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How many aut/turns of invulnerability are left when Death's Door returns: Your time is quickly running out! I found this in duration-data.h , L270-276: { DUR_DEATHS_DOOR, LIGHTGREY, "DDoor", "death's door", "deaths door", "You are standing in death's doorway."...

What to do next? Finished Lair 1-7 and Orc 1-4 except a vault w/ 4 Orc Knights, a Warlord, and 4-6 Priests. Lair branches are Swamp and Spider. Have 5 ?Enchant Weapon and a +4 Quarterstaff of Chaos taken from Crazy Yiuf, so the option of making a weapon for 3-rune ascension is available now. But thi...

Question: How can one view the sprint highscores without attempting the map and dying?
This is CAO, if that matters.
Thanks!

You chose correctly. Also, might want to stash all but a few of your scrolls in case of arrows of flame or a fire crab, at least until you find a source of conservation.

Hello. My 3rd DD game, in Vaults now. Have a few questions here. ⋅ Got access to all resistances but no SInv or Warding; boggarts and Convokers are tearing him apart on V:3 via Shadow Creatures and Word of Recall (had 2 close calls where HP dropped below 25%). Is best option to skip level?...

rchandra wrote:Vamp draining gives you some healing so it's not _as_ necessary, but choosing any non-makhleb god would be an intentional challenge.

Off topic, but what about Trog (excluding spellcasting, of course) for DD?

Don't be afraid to use piety (kinda hard to run out of piety w/ Nem, lol). Stack decks so you got panic buttons lined up.

Hey, this class combo is uniquely challenging and powerful

Lugonu is fun.

Sandman25 wrote:Chei does not count, it's OP

The man behind the DDHu is more OP, IMO.

Welp, ran out of healing, splated to two OODs in Spider after converting to Makhleb in the hopes of more reliable HP (ya I know it was stupid). Gonna try again w/ more careful play in the beginning. Thanks for all the help. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-3321-g87ed260 (console) character f...

Also, do you recharge your wand when it has 1-2 charges left? That gives you the best chance of getting the most out of a recharge iirc. Yes :( . I guess RNG has to balance the item gifts w/ something :roll: since I just found this: C - the amulet of the Six Deaths (around neck) {Clar rElec SInv} (...

This char is out of MP due to the # of times he had to recharge the /healwounds (never got higher than 4 charges per use of device recharging; most of them were 3's with the occasional 2). Any suggestions on what to do next? Found a pretty good GDA and a Battleaxe of Electrocution in two portals, so...

While in the theoretical situation of playing ultra-optimally and not considering any metagame outside the Dungeon So are a bunch of other things, like scumming for Ornate decks of Wonder by sacking all your permafood. But it generally promotes bad behavior/habits/assumptions that'll get people kil...

What's a good Axe to corrupt? Should it even be done?

mopl wrote:Neither is :
Code:
Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [mutagenic meat]

Shit happens? Lost that gamble.

v Yeah, but I randomed this char (DDAK no less); just wanted to see what would happen.

Thanks for the feedback! How well does Corruption kill things (Vaults, Uniques, i.e. monsters that are too powerful to Banish)?

I randomed a DDAK, and had to recharge /healwounds 8 times by the time I got to Lair:2. This is actually my first time playing a DD, so just wanted to get some input...thanks! Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-3293-g65a9edf (console) character file. sirlaser the Cleaver (Deep Dwarf Abyssal Kn...

njvack wrote:
starless wrote:I usually keep Elixir stacked and use it as last resort.

Wait, how can you usually wind up with legendary Elixir in your inventory?

Keyword: Stacked. Worshipping Nemelex and using his abilities, such as Stack Five.

This sprint level was trivial back in 0.10, pre-Vehumet changes, because a Book of Annhilations was guaranteed w/ him, and you had no mana/skill level problems and could mindlessly spam Storm spells (both, actually, 'cause it was that easy). Now it actually presents a challenge (I splatted ~10 chars...

I asked for something like this three years ago. Thanks Blade!

But Nemelex will never do this:

"Here."
Something appears before you!
You now have 2755 gold pieces (gained 2180).

What do you guys think is the best drop a Lvl. 1-5 Char. can get?

I remember picking up The Singing Sword on D:4 and steamrolling the rest of the game because it can apparently kill Greater Mummies in 3-5 shouts in 0.9.

tormodpwns wrote:
crate wrote:
sir_laser wrote:Any tips on how to deal w/ Mara-

Run.

Grimm wrote:Cerebov's got 99 Orbs of Fire, but not one is a problem.

I've a friend that set his alarm to that song...

Sif channeling also costs 300 food, according to LearnDB, instead of 50 for Wucad Mu or staff of channeling.

If you're gonna use Wucad Mu, it would be prudent to wear a ring of sustain abilities and have clarity.

IME ranged has the potential to be the best option in extended. It is possible to oneshot a hellbeast w/ a blessed longbow of holywrath and nonenchanted arrows.

That's only a 1/1000 chance.

- Your skill in long blades (16) is enough to get the double sword, which has a lower acc penalty and higher base damage than the eudemon blade, to min. delay. Use that instead of the Eudemon Blade, especially since Holy Wrath multiplies damage by 75% on average, so you'll want a weapon with higher ...

