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I have concerns about both battlemage and knight in corridors. BM and I block each others' casts, knight can't tank non-popcorn reliably enough and then does nothing if I step to the front to keep him alive. Hexer however contributes from the back in parallel with me. I just need to be able to handl...

On http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ the most recent trunk update was on 25 February. Anything coming soon? Eager to see what's going on!

Okay, I didn't have all the tools needed to clear Lair branches. I thought I could kill TRJ with Scroll of Immolation and Irradiate, but got swarmed and had to bail. Maybe I'll be back later with a better weapon or conjuration online.

This is my current GrEE. I've been keen to play a scrying, passwalling stabber of Ashenzari for a while but this is the first time I've gotten the playstyle going. He's got all the tools needed to clear the remaining Lair branches, but I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to transition into my endga...

There need to be poor weapon choices so that the appearance of good choices is meaningful, yeah? I mean, if everyone started the game next to a fully-stocked weapon rack, then yeah it would be pointless for clubs and scythes to be there. But it's a long long time before you have access to every type...

Why would any character who would want to use either version of this spell (ie is in melee routinely and is willing to blow most or all of their MP on a kill) ever be willing to invest enough skill in Charms for a level 7 as well as equipment opportunity in lighter armour to be able to cast it?

http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Potion_of_mutation would be interesting to update.

How are we the good guys? We've go into a place we've never been and kill everything and everyone who lives there. Because we want something that doesn't belong to us.

I think there would be room for 4 kinds of shields, and also for shields to be more frequently found. Something like buckler requires 3 to delete penalty, targe requires 9, kite shield 17 and tower shield 25. So you would have two shields that are almost only attractive for melee users, but also tw...

Is there a way to work in a Spell School differential on the shield penalty? eg the penalty is halved for schools that are not Conjurations/Elements/Poison?

The http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Wu_Jian page has language for the abilities describing the rationale for designing them the way they are, unlike for any other god. Still under development though so who knows where they'll end up.

If these potions were combined, Gozag's Potion Petition would be a lot less interesting.

Not enough secondary abilities/not interesting enough I still don't have a good solution for this, and I've been trying for weeks to come up with anything. It got pushed to Trunk with the likely expectation that one would come up. Suggestions welcome! Would you say it needs something that makes the...

That time when I lost the game after passing up the Plutonium Sword... meh. That time when I won the game after passing up the Plutonium Sword... meh. (Unless your first win?) That time when I won the game using the Plutonium Sword -- remember forever! That time when I lost the game using the Pluton...

The "don't use autoexplore" criticism could be addressed by giving this race its own autoexplore behavior. Autoexplore already gives different behavior with changes in LOS so this doesn't seem much of a stretch. eg something like "hug walls as long as possible, then add N to min wall ...

Dimensional Pin: Pins an enemy to the space they are currently in, resistible by HD, and wears off after 1-3 turns. While pinned, the enemy can fight or cast/use ranged abilities as normal, they just can't move. Pinning an orc priest, for example, might actually make them more dangerous. Additional...

These suggest that high HP and XP aptitudes are better than low ones. I think this is a truth independent of Hepliaklqana. Even so, the OP's point that Hepl magnifies an existing effect would still stand. Personally I regard it as "an interesting thing about the game" rather than a proble...

mrob wrote:Instead of rMut 3, how about receiving all mutations as Wretched Star-style temporary mutations?

Ooh, that's interesting.

Hey Tavern -- no important lessons learned yet in 2017?

HoE makes fog clouds that follow you for a long time. Because of that, I think any use of it to kill things is overshadowed by the ability to use it to cross a level practically untouched. It's a ridiculously easy way to ninja runes and the Orb, or just mostly avoid damage for a long time. Don't th...

@Rast I find the idea interesting. What problem is this intending to solve? Are scrolls bad? Are there too many types? @mrob To me Amnesia scrolls feel too rare on characters with slow spellslot growth. @CanOfWorms Memorizing new spells takes too much time to be done in combat. I really don't think ...

TeshiAlair wrote:Most fun god in the game now just has zero flair and feels like yet another melee god. What a waste.

What version number was that? I was looking forward to playing the "status effect / combos" version of the god, but missed the boat.

Another version: * All apts start at +0, except Fighting and Spellcasting and Experience at -1. * All apt changes listed below are "Set to X" rather than "change by X" * At each XL from 5 to 11: Randomly pick one spell apt that hasn't been picked before, set it to -1 * Twice eac...

Unarmed Combat used to help with aux attacks like hoof kicks while attacking with a melee weapon. It doesn't anymore. Leave UC at 0 unless you plan to hit things without a weapon equipped.

Yeah Temporal Distortion is what I remember most from my Chei win. I had become an Unarmed Combat shredding machine, so the only thing I feared was things that could kill me from range. Solved.

