a SpEn, I found an unidentified book lying on the ground. Went up to it, picked it up...book of Maledictions.

I guess he could loan the spare copy out or something, but you'd have thought he'd at least recognize it.

(seriously, is this a bug or standard behavior?

The one time you will *ever* find a rod of destruction on early dungeon levels, it will be with a Minotaur Berserker. -3 aptitude or no, I'm tempted to train my evocations skill up just for the pleasure of using this thing. YES YES YES YES YES. YES. As a berserker, rods are your only way to cast sp...

The one time you will *ever* find a rod of destruction on early dungeon levels, it will be with a Minotaur Berserker. -3 aptitude or no, I'm tempted to train my evocations skill up just for the pleasure of using this thing.

Death yaks are called *death* yaks for a reason, and being able to defeat one does not mean you can defeat a herd.

Okay, I have a new SpEn going, currently on d:3, and I have found a +3,+4 dagger of holy wrath, but also a vampiric dagger of unknown quality. In addition, I have two scrolls of enchant weapon. So...which one should I use? Both cover significant SpEn weaknesses (the undead with the dagger of holy wr...

You pay the price for using vampiric weapons when you equip them; there's no penalty for unequipping, except that you have to pay it again if you re-equip it. That randart dagger sucks. The +6 accuracy doesn't mean much on a weapon that's already pretty accurate, and the -1 damage sucks. The brand ...

Alright; I have probably my most successful char yet: A lv.11 SpEn of Nemelex, currently on Lair:3. My question right now is one of weapons: I'm wielding a +2 vampiric dagger right now, which lets me melee single monsters far better than most SpEn (I killed a bee vault by first enslaving the queen a...

Time for an embarrassing n00b question:

How do I exclude areas from autotravel?

Thanks for your replies, everyone. I'd post some morgue files like one of you asked, but they wouldn't do much good -- the vast majority of my best characters have been killed in obvious, easily-avoidable ways (TrBe killed in lv2 of the Hive without rPois, DrFE killed by an electric eel, DrFE killed...

I've started a few times next to the "Door covered with warnings" filled with early-game monsters that would spell death to any beginning character en masse. Twice, that room has included a jelly. Jellies don't care about warnings on doors; they'll eat them anyway, and then proceed to merc...

(edit: skip to the end for an update) I discovered Crawl a month or two ago, and have been playing heavily (200+ games, sometimes several hours a day). I've gotten the basics down fairly solidly, and can consistently get to level 10 or so with race/class combos I've learned well (Berserkers, DrFE/IE...

Keep T&D on! The traps in the EARLY game are really pedestrian, yeah... but later in the dungeon (way past Lair 1), when the Zot traps start showing up and mutating you and sending you to the Abyss and crap, you'll be glad you built up that skill! Plus, on average the skill doesn't take enough ...

How much should I train Traps & Doors in the early game? Also, what are its uses? Thus far, I've always turned it off the moment I get it, simply because I can't see what benefit it offers compared to ... well, pretty much any other skill. I've never really felt hindered without it, but it feels...

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