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No reason you can't tie spell levels available into some metric based on skill ranks in the skills (spell schools) that actually do something.

Remember the point of this thread. Why do n00bs burn xp on a wasteful skill instead of putting it where it counts. Fix the problem, don't perpetuate it.

I also think it is a terrible design flaw, that an entire hemisphere of the game (offensive spellcasting) is penalised so much harder by the food clock than the other (offensive melee). A heavy hitting high AC build with regeneration and Mahkleb doesn't spend anywhere near the same amount of time to...

The problem with the hunger issue is that new players skill poorly and play poorly, so this otherwise almost pointless mechanic suddenly becomes very important.. it is self reinforcing when your bad play causes starvation and the answer to starvation is to further weaken your spell power by pimping ...

ydeve wrote:Also they hear it increases your mp. More mp is good, right?

Yes.

Seriously, ion_frigate?? Ghosts usually give awesome XP that can boost your character like no other fight on the level. I always try to kill them as soon as its reasonable, which admittedly is pretty cheap, especially since most of the time they are push-overs. It's like a free, identified potion of...

I love FE. Fireball is ok, IF you have a lot of mana, because a) it costs more to cast and b) you will be attracting more enemies. However, if you are using conjure flame/sticky flame, even just situationaly, there is absolutely no good reason why you shouldn't be stabbing the bad guys in the eyes t...

Sorry but what are you testing that against, yaks? A GSC pretty much one or two shots everything in the early dungeon, meaning a lot of your damage/delay metric is wasted. You also ignore the other side of the fence with that metric, which is low player HP. When you swing the GSC you allow multiple ...

Its not really a problem in the first few levels of D because monsters dont have many HPs anyways, if you miss (and/or are standing around waiting for delay so you can swing again) you are doing 0 damage, and generally, assuming optimal play, you are only using your melee in cases where the monster ...

Doing that to a weapon with -tele on it...

Its like you never even heard of Rob the (Almost) Pacifist or something...

In the first five levels or so of the main dungeon, you are at your weakest and are the most likely to die, and this is compounded by being a weak caster with limited MP and a lvl 1 offensive spell. Lure pretty much EVERYTHING. Get it to notice you (preferably by zapping it once with a long range sp...

At least guarantee that none of the shops on Orc 4 are food shops, as food shops are kind of pointless. In fact, just remove food shops except those generated by Gozag. Just had a game where two of the four shops were food shops. How. Fun. Was made better by the fact the third shop was an evocables...

Shoals can be nasty, especially shoals 5 so if you are already having trouble, I highly recommend going somewhere else for the moment. The branch is made significantly easier with a good EV score. I would go clear vaults 1-4 if you havent already and put more xp into dodging, and get that EV score u...

Got me a steam dragon hide. 1 ?EA I saved just for the purpose. Went thru at least four mottled dragons but no hides. Now normally I would hit this immediately, but now Ive got a +2 robe of MR, no other sources of MR, and +11 (!) AC in rings. Thinking of holding off just yet... What is the best armo...

He's with Chei. The situation rushes in to him.

So the cost of skill ranks rises exponentially in this game. If you had stopped stealth at 20 instead of going for 27 (still very high for lair even with the attribute bonus), you could have gotten at least a handful of other skills to 14 or so. Dont max a skill unless you are in extended and you ha...

What use is this if there isn't some sort of bragging/lying mechanism involved? If I can't tell my friends how I lured an entire centaur pack with a single mundane dagger, what is the point? We will also need some way to imbibe alcohol.

mutations dont matter much either way

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The sarcasm runs strong in this one.

Could swear I saw a recent thread where curare and high throwing were mentioned for taking out oofs.

Thank you for hunger being simultaneously a thing but not a thing, such that I have to keep some permafood in my limited inventory for no other reason than to keep it from being actually a thing that pointlessly limits and then kills my character.

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duvessa wrote:i remember that when i was like 14 i did a google image search for "unicorn horn" and got a picture of a unicorn gently putting its horn into an elf's vagina. they've improved their algorithms since then

I know it's a real shame isn't it..

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You cant waste permafood, there is too much of it. I eat a chunk when I turn hungry if I can, which is just a habit from the fact that I used to think it mattered, and you get the "hungry" message from the game whereas there is no "reasonably satiated" message, and its here you a...

You wander around outside, aimlessly. There is a gigantic chasm out back, rending the earth like some gaping maw, ready to swallow the entire hotel and all of its inhabitants. You walk closer, ignoring the tightening pucker that is your anus. An oak tree succumbs to gravity, riding a small mountain ...

As you get into the dungeon, load more and more of the consumables in monster hands rather than on the floor. If a monster notices you, it will use the consumable if it cannot engage you after X number of turns. This repeats for the same monster if you break away from the fight. Or something like th...

I don't think putting it in cyc is shitting on it. GDD staying about upstream crawl sounds pretty reasonable to me. I'm sure individual proposals based on lessons learned from this fork will be more than welcome. Typically things get moved from GDD to CYC because they are poorly written, generally ...

Wow. Mods, really? You moved this to CYC? What a massive insult. Ok, OP could have explained why he made the changes, but at least he explained what he changed (and quite clearly), and most importantly, he coded an entire branch and provided it for people to check out. If that isnt game design, I do...

Last time I had a +9 QB of elec, I died on an elec-themed zig level. =/

Felids, should they escape from the dungeon, should propogate with such abandon that they threaten the stability of local ecosystems.

However, as they cannot even open a proper door, they are consigned to shitting in a box in the corner and dying miserably when the food runs out.

Distortion sucks precisely because you can't use needles and it tends to move your target around after you almost killed them, so they can heal or use ranged. Chaos is so bad it doesn't even bare discussion. And yet we're having it. Again. Xbows, even for a Ko, take a significant investment before t...

They're both terrible for a stabber. Also you really don't want to get into crossbows until you have stealth + shortblades + EV + spells/evo online

I would also like to see more shops. They are fun and gold is otherwise nearly useless.

I train stealth early on Octopodes because a) huge stealth aptitude and b) no armor penalty means c) you can just walk away from anything that would otherwise kill you. Pick your fights at your leisure, gain xp, and boost stealth as needed for cheap.

I like stair dancing, and find it fills a little-known niche between square dancing and line dancing quite nicely.

Its a giant eyeball. Giant. Size = giant. Not tiny. This is not a joke. Period.

Moon trolls make great AEs because their natural environment, the moon, has so much air you know to practise with.

You ever seen a moon tornado, son? I reckon not, seeins how your livin an breathin today.

Pick up smoking. All the cool people do it.

You ever feel like you are stuck in a bad dream and you just cant ever wake up?

Can we please post a sticky for "I just found this weapon but I trained this other type should I switch? "... it wouldn't have to be very long.

Why in the world insist on using UC? OP wants dragonform, not bladehands, and they arent starting as Tm

The vamp weapon, you can just use it and if you are clearing fights without having to heal up much (or at all) afterwards, then it is being effective. Also of note is how long does it take to finish the fight? Too slow and your risk of additional monsters walking in (or behind you) goes up, and this...

Dont we have all the nines now? Or are there more female dream-characters tavernites want to tab thru first?

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