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Wednesday, 26th May 2021, 06:19

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP (but blissfully short for a change): 7-rune VSBe

Replies: 2

Views: 1640

Re: YAVP (but blissfully short for a change): 7-rune VSBe

Congrats, 7 runes with 4 from Hell is impressive. I'm just curious, was a quick blade of _protection_ really your main melee weapon?

Wednesday, 26th May 2021, 06:13

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: MfDe of Ely (3 runes, Delver streak)

Replies: 3

Views: 1749

Re: YAVP: MfDe of Ely (3 runes, Delver streak)

I guess I surprised myself by not using the glaive of the Guard much... If I'd found that one earlier than V:5, might be a different story.

+10 STR is of course nice, but a +0 robe is not so nice AC-wise...

Monday, 3rd May 2021, 06:58

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: hello this is fork discussion

Replies: 8

Views: 7194

Re: hello this is fork discussion

I would just like to say that Bloatcrawl is absolutely incredible with all the special species and backgrounds, although hermit crabs' shell system seems to be bugged.

Monday, 12th April 2021, 21:38

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: MfDe of Ely (3 runes, Delver streak)

Replies: 3

Views: 1749

YAVP: MfDe of Ely (3 runes, Delver streak)

Next up for me in DCSS was MfDe and I managed to win, making a 2-streak of Delvers. (Also my last game in Bloatcrawl (KiPa) was a victory, so 3-streak in that sense!) I had to use all consumables to survive to D:1 at first but I did it. Zin, Qaz and Ely altars were found on D:2 on the way up. I chos...

Friday, 2nd April 2021, 23:15

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Make clubs able to knock someone unconcious or confused

Replies: 1

Views: 1579

Re: Make clubs able to knock someone unconcious or confused

Clubs got a chance to stun the target upon successful stabbing in DCSS 0.6. I don't remember when it was removed.

Friday, 26th March 2021, 00:17

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: KiPa of TSO (3 runes)

Replies: 0

Views: 1256

[Bloat] YAVP: KiPa of TSO (3 runes)

In Bloatcrawl, Kitsune are fox spirits, which in essence means two things: 1) They have an ability to charm their foes (resistible, with exhaustion) with their cute fox ears and 2) they have poor HP and mostly bad skill aptitudes (except Invo). The charming ability makes this a very strong species, ...

Monday, 22nd March 2021, 22:04

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Trove reporting

Replies: 514

Views: 1738662

Re: Trove reporting

Fee: 6 scrolls of blinking. I can afford this now that I only have Zot left to do (and have the Blink spell). (This is Bloatcrawl and the character is a Kitsuno Paladin of the Shining One). 1803 gold pieces a wand of paralysis (8) a staff of summoning 19 sling bullets 23 stones a crystal ball of ene...

Friday, 5th March 2021, 22:33

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: MiDe of Trog (3 runes)

Replies: 0

Views: 1218

YAVP: MiDe of Trog (3 runes)

So I won a Delver, can you please now remove the background? I don't like the concept at all. I first splatted a HuDe, but then won with a minotaur, so Delver is my best background now with 50% win rate. I found Fedhas on D:3 but I was running for the stairs up so ignored it. After clearing D:1 I fo...

Tuesday, 2nd February 2021, 07:32

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: BaFi of Gozag (3 runes)

Replies: 4

Views: 2123

Re: YAVP: BaFi of Gozag (3 runes)

Clearly the RNG's been sending my scrolls to you.
I'm currently taking turns playing DCSS and Bloatcrawl (absolutely love it, even though it isn't updated anymore). The only thing from DCSS I'd like to get into Bloatcrawl is the new acquirement...

Monday, 1st February 2021, 09:14

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Timed portal choice

Replies: 9

Views: 5121

Re: Timed portal choice

1) If I get badly shafted, for example from D:9 to D:12 and again to D:15 before doing Lair, I probably won't enter timed portals which I possibly find on the way back up. 2) I mostly skip the Desolation (had a couple of bad experiences there), unless I find it really late and feel really confident....

