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Wednesday, 26th July 2017, 07:21

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Got far with DEFE, am strong, but very scared.

Replies: 19

Views: 5301

Re: Got far with DEFE, am strong, but very scared.

On the other hand, Tomb is quite predictable. The easiest way to fix your current problems is to go to the nearest Zin altar, convert, donate gold twice, hang around a bit to let the piety catch up. Then you get Sanctuary, which is an amazing panic button. While Zin at high piety and invo is good, ...

Friday, 21st July 2017, 13:49

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: [New Species] Werewolf!

Replies: 8

Views: 3117

Re: [New Species] Werewolf!

I doubt this will ever evolve more from a brainstorm idea, but some small advices to polish it (plus all Shard1697 said): After the transformation ends, the humanoid is Exhausted for level+1 turns This is wrong, unless you want to make this form less usable (or force more resting) at higher levels. ...

Tuesday, 18th July 2017, 07:52

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: DrFE Steam Breath

Replies: 7

Views: 2339

Re: DrFE Steam Breath

Well as already said you can get monster easier into flame clouds (which are better than any other starting fire spells) and have a semi-unlimited source of pseudo-frog which is absolutely great at any point of the game.

Monday, 17th July 2017, 07:27

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Replies: 7

Views: 3570

Re: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Removing gozag's potions from mummies will increase choices, it's like Makh for DD IMHO, too superior to other gods This is certainly true if you find both altars at same time. But differently from DD, a Kiku|Oka|Trog|Nemelex|Whateverdecentgod D:2 is still a very good choice to Mu in most cases and...

Monday, 17th July 2017, 07:23

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Replies: 7

Views: 3570

Re: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Removing gozag's potions from mummies will increase choices, it's like Makh for DD IMHO, too superior to other gods This is certainly true if you find both altars at same time. But differently from DD, a Kiku|Oka|Trog|Nemelex|Whateverdecentgod D:2 is still a very good choice to Mu in most cases and...

Sunday, 16th July 2017, 22:37

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Lernean hydra vault too difficult

Replies: 14

Views: 5271

Re: Lernean hydra vault too difficult

And bad Ev and no AC... Because it is a big bad hydra but still just a hydra

Sunday, 16th July 2017, 22:06

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Replies: 7

Views: 3570

Re: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

* a much broader solution - which probably should be addressed in a specific topic: let all the gods' powers bypass racial restrictions, resolving this messy situation with all the problematic powers. I would go the other way: don't let any gods' powers bypass racial restrictions. No potion petitio...

Sunday, 16th July 2017, 10:56

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Replies: 7

Views: 3570

Gozag shouldn't offer useless potions

Some days ago I was playing a Mu^Gozag and at certain point among the potions choices I had something including berserk rage. I wasn't sure 100% if would have berserked, but I said, "why not", because the other effects included in that bundle were better than the other offers and zerk woul...

Friday, 14th July 2017, 07:42

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Dealing with Mutations

Replies: 15

Views: 5798

Re: Dealing with Mutations

I'd rather focus on the fact you have 24 polearms (with oka, which means max allowed melee skill is 22 and in most cases is a waste too) and using a +8 trident, while having a antimagic glaive (and I suppose some ?EW lying around) and cleared Shoals:4 so also most probably some demon trident. Get a ...

Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 10:23

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Why do monsters sometime leave no corpse?

Replies: 22

Views: 5634

Re: Why do monsters sometime leave no corpse?

Elves eat moss from the walls

Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 09:54

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: unlucky teleport

Replies: 9

Views: 2329

Re: unlucky teleport

A normal char can use !might !agility !haste god powers and so on.

Or just !flight, get the dragon or S:3 and blink\teleport away, after all it's a speed 10 monster with no ranged attack

Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 07:34

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Conjure Ball Lightning explosion radius

Replies: 15

Views: 4624

Re: Conjure Ball Lightning explosion radius

The fact is that is much much much better to kill things who aren't able to retaliate at all (actually that are dead even before getting in LOS) than having things nearby or in melee range.

Monday, 10th July 2017, 22:35

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Mana leech unrandart

Replies: 10

Views: 3409

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Which made it very different from any other vamp weapon

Sunday, 9th July 2017, 22:15

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Give all caster starts a (bad) weapon.

