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Why use a fire weapon, though? For a troll of Trog, wouldn't BIA or rage + a giant mace be better options? For the extra damage !s, those are always nice. A +6 giant club of freezing appeals to me. :) Honestly, even without a brand: "You flatten the 7-headed hydra like a pancake!!!!" is a...

Check your ctrl-p, this looks like the Gloorx Vloq domain. From your chardump I see you have 9 blink scrolls, you should probably read mapping ASAP and plan your movements from there. With the stone walls your screenshot is showing, you are near or inside the rune chamber. Casting DDoor is fine, you...

MrDizzy wrote:Stayed in the fight too long. Should've run away.

^ Caster splats in a nutshell.

@sardonica2 You're welcome.

Seconded, Vehumet has a smooth learning curve.

Your skilling is fine. As for Terence or any early unique, you don't have to obliterate every potential enemy you encounter. The main objectives right now are (in order of importance) : 1) survive 2) worship Being a glass cannon is a fact of life with a casting background. Spellcasters are bullies o...

They are actually constantly trying to mate and because they can't see their partners they are just poking around with their sexual organs. Too bad their sexual organs cause stat drain on PCs. I know their description text contains "vile interdimensional predators ", but you didn't need t...

I'll give you two example. the first example) Let's assume that the title of this post was 'Flaming/Freezing brand needs rework'. Then I write: 'Let's train fire/ice magic school to increase the damage to this brand.' When you look at this, you will sigh and write: 'Look, increasing the weapon dama...

Upper left corner should be your User Control Panel.
From there, go to Profile, then to Edit account settings.
Type in your new address, then confirm.

Draconian Conjurers make for a good start. Once the 7th level colour sets in, you also get a nudge towards future spells via the aptitude change. The innate AC and health also helps. Demonspawn Elementalists are also good, my personal recommendation would be DsAE. https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/vie...

That option already exists, it's the !-switch. I am not sure what you mean. When I press ! I still need to press a letter of a book to see its spells and then Esc to return to previous screen, then press another letter and Esc again and so on. It's written in OP. So, you would like it to switch all...

That option already exists, it's the !-switch. oh my god. how are you supposed to know this stuff though From what I did see in the game (I play offline tiles), a lot of game elements have the option written at the very top of the screen. I first got the hang of it with this same shop menu, then ab...

They take chaos-branded hits until they get duplicated or die, whichever happens first.
Another possible explanation would be blind dating.

That option already exists, it's the !-switch.

3) start using might/agility Agility would probably be better, since it ups both your EV and SH. 5-7) Yes . Though I tend to overwhelm such situations with drawn Nemelex summons rather than draw from escape. Depends on your playstyle, really. From the code you provided, you also had a stack of 4 res...

I like everything about the proposal, but I'm worried that since HOLYSTORM uses conjurations + fire again, it's going to make fire too strong (since it now has two level 9 spells). It's an easy fix though, just make HOLYSTORM conjurations + invocations. The OP states that only one can be m'd at any...

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6 Levels in and Lom Lobon is toast! His healing ability is a bit of a joke... But he didn't give me too much trouble. I had to reset the fight when crystal ball of energy left me with 0MP, but with boots of running it wasn't too tricky. I just entered the next level and its Cerebov's domain... wish...

SANDSTORM: Conjurations + Earth, deals physical damage, randomly blinds/asphyxiates/displaces/silences enemies

Edit: agree with @petercordia, XOMSTORM looks promising

Maybe -2 Exp is too rough, just -1 then :) I just wanted not to make Profane Servitor too strong, encouraging player to switch from one to another if necessary. I also understand rDamn (i didn't even remember it existed, actually, i just thought there was rTorm). About weapons : Profane Servitor do...

The idea is an interesting one, but some of the differences between the two are really punishing (-2 XP modifier is horrendous). The profane version having rHoly is consistent with the NPC, but you could also provide rDamn for the angelic one instead of rN-/rN+++. Effectively, both the angelic and p...

This is a pretty impressive first win, nice post!

Vampires can be pretty strong, since they can dynamically act something like a lich that can escape torment and quaff potions, or ditch undead status to fight holy monsters, all without learning spells--meaning necromutation. But, having played them a bit, I usually dread playing them now for one s...