Thursday, 28th January 2021, 08:08

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Curses

Replies: 10

Views: 3542

Re: Curses

Andrew, I'm guessing most players will just take the drain hit. The idea is that you should be stuck with the item for like a floor before you can take it off. That's how it works in the early game, anyway. Late game curses just are an annoyance. What if the curse was indeed tied to floors? Like, y...

Friday, 22nd January 2021, 23:24

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: BaFi of Gozag (3 runes)

Replies: 4

Views: 2123

YAVP: BaFi of Gozag (3 runes)

It was time for a 3-rune game, and I started a barachi fighter. This was one of the easiest games I've had. There was a faded altar on D:2. I gambled and hit the jackpot: Gozag. From that point on the plan was to go for heavy armour and big shield and not bother with spells. I survived a serial shaf...

Tuesday, 19th January 2021, 23:03

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Trove reporting

Replies: 514

Views: 1738662

Re: Trove reporting

Fee: +3 shadow dragon scales. I happened to found an artifact +4 one, which I had no use for, so free Trove. (Barachi Fighter of Gozag) 711 gold pieces 3 rations the amulet of Vitality {Regen+ HP+15} the +0 plate armour of Snakes and Ladders {rC+ Dex+3 Stlth+} the +2 plate armour of Gravity {MR+} 15...

Wednesday, 13th January 2021, 10:43

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Please get rid of ally based XP drain

Replies: 17

Views: 4457

Re: Please get rid of ally based XP drain

Nekoatl wrote:My biggest problem with the summoner XP penalty is that it doesn't apply if you land the final blow.

Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that you get reduced XP in relation to how big part of the damage was done by your allies, down to 50%, regardless of who landed the final blow.

Wednesday, 13th January 2021, 07:30

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Wandering and the single Gnoll

Replies: 7

Views: 4547

Re: Wandering and the single Gnoll

What's the dungeon branch? Are the walls diggable, i.e. rock?

Spells up to at least level 6 should be ok even in a 3-rune game. Just pick whatever you find and like. Definitely pick up some spells, since you will have the skills anyway.

Sunday, 3rd January 2021, 23:20

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: ZoNb of Dith (3 runes, streak)

Replies: 0

Views: 1062

[Bloat] YAVP: ZoNb of Dith (3 runes, streak)

My second streak in Bloatcrawl just happened, as I won a Zodach Neckbeard. Zodachs are slow and "nearby monsters are drawn in by their immense gravitas". Funnily enough, only monsters that have noticed you are drawn in. At first you might think that this is a bad thing, but monsters take c...

Wednesday, 16th December 2020, 22:57

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: ArEt of Uskayaw (3 runes)

Replies: 0

Views: 1223

[Bloat] YAVP: ArEt of Uskayaw (3 runes)

After my latest victory in DCSS, I switched over to Bloatcrawl and managed to win as well, so another cross-version streak it was. Argons are vaporous creatures who don't get resistances from equipment (except rCorr I noticed), but they get to choose a resistance at XL 7, 14, and 21 (IIRC). I chose ...

Thursday, 26th November 2020, 21:46

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: NaAK of Lugonu (3 runes)

Replies: 0

Views: 1290

YAVP: NaAK of Lugonu (3 runes)

After splatting a 9-rune FoMo to Lom Lobon, I wanted to do a 3-runer again. So I started a NaAK and made it. The +10 crystal plate found in a D:13 bailey probably made this game. Never found a better cloak than a plain +2. I assume scarves have been removed, as I never found any :) Incredibly, I fou...

Thursday, 12th November 2020, 07:34

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: shafted into a transporter vault

Replies: 6

Views: 2086

Re: shafted into a transporter vault

Sounds like a bug to me.

Thursday, 5th November 2020, 13:30

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Staff of summoning

Replies: 6

Views: 2851

Re: Staff of summoning

sanka wrote:after you succesfully summoned a copy (or a few) you are encouraged to switch weapons

This issue could be addressed by just making the summons vanish if you unwield the staff.
Of course, a staff is a bad weapon so would this make it useless then... you would need some form of non-melee damage.

