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Teleport control on a Chei worshiper with blink sounds like a good idea to me. I know it's good - and having the Amulet of Conservation will keep Scrolls of Blinking from being burned. The question though is if I really want that Ring of Slaying with the big +8 Damage on it, and if I do, do I blow ...

I won't bother with the Character Dump this time as not much happened to the character itself Decided I would play only a little bit today, and clean up Orcish Mines:3 and Orcish Mines:4. First thing that happens is I run down to Orcish Mines:3 and see 3 books staring me in the face - Callings, Ench...

You shouldn't die to worms, because unless you are playing a naga you are faster than them, and can escape at any time. If you are a naga, you can use poison spit (almost all bugs are extra vulnerable to poison). Point of note, Naga's Slither faster then Worms. You can even kite them while you spit...

The foray into the Main Dungeon continued as I slithered my way forward. I pushed all the way to Dungeon:17 when I decided that seeing the entrance of the Vaults meant that I should really get back to doing the Orcish Mines. Reaching level 2 of the Mines I found the Volcano Portal which I entered an...

I'd be pretty scared if the Acid Blobs guarding the Slime Pits came out, but they won't come out until you open the door so your safe.

mrbobbyg wrote:I think you are also desperately in need of better defenses too. You seem pretty sorted on offense.

Probably a good time to start training up Defense, and since I have Light Armor and Phase Shift, the inclination on Dodging is extremely strong this time too.

My adventures continue! I cleared out the rest of the Lair and decided to ignore Orcish Mines for the moment to clear a little bit of the Main Dungeon. Found a Labyrinth at Lair:8 along with the Dog Themed End Vault. So, some key items I found while playing: +1 Ice Dragon Armor +4 Scale Armor of Col...

My Lajatang currently isn't branded so it is very possible that I could do well enough with it to deal with monsters that have rC+ by Temp Branding it or simply dropping a Vorpal or Holy effect on it (Not like I have to always stick with Cheibriados!). Even if it wasn't, I could pick up Lehudib's Cr...

Constriction doesn't actually do more damage with fast weapons. Constriction will only 'start' doing damage once the effect hits and the trigger is on each melee attack made to adjacent targets. Rapid attacks means more chance for constriction attempts if they miss as well as being able to launch a...

Normally I'd say making the jump from magic dart to the book of annihilations isn't a very good idea, but you can probably get poison arrow online quickly enough with a ring of wizardry and 40 int. And a pretty strong poison aptitude. Nagas are great with shields, but giving up on enhancers will lo...

After the loss of my Naga Transmuter, I decided I would attempt a run with a Naga Wizard and see how well it might perform in comparison. Reaching the Ecumenical Temple I decided to give Cheibriados a try since I'm never played him and I wanted to see why people suggest the god for Naga's. End resul...

XuaXua wrote:Ash was my first win, so I no longer play Ash.

That seems like a poor reason not to play Ash - have you yet to beat all the other Gods or something or do you just hate Ashenzari as a God?

GEE, I SURE DO WONDER WHAT GOD THIS PERSON IS USING Made a mistake, meant to ask what Background his Spriggan was using. The char dump answered it though. Anyhow, in regards to what I see - cursing your Amulet of Faith increases your Magic School bonus which will help you with Hexes while increasin...

Sorry if I'm derailing, but another Ash question: Is it worth it to curse an amulet of faith? I will have all jewelry slots bound if I do, plus shield, weapon, and partial armor (2/3 slots on a spriggan) so it's not like i'm progressing slowly, and the only benefit besides skills is more scrying us...

According to the wiki, you can only train up to a max of 21 spells. Outside of that, the number of spells you can memorize in the first place is based off a combination of your spellcasting (you get 2 spell levels per skill level) and total character level (each character level bumps up your spell l...

Ashenzari is good for any character, but some Gods are better in certain circumstances. I'd take Mahkleb on Transmuters for example since that seems like more of a complimentary God for the background, or I would like Vehumet or Sif Muna for more Caster-Centered characters. However, the real questio...

