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Hell I dunno, I never really noticed anything tbh. I had actually totally forgotten I was wearing that stupid helm. I was initially just wearing it for the extra AC and was gonna swap it out first magical helm I found but nothing popped up.

Well, I have been messing around with a lot of end game characters and they all keep dying, so I got tired of dying and just went for a win. It was pretty straightforward. Highlights include a +0 +9 pre-lair ring of slaying and getting a vampiric battleaxe as the first or second gift from trog. With...

All my gastronok kills have been with a blowgun and poison needles. There really isn't anything else really needed. I always clear the level he is on out then just kite him around.

Oh man I hate finding the kobold vault before you have too many cure potions. I have had a couple characters die from poisoning by these guys.

Hey do ogres earth elementalists get bonuses for equipping large rocks like you do for stones?

I used to love necromancy when I first started playing. I thought Kiku was the coolest god ever, and most of my characters worshiped him even when it was sub-optimal. After messing around with other builds I have been using necro less and less, down to the point where I rarely get it unless I get di...

Is there some sort of optimum level for invocations in the mid game? I found myself just dumping all my xp in to it and had it to like 16 at no time. When is a good level to start working other things?

It always seems like when I want to try out a particular god combo, that god is never in temple and I have to go looking for the altar.

Nice! I eventually want to do this too, but I always end up going for too many runes and get killed in post game. I have 3 so far though, ghoul, ogre (15 rune) and Mino.

A lot of my SpEns go with Kiku. You get access to all the good spells pretty quickly, and pain weapon adds a ton of damage to melee. Dispel undead is awesome of course, and the other necro spells are pretty powerful if you just want a 3 rune win. I am pretty sure this is considered the "classic...

It was't a huge deal. I was leaving them on the levels above and exploring solo and would just run back and get them if I saw a unique I thought I could handle with their help. it just happened a swamp drake came out and shot a meph cloud and got one of my dudes. I was more curious if there is a min...

Is there any way to force a follower to equip something? Right now they just seem to pick up random equipment and use that. I had a warlord in some crappy -5 str leather randart armour forever. Another question. Are there set character levels that you automatically get high level followers to submit...

Some sort of chain bladed weapon would be kind of cool. Axe skill for to hit and throwing skill for range increase. You might start with a 1 range with 1 throwing, and work up to a 4 range at 20 throwing or something, I dunno.

... you work a side job in Japan doing porn.

I keep all the glowing weapons I find and use detect curse when I get a bunch. I pretty much just try to find something with the protection brand on it.

Killer bees suck, but they are vulnerable to poison so use meph cloud. If you have to, drop it on yourself when they surround you and use a potion of curing right after to get away.

Naga ice elementalists of Vehemet are pretty fun to play. You get see invis and poison resist, as well as a decent poison spit. The armor spell helps on early levels when you are forced to melee. Veh gets the throw icicle up fairly quickly, and you have extra stuff to eat like kobolds due to the rP....

Ever since I got my first 15 runer,the biggest problem I have had lately is just getting bored after I get done with orc. From there on out, it is pretty much mostly just meatshields and packs of archers with uniques sprinkled here and there. Unless you have specific spells, everything revolves arou...

Would it be useful to just start as a SpEn? It doesn't take much to get confuse hungerless. It works on undead and 5 levels of stabbing are pretty easy to get. Just follow Veh as usual and start pumping conjurations and other skills while confuse stabbing everything in the early/mid game. I haven't ...

Just curious what the difference in damage is between these two spells. I always seem to get them both and don't really know if one is better than the other besides situational things like undead and cold vulnerable stuff.

Damn, everyone wants their archers to be Hawkeye.

I didn't realize summon butterflies was considered OP. Silence was just something I threw in because I couldn't think of anything that fit the trickster theme at higher levels.

Or jester, could be named anything. Basically I was wondering what kind of background would start with Tukima's dance and figured what the hell, might as well run with it. Starting skills would be stealth, spellcasting, hexes and maybe armor. Starting book spells summon butterflies, portal projectil...

How about a Crusader background? It would be a sword and board type warrior with a bit of invocations,armor, shield and maybe you get * piety when choosing an altar. It would replace fighter, paladin, and give you the option of joining any god and being able to represent them right away. It might ma...

Crawl has one of the bet communities I have stumbled on. It's an awesome game and I have gotten a few of my friends to play.

Getting your stealth to 8 or 9 early has a good turnaround for a small investment from the few Nagas I have played. Kiku is a good god for them as well. You get dispel undead fairly quickly, even though it takes a bit of investment in necro. I am playing a NaIE of Kiku right now and it is a breeze s...

