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I'd play no more games on at once than there are custom paperdoll slots, since if I survive to Temple with a character I'll make them up an outfit to match. :shock: Normally, its only about 40 mins a day during my lunchbreak, assuming there is no anime that urgently needs watching during that time :...

You're not the first one to think +++ means total protection. It doesn't.

Generally, when you start, leaving all skills on is actually best practice in my opinion, unless you're NEVER going to use it (say a MDFi and Stealth). You can start switching things on and off to specialise once you get past temple. I strongly disagree. The extra point of EV you get from a level o...

Sadly, Shoals is by far harder than Swamp, IMHO. (Swamp is just like Lair+, whereas Shoals is literally dropping you in the metaphorical and literal deep end of the pool)

These days, I'd always pick Vehu over Sif, since I never seem to have trouble getting books I need, but I guess it depends on how much the RNG god likes you. MP Regen from killing, range increase and increasing chance to cast (rather than totally eliminating the penalty of failure) is like gold from...

blackhatbarry wrote:... I might have to go and visit some of those Hells. Although having read about them they sound horrible.

And despite all the bad publicity, the tourists just keep visiting... :twisted:

Assuming you're playing 0.8 (Trunk is trying some crazy new thing which I'm not familiar with), how the XP works is that each time you gain XP to your pool, the system looks at the way you gained the XP (killed it with a spell, sword etc.) and tries to assign the XP mostly based upon what it sees. I...

I quite like the idea of bridge building, there are plenty of spells that destroy the dungeon, but none that let you create stuff. Would be a nice way for an Earth caster to get around some places better without Air spells. A bit safer than levitation since it's not going to disappear (although I s...

It's certainly possible to get a better quickblade than that; freezing, vampiric, or electrocuting quickblades would be in that category. Also, Pain quickblades if you're a Necromancer; and Distortion one as well (though thats pretty rare). How to get a quickblade of electrocution, after all? Tough...

As promised, Eris Ferris' stash... Mighty claustrophobic these days, but no forthcoming dig wands. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/simjimm/Eris-Vault.jpg Just staggered back from Hive. Now have a rather stupid 69 Honeycombs and 19 Royal Jellies. Seriously, the amount of bee vaults I've alread...

Wow, laid out like those air force displays you see in books. I applaud your dedication, sir! Since mine are always 'lets select the most secure looking vault-like room I can see on Lair:2', they can vary alot. Here's three from my current characters: Shinobu had a set of tunnels that she dug out in...

A level 11 troll berserker fell through a shaft from lair 4 to lair 7. On the way back up he met a 4 headed hydra. What is the correct tactical choice a) BiA*3 then berserk b) use wand of fire (13 charges) c) BiA twice then run for the stairs d) run for the stairs e) scroll of teleport on this unex...

KoboldLord wrote:Fire has nothing to offer you except Bolt of Fire and Fire Storm.

Fireball, Evaporate, Sticky Flame, and Ignite Poison would like a word with you.

Admittedly, Fire has basically nothing on the utility side, but it has some versatile ways to deal with enemies.

I've always reckoned you should be able to apply your resistances to your followers as a Beorgh Messiah. That would stop them being turned to paste in later levels. Besides, I see it very much as a 'contagious' faith in a real and metaphorical sense.

This isn't just relevant to transmuters, but anyone who fights unarmed: Is there a level at which you should turn off Unarmed Combat and stop training it like you do with weapons? AFAIK it goes on reducing attack delay all the way up to 25, but I wonder if after a point it would be better to spend ...

Your message history has you moving over 4 squares of water before you die, and you say the system warned you, so what gives? You're not a surfing Tauros, dude! You wern't crazily autoexploring whilst over deep water, were you? I'd have been frantically evoking to extend the duration at that point (...

galehar wrote:
eharper256 wrote:Why? Is there a demon mace now?

No but there's a demon whip.

Yeah, of course! I just closed the forum and then thought of it, I'm an idiot. :shock:

I guess you're restricted to Short Blades and Staves then. :lol:

minmay wrote:I think you mean maces and flails, not long blades.

Why? Is there a demon mace now?

I thought that would be a safe category for him. He's gotta avoid Long Blades due to Demonblade being part of it, right?