Replies: 55

Views: 18708

Re: Give all caster starts a (bad) weapon.

Yeah jackal are speed 14, which means a mage should threat them with respect and fighting always 1vs1, but picked alone aren't so dangerous (I think only bat hit less hard than them). And you probably meant DSFe as you after refer to flame tongue as spell. Otherwise this is still a very good test bu...

Sunday, 9th July 2017, 21:55

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I don't love it when...

Replies: 726

Views: 408385

Re: I don't love it when...

You're playing a TrEE^Oka just because you wanna to play a statue troll, and just after finding statue form in a shop in orc:2 oka gifts that:

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 the +10 gold dragon scales "Duat Fea" {rPois rF+ rC+ Str+6 Dex+5 Stlth-}.

Sunday, 9th July 2017, 19:59

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: Funny death: killed by something dying off-screen

Replies: 5

Views: 2199

Funny death: killed by something dying off-screen

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20.1-1-g8b1a95d (webtiles) character file. 770495 nago the Sniper (level 27, -4/188 HPs) Began as a Gargoyle Monk on July 8, 2017. Was the Champion of Cheibriados. Killed by something's death curse (28 damage) ... on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients on July 9, ...

Wednesday, 5th July 2017, 17:00

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Standardize summoning school naming convention

Replies: 18

Views: 5380

Re: Standardize summoning school naming convention

How is it easier to read? I feel like it takes longer to parse "X Call" than "Summon X". More syllables doesn't mean it takes longer to read, just to say, and "X Call" doesn't naturally connect to the idea of summoning something in my mind. There's an idea created by y...

Wednesday, 5th July 2017, 15:25

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Standardize summoning school naming convention

Replies: 18

Views: 5380

Re: Standardize summoning school naming convention

It sounds awful but it is much easier to read

Wednesday, 5th July 2017, 10:32

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Unarmed troll: how to survive without luck?

Replies: 60

Views: 17921

Re: Unarmed troll: how to survive without luck?

But, apart from that, I'd like to know what do you think. Am I so bad at playing crawl? How do you survive when you have to kite every single death yak / hydra / catoblepa / high-AC orc? You kite and you kite. By Lair trolls have some defence problem, until at least they get a dragon armor and\or a...

Wednesday, 5th July 2017, 06:37

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: rename/reflavor demigods to something awesomer

Replies: 32

Views: 12484

Re: rename/reflavor demigods to something awesomer

Humans from the future seems too sci fi for me but +1 for golems

Tuesday, 4th July 2017, 21:51

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Best/Worst Artifacts

Replies: 2877

Views: 3180340

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

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the +5 cloak "Qegid" (worn) {rElec rPois Str+2}

Best artifact generally speaking, awesome++ artifact on D:4

Tuesday, 4th July 2017, 08:59

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Real-world scientists

Replies: 36

Views: 15435

Re: Real-world scientists

No the proposal is "Swap the gender for a character who references to a real person" just because yes to gender equality so let's rewrite things just to be equal like I want to. If characters who are reference to real person are okay for DCSS' lore (a thing which could be okay or not, I'm ...

Monday, 3rd July 2017, 11:43

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Differentiate "in-range" spells in monster description

Replies: 3

Views: 2130

Re: Differentiate "in-range" spells in monster description

I dislike the last display type because it hides without a good reason a very important information, max distance of spell

Monday, 3rd July 2017, 10:12

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: duvessa's spell guide for cool people

Replies: 145

Views: 595014

Re: duvessa's spell guide for cool people

It's one of the reasons why frost giants are much less dangerous of fire giants! (the other one fireball being AoE which ignore EV)

Monday, 3rd July 2017, 07:58

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YASD: Titanic slime & Oka gifts

Replies: 17

Views: 5354

Re: YASD: Titanic slime & Oka gifts

No oka gifts were always totally unreliable and possibly shit. Depending on what was the last version you played with Oka, their spawn rate could be "nerfed" because his piety gain was changed and now days is quite unreliable (especially early on). And statue form at 68% with 2x wiz isn't ...

