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demons, and quite some other high level creatures, are immune against silence. knowledge bot shows the !sil flag for them.
regeneration is a good way to get hp quickly, rings or troll armour also help.

stating that 2h and 1h+shields are a choice based on the equipment found ins certainly true. if a guide targeted at new players does not mention this it is one sided, biased and possibly misleading. the exact comparisons require too much code diving and calculations for my taste, if somebody feels i...

the honeycomb walls have a secret door. you have nice equipment, only the berserkitis and deterioration are bad luck, no rMut so far? clarity and sustain abilities may be nice, until you find a cure mutation pot. elf is in orc 3-4, maybe you have a set of stairs you did not explore. i would have sug...

Jeremiah wrote:If a kraken tentacle is next to me when I go up/down stairs, can the tentacle follow me, the whole kraken follow me or neither?

neither

Nemelex Mummy sounds like an interesting idea, then

spider nests can be dangerous without sInv as there are some with ghost moths in the end. some of the enemies can probably be too strong, i would suggest not to enter.

I don't know why the one portal has an asterix. regarding your second question: no need to install a newer version, it's the latest stable. i would suggest to drink the cure mutation potion. being slowed and exhausted at the wrong time is deadly. usually high level heroes wear amulets of resist muta...

So in short, more dpt is always good regardless of the target. Less incoming dpt is always good. in your calculations you assume the appropriate skill for the weapon. when you have axe skill 26 (and the appropriate exec axe) the game is 3/4 over. wielding 2h weapons without sufficient skill is some...

JeffQyzt wrote:
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o - the amulet "Schuis" (around neck) {rMut Dex+2}

Why this over the amulet of clarity, as a mummy? Does it help with mutation-->rot prevention?

yes.

Assuming you're someone who advocates shield use, do you mind if I quiz you? 1) Do you know what affects blocking chance with a shield? 2) How much do shields slow attack speed? How much shield skill is needed to reduce/eliminate that penalty? 3) How much damage per turn can you expect to be giving...

mikee wrote:Sadly, many inexperienced players choose not to follow it because it explicitly says not to use shields, and people who don't know better tell them to use shields no matter what.

mainly because shields are good to have, at least for the normal game. and that's what inexperienced players focus on...

levelling in ziggurats is certainly new land for me

congratulations on the full win!
stealing the runes is the smartest and easiest way. i had to kill them all once for the spite of it, but nowadays i just grab the apported rune and port out.

well done, so far! berserkitis is a bad mutation, as you have already found out. you can wear a clarity item to control it, but in the long run you might want to find a cure mutation potion (if you don't have any). you have also lost 4 hp to rotting (the value in brackets is your max hp), you can cu...

the print screen key normally copies the screen into the clipboard.
i usually use paint.net, as it's free and reasonably fast, paste it in there and crop the screen. sometimes i combine several screens into one (skills section, spells etc)

identify your scrolls. how do you want to escape when you have no blink/teleport identified? hitting with a long sword at low skill level is dangerous, it takes a lot of time. usually it is easier to use short blades and train with the +4 synergy - or don't melee. shields 5 is enough for a buckler, ...

abjuration would have saved you, probably, but hard to say. you need some spellpower to banish the 1s i think.

the illusions don't get stronger, and they reflect your character when they are created.

dunno if you want any tips, from your previous posts i guess not, so i won't spoil you with anti-mara-tactics

njvack wrote:Just checked the knowledge bot; they resist Hellfire but not plain ol' fire (unless rHellfire grants rF?). For my current caster, Lightning Bolt has been effective.

on the wiki resist fire is listed for hellions. not sure if rHellfire provides rF?

you are spread pretty thin, i would suggest to disable a lot of skills. stealth 12 should be enough for some time, you can train more if you have your target spells. same with traps&doors, 8 is good enough for everything but tomb. conjurations eats a lot of xp due to -3 apt, better to get spells...

I enjoy your stories a lot so far, nice read on a short break from work. Mennas is one of the most dangerous enemies. you should be able to kill him without too many problems (when berserking), but if you are in doubt: don't. btw, berserk gives you might+haste, quaffing a potion of speed (or might) ...

congratulations on a special win, and thanks for the tips, they sound pretty solid!

as far as mutations go they are not too bad. screaming can be annoying, but the rest is either ignorable or even nice. especially clarity + jihad!

chain lightning from Nikola can be brutal, yes.
bad luck in your case, stealth may have helped, but even with stealth situations like this can happen.
not much to say, your character looked fine. deep elves are squishy, fighting 10 and only 87 hp, the hp-change really hit them i guess.

congratulations on your win.

nice touch with the phone. playing crawl while commuting would be an argument to get a pad of some kind - but reading is also fine

I don't have much experience with bows. Usually it is the ammunition which makes the difference, i think. Slings and crossbows both have steel and silver ammunition, which are a lot better. From what i read on this forum you can deal damage pretty well with a bow, but should enchant a big arrow stac...