It's not like many outside of Earth Elementalists use their elemental staves for combat Can you back this up with data or ... Actually, I don't think many people use Magical Staves for actual Melee combat. Having to train up Evocations, Staves, the Appropriate Spell School, and Fighting is quite a ...

I'm sort of against the idea of Vorpalize Weapon being able to modify existing Artefacts. I think that once an Artefact is created, it should be incapable of being changed. Being able to create Artefacts though is another story, since it doesn't seem all that far out from turning Dragon Hides into A...

I've got to ask, what was your species, and what war your Magic Resistance?

Mephitic Cloud can also be burned as well by players looking to use the Ignite Poison Spell. Another major difference worth bringing up is the likelihood of seeing Freezing Clouds from enemies in most games. Outside of Similicrum deaths, it isn't likely you'll see enemies casting Freezing Clouds out...

Increase Okawaru piety gain when wearing Amulet of Inaccuracy or negative slaying bonuses during applicable attacks. Decrease piety gain similarly when wearing positive slaying during an applicable attack. Alternately reduce gift time out. Release forum responders bitching about swapping jewelery t...

Having Berserk Trigger automatically would make Trog extremely annoying since Berserk has a negative consequence once it ends. Heroism isn't in the same situation which is why I liked the idea better for it.

Ghouls do just fine for weapons - they only have a small penalty to their weapon skill modifiers and eventually they'll want to wear something on their hand slot. However, outside of directly starting with a weapon (on Fighter, Gladiator, or something) you'll only want to switch if you find a fast o...

I play Tiles, since it is generally easier to look at a picture and at least have a semblance of what it is I might be looking at, then a letter which I have to memorize to know what it represents. I also have good eyesight though so I can see most little tile differences.

Probably that's one thing I held off too long in - was concentrating on my Armour and Fighting for Defense first while I had just changed skill training to Unarmed Combat to get that up some more.

It was a good game but I made a mistake of not keeping my health up high enough in a fight with Boris. Ended up getting an Iron Shot that killed my character. Not a whole lot to complain item wise for the run, and I got a good feel for the whole Transmuter background and how it plays - not my backgr...

On non-zealot backgrounds outside of Monk, the choice of picking a god is sort of irrelevant. Picking a god doesn't automatically make Skalds better anymore then it would on a Fighter or a Ice Elementalist. As for the idea that the spells are useful if the RNG is kind to you - same idea could be sai...

Looking at the Skald and comparing it to the other Backgrounds, I see one main problem with it: Spellbook - The Spellbook for Skalds contains a weak-mix of spells that really don't help them too much when it comes to tactial relevance . The Warper can Blink from stuff or plink away at things with Po...

With a big +4 Accuracy modifier - that certainly raises it's profile just a little bit. You also forgot to tell us your battleaxe of frost has 'orcish' in front of it. Note that your Morgue file doesn't tell us how many Enchant Weapon Scrolls you have stashed away, so we don't know if you have a few...

Just because the Battleaxe has less Damage then an Executioners Axe doesn't mean it should be dismissed outright. I feel however its worth asking if more information could be presented - preferably a character dump in code tags. With what little information here I can say I don't like any of your th...

So, the Story of my character thus far! I continued on in my quest through the dungeon by completely wiping out the denizens of the Lair. Nothing really notable outside of an Ice Dragon showing up and a rather lacklustre variety of Vaults to clear at the end of the branch. Moving to knock out everyt...

The one time I went to use Scroll of Vorpalization to brand a weapon with Frost, i made the mistake of canceling it because I didn't want to harm my allies - thus losing the scroll. That was on my TrDK using Mace & Flail Weaponry and my Eveningstar had no brand and regularly wore Golden Dragon A...

Maybe I can add a similar concept around d):

g) Can trigger when attacked by an enemy that deals over X% Total Health.

It's less gamey I think too.