Monday, 31st August 2020, 06:34

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: 0.23ish 5-rune CeTm of Trog

Replies: 2

Views: 1657

Re: YAVP: 0.23ish 5-rune CeTm of Trog

Well done getting the iron rune as 5th :) Any special reason you didn't do Slime?

Personally, I would have taken Ely on D:2 but of course, Trog does the job (I just don't want to "waste" a book start by going Trog...)

Tuesday, 25th August 2020, 23:19

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

Replies: 3

Views: 1773

Re: YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

Thanks! That trident was a great piece of loot on L:1. I kept it as a stat stick for the int bonus. "Eos" was basically just used against invisible monsters.

Monday, 24th August 2020, 22:37

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

Replies: 3

Views: 1773

Re: YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

...and the rest of the dump: Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total -------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++------- Melee: Spear | 126 | 322 | 118 | | | | | | || 566 Bite | 11 | 24 | 58 | 141 | 3...

Monday, 24th August 2020, 22:33

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

Replies: 3

Views: 1773

YAVP: GnWr of Ely (10 runes)

It was time to get 10 runes and I managed it with a Gnoll Warper. I love gnolls: when it's time to hit extended, all skills are at about 18 or 20, which is plenty enough, and you can use whatever you've found. I found a faded altar on D:2 but didn't want to risk it (when I play a book start, Trog is...

Saturday, 22nd August 2020, 23:44

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Where is my controlled blink?

Replies: 6

Views: 8194

Re: Where is my controlled blink?

I'm starting to feel like it's time to just remove the translocations school.

Tuesday, 11th August 2020, 17:59

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: YAVP: 4-rune SpWr of Hepliaklqana, now won all species

Replies: 4

Views: 1986

Re: YAVPYAVP: 4-rune SpWr of Hepliaklqana, now w

damerell wrote: I mostly don't post YAVPs here

That's too bad, I've found them enjoyable to read.

So now that you've won all species, I'd be interested to hear how many tries it took with each species? Are there any surprises, if you list the species from "easiest" to "hardest"...?

Sunday, 9th August 2020, 23:47

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Trove reporting

Replies: 514

Views: 1738662

Re: Trove reporting

Fee: all Ely Piety on V:4. I'm a gnoll warper, heading into Depths next, will be interesting with no divine abilities... 2 rations the +8 glaive of the Guard {elec, +Rage AC+5 SInv} a scroll of remove curse 22 bolts a lightning rod (4/4) a glowing triple crossbow. a scroll of immolation a scroll of ...

Tuesday, 28th July 2020, 01:18

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: GnCa of Oka (3 runes, streak)

Replies: 2

Views: 1447

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: GnCa of Oka (3 runes, streak)

Thanks for the correction! My spell library had Leda's, Stone Arrow, Petrify, Bolt of Magma, Iron Shot, Statue Form, and Shatter, none of which seemed compelling to me. I guess Leda's could have been useful, but that's just a spell I never use...

Tuesday, 28th July 2020, 00:47

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: GnCa of Oka (3 runes, streak)

Replies: 2

Views: 1447

[Bloat] YAVP: GnCa of Oka (3 runes, streak)

Yay, my first streak in Bloatcrawl! After winning a GuSt, I succeeded with a Gnome Caveperson. Gnomes are small and fast (XL 7) and have sense surroundings (XL 7). They also get 'warning' as they level up enough (XL 15), which means they can detect monsters. Cavepersons start with a club and a sling...

Thursday, 16th July 2020, 19:25

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: What Is the Best Roguelike?

Replies: 41

Views: 28234

Re: What Is the Best Roguelike?

DCSS is the best in many ways, but Nethack will always have a special place in my heart (ascended all classes etc.), and I also greatly enjoyed ADoM back in the day.

Monday, 13th July 2020, 20:53

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Formicids should not get swift

Replies: 62

Views: 19130

Re: Formicids should not get swift

changelog wrote:* Formicids can no longer cast Swiftness.