If you feel Necromutation is important for Tomb, swap out LCS for Necromutation and memorize Projected Noise. Break the walls around the Greater Mummy Gauntlet w/ Shatter and go down to the part of Tomb:2 that directly leads to Tomb:3. Haste, go down, cast Projected noise towards one side and then m...

For a non-caster, there's often nothing better to do with your XP later in the game. For a polearm user, min delay on a bardiche is 26 skill anyway. Going to 27 is not a big deal. And if you can't butcher with your vampiric weapon, you're going to get hit with that cost every time you chop up a cor...

You'll need Long Blades @ 24 to reach min. delay with the Triple Sword. You have reached min. delay with the Double Sword already. Personally I'd go with the double sword/shield combo for now, although the Triple Sword is definitely what you want.

Perhaps minotaur retaliation can be tied to Dex, rather than dodging? My memory on that is a bit shaky but if I recall correctly, retributtal is not related to Dodging (the skill) but to evading attacks -- in other words, Dex helps, not Str. One could argue that using Dex explicitly is the more con...

Well, the +5 aptitude also means that Nagas only need ~10+K XP to get Stealth up to 27. Since Experience @ Power level 2 grants 20K XP...well, this made sense to me.

Sorry for reviving this old thread, but got redirected by Cerebovssquire on a more recent post and couldn't help but point out:
Since Nagas have +5 in Stealth, it only takes ~10+K XP to reach lvl. 27, at least in 0.9. These Experience cards probably gave you 13, 14K.

Congrats on the win, but... Skill wise: - Don't train your weapon skill (Polearms in your case) past what is needed to achieve min. delay on your weapon (see this page for the explanation). - You don't need more than 10-12 T&D. (Basically) Ever. - Even a Nemelex worshipper don't need more than ~...

Ah! I thought that was how they worked, but I assumed that metabolism and regen were related in some way. Clears that up! There is one definite exception: you cannot have the mutations slow metabolism and regeneration at the same time. Also IIRC if you wear equipment/cast spell that provide regener...

- The buckler of reflection is actually horrible compared to a non-branded regular shield (also 'cause you're Naga and it only takes lvl.9 - w/ Ash boost - to eliminate shield penalties). Although, the usefulness of shields drop exponentially once you're attacked by multiple enemies (you'll only blo...

That old MuWz of Kiku guide was recently revamped by cerebovssquire; he listed some caveats but it's noticeably better than the old MuWz of Kiku guide.

- Did Crypt get reduced down to 4 levels in the most recent trunk? You could try Crypt:5 and see if anything good is there. Get Dodging to 27 if you're doing that. - If at this point you're feeling uneasy XP wise, clear out the Vestibule of Hell. It's worth a decent amount of XP, and certainly doabl...

When was this changed?

Just stop training invo. at a multiple of 4 (4, 8, 12, 16, etc.). Mummies can stop @ 4 since they've got practically unlimited time, but other species will probably want to train it higher. Also:

LearnDB wrote:For reference, merely resting will recover 14+maxMP per 600 nutrition, at standard metabolic rates.

If you post a slightly more detailed char dump it may help the people on the forum to help you. Also, in my previous post I did say that randart ring will kill you on levels that prevent teleport control. -Being "extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments" will usually prevent banis...

cerebovssquire wrote:1. Yes. Poison, acid walls, indirect mummy curses by holy word... it "just" prevents people from attacking you and makes them flee.

Is this why Sanctuary has a lower piety cost than Elyvilon's Divine Protection?

-If you run downstairs to V:8 and wake up all the vault guards then run back up, they'll scatter after some time (a couple thousand turns) IME, so maybe do another branch during that time. -The randart ring that gives you teleporitis will kill you on levels that prevent cTele. Use your trident for t...

Two questions:
1. Is it possible to die while under Zin's Sanctuary?
2. What are the effects of Holy Word, exactly? I know it does damage and stuns, but how much and for how long?

If you curse one more jewelry slot Ash will give you a boost in magical skills. Just sayin'.

That was a bloody good story - but probably not the most efficient way to deal with Mennas. Reading that ?MagicMap on D:20 for a down stair and skipping that level would probably have been the most efficient solution.

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(I'm assuming you're going for a 3-runer) First, focus on your strengths, and the weaknesses will take care of themselves. Right now your character is designed to charge into groups of lesser enemies/carry out tactical melee with greater enemies. Any buffs you'll get will come from consumables/wand...

Rast wrote:
KoboldLord wrote:The old mummy wizard guide was terrible, and very obviously so even to a casual player.

Not obviously enough. When I was noob -- er, when I was even more of a noob than I am now-- I splatted over 50 mummy wizards thanks to that guide.

I second that motion. Same here.

Got out of the abyss in 1295 turns with the abyssal rune, by far the fastest run for me. The Silver Rune was absurdly easy with Nemelex (deck of dungeons: dowsing is awesome), Ctrl. Tele., and Apportation. Really nothing to say there. The RNG actually decided to help me in Zot:5 (if it didn't I'd ha...

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