Seems in line with the same reasoning behind Enchant Weapon Scrolls (I want to make sure I don't mistake a mistake and waste the scroll on the wrong option) so I'm for this idea.

What's the premise for why Fighters on Naga or Centaur should start with Barding when no other species start with Shoes or even have special considerations for their equipment (outside of perhaps Spriggans starting with a Buckler instead of a Shield)?

The change for how Heroism works seems like a good fit for Okawaru, plus the mechanics match the name better. In a blunt attempt to get it underway, all that's left is some hardcore discussion on Finesse and how it would work in the new Okawaru setup - should it remain the same as now or should it g...

If you want to do something similar for Okawaru, I'll let you in on the other half of my old weapon & armour gifts concept. In addition to enchanting items, Okawaru would lend items to the follower. They'd last a long while (think between several hundred and a few thousand turns), and disappear...

I think the biggest problem with dpeg's idea stems from the fact that because it deal with a players inventory or equipment - the chance for scumming occurs as a result. It manages to eliminate the chance for scumming because players can't do anything to influence how the god works other then gainin...

The real questions are: is Okawaru an interesting god? (For this you have to decide for yourself what makes a god (un)interesting.) What effect will this proposed mechanic have on the actual game? Will it create more decisions? Will it increase or remove tedium? Please don't answer the question: is...

When you have Blade hands, I don't think you should bother to raise Staves for that weapon. Mostly you should just keep training UC in Lair, where Ice Form and Blade Hands should make almost everything trivial. And don't forget Invocation, if you worship Makhleb. After getting that neqoxec I certai...

Off topic but as we're discussing Okawaru anyway I changed the thread topic title to broaden it to just flat out improving Okawaru. Anyhow, something to note about Okawaru is that he comes off as a mix of Active Combat Abilities and Passive Item Management Abilities. I'd be against this mix being c...

Decided I would gave Naga Transmuters a try today. After a lot of trial and error resulted in quite a few losses but with this one character I managed to get somewhere. Specifically in this game I think I owe a lot to the luck with the RNG. Not only was it nice enough to give me and early Fire Drago...

That would only be true if the benefits for having the ally in the first place don't outweigh having it die. In the case of Beogh Worshipers or Yredelemnul you have to worry about a hefty loss of experience from your followers killing everything and slowing down your characters progress; here it wou...

We avoid no-brainers. An efreet might be hostile, unless you have high evocation. This gives the player a decision. A buff for Okie is a nerf for evocation in this regard. Additionally, there's overlap with Beogh's permanent allies schtick. His win rate over all versions is 0.4%. Okie's win rate is...

There a distinct differences from Beogh (and Yredelemnul for that matter) with this idea on Okawaru: A matter of scarcity - decks of defense with a mercenary card or bottled efreets are extremely limited A matter of god gifts - this ability should probably be on demand and be closely related to the ...

Just a simple idea I had for Okawaru, maybe Okawaru should be inclined to like it when you have a chance to gain permanent allies. Find a Bottled Efreet? 100% chance that a Friendly Efreet will pop out to join you. Get a chance to Hire a Mercenary? Okawaru Pays the fee for you and you automatically ...

this is a good example of why i am not going to play a beogh game until allies can no longer use items Random idea - probably needs more thinking through - but if we made allies not pick stuff up: * Beogh periodically upgrades their gear - pluses, brands, resists, or rewarding them with entirely ne...

I haven't won with an ogre, but a few things in this guide suprise me: 1) I'm surprised that you recommend shields. One of the big advantages of an ogre is that you're basically guaranteed an early Giant Spiked Club. Why would you even consider passing up the chance to use one? 2) likewise with the...

Thank you, made the appropriate edits.

I completely rewrote the 2nd paragraph for the God Section then. Note sure it looks very nice but it should sound a lot better and the God Names are still bold font. Also did minor changes to the other things suggested, though I'm not sure what you were referring to 'with Early Training: "(And ...

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