Thanks, devs!

Friday, 10th July 2020, 22:14

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: GuSt of WJC (3 runes)

Replies: 1

Views: 1283

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: GuSt of WJC (3 runes)

The rest of the dump: Vanquished Creatures 4 orbs of fire (Zot:5) 2 ancient liches 2 juggernauts A shard shrike (Zot:4) Bai Suzhen (Shoals:4) 5 Killer Klowns (Zot:5) Margery (Crypt:1) 3 curse toes Vashnia (Snake:3) 9 golden dragons 2 bone dragons A pandemonium lord (Depths:5) A Brimstone Fiend (Zot:...

Friday, 10th July 2020, 22:13

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: GuSt of WJC (3 runes)

Replies: 1

Views: 1283

[Bloat] YAVP: GuSt of WJC (3 runes)

Another Bloatcrawl victory! After splatting an Oni Aspirant, Leprechaun Overseer and Irit Soothslayer, I started a Grue Stalker. Grues have Nightstalker and can devour their enemies, gaining health in the process. I only ate 10 chunks and 12 rations in the whole game. So an excellent species for ste...

Wednesday, 1st July 2020, 19:18

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Trove reporting

Replies: 514

Views: 1738662

Re: Trove reporting

Fee: 6 scrolls of blinking. I knew it was never going to be worth it, but I like to gamble with Troves... b - a +2 ring mail of magic resistance c - a +2 troll leather armour d - a +3 ring mail of cold resistance e - a +0 pair of gloves of dexterity g - the -3 pair of gloves of Gaiff {+Blink Dex+4} ...

Wednesday, 1st July 2020, 00:29

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: Immolation and Cloud Immunity?

Replies: 3

Views: 1889

Re: Immolation and Cloud Immunity?

It should protect you from freezing, mephitic, poisonous and miasma clouds at least. I guess immolation is more like an explosion than cloud...

Thursday, 25th June 2020, 22:55

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: So... what's this about?

Replies: 5

Views: 2851

Re: So... what's this about?

There used to be 27 Dungeon levels (no Depths).

Saturday, 30th May 2020, 22:07

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: I think we learned an important lesson today.

Replies: 2859

Views: 898570

Re: I think we learned an important lesson today.

If you're heavily using Ozo's Refrigeration, you should not let a green very ugly thing hit you in Swamp, as getting heavily poisoned without the possibility to quaff gets you killed.

Friday, 15th May 2020, 22:28

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: CIP: MfSu - how do break iron grates?

Replies: 8

Views: 3302

Re: CIP: MfSu - how do break iron grates?

Heh, I just had that vault also and used OTR + ignite poison, except for green dracs which I had to dig out.

Monday, 11th May 2020, 08:52

Forum: Dungeon Crawling Advice

Topic: What are the actually effects of +str on damage?

Replies: 22

Views: 11311

Re: What are the actually effects of +str on damage?

To take a different example, for instance, in the Persona series, the damage is again needless complex. Not only does it make the game somewhat frustrating, it also leads to hard-to-find bugs. For instance, in Persona 5, there's a bug where equipment that gives stat boosts accidentally gives twice ...

Sunday, 10th May 2020, 00:28

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

Replies: 4

Views: 2234

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

Bloatcrawl 2 is basically finished, so don't hold your breath for any bugfixes or updated offline builds sorry. Sure, no problem. I haven't ran into any fatal bugs so far :) The new species and backgrounds are just so much fun. Currently I'm playing DCSS and Bloatcrawl 2 in turn, every second game ...

Friday, 8th May 2020, 06:29

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

Replies: 4

Views: 2234

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

Thanks! By the way, I also once shrank in size, so that I could put my cloak and hat back on, until I grew again. Is this intentional? Another bug report: on some levels, autoexplore/autotravel would stop next to a deep water square and give the message "Why would you want to do that?". So...

