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I can't really tell what's going on in tiles, but it looks to me like the OP was eating or swapping eq or something. If that was the case, the solution is simple - don't do stuff like that near dangerous spaces.

For some reason this is not a popular strategy, but it is very effective at making a difficult fight easier almost all game. The best thing to use book burning on is probably ice statues, but there's rarely a case when burning a book under something would not be worth it.

Do not move while fighting good advice If you are a class that starts with leather armour, like a Warper, before you do anything else, mash 5 and train Armour up to 1. don't do this You start with good strength as a caster (10 Str, 15 Int, 11 Dex) this is largely irrelevant Choose your fights and l...

I've never had problems with piety on any berserker (including mube), and I think even a newer player who might use bia a lot would still benefit more from a possible weapon upgrade early on. Maybe our experiences differ and I'm just greedy about weapons, who knows... but I still think doing hive as...

Poison is a ridiculously awesome brand, possibly the best one for raw damage over time. . .Deep elves are especially vulnerable to poison because they have low hit points relative to the threat they present. Wouldn't that make them *more* vulnerable to an attack that does high damage immediately? I...

spbe should do hive after orc for piety and food.

What this mostly illustrates is that despite the many nerfs over time, silence is still not useless.

Also, I'm surprised you were able to kill blademasters with this character and that absurd weapon. I was recently unable to kill blademasters unassisted with a berserk mdbe at a similar level.

Well no, not really. You can't get brands, resistances, evocable abilities, or extra stats on your fists. Sure, these balance the two types of melee somewhat (mostly the branding - that other stuff is not really a big deal). Also, note that you can brand your fists with freezing or draining if you'...

Okay, so unarmed combat is generally better than weapons in every conceivable way? Not to complicate things, but I just found a demon blade of flaming (don't know the enchantments yet). I'm a DS so this weapon seems rather swell to me. Should I still stick with unarmed combat? Not in every conceiva...

It's not necessary a doomed strategy, but it's certainly suboptimal. As I mentioned, auxiliary attacks don't have a great impact on your melee output, especially not compared to the huge amounts of xp you're pouring into them. Also, your fists are already better than the scimitar.I can give you an i...

Iljyb is barely noticeable at present, could he just be guaranteed a decent weapon? Nothing crazy, but bit of branding would make him something to keep an eye on. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree. Ijyb is the most dangerous unique in the game. You tend to notice him a lot more after he ...

Why are people telling this guy to do pan and zigs on *his first character past level 20*? Does he know that these places are optional and harder than the normal branches?

@hxy: If you just want to have fun and see more of the game, by all means go to pan. If you just want a first win, do not.

I'm a little confused. How do expect to be 'fighting unarmed' at all when you are wielding a weapon? Are you referring to auxiliary attacks (e.g., headbutts, kicks)? Those are just a small bonus and have no great effect on melee with a scimitar. If you are looking for advice on how to build this cur...

calebnoble wrote:(I guess random uselessness could theoretically summon butterflies at an opportune time, but that's about it ... right?)

XuaXua wrote:Random uselessness in desperation can sometimes yield a summon butterflies effect.

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Yes, it would be perfectly fine to do crypt if you'd like. Also, I'd like to add to minmay's advice about eq. This is probably the best item in your dump: e - the ring of Vusennun {rElec rF+ rN+}. You should definitely be wearing it over "Luxitwot." And if you were to go to zot *right now*...

All of your scrolls were unidentified, including 2 blinking scrolls that you need for situations like this. You could have also drunk one of your speed potions and walked away from berserking rupert. So yes, it seems like you're building your characters in a decent way - you just need to: a) be bett...

We'll see how it goes with the immunity before considering nerfing the duration. So keep reporting insta deaths caused by paralysis. Well, I just lost this character on zig:4 on cdo: http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/mikee/morgue-mikee-20110214-032312.txt Paralyzed while hasted and at approxima...

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