Is it easy and overall possible to play completely without dark items (wands of draining, vampiric and draining weapons, demon weapons), Hexes and Necromancy while not being a worshipper of one of the good gods? Did anyone try doing such a playthrough, intentionally avoiding using all the mentioned...

WTF?!? My Kobold Artificer of Nemelex just acquired this beast: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/simjimm/Derpblade5000.jpg I've never since such a long list! The inscribe was far too long so it got changed to Derp-Blade 5000. Having rF- is a bitch when I want use fireball wands, and it could h...

Don't forget Kobold Hunter with xBow. They have a very easy start due to xBow being very powerful initially, and being able to stuff corpses down their throats. You don't need to worry much about running, actually, since as long as you pay attention, everything dies before it touches you. Just hope ...

Actually, I think popular belief may be based on an earlier version. In my (only 0.8) experience, Crusaders have one of the hardest starts in the game. Not as bad as Fighters due to having the skill to actually use their stuff, but besides that they're basically the same class initially without the ...

Why limit yourself to either/or? My Summoner uses Mystic Blast and LRD with impugnity. You just have to watch your targetting and be aware that sometimes you'll get hostiles. But if you're worshipping Vehumet, you'll have Abjuration in your book. It only works on hostile summons. So, although turns ...

Characters have a motivation in a Roguelike? In game reason: Difficulty would go down. Roleplay reason: I prefer the opposite opinion. The Orb is a wonderful source of harmony guarded by sentient undead like liches who are the caretakers of it. They're ideal caretakers, after all, since they don't h...

I like Kobold Artificer as the uber-nemelex player. Bonus to all the skills you might want; and you can sacrifice all the non-meat permafood freely (or even all permafood) and still be good since you can feast on corpses in the early game. The 5000 XP from deck of wonders is amazing if you get it at...

Couldn't they just cast Vampiric Draining on a squirrel or something? Stat loss would be awful, though. You're assuming all DD's become at least level 3 necromancers, though. :) Then again, if its an incentive to survive, I guess there would be a higher number of them. Well, one things for certain;...

As others say, this is the vault that leads to hell, there is one corner exposed in the forest, and the door is there if you '5' it for long enough. But there is often a crazed wizard followed by a huge horde of demons (usually 2's, 3's and 4's) inside, so don't go there if you don't think you can t...

I'm new to Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. I read alot about trunk, some short of words that I can't remember now. Are there other versions of DC:SS? Are there mods? Some tweaked version? And what is the best way to get in to modding? If it is possible? I made a graphical mod . Since that's just editing...

Based on 0.8, so if anythings changed since then, well... Likes 1. Randomness, variety and difficulty, like everyone else; this is Crawl's big draw for me. 2. Fun references. 3. Magic is wide and varied and fun. I really do feel a great difference between being a Summoner and an Elementalist. 4. Odd...

http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index ... 008.0.html
My personal favourite: somebody modded 0.6 with touhou sprites and all monsters as Yukkris and took on the dungeon as Nue worshipping Flandre (Xom) and this is their forum relay.

Since I don't think anybody ever did read my contribution to the Crusader article on the Codewiki, I'm gonna post my spell ideas from there. :) Pounce (Charms 2) Not sure if this is possible, but a simulated really fast jump into combat. Perhaps 5-10 turns of Super Swiftness + Flight? Ideally you sh...

^ THIS ^ A vampire should nearly always head up towards being a Warrior-Mage. Its even more so with Necromancers in my opinion, as they have various brands and Regen that encourages them to wade in with their minions, rather than taking on a battle commander stance like a Summoner does. Special fun ...

Considering I introduced all my friends to Crawl (by showing them a fresh Chaos Knight, of course) and they commonly come around (or I go around) for Pen n Paper RPGs, we actually do this alot for a half hour or two before the actual gaming starts. Well, this or beat the crap out of each other on Sc...

Eucliwood Update: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0 character file. Eucliwood Hellscythe the Necromancer (Deep Elf Necromancer) Turns: 39641, Time: 07:37:06 HP 82/82 AC 13 Str 14 Exp: 15/110110 (0), need: 37589 MP 31/37 EV 19 Int 29 God: Kikubaaqudgha [*****.] Gold 1876 SH 17 Dex 15 Spells: 10 ...

