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They are mortal enemies of the Tengu, who have been the coevolving predators of Formicids for millennia. This is kind of a minor thing, but introducing such rivalry will probably require the flavour text for Tengu to be amended as well, and I do not think they will benefit from it. Tengu have quite...

Lasty wrote:Anyone know what the new "retch" status they inflict does?

Changelog says that it prevents eating or drinking potions.

And as someone said, Oka isn't Ash, how is he supposed to know what mutations you'll get? When somebody talks about realism in crawl, I just remember about ocean under ocean under ocean under ocean under ocean. Underground. Except it is not about realism, but about god's background and flavour. And...

Of note, isn't a buckler something you strap to your forearm when using a two-handed weapon? When doing so, both could be made less effective. Not really, bucklers are normally held using a handle on the back, which is obviously impossible if you're using a proper two-hander. Also, the devs have be...

Doesn't acquirement already prevent draconians from getting body armour, minotaurs from getting helmets, and kobolds from getting giant spiked clubs? Is this really much different? Not being able to use the gift completely and being gifted, say, boots of running somewhere in Lair and using them unt...

You had Haste, as well as potion of speed and a wand of hasting, but you don't seem to mention using any of these, which probably should have been your very first action after meeting the lich. Why do you have a ring of sustenance on when you have much better options? For example, having that MR rin...

My personal favourite is Terminus.

Trolls go quite well with Xom. Regen means you do not have to rest as much => Xom is less likely to get bored, and in the early game it is easier to survive whatever Xom decides to throw at you. TrCK is ok, or you can choose to start as a hunter or one of the backgrounds that has a good book. Cheibr...

The point is, even if you increase his exp value, the game already gives you so much exp from other sources that leaving Boris alive does not make much of a difference.

Two reasons: First, the XP. and the xp is reason enough. From Knowledge Bots: Boris - XP:8380 Yaktaur captian - XP:1402 Yaktaur - XP:400 I fail to see why would you ever want to engage a dangerous unique because of xp, considering that it is similar to meeting, i.e, 2-3 more yaktaur packs. Anyway, ...

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Installed LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) with XFCE about 2 years ago. I switched the repositories to Debian ones later though, so now it is "pure" Debian Sid with a bunch of packages from experimental. Had been using Xubuntu for about 1,5 years before that.

Baldu wrote:There should be a new career choice in crawl: politician.

Oh, but Crawl already kind of has it. You just need 27 Stabbing to become one.

Grimm wrote:What XL were you there?

15. I didn't rest to full hp after previous fight though. Btw, here is the morgue file, if you're interested.

Apparently 70 HP is not enough to at least be able to react if something bad happens at D:18. You open the door. A deep elf annihilator comes into view. It is wielding an elven sabre. The deep elf annihilator shouts! The deep elf annihilator casts a spell at you. The bolt of lightning hits you! * * ...

About Snakes: you should be able to clear it: naga are easily kitable, naga mage shouldn't be a big problem (a bit more mr could help, though. with "very resistant" I fear you could get abyssed, if you're really unlucky). I'm pretty sure that naga mages do not have banishment. They can te...

XuaXua wrote:1) Right, slings and maybe a buckler (with Shield Skill max of 5 for a Spriggan, I think?).

No, spriggans have to train Shields to 9 to completely eliminate buckler penalties.

Also, you have a +0,+8 ring of slaying. I see no reason not to use it instead of that rPois ring.

One thing you can definitely do is switching from that GDA to something lighter. You need (3*evasion penalty) strength not to receive additional penalties from armour, so wearing GDA with only 20 str is not recommended. Plate armour would be a good choice for the time being if you decide to stick to...

nago wrote:Why? Doesn't stab's damage increase according the skill value until 27?

With 12-14 Stabbing you'll already be able to kill the majority of enemies, so investing exp in other skills is likely to be more beneficial.

I dont find okawaru helpful at all since Im really stingy with my hunger cost so I usually die before I activate heroism. Heroism is extremely cheap in terms of both food and piety, so you don't need to be afraid of using it. Seriously, it costs less nutrition than, for example, Sif's channeling ab...

Code:: _Your +2 elven shield of reflection reflects the boulder beetle!

After messing around I get to a page saying: "Permissions Errors You do not have permission to create this user account, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Administrators." Wiki's main page has the following announcement, which probab...

Code:: You offer a prayer to Xom. Xom slaps you with a flathead trout!

bolt of magma does irresistible damage (and is penetrating). it's rarely used because it not in a starting book anymore. actually, is it in any fixed book? Yes, it is now in book of Power. I think it is actually quite nice, especially if you worship Veh due to range boost. Also, it allows you to sa...

Code:: The quarterstaff mimic misses you. The quarterstaff mimic constricts you.

I knew mimics can poison you, but have never faced constricting ones before.

2430878 Wark the Slayer (level 27, 313/313 (315) HPs) Began as a Troll Chaos Knight on Apr 3, 2012. Was a Favourite Plaything of Xom. Escaped with the Orb ... and 5 runes on Apr 13, 2012! The game lasted 10:58:05 (103873 turns). Probably the best thing was finding /hasting and /heal wounds around L...

Firestorm is nice, but you do not need to try to get online as soon as possible. You'll probably want it for Vault 8/Zot, but until that time Bolt of Fire/Fireball/OOD are usually more than enough. Now Fighting and T&D are more important. Also, learning Regeneration is a good idea, it requires m...

Mix ice, swamp and storm dragons, and you get this:

Code:: T - the +2 ice dragon armour "Twuntom" (worn) {+Rage rElec rPois rF- rC++}

Casting Shadow Creatures in Crypt may summon a friendly silent spectre, which can be less than desirable in certain situations.

Flight - Perhaps give some noticeable to significant penalties when the player lacks cFlight, such as EV and accuracy reduction. Alternatively, a bonus to max weight carried (and stealth, IIRC) can be removed. Then it would be more or less useless to keep flight constantly on, apart from a few spec...

Temporal Distortion may also be a useful escape mechanism. For instance, if you want to go upstairs, but there is an enemy right next to you, and you don't want him to follow, after casting TD you'll sometimes find that the enemy is now 1-2 steps away.

Code:: a - the +2,+7 executioner's axe of Panentheism (weapon) {god gift, venom, rF+ rC++ MR SInv}

Brand could be better, but the rest is nice.

Following several pretty straightforward characters, such as TeFe and DsBe, I decided to try something similar to HaAs (which was my first allruner), but not exactly the same. Here you can see the end result of this choice - HaSt^Ashenzari. (Sorry in advance for the wall of text ^_^') After a number...

By the way, what is the best way to try and sirvive in the Abyiss? In most cases, especially at low and mid levels you want to simply keep running away until you find an exit, you don't need to fight the enemies you meet. Having Swiftness and/or boots of running helps with that, and Flight is extre...

Code:: 2882 | D:4 | Gained mutation: A powerful demonic guardian rushes to your aid.

Free 1s on D4... Watching Grinder being obliterated by Balrug is a pleasant experience.

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