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I remember that getting the favoured curse scrolls by sacrifice was vital for the development of the entire char. Unfortunately, this was very dependent on luck. And I remember two games in which I sacrificed > 10 scrolls per game and didn't get the curse scroll I wanted! Willing to bet that it was...

Interesting that there are so different opinions about this change! The removal of curse scrolls and subsequent rebalance is a gigantic debuff for Ashenzari Wow. Super awesome that change in Ash curse minigame is finally happening! So what do I think? First of all, randomness didn't fit at all to a ...

Thanks for another post in Famous last words. ;-)

"Hit lvl4 on D1, then in the landing zone of D2 found a Swamp Dragon Armour and an altar to Vehumet. If that's not a better start to a spellcasting ogre I don't know what is [...]" <playername> the Gusty (L5 OgAE of Vehumet), slain by a gnoll (a +0 halberd) on D:3 on 2016-02-10 17:52:48, w...

I don't know how to help you but I remember the topic Bots in 0.14 tournament. MarvinPA and reaver made links to some bots - maybe you can get some ideas there?

I often play melee, and when I do, I always use a shield, because I love it. But are'nt one-handed axes very bad? There have been many discussions in The Tavern about one-handed vs two-handed weapons. One important point is that a two-handed weapon kills things faster and dead foes (usually) don't ...

In addition to my above post: what is your strategy to survive shoals / slime pits / vaults without MR?

This is by far the best run I've had in a LONG time and I'm terrified of a death by overconfidence. Overconfident? Without any MR? Don't you know that magic resistance is very important? If not, would you like to discuss these questions with erolcha, jorgrun, kirke, aizul, ancient liches, pan lords...

Warmann76 wrote:to take 100+ damage in 1 turn is just stupid.

In this case, I really recommend looking up Ettin in the wiki as well. This could save you from a similar experience.

Bart wrote:First of all, that could be quaff-ID, couldn't it?

Well, I watched the game. <playername> identified the potion and quaffed it immediately.

I know i had a pot of resist [...] should i have wasted the resist to kill a sleeping Nikola?? I think so. I AM SOOOO PISSED Right now! There are some uniques who are extremely dangerous when you don't know how to deal with them, like sigmund, jorgrun, mara, mennas etc. Don't worry! I can assure yo...

If you use code tags, e.g. by pressing the Code button, it'll look like this: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file. 141593 Quickman the Swashbuckler (level 17, -5/119 HPs) Began as a Halfling Assassin on Jan 28, 2016. Was the Champion of Dithmenos. Killed from afar by Nikol...

Yet another stupid quit. <playername> identified a potion of mutation, quaffed it... 1295 | D:6 | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [potion of mutation] 1295 | D:6 | Gained mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful. [potion of mutation] 1295 | D:6 | Gained...

Good luck with your char - and three final words: Don't get overconfident! Well... You are not the first player whose char died after this warning. Overconfidence is killer #1 in crawl as long as I can remember. From my personal experience in The Tavern it's already too late when I have the feeling...

Congrats on your first victory - even a 15-runer.

This artefact has a nice name:

Code:: K - +2 pair of gloves of Death's Door {rF+ Dex+2 Stlth+}

I have to admit the following one would have been nice as well:

Code:: K - +2 pair of gloves of Death's Door {+DDoor rF+ Dex+2 Stlth+}

majesstic wrote:+Tele has been dumb silly junk anyway ever since cTele was removed.

That's not right. Even without cTele a ring of teleportation is one of the most popular items for speedruns.

bcadren wrote:Flight is still a spell...level 7 Transmutations "Dragon Form"...just does a lot more helpful things than JUST flying.

Insulation is still a spell...level 6 Transmutations/Earth "Statue Form"...just does a lot more helpful things than JUST insulating.

:-)

I did Elf and got hopelessly banished by a player ghost "Free rune!" (as 4thArra usually says) Deflect missiles operational. That's a very good spell for your char. Found nice hat in slime vault. Still, long time before it becomes usable. Why would you want to use the hat of the High Coun...

your descriptions of things suggest that you haven't learned how to deal with these things, rather than that they're problematic and should be removed That's my point of view as well. The early game is difficult, sure, but many players have high win-rates and long streaks to show that it's consiste...

There's a gnoll sergeant with zerk amulet and I wonder if it's worth it. Cheibriados probably forbids berserk anyway? Although there are special panic buttons with Chei berserking is still interesting. 4thArra got lots of his species highscores with <whatever species> of Chei + UC + blade hands / s...

I'd rather move this topic to the Technical Support forum.

Sprucery wrote:That said, I don't dislike Xom in any way, I just consider it very dangerous.

Xom = more fun + less survivability

As you probably know Xom is worse than other gods from an objective point of view. He's more fun for sure - at least for spectators, and sometimes for the player. If you enjoy some surprises and don't mind the risk: worship him! In 2013 I once was kind of exhausted of serious playing and rolled a Ds...

