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I'd at least clear down to V:8 & D:27 before even considering Slime... there's no need for you to go there right now

I'm a merfolk worshipping Oka, I'm not using allies, and I'm not enslaving any monsters... so why am I feeling guilty? _Your skin stops crawling. _You continue eating. _You finish eating. Eat a chunk of human flesh? (ye/n/q/i?) _This raw flesh tastes great. _You continue eating. x2 _You feel guilty....

thanks Oka

Code:: You finish putting on the +4 pair of gloves of the Peasants {god gift, rElec rN+ Int+2 Dam+1}.

You can go between Zot & Dungeon easily once you've unlocked it with 3 runes, no restrictions on travel. I'd spend the enchant scrolls to enter the trove. You won't always find things that you need, but more choice is always better than less. As for Mara... you can always berserk and run right? ...

Slings are actually quite good if you train it up. Enchant all the steel bullets you find and they should last a long time.

Just don't hit anything in melee and it won't trigger... fine for pure spellcasters

Does "turn" here http://i.imgur.com/TzdTc.jpg mean the same as "turn" here? http://i.imgur.com/tiSgF.jpg I just noticed that the turn logged in notes as displayed by ?: is way ahead of what's displayed on my character's screen... feature or bug?

Is the wireless adapter still recognised by the pc? Check its status in Device Manager. If you see some unknown device where the adapter should be, then it could be something wrong with the drivers. Reinstalling drivers might help. If it looks ok in Device Manager, can you detect any wireless networ...

If you're a Polearms user, milk the spear traps for spears.
- they're good for throwing (seems to damage better than darts or stones)
- use them against jellys and avoid damage to your primary weapon

You already have Summonings quite high, so one option is to use summons (ugly things, shadow creatures). I'm not sure how high you need it to be to summon dragons. Training up Long Blades from scratch might be possible too but I'm not sure how far you'll get since it's quite late in the game. Maybe ...

You'd want corrosion resistance plus immune or artefact gear before going into Slime. Or switch into something you don't mind throwing away. After a level or two you'll get a feel of how your character is getting on there. If taking down every Acid Blob feels like a struggle, then it's time to back ...

I've just reached D:11, and I've seen this guy three times... is he Boris in disguise?

Code:: 3309 | D:4 | Noticed ihlosi's ghost (experienced HuVM) 9606 | D:8 | Noticed ihlosi's ghost (experienced HuVM) 15796 | D:11 | Noticed ihlosi's ghost (powerful HuVM)

I thought that would be 500/1.13 = 442.48 ? :?:

I always rest with "5" and never had a problem with wandering monsters... no need to tinker with options either

Sounds reasonable, e.g. make the 4 special levels appear within the first 12 levels
The exit from Pan should be more frequent too...

If you're going the heavy-armour route, you might as well turn off Dodging. You have more than enough M&F for the evening star to get min-delay. Clear out the rest of D and then Elf, lookout for equipment to boost your elemental resistances. You've cleared Vault but did not find the entrance to ...

Learn Bolt of Fire if you can find the book... you won't need to worry about AC too much if you can kill the monsters before they get into melee range.
Bump up Fighting for more HP.
and you need a few levels of T&D to minimise the chance of walking into Zot traps later

Kiku does not give 100% torment immunity, at least not in 0.9 (not sure about 0.10)
I'd rather invest the XP to learn Necromutation, and keep Vehumet for his perks

I'd say forget about the storms or tornado and aim for Shatter instead (raise Earth Magic). It makes better use of your existing skill set without too much XP investment. Turn off Conjurations.
Bump up Fighting - it looks a bit low.
And get Flight if you find it. It makes Shoals a lot easier.

Abyss - stuck in a square...

http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/0.9/<character_name>/

You need corrosion resistance not conservation for Slime... or a full set of artefact gear

or just remove the "disturbance" indication then?

Question on Animate Skeleton:

e.g. If kill an Ogre with a club and you walk over to the corpse and cast it, the skeleton will wield the club
But if you move the club and corpse to another location and cast it, the club does not get picked up by the skeleton

Feature or bug?

Maybe just one "Enchant Weapon" scroll, with 50% chance of +Acc, 40% chance of +Dam, and 10% chance of both?

