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On a related note, playing a Skald focusing on polearms is very powerful if you find a book with Haste early. Having reliable Haste and Spectral Weapon in the Lair is pretty fantastic. Story time! I won my very first 15-rune game playing a Demonspawn Abyssal Knight (of Jiyva) with Spectral Weapon o...

Do NOT hit yourself while multizapping Lightning Bolt, thinking you can just tank the damage without rElec. I did not think that I would hit myself for 47 damage and kill myself while fighting an ood Iron Troll. Talk about mortifying-- I'm really going to miss that {rF++ MR++} ring, but this time I...

OVER A DAMN MONTH LATER, I RETURN TO THIS THREAD, HAVING FINISHED BEING BUSY AND FEELING EXTREMELY GUILTY FOR LEAVING IT HANGING. I AM SORRY EVERYONE. BUT I AM BACK NOW. IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Thanks for the replies guys. :) Super-congrats on your victory, Prozzie!! It's cool to know that our simul...

Rewrite Hall of Blades from the ground up. Make it three floors deep, and make it as ludricously long and difficult as Tomb-- and holy-themed, in addition to construct-themed and loot-that-kills-you themed, with several major threats that can't be countered with Silence or Lich-Form. Put the Golden ...

After you grab the rune from the Vaults, don't stick around and fight the rest of the enemies. Eventually a Tentacled Monstrosity will grab you and prevent you from stairdancing at the worst time. Seriously, do the monsters in that level EVER run out?? Yeah, your problem wasn't that you tried to do...

If he's in the Elven Halls, you could wait until you get rElec, then go into Elf:3 solo and lure Nikola down where the treasure loot is. Then as all the Deep Elf Sorcerers/High Priests/Demonologists/Blade Masters/Master Archers are swarming out, turn Invisible. Nikola will fire off Chain Lightnings ...

Solution is simple - don't equip rings unless you have Remove Curse scroll After multiple games very similar to the OP's described experience, let me endorse this tiny post 100 times as strongly as I can and say this is EXTREMELY potent, good advice. An early game Cursed Ring of Hunger or Teleport ...

Here's the Character Log, in case you want to see my victorious character for yourself. I have cut everything out on the Notes past Lair:1 as to not spoil the adventure for anyone, but feel free to check out the end-result and make comments or guesses ^^ Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13-a0-258...

Thank you all, over the past years, for your helpful advice and hints and playful teases, for instilling in me the passion to keep playing and to keep going. I have an announcement to make. I've finally done it. My first... freaking FIRST EVER 15-RUNE VICTORY after playing this game since Version 0....

Serious question here, stuck it in CYC because I couldn't find a better place to put it is all. What happened to Diary Of A Crawler on the wiki? It used to be this gigantic collection of people's written-out Crawl adventures and they were fun to read, in fact there was one particular DEIE story that...

I would have been using Wands to finish off Aizul. Your +1+1 Bow wouldn't have cut it. You couldn't have enchanted it at all? I guess some games you don't get lucky with enchant scrolls... Summoning another Greater Servant might have also worked but then again I like to finish off uniques myself to ...

Wouldn't that mean Octopodes find the taste of snozzcumber to be tasty? I mean they ARE primarily fish-eaters...

I main DsWz. They're very tricky, largely because of their slow skill growths, but many of their demonic mutations GREATLY benefit them. When you're an Ice-Storm caster in over 40 AC, EV AND SH, sweeping HolyPan completely , then you'll fall in love as I have. EDIT: To make it somewhat less vague, t...

continuation from above first post Abyss: Guys. Never. Never. Do Abyss with Gong. I have NEVER seen so much insanity in Crawl before. I even did Abyss with Gong in a previous run, my 5-rune HECj of Ashenzari -> Jiyva win, and it wasn't even half as insane as this. There was anywhere from 20 to 40 e...

Earlier today I was asked during one of my online Crawls how many wins I had. I replied "six", even though only three show up when you ask the bots in the chatroom. That's because I play locally too. I told him my best one was a 13-runer DsAK of Ashenzari. He said that's weird. I said yes ...