The burden of proof is always on the case for changing an aspect of the game, not on the case for leaving it as it is. Because you have to convince someone to code it and others to accept it.

Mutation removal on the gift timeout sounds awesome. I'd say the design should leave the player somewhat incentivized to avoid malmutation because a) they don't want to have to live with a bad mutation for, say, a couple dungeon levels (or more if they're not already pure), and b) it should have a n...

When duvessa mentions an opinion I cannot tell whether duvessa holds it or scorns others for holding it.

I love the Claustrophobia conduct idea. Some maps will be more Claustrophobic than others -- terrain is interesting. Numbers are odd though. >Clau(1) at 5 solid tiles, to Clau(4) at 9 solid tiles. 9 solid tiles is impossible because you can't coexist with a wall. 8 never happens because if it could,...

If a gnoll can bezot one turn after noticing you, that's bad -- and I hope not an intended increase in game difficulty unto itself. IMHO start the bezotting chance at 0% and start ticking up after X turns, where X is initially enough time to walk up to a monster and kill it, but eventually goes down...

Non-naga stabbers might like it for getting into range of something with fewer actions in LOS.

Sounds cool!

Sounds fun, I'll give it a try.

I like that it gives another route for inexperienced players to see more of the game before dieing, and perhaps more experiences along the lines of "that *almost* killed me, what could I have done better?"

What's the origin story behind writing "Summon Horrible Things" as XXX rather than the more-readable SHT?

Wait, rods? Games where I've gotten a rod online (unusual) have been very interesting and different. I has a sad.

Does the game need more anti-luring monster design, to diminish the "it's a no-brainer" aspect of luring being against DCSS philosophy? eg: Time-limited monsters, which give you something good if you kill them within a time limit of spotting them (thinking Treasure Goblin). (More) monsters...

I think the system is good gameplay. Sometimes on a character that will likely die soon I consume un-ided things in hopes of a save. This has even saved me. I make judgment calls about when to use ID scrolls on wands for efficiency, weapons to work around Distortion brand, amulets to work around Fai...

Sounds great! Some things not made explicit: - What is the range on Lunge? - What is the specific movement pattern for Wall Jump? - Can you project a weapon and then wield a different weapon while the former remains animated? - Can you spam project weapon on a succession of weapons, or only have one...

Is the free move the first time you go down a given set of stairs, or the first time you take any stairs to a given level?

Grats!!

I'm deciding between +2 Leather Armour of Fire Resistance and a +1 Mottled Dragon Scales {rF+ MR+ Dex+2}. Any input? Char dump is wearing the leather and has Ozo's Armour cast. Leather + Ozo = 22 AC, 14% GDR. Mottled = 16 AC, 28% GDR, and of course the pip of MR and +2 Dex, but doesn't permit Ozo. x...

duvessa wrote:Chei is staggeringly bad for races that are already slow though...

I will be extra proud of my Na of Chei win then! But to be fair, both Slouch and piety gain are much stronger on Nagas than on normal speed species.

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Be aware, whatever Pepe was originally, it's now a symbol of racist hatred. The github page linked doesn't mention Pepe, it's just code/proposal for a frog race. Why the OP chose to mention the character in the subject line of this thread is unclear, but I will note that the poster join...

I LOLed at the Shortbow "OHai!" (I know that's not quite the spelling but I would totally read it that way as the player.)

I'm ok with a vomit beam weapon but god of gluttony concept could be realized in ways that don't involve eating your own puke.

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I have honored Trog by bringing him the Orb! This was my first MiBe after reading folks' responses on the melee/armour thread a few days ago. Better skilling decisions kept me alive through the early game, and then a wealth of artefacts built me up to absurd power by Zot. Thanks Tavern! Highlights: ...

Cleared Snake, mostly with the +4 vorpal sling. Uses of Berserk way down. I have a rune! Defenses up to 34/16. Should I swap out the Amulet of Faith for a randart with {Spirit rC+ rN+ Str+4} that I can buy for 2/3 my current gold? Not doing anything else with my 19 mana... Shargos the Severer (Minot...

You wouldn't be as far behind on defense if you'd worn the Shield at skill zero (and by all means, wear a sheild whenever you have one and are using a one-handed weapon) and trained more fighting and dodging. Thanks MainiacJoe. The above in particular is helpful to me. I guess I've overestimated th...

Thanks folks. As you can see my instinct is to diversify so I have a way of handling those outlier situations that kill me. Probably that's what ends up getting my meleers killed when with more focus on the four core melee abilities they could have powered through. No runed plate exists but of cours...

I've posted a CiP on tonight's MiBe, who has cleared Orc and Lair (though no Lair branches yet).

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