Personally I like Bolt of Fire as it's a lot less noisy than Lightning Bolt or Fireball.
You need about 12 Charms for Haste to be reliable. Do also learn Swiftness as that stacks with Haste.
Not to mention those good utility spells like Flight/Dig/Apportation/etc

Pick up a buckler ASAP and train Shields to 5. It gives you an extra chance to block incoming hits. It will hinder melee attack with staves though (you're just holding that staff of cold for the boost right?). Personally I don't like the crystal ball - you need very high Evo for it to be useful, and...

There are many potentially dangerous vaults depending on your level and build. Do we have to put a warning sticker on all of them? This reminds me of the "this is not a toy" label on plastic bags and such, to remind ppl that they can't go sue the manufacturer if they did something stupid w...

my newly minted VpAs You hit Grinder. You kill Grinder! Your Fighting skill increases to level 3! Your Stealth skill increases to level 8! You have gained Spellcasting skill! You're starting to get the hang of this magic thing. You have reached level 5! You have reached level 6! Your experience lead...

I don't find Yuif significantly more dangerous than, say Terence or Sigmund, by the time you find him...

Code:: You hit Mnirghiunk. Mnirghiunk is almost dead. Mnirghiunk gestures at you. _The magic dart hits you!

Shall we give Pan Lords something better than magic darts? :lol:

It could be any of the timed portals I think...

Find some means of recovering MP quickly if you switch away from Sif. I usually get Sublimation of Blood. Or you can try the Staff or the crystal ball (need some Evo skill).

The ancient champion vault has a series of rooms, and the champions can have a selection of nasty spells, so it looks like you should have left it alone till later.

I was wondering around the Abyss, and a spore caused some ballistomycete to sprout. I aways had the impression that when an active ballistomycete is killed, one of the inactive ones will become active, such that the last one to be killed will always be "active" But in this encounter... The...

1) Order looks fine, although I think you should balance out your resistances a bit if you can. rC-- is not good as Elf will have a lot of enemies with elemental attack. 2) Yes it's best to find the third pip of rN. Vaults 8 WILL have shadow dragons, and personally I don't like to go down a XL or tw...

here?
http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/hayenne/

I find that if you see it often enough it blends into the background and tends to be forgotten... bringing up the inventory screen lets you check all your options, rather than have item #6 forgotten cos it does not fit on the main display.

You should have left him till later.
The best option would be to stab him while he sleeps, but at 11 Stabbing I'm not sure if it's enough to kill him. And if you don't, he has 27 hits on you per turn, so that's not a good situation to be in...

The info-bot has an entry on manuals: In 0.9, manuals let you train a skill more efficiently. Read a manual to activate it. While you carry it you gain twice as many skill points as normal until the manual is used up. Dropping the manual or reading it again deactivates it. Manuals are generated with...

You really should start off with a buckler first... starting with medium shield and no Shields skill will kill your spellcasting success rate.

It would be nice if you could find portals (i.e. trove or zig) via the find command.

The ctrl-o screen will show them, should be good enough?

You need your Short Blades skill up a bit more to get to min delay, unless you're thinking of other means of dealing damange. Check the Weapon Speed wiki page for details. I think you can turn off Traps & Doors for now. What are the key spells you intend to use later in the game? Aim to boost up...

Don't recall seeing any ancient liches in Tomb... just be careful of summons and torment :twisted:

You already have high M&F, why do you want to train up Long Blades from scratch?

Yes, get sublimation of blood if you can't find other means of topping up your MP.

I down to Crypt:2 and ran smack into a dozen assorted undead along with Khufu.
After a few rounds of stair dancing, I noticed this:

I've yet to hit him, and yet he's fleeing??

Crypt should be fine with your character. For Vaults 8 you can c-blink down one corridor and Fire Storm the welcome party :twisted: just be careful of the crowd that it will attract. Of course the safer (but less fun) way will be to clear the guards a few at a time... You need some way to handle fir...

Look for secret doors, loot should be in the middle of map.

Using LRD to hit monsters by blasting at a wall - is there any difference in damage if the monster is in these two positions, all else being equal?

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If you can find Bolt of Fire, learn it ASAP. Your skills setup looks like you don't intend to do much melee, but you're missing a hard-hitting mid level spell that will tide you over until Fire Storm comes online. Fireball is noisy, while OoD needs open space to use. Clearing Crypt should be fine if...

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