Ugh, this one makes me sick to my stomach. I totally panicked when I got over my head and mismanaged my spells and magic. Shoulda teleported when I had a chance instead of summoning more dragons. I am sure there are a lot of things wrong with this one and I feel stupid for dying after playing so lon...

Elf always seems to be way easier for spellcasters to me. My melee dudes usually have 10 evoc by the time I hit it, and I use all the wands I have been saving down there. Elves don't have a ton of HP, so all those wands of fire, cold, lightning and draining work pretty decent in the narrow corridors...

Ah, Minmay is a fellow ass man.

Ogre Hunters are pretty decent at killing low level ghosts with their thrown rocks. I remember reading somewhere that ghosts don't use missile weapons,so no worries on that. If it does look like he is about to die at later levels, just drop your GSC or whatever weapon he has before you die.

Just had an off the wall thought at work today. What if when a character got killed, the creature that killed it would become a "hero" of his race and be saved for use in later dungeons like ghosts are. Basically it would be a bit stronger than a regular creature of its type, gain a random...

Alrighty, I have an earth elementalist that is doing really well so far. I got some decent randarts from stores after using 3 scrolls of aquirement for gold. His casting is getting pretty good but I always hear how SE do well with statue form. When should I start working my unarmed? Should I get sha...

Bah YASD. Was beat down and teleported after Okas mob showed up right in the middle of the posse in elf 5.

Just been screwing around with random builds and this guy managed to make it pretty far. Oka has kinda gotten boring. No real gifts so far besides an early dragon armor I changed out for poison. I was just wondering what god would be best for end game. I was thinking of going Kika just for corpses a...

I was gonna say get some stealth levels since you are a caster. It helps a ton avoiding the nasty fights you don't want to get drawn in to.

What if she had the ability to pass through walls like those rock worms? You could explain it as her being some sort of specter or incorporeal demon or something, I dunno.

I would go with trying a caster too. Melee seems to burn out after lair when your skills just aren't up to par unless you luck out on some good wands early or get demonic guardian to at least level 2 early. Try a fire mage of Vehemet. You can get fireball going really quickly, and sticky flame can k...

This is weird, I was wondering earlier today if there was anyone who had never won the game since it has been out. I am a bit OCD with stuff like this. If I know it is winnable I will play the shit out of it until I do win. I was so relieved after my first 3 runer I stopped playing for about a month...

I am not positive, but poison and sticky flame make the visible I think. If you are a spellcaster you can get in a corridor and just shoot your longest ranged attack with Z. I usually just use a fog or leave the level since they don't stay near you.

I had a pretty successful run with a spriggan assassin of trog. Just get your throwing up to 8 before he starts gifting, save all the needles you get for later. Hell, he killed Mennas with a couple needles of confusion and a few precisely placed stabs. They have a pretty easy early game too. Blowgun...

I just started wearing the robe really. Never had any rPoison besides some orcish leather armor until I finished elf. Honestly I really have no idea how armor works when it comes to affecting spells and accuracy and all that.

Gulf Coast here. It has been raining almost every day for the past month. I have a crappy sweaty job so it ha been a mixed blessing. On one hand it's a lot nicer when it is overcast, on the other hand it is humid as hell on the days it doesn't rain. Oh wellz.

Hey guys, once again I am in need of your expert help. Found a ring of robustness fairly early and have been rocking some mid 20-s armor most of the game. It is getting close to the end game and I was curious if it was worth throwing more points in to armor and if I do, what type of armor should I w...

One of my first air elementalists got killed by the very first bat on D1. Every single shock I cast missed it or miscast. I was running around in circles as to not find any other creatures and it just wore me down and eventually killed me.

I don't play many casters, but the one I did get to zot was an Octopode FE. I basically leveled him like normal using firestorm on later levels. Then when I got comfortable with that I just dumped all the XP I got in zot to summoning for dragons. It worked pretty decent. The few summoners I have pla...

What is the big deal about not getting 5* piety before lair? Not trying to sound like a jackass or anything, I just don't really see what the big deal is.

I figure this question has been put out there before and was wondering what the general consensus was on trees and bushes having a small percentage to spawn fruit.

Just curious, tried a few AKs for the hell of it and just wondered what the scoop was. Thanks in advance!

The kraken needs to be renamed to a Treefiddy.

It was fun, the furthest I have gotten with a Spriggan. V8 is always my bottleneck with these types of characters, there are just too many meatshields, casters and archers all over. this time I got caught by a yaktaur captain and a stone giant trying to run up some steps. It was an anti-climatic dea...

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