Thursday, 29th June 2017, 11:09

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: The used wands store

Replies: 22

Views: 7093

Re: The used wands store

Random effects is worth to be saved for Ar!

Thursday, 29th June 2017, 06:39

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: duvessa's unironic tier lists

Replies: 128

Views: 72211

Re: duvessa's unironic tier lists

Sorry, I couldn't stop myself from thanking nago who blames naga :) Ironically I no longer enjoy playing Felids either, I am getting too angry :) Well I do enjoy a lot to play Naga (sometimes, after I got greater Naga) as their early game is quite unique. But that doesn't mean they aren't extremely...

Tuesday, 27th June 2017, 13:34

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: duvessa's unironic tier lists

Replies: 128

Views: 72211

Re: duvessa's unironic tier lists

I fail to see how Nagas are "amazing" considering that they're, like, one of the two species that cannot easily run away to regen MP in case something goes wrong (more enemies unexpectedly show up or you spells just miss several times in a row because RNG decides to have some fun). Grante...

Monday, 26th June 2017, 14:42

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: duvessa's unironic tier lists

Replies: 128

Views: 72211

Re: duvessa's unironic tier lists

I believe "the top players approach" here means that OP ignores all normal speed monsters without ranged attacks while in reality gnolls are top-killers in every (or is it almost every?) tournament. Crawl levels are crowded enough so it is impossible to avoid all normal speed monsters. Pe...

Monday, 26th June 2017, 14:14

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: duvessa's unironic tier lists

Replies: 128

Views: 72211

Re: duvessa's unironic tier lists

While some of jokes are only for the "top players" and maybe some of the most cryptic or elite considerations,I don't understand how the most part of the information presented in these lists is incomprensibile for a average player with a normal knowdglee of the game. I mean, "I'm pret...

Thursday, 22nd June 2017, 08:45

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: CIP: OpIE^Kiku

Replies: 4

Views: 1657

Re: CIP: OpIE^Kiku

You are with Kiku and you have 0 necromancy and 0 necro spells (at *****. piety!!!) .

I think there's a problem about that.

Thursday, 22nd June 2017, 07:48

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Cheibriados

Replies: 46

Views: 14730

Re: Cheibriados

Why chei + book is bad? A good book background is still better than a melee start, and it is kinda easy to transit from spell dude to melee dude + support spell once you get chei. Moving slowly with a character who is essentially helpless at 0 MP is asking for trouble. Think of how much time one us...

Thursday, 22nd June 2017, 07:43

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Conduct: Never deal damage except by ranged weaponry

Replies: 18

Views: 5610

Re: Conduct: Never deal damage except by ranged weaponry

The really wow thing of that morgue is that Oka actually gave 3 very good gifts in the same game

Wednesday, 21st June 2017, 07:38

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Cheibriados

Replies: 46

Views: 14730

Re: Cheibriados

Why chei + book is bad?

A good book background is still better than a melee start, and it is kinda easy to transit from spell dude to melee dude + support spell once you get chei.

Thursday, 15th June 2017, 22:41

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: Road to greatfelid (21/21.5?): movie-length Delver special!

Replies: 121

Views: 51377

Re: Road to greatfelid (15/20), third deathless game in a ro

Oofs have also insane AC/EV and very high hp.
It takes ages and fuckload of mana to kill one with bolt of cold. In other words it's possible only for a character so diesel he can surely kill it with more adapt things

Thursday, 15th June 2017, 21:46

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: I don't love it when...

Replies: 726

Views: 408385

Re: I don't love it when...

My NaVM^Vehu after D:13 and Lair:1 has

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 a - the +9 executioner's axe "Puizean" (weapon) {vamp, rC+ Str+3}
 V - a demon trident of flaming
 x - a glaive of flaming
 E - a great mace of flaming
 F - a great mace of flaming
 n - a lajatang of flaming


What I'm gonna to train? dammit

Thursday, 15th June 2017, 08:10

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: duvessa's spell guide for cool people

Replies: 145

Views: 595014

Re: duvessa's spell guide for cool people

if you follow Dithmenos and both your initial cast and the shadow mimic cast land, the petrification is instant as multiple successful casts speed up the process wtf Yeah pietrify is actually good in 0.20 for stabber, if they have somehow invested into earth\have enchancer\have extremely high int. ...