You can clear zot without a god, why should it not be possible with Yred?
TSO is a good god for the extended game, but if you want to stay pure to your death knight idea, why not?

Yes, usually the lair is easier than the dungeon at comparable levels. Poison can be annoying, but usually you can rest it off, and in the worst case you can use a healing potion. There are some dangerous monsters in the lair (hydras, death yaks, spiny/blink frogs), learn to deal with them (for exam...

lvl 14 is quite early for a melee character in the vaults. especially with no resistances at all.
i'd always use a shield with the broad axe.

-2 gauntlets substract armor, no need to wear them.
i would suggest to try scrolls.
focus on casting, disable stealth (and maybe dodging), you can re-enable them later maybe.
first objective is to survive without a big gun spell until you get the first gift book.

bows is way too high. weapon skills only have to be trained to minimum delay (12, i think, for bow). anything you are aiming for? if you plan to use high level summons you are ok, otherwise you should probably disable summoning. you have a lot of skills on training, but all current spells well casta...

I think fire storm will work as well, if not as quickly, since it is at least partially unresistable. with the added benefit of blocking LOS, which is not unimportant if confronted with hellfire. i usually take the easy solution: skip the level. i know that it has a guaranteed rune, but you can fin...

congratulations, the first win is always something special. And without any spells, nicely done.
A +15 platemail is nothing too bad, boots of running are awesome, and the helm is not bad, too.

otherwise, what advice do you want? you have won the game, you did everything right!

some of your magic skills are a bit too high. summonings 11, for example, is not needed unless you have plans to use high level summons (and even then usually not). i usually end up with about 8 in the end, and only to abjure summoned 1s. poison that high is also questionable, if you are after spell...

i didn't see that staffs on the damage table the last time i checked, but i would also guess that the holy wrath blade does more damage against undeads. I had a manual of Long Blades active, so I wanted to shoot Long Blades up to 27 because, frankly, at that point I don't think my further skill deve...

if you plan on using spells at all: go for int. but if you plan to go hybrid, another starting background may be better (higher starting int). or even another race... scrolls of fog are awesome, they help against everything that attacks at range, be it dragons, ancient liches slinging crystal spears...

i would not use the sword without clarity, berserkitis can trigger at the worst possible times, wear off quicker than expected if not hitting stuff and leave you slowed or even paralyzed. if you have clarity (and don't need rMut) it is a great weapon against undead and demons, and still good against...

Getting lvl 2 spells castable is worth it in heavy armour, i think. repel missiles, for example, would reduce the damage from the yaktaur pack more, swiftness would allow you to get to them quicker (or escape quicker). on lvl 3 there is flight (+swiftness - very fast movement) or regeneration (avoid...

Well I'm curious about the flame thing because my Character in Progress thread has a flame next to it and I definitely didn't put it there. The flame means "hot topic", many people replied there in a measured timeframe, usually a day. the post icon "flame" looks different and wo...

sure, always take the lab

in Webtiles, how can i enter a shop?

base damage is much more important, go with the cutlass

I don't mind the abyss being long exactly. I mind it being inconsistent. My most recent character had two trips there, and was in running around with his lantern of shadows(i NEVER leave these at stash for this reason alone) for probably a total of 5 min top. Real time. I've had characters in the p...

Stormfox wrote:You should still be able to wear a cap even with horns 3, right?

i thought so, but the cap changed to non-wearable. i'll get a chardump when i am at home. maybe it's a bug.

ice portal would be quite deadly for you. xom would find it hillarious, but you'd be dead, so maybe not a good idea. otherwise, you follow xom, what are good ideas anyhow

i happily played my Demonspawn Berserker, was very excited about being able to buy the fabled Hat of the Alchemist (rF+ rC+ rElec and 30 MR) and, how could it be different, got the Horns 3 mutation from my heritage...

well done! full zig win on the first 15 runer deserves congratulations.

i wonder why you disabled fighting while keeping long blades though.

if you plan to cast any spells at all, int is the stat to go. mainly due to str and dex not doing much.
str, as already mentioned, 3 times the ev-penalty. that usually means dex is the way to go.

end game enemies can detect invisible and overall can wake up quite easily With stealth around 15ish i walked around all pan and hell bosses without any of them taking note, they never missed their runes until much later. Still, stealth is unreliable, and if you stand next to an enemy with a dagger...

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