Sounds like a freak coincidence to me, losing a piety point at the exact moment a player ghost spotted you. Hope you didn't die! But on the other hand it wouldn't be Crawl unless you likely did... heheh

Today I got a Stone Giant in D:10, right outside the Lair entrance, after having collected four Runes and doubled back and forth between the Lair and the Vaults/Hell areas many many times. By then he was trivial for me to kill, but still, wow.

Amnesiac wrote:I can understand one minotaur going on an adventure(player's case)... But not a throng on minotaurs playing with nymphs in a forest.

At first I mis-read that as "a thong-minotaur playing with nymphs in a forest".

Mental images.

siprus wrote:Hubris kills. No matter how good items you got nothing can help you if you don't make correct strategical choices.

Oh yes.

I had a D:2 Ring of Regeneration last night on a promising DsAK.

Turns out that didn't mean he was ready to melee the D:8 Cyclops. RIP.

My favorite melee finishing move ever is the deadly "sidestep". I was in Zot:5, an Ancient Lich behind me, three Orb Guardians in front, an army of Draconians and a few Storm and Golden Dragons off to the side. Ancient Lich fires off an Orb of Destruction. Then without warning, I performed...

SchwaWarrior... I clearly said I think early electrocution is a "game-breaking loot" for most melee characters, that can survive at least some beating . And you are talking about adventures of your mage. I think it's kinda beside the point. It can be used for killing weak stuff to conserv...

I'm not sure rPois fits there well... Also even if a ring of regen is good for running in cirles, I don't recomment waisting one's time to do that. Adders, Scorpions and Giant Ants, as well as Kobolds with Blowguns, are extremely dangerous early-game even to an armored character, because of course ...

Which is your favorite, the new Enchanted Forest branch, or the re-hashed Crypt? And explain why. Let's have a good ol' discussion! I think the new Forest branch has some really cool and creative tricks and traps (my new favorite catchphrase during Forest is "NO NO NOT THE WOLVES NOT THE WOLVES...

Another trick: Demonspawn Chaos Knight has good synergy with demonic heritage mutations kicking in that "highly amuse" Xom. So there is that.

Fungus is awesome. One D:2 instance against Terrence and his Wand of Polymorph had me in fungus form, and I had happened upon a D:1 Amulet of Rage that game too. I got to experience the thrilling sensation of making an Enraged Fungus KO that day. Boy did that put me in a good mood. Just the IDEA of ...

Whoever said "variance is the name of the game" wins the thread. 'Cause that's exactly it. All brands have pros and cons. I personally LOVE Distortion but there are some HUGE tradeoffs that come with it; you can't un-wield without maybe-Abyssing yourself (which is mostly fine when I'm play...

Eye of Draining. >:(

Best example of a "dude, why" moment in Crawl.

If you wanted to be clever you could go DrWz and then build him up as a melee specialist with spell support through the course of the game. They have the STR for it, it'd be somewhat tough earlier in the game, but I don't see why it wouldn't be feasable, plus it'd be an interesting experiment. Alter...

Today I learned a new one-turn-game-over scenario.

Never underestimate:
* Shapeshifters
* Death Dragon breath
* Deep Elf Annihilator Poison Arrow
* all at the same time
* with no way to Blink

Next time, no rushdown strategy for me. Heh, yeah.

Putting this in Yiuf's corner because it's only half- serious. Make an item themed after me in Crawl, guys! Schwa's Coffee Mug. Because I am a coffee fiend. It's essentially a one-use "fixedart potion" if you can imagine it-- you'll only find a max of one of these per game, if even that. T...

I'm glad the traps and stabbing skills are gone. That's two less things for me to fret over early-game when I'm trying to focus on "the right skills" that will take my character farther. ^^ I won't be blindly stumbling into arrow and spear traps at around D:7 or 8 for like 20 to 30 damage ...

Mmm... okay, interesting discussion so far, but what about this: Instead of fire or ice attacks destroying the scrolls and potions outright, they damage them, making them unusable for a period of time. If you have one Potion of Heal Wounds in your inventory and it gets blasted, it will be greyed out...