Monday, 12th June 2017, 21:08

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: 0.20 How to Warper

Replies: 12

Views: 4409

Re: 0.20 How to Warper

duvessa wrote:I don't think you can really call Wr a shit background when it still starts with a scroll of blinking


I wasn't ranking it powerwise but from the point of view of annoyance, Wr is probably the worst among all (but this is a quite subjective preference)

Monday, 12th June 2017, 15:53

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Embodiment of a God

Replies: 22

Views: 8184

Re: Embodiment of a God

Monday, 12th June 2017, 15:49

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: 0.20 How to Warper

Replies: 12

Views: 4409

Re: 0.20 How to Warper

The loss of portal projectiles doesn't matter at all, as Wr never had a ranged option to start with. GGravitas is shit, lesser beckoning is nice in some situations but except for chei char you can get the same effect almost always just moving back behind a corner. In other words, Wr in the back was ...

Sunday, 4th June 2017, 10:53

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Best/Worst Artifacts

Replies: 2877

Views: 3180340

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

the +11 triple crossbow of Ecwuuh (weapon) {speed, +Blink rElec Dex-5}. D:9 antique shop for 350$ or so, for a BaHu^Trog starting with crossbows. Sorry buddy, I'll take your gifts next game (I'm actually carrying the nice sniper gift for extremely high EV\dmsl target). Combined with this convenient...

Sunday, 4th June 2017, 10:50

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Idea: Distinguish stairs

Replies: 27

Views: 11477

Re: Idea: Distinguish stairs

Not related to the topic but I'd like to use this topic to point out that on EU keyboard "[ ]" symbols requires to press two key at same time, a thing which webtitles doesn't recognize - at least for me. Sure, I could have macro-ed the command to anything else but I actually never used it ...

Wednesday, 31st May 2017, 10:35

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Paralyze

Replies: 25

Views: 8292

Re: Paralyze

You can always try to choose a position so that in case you get paralised your chances for death are minimalized. Fight with paralizers alone. Also, giant eyeballs have a paralization attack that does not require line of fire. They are very rare tough, only appear in slime and as summons I think. T...

Monday, 29th May 2017, 08:24

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Scythe of Curses or RandArt Glaive?

Replies: 7

Views: 2652

Re: Scythe of Curses or RandArt Glaive?

Yes that that how heroism is used

Monday, 29th May 2017, 08:16

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Scythe of Curses or RandArt Glaive?

Replies: 7

Views: 2652

Re: Scythe of Curses or RandArt Glaive?

That glaive is so sweet, but you won't find DAT scythe for another 1000 games and it is fucking awesome.

Ask yourself if you want to play another game with a good elec glaive or being the fucking reaper

Saturday, 27th May 2017, 23:06

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Wand of disintegration broken in .20?

Replies: 18

Views: 5436

Re: Wand of disintegration broken in .20?

Well I'd like to see removed confusion which in most cases is much like "worse paralysis" than disint which is more differentiated from both other hex and damage wands

Wednesday, 24th May 2017, 15:21

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Remove Beogh

Replies: 104

Views: 42236

Re: Remove Beogh

There's already a form of that because I'm pretty positive resurrection was added in sake of preserving player sanity after losing a warlord who stayed 25 turns in a fire cloud for no reasons. Still, it is a clunky ability and any kind of rework of it could be a good thing. Anyway I guess resurrecti...

Monday, 15th May 2017, 08:09

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: A brief question about a bullfrog's lethality...

Replies: 20

Views: 4946

Re: A brief question about a bullfrog's lethality...

FR: remove bull frog

Monday, 8th May 2017, 17:07

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Bennu

Replies: 5

Views: 2354

Re: Bennu

did you survive that shit?

Friday, 5th May 2017, 15:35

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Mara and not getting killed by him-PLZ ADVISE

Replies: 8

Views: 2477

Re: Mara and not getting killed by him-PLZ ADVISE

Magipi wrote:Are there only 3 threads that you created about this Mara problem, or is there some more that I missed? :D


Obviously, that's Mara's work
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