Not really. If you're going to fight unarmed as your main attack, you should never be armoured, since it caps your attack speed. If you also find an amazing weapon, and never get blade hands, you can move over to using unarmed as support, and go from monk to knight, mind you. You probably want to ma...

Yeah, just make sure you have Abjuration as well, its in the same book, after all. It only affects hostile summons; and those become rarer as the power of the spell goes up. Summon Greater is a lot riskier in general though; as noted by others, stick to Haunt, Horrible Things, Tentacles, and possibl...

Crawl is not for those that thrive off winning. That's just a nice extra perk you might eventually manage from time to time in this game.

Then again, I sense some sarcasm there; its the hallmark of good game in my opinion if you ragequit and then start back up again immediately.

Surely the plural is Necronomica. What about Al Azifi? (going by the Necromonicons original name , Al Azif) :) Anyway, I always find them for non-necromancer characters also. But then, thats why a Necromancer worships Kiku. Can't say I've seen the above mentioned issues of stuck-RNG, but then I'm p...

With 1. Personally, I just tap the "." key every three moves, staggering my move speed manually. BUT, early on you should ignore raising of dead in general, they'll be too weak, especially skellies. Focus on using Pain, Regen and melee if need arises. Don't forget Dispel Undead; you'll be ...

fnwc wrote:I find it strange that an adventurer would even go into a dungeon without *some* kind of weapon, even if it's a club.

But then, no-body starts with any shoes, either, which begs the question of how they even walked there without some mighty calluses.

minmay wrote:To use Staff of Olgreb, just evoke it.

Actually, I was wondering its usefulness as a weapon; I know its handy for its evocable Toxic Radiance, but what about its poison brand?

Woah, followed everyone's advice and went down to Lair 8 before Elf. Found a Labyrinth in which the Minotaur had somehow killed itself on a Blade Trap. I picked up a staff from there that was suspiciously blue and fixedart looking, but I had no ID on me at the time, so I left it in the stash. After ...

Sorry, to clarify, I went to this part of Lair first since I really needed to make up a Stash for my book collection; will now probably backtrack to Elf as that's standard proceedings for me (Orc 1-4, then Elf 1-3, Lair, Elf 4, Deeper Dungeon a bit, Swamp/Snake/Shoals, Vaults, Blade, Crypt) Ouch on ...

smeej wrote: First Law.

"You sense battle. You suddenly really feel the urge to go piss."

Here I am again; taking a break from using Shinobu to get some Eucliwood play in. She's my first long surviving Necromancer. I realised the wisdom of not bothering with Skellies and doing what she actually does best in the Series she is from, shouting 'Shin' (die) at everyone with her words of power...

Well, I'm back with more questions :? 1. If I play a HaHu I don't start out with any spell casting ability. Does that come later? Do you get it from a book? Are there trainers anywhere in the game? 2. The last time I played I met TWO of my old ghosts on the same level of the dungeon! Is that normal...

1. Yes, it'll always wake. Just have enough stabbing skill that it dies in one hit for optimum performance. (and use a short blade to stab!) 2. No, not as far as I'm aware. But Quivering with [Q] doesn't seem to take any game time; just watch your ammo and change over to right stack as you need it. ...

Speed is a brand, so no. (It's an awful weapon anyway.) I know mace isn't that great a base type, but it trains me for eventual demon whip, right? And if I'm not mistaken it'll be, what, 7 delay halved from 14, +14 to hit, 10/11-ish damage max? It has equivalent DPS to a cold brand quick-blade with...

Ikamusume :D Technically I think Ika are decapodes though (depending on how you count tentacles I guess) :P Eh, details, I never counted the number of prehensile hair tentacles she had anyway. :lol: Guess it means another sprite alteration I need to do again though. Although off-topic, this reminds...

The current name board looks like this: Spoon, a level 25 Sludge Elf Necromancer of Sif Muna Spike, a level 4 Spriggan Stalker Lemon, a level 9 Human Death Knight of Yredelemnl (the name Lemon is reserved for HuDKs until it wins, one zotsplat so far) Hiram, a level 2 Octopode Transmuter (so excited...

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