Thursday, 7th May 2020, 22:18

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

Replies: 4

Views: 2234

[Bloat] YAVP: PrPh of Ash (3 runes)

My 5th character in BloatCrawl, a Protean Philosopher, became my 2nd winner. Proteans start tiny and grow in size as they level up, being finally very large. They also have evolution, so they end up with a nice set of mutations. In addition, they gain HP with every mutation. Philosophers start with ...

Tuesday, 5th May 2020, 23:03

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Trove reporting

Replies: 514

Views: 1738662

Re: Trove reporting

(This is Bloatcrawl.) Fee: Shield of Ignorance, in practice $1600. g - the amulet of Tasoxt {RegenMP rElec rF+ rC+ Str+3 Dex-3} h - the cursed ring "Bugrigarph" {rF+ EV+5} i - the cursed ring of Attenugog {MP+9 Dex+7} j - an uncursed ring of magical power l - the cursed amulet of the Doge ...

Wednesday, 29th April 2020, 06:25

Forum: Crazy Yiuf's Corner

Topic: Bloatcrawl 2

Replies: 27

Views: 12457

Re: Bloatcrawl 2

I'm now playing a Protean Philosopher of Ash. So naturally all of my gear is cursed. When I gained enough levels to grow to large size: - my boots and gloves fell off, as expected - I'm still wearing my +6 chain mail (rF+), although it is marked gray in inventory - I'm still wearing my +2 buckler of...

Wednesday, 4th March 2020, 13:08

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: [Bloat] YAVP: RaRo of Kiku (3 runes, my first Bloat victory)

Replies: 3

Views: 2281

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: RaRo of Kiku (3 runes, my first Bloat vict

How is the noise compared to, say, LRD? Does it damage everything, are there eny exceptions? Does it check AC?

(One thing that I forgot to mention in the OP is that ronins get some piety when they take a god, like monks. All in all a great background.)

Re: [Bloat] YAVP: RaRo of Kiku (3 runes, my first Bloat vict

...the rest of the dump: Vanquished Creatures 2 orbs of fire 2 ancient liches (Zot:5) Mennas (Vaults:4) Mara (Vaults:2) A juggernaut (Depths:4) Vashnia (Snake:3) 3 Killer Klowns 2 curse toes (Zot:4) 2 caustic shrikes Nikola (Elf:2) 9 golden dragons A profane servitor (Crypt:3) 2 bone dragons A Brims...

[Bloat] YAVP: RaRo of Kiku (3 runes, my first Bloat victory)

My plan is, in time, win all the new species and backgrounds in Bloatcrawl. First I splatted a Yeti Fencer and then a Turtle Sniper. The third character, a Ratling Ronin, made it. Ratlings level up very fast but have lousy aptitudes (mostly -2 and -3) and a poisonous bite (and gain affinity to poiso...

Friday, 14th February 2020, 08:28

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Too many Evo items.

Replies: 22

Views: 6215

Re: Too many Evo items.

I think the fact that the inventory size is limited means that inventory management is meant to be part of playing the game proper. If we combine and remove items (or use item type roulette etc.) so that all items you want fit in your inventory, then why have a limited inventory at all? So one optio...

Monday, 10th February 2020, 00:48

Forum: YASD! YAVP! and characters in progress too

Topic: SpCk - what to do after ork

Replies: 5

Views: 2371

Re: SpCk - what to do after ork

I don't understand anything about this character: j - 13 scrolls of identify Potions d - 2 sedimented purple potions e - 5 potions of agility i - an emerald potion o - a viscous white potion q - 3 sedimented coppery potions v - 4 sapphire potions A - a potion of magic C - a white potion F - 2 potion...

Monday, 10th February 2020, 00:41

Forum: Game Design Discussion

Topic: Simplification of felid extra-lives mechanics

Replies: 19

Views: 5846

Re: Simplification of felid extra-lives mechanics

This makes me want to say, why not just give all extra lives at the beginning, and do away with everything else? Why not just have cats start with 8 extra lives (for 9 total, hearkening of course to the idea that cats have 9 lives), and you can use one of them any time you need to? I agree, as I po...
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