Sorry, you lost me at "without hacking". A Xom Effects rom hack of Pokemon would be *glorious*. Nevertheless, your ideas are pretty creative as well. I think this may be the wrong forum to ask for input because most of us are really not into Pokemon (I used to be, not so much these days-- ...

*uses Scry, and this pops up*

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I have a really really close friend who doesn't appreciate that I play this game as much as I do, and would like me to play less, especially because this game stresses me out so much (even though I enjoy it) and she hates it when I'm stressed. But, self control is hard for me. x_x But I told her I w...

Glass doors wouldn't fit in with the regular dungeon. But in special vaults, or certain WizLabs, or in the Abyss (vaults), or as a Xom effect, it'd be better, possibly.

Also I have NEVER heard of a 'peek' feature, nor do I, as an Ashenzari main, really care. <3 Ash

I hate Felids.

Not as a Crawl character, I mean I just hate cats. I'm more of a dog person. But do we see Gnolls as playable characters yet? NO. WHY WOULD THEY. RIGHT!? >:-/ Flippin' cat-loving commies...

galehar wrote:It is a bug.

I thought it was an arachnid.

Just saying.

If you play a Tengu, you can still have your birding competition. At least I think that's how it works.

He hates Bolts of Fire and Cold even more. Can't reflect THOSE things back at me, can ya Donnie? >:3

My favorite unique? Arachne. Definitely Arachne. I have a thing for half-girl, half-beast creatures, like mermaids and harpies and the like, and I also have a thing for wicked, dominating personalities. Arachne is both, and not to be taken lightly. Ilsuiw is on a similar level, and even Duvessa coun...

Guess what was the FIRST BLOODY THING he did. He shouted? ;) Anyway that was a GREAT story, and the whole gambit with opening the Trove afterward just makes it perfect. ^^ I love it when Crawl throws you a nasty experience but gives you the chance to turn it around to your favor and make it a great...

I have an idea for a feature in 0.12: if you're forced into the water or lava by means of some kind of translocation, such as Abyss shift or enemy Displacement or poor use of Passwall, and you have some means of Flight available whether potion, ring or spell etc., the game will ask you if you want t...

Man it would have sucked if the Angels and Daevas and Paladins picked up all the Cure Muts and then you banished them with your badass weapon, almost certainly forefiting them for that game unless you wanted to chase them down in the Abyss later and pry it off their cold dead angelic fingers. :P Tha...

Don't go into ZoT with Amulet of Faith on your neck if you are with Oka. You will see OoF and will put rMut amulet on, but it will make you unable to use Finesse. There will be 2 Tentacled Monstrosities and a ZoT trap near you to give you a hint that you should run away now. If you are too stubborn...

Selkies ought to be a normal monster, not a unique and definitely not a "unique" unique. If anything I bet you could get away with custom-defining a Siren in a shoals vault or something, to be renamed as a Selkie and with more HP and HD than usual. And that would be enough. Oh, and partial...

"v - a crystal ball of energy"

Probably my favorite line in the entire game. Ever. A million times over.

Durable nets might actually be useful. Chainweave Nets? Oh yeah. Something that would be considered Acquirement-worthy for Vaults and beyond-- nets that could entrap even things like Titans and Stone Giants and Orc Warlords without being ripped up right away. But they would be very heavy. Throwing ...

Lucy and me, BFFs 4 lyfe. <3 I approve of this thread! Demonspawn Abyssal Knight is my ultimate build for any melee games I ever play. I very occasionally go Demonspawn Gladiator, but vastly prefer Co-Op games with Lucy and I trailblazing the dungeon together as a team. :) The other day I tried a Sp...

When my Centaur Fighter gets banished at XL 11... and escapes. And Erolcha is still there! Nothing is more satisfying than escaping the Abyss and immediately suckerpunching to death the sorry asshole that had just banished you. And the longer you were in the Abyss trying to escape, the better. It's...

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