I have no idea what this is, but please, please enlighten me. I feel like my life is really missing something vital not knowing about something as beautifully named as "breadswinging" in the context of lifesaving techniques. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4299280-3x2-940x627.jpg

[Ettins] dual wield giant clubs, giant spiked clubs, or great maces (sometimes branded), giving them an attack that in theory can deal more damage in melee than any other monster save Antaeus or Tiamat Attack1 45 (hit: plain) Attack2 45 (hit: plain) [Ettins] do more melee damage in a round potentia...

If you add a line to your rc-file you'll get a warning:

Code:: force_more_message += You are starting to lose your buoyancy

Better luck next time!

All the fast monsters feel OP in the early dungeon. I can't count how many games I've lost on D1 to a pack of jackals or adders (what I get for playing so many glass cannons). Transmuters are hard to start. You will have an easier game in the early dungeon with other classes. E.g. berserkers (berse...

ontoclasm wrote:You are vastly underestimating the capacity of players to ignore things.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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Did you cast a lot of Summon Horrible Things? It has a chance of draining your int. Have a look at the morgue file: Summon Horrible T | | | | | | | 116 | 106 || 222 Also: 97296 | Depths:3 | Lost intelligence. 97985 | Depths:3 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna. 98017 | Depths:3 | Lost intelligen...

Let's ask Sequell. :-)

Code:: 1693 games for Turgon: 618x Demonspawn, 310x Troll, 309x Octopode, ...

Yes, for sure, these have been my favourites!

Or wait - was there another reason maybe?

... but here's the real reason!

Occasionally I like to think about what the OPPOSITE of a current crawl god would be like. Sodairbiehc, god of speed Appreciates Killing creatures that are slower than you Deprecates Decreasing your speed by any means: this includes wands of slowing, ponderous armour etc. Given Abilities ⋅&nbs...

The asteroid collision theory is only one possible theory about the extinction of dinosaurs.

There are other theories as well. Like this one.

You don't know the old abyss, do you? Prior to 0.12, the Abyss had only one floor, and finding the rune was simply a matter of wandering it for long enough. Lava and deep water terrain could be generated. Prior to 0.10, the Abyss' terrain shifting would happen at a much slower pace, and only when yo...

Charly had a really impressive speedrun, collecting 4 runes in < 10 k turns! But his DDGl died in Coc:7 and left a nasty ghost: 1016727 Charly the Executioner (level 27, -9/340 HPs) Began as a Deep Dwarf Gladiator on Jan 4, 2016. Was the Champion of Makhleb. Killed from afar by an Ice Fiend (14 dama...

WalrusKing wrote:WISH YOUR FELLOW TAVERNGOERS A HAPPY NEW YEARS

Thank you!

I wish you

a happy new year as well and
finding caps lock on your keyboard.

Yes, mennas is very dangerous for sure. In case you don't know: You can modify your rc-file to get warnings if you encounter nasty foes like erolcha, mennas, mara etc. force_more_message += Mennas .* into view Now the game stops and you'll get a -more- immediately when you see him. And yes, some ste...

Post your most ridiculous runs :) This should be the following one, I think I already mentioned it to be my shortest game ever. Yes, there are shorter games from other players but that's another story. Turn | Place | Note -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | Turg...

TheAraber wrote:(Sry for bad English, Im German)

Das macht nichts, es gibt viele hier im Forum, die Englisch nicht als Muttersprache haben -

as you can see in the subforum The Wanderer's Courtyard. I really think you will be able to discuss your games in English without too many problems.

and started worshipping Sif after getting the staff, but 2 floors down I've found the Prune glaive, and I'm wondering if it would be better to switch back to polearms or continue using the Majin-Bo and go the spellcasting route. I'm not sure if taking Sif with your DsWn was a good idea. (S)he might...

We were watching this game with several spectators on CXC. Personally I saw parts of it, iirc including the ascending. I saw the score in the highscore tables too and I noticed it disappeared later. This game was, concerning turncount and score, the 2nd best at this time. In the meantime it would be...

trailer_park_vixen wrote:famous last words, eh?

Done.

"On Shoals 1, I found myself confronted, by a merfolk impaler---and four other merfolk, all slingin' stuff as well. I was able to take down the impaler, but found myself low on mana---having trouble keeping repel missiles up." "I figured the next level COULDN'T be worse" Thanks f...

It would be even better to find a ring like the following, caused by an epic bug:

Code:: E - cursed ring "Diygosh" {Str+2 Int+3 Slay+150}

But seriously - song of slaying is quite good. I'm not sure if a further buff is required.

I've always agreed that Pan, Hell, and the Abyss are too long Yesterday we saw speedrun expert 4thArra on CXC playing a DEFE of Veh . His milestones in Dis were remarkable: 20691 | Dis:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Iron City of Dis [...] 20842 | Dis:7 | Entered Level 7 of the Iron City of Dis [...] 20...

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