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What are some options? ⋅ Simply identify armour items when stepping on them. ⋅ A clear mapping adjective -> effect, e.g. "glowing"="has an enchantment", "runed"="has an ego". ⋅ Generate less junk. When I first started playing,...

While watching an old Tick episode, what about a moleman? Can dig like boulder beetles and gets benefits of being in rock like rock worms (but not complete immunity, that's dumb - advantages like merfolk in water).

Probably somewhere on the 9,726 list of bad ideas, but hey...

I like them all, but I had to pass along my particularly brutal trip to the Snake Pit in my latest game:

Snake:1 Louise Norris Wayne
Snake:2 Saint Roka Aizul
Snake:3 Mara
Snake:4 Duane Frances Xtahua

Snake:5 was a cool walk in the park compared to running that gauntlet.

Nailed it perfectly.

I always hum a little of the "Indiana Jones" theme when I come across one of those and it misses me.

Thanks for the tip. After I asked that question, my Arcane Marksman found an elven shield of reflection - larger shield, so I definitely noticed the lower rate of fire. I have some intriguing decisions with him right now - dragon armor + shield of reflection to tank him up, or continue as he is righ...

I'm on a Macbook, so even though I have windows with BootCamp, I prefer playing the MacOS version of tiles, so I'm always on the released version and not the trunk version.

BTW, why is it called trunk? Must be some developer term I'm not familiar with.

What about archers? Does the slower rate of fire for a buckler make an impact or are is the better defense still worth it?

Well Oka was finally mollified after 18,246 turns. I only ever stuck around to slog it out with his summons once, the rest of the time teleporting/blinking away. Made exploring a little more interesting, but I don't think I was really ever in true danger.

Yes, the same way you can hit mobs you can't see. It's just a reduced chance.

"You kill it! Reactivating auto-pickup."

Ok, yeah, that blows. More so than that stupid secret door labyrinth I ran into a few games ago.

Though I understand not selling stuff, I'd support a "pawn shop" where you hock an item for like 1/10th or 1/20th of the price. A few GP here and there might actually make a difference, but not game-breaking.

Ok, splitting this from the other thread as it's now no longer a weapon question... Stuck in the Abyss, I decided to follow Lugonu in order to escape, of course pissing off Okawaru. My question is - can I tell how long I will be in penance from Okawaru now? It's been about 3000 turns and I've twice ...

Ok, so I wandered around in the Abyss and found an altar for Lugonu. If I worship him, can I get out of the Abyss, or should I keep looking?

Well that was a good strategy, but stupid Elven mage cast me into the Abyss. I know he's got no shot of surviving in there. Another promising start dashed.

Alright, I've gotten an High Elf Arcane Marksman to a decent spot, thanks to a sweet randart Longbow (+9, +3, venom, +2 EV, +2 INT) but I have a question about melee weapon. I found on D:1 a quarterstaff of speed (+0, +3 now with enchant scrolls) but I'm about to delve into the Elven Halls, where I ...

I eschewed a decent shield in favor of the spiked club for offense in my OgCK win. The better spellcasting definitely helped and in the endgame I was two-three hitting Orb Guardians with it, so I'm all for offense.

Bloody hell, that's a long list. I guess it really all has been done before.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.1-1-g7ce9b19 character file. 1323910 Ogrethorpe the Shatterer (level 27, 239/239 HPs) Began as an Ogre Chaos Knight on Dec 19, 2010. Was the Champion of Makhleb. Escaped with the Orb ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Dec 28, 2010! Tcjsavannah's game lasted 19:46:0...

Success! Ogrethorpe escaped with the Orb. I'll post the wrapup in the YAVP section, but thanks to everyone who provided pointers throughout this game!

You might want to affix freezing (cast freezing aura, read a scroll of vorpalisation) on that GSC. Freezing is particularly nice in Zot, as it slows non-white draconians. I have not found a scroll of vorpalisation yet - I've found tons of Enchant Weapon II (and even III) though. As for rings, why e...

Alright, I've gotten my Ogre CK three runes and cleared out levels 1-27. So the big question is: does he have what it takes to tackle Zot, or do I need to beef him up more? After the initial randart drought, I've had quite a few, but I've never gotten any weapon better than the good ol' spiked club....

I endorse this change. I hate having to pick up all 20 scrolls of teleportation from my stash only to drop 18 because initially I wanted to pick up only two.

My one (and only) win came with a Naga Wizard, following the Conjurator guide on the wiki. Once I had Fire Storm reliable, I just blasted my way through Zot:5, retreating when MP was low. 3-rune win, of course. I've gotten fairly comfortable getting the two Lair runes and with other characters, what...

Once I found DCSS and started playing tiles, I've never gone back to ASCII. I do miss the opportunity of online play, but many times I'm playing offline anyway.

Well I'm trying my first Ogre CK and I've got him up to Level 19, the furthest I've ever gotten one. Problem is, I'm sitting on a pile of gold and I haven't run into one single shop through 20 levels and several branches. I'm starting to get clobbered on initial contact with bands of stuff, not to m...

Ok, I swear that was not there on my screen until your post. I only saw the quote and the two icons by it. Maybe they're reading my mind or something. Spooky.

Cast my vote. Never tried TOME so I'm not even torn...

I went about two weeks trying to play Ogre Fire Elementalists, mostly because I was salivating at the potential of offensive diversity (huge spiked club, throwing large rocks and blasting away with fire) but could never last much past the lair with them. CK might be the way to go with my next try, b...

Maybe I'm dense, but I just don't see the thanks button anywhere. And I've logged out and in several times.

Yes, OOTS is great.

You could just use "Zot! Zot! Zot!"

Not only do you hear it in the game, but it's the end of the UC Irvine Anteater cheer...

"Give 'em the tongue! Give 'em the tongue! Zot! Zot! Zot!"

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