You actually made it through the DoomPyramid™, that's awesome!

From the code you provided, it looks like you didn't use the electrical whip at all. Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you? Even with a 1.1 swing time, you'd still get benefits from constriction and unarmed strikes, and a lot of creatures in the dungeon have no rElec. I get that spells can (and should)...

This is true, though it's exactly what we have with Makhleb healing right or vamp draining right now — and at least DD^Mak has enough healing that stashing monsters for healing is generally not worth the bother. It's probably optimal to do it but isn't practically important. I think "DD can he...

Try a wand of digging next time

My completely unhelpful post of the night is the thought of somehow integrating dwarf fortress with DCSS, where the monsters are the dwarfs. You are the vagrant home wrecker come from far away to destroy their creation. Its a million miles away but it could be quite fun to have a "me vs everyo...

I would personally lean towards Trog for an easier win. Aside from berserk, which is a great way to learn about overextending, you gain a piety-powered MR++. Some of the worst early and mid threats will screw you over with resistible effects, and Trog gives a cheap way to nullify them. While Okawaru...

on zot5 got a teleport straight to 4 orb of fires as a courtesy from Xom. Four OOFs? How in the world did that happen, the damned things are normally solo or in pairs!? :shock: Well done for surviving! I'm not 100% on this, but you probably want to clear the Slime pit and Abyss before taking on Pan...

I would disagree with this anti-luring design. Luring can (and frequently does) lead to gameplay that is boring, predictable, and (personal bias) cowardly. This being said, it also allows for survival when going all out will end with "you die..." A coward knows when to turn and run, and th...

Another first, took a berserker through extended! The nightstalker mutations went a long way in keeping this one alive and well. DsBe^Trog, 10 runes Pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/PyHjrh4M Aside from the showdown against Cerebov and a surprise appearance of Mara in V:5, there were not many nota...

Kill off the retinue first, got it. I thought the summons wouldn't suffer as badly because of the reduced LOS, but I'll be extra careful. Thanks for the quick response!

Edit: took down Cerebov and Lom, it's a 10 rune win

Fellow crawlers, I ask for your advice. This is the first berserker in extended that I've played in quite some time, and the situation is as follows: My angry demonkin is currently at the entrance to the fortress of Cerebov. I have a few ideas on how to kill him(it?). It goes without saying to chug ...

you generally want to focus on one first, and then maybe add in some of the other as a backup once you're strong. Splitting your EXP down the middle early on is generally a bad idea. That is good advice, but with the huge aptitude difference it really seemed like an early hybrid was doable (despite...

Magipi wrote:But in fact it was an Okawaru gift.

I can see that you are all confused. Since when does Oka gift antimagic? Since when does Oka gift anything good?? What world am I in???

All of this ^ :lol:

I just want you to post some hilarious ctrl-p highlights of playing a believer of Xom through ziggurats. Possibly with screenshots.
Just how hardcore can the insanity get?

J - the +9 scimitar of Discord {distort, rElec rN+ Str-2 SInv}
Z - the ring of Wonder (left hand) {rElec rF++ Int+2 Dex+6}

And honourable mention: the +9 battleaxe of Vodka {freeze, MR++ rPois rC+}

items had weight in far less ancient versions, it only got removed in 0.15. I only got into DCSS with the 19.5 tiles, so anything pre-17 is like a history lesson to me. Kudos to you for having played for so long :) It's a shame about the clarity amulets, there are so many games (read: splats) where...

Here's one: Dungeon Crawl version 3.40 character file. Ajaja the Annihilator (Human) (Level 27 Reaver) Experience : 27/987777 Strength 18 Dexterity 16 Intelligence 20 Hit Points : 124 Magic Points : 38 AC : 29 Evasion : 13 Shield : 0 Gp : 2781 You escaped. You worship The Shining One. The Shining O...

Very interesting to see an assortment of conjurations on a minotaur; starting mostly air and then kind of switching to earth. Going for two level 9 spells (even if you were a bit short on getting tornado all the way castable) on a minotaur is pretty crazy though so congrats on the "reaver"...

First win in the 0.23 version, as well as the first challenge build. MiAE^Ash, 4 runes Pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/nbnDAVRy Lessons learned: 1) Klowns are no longer free XP. Because the one thing you need when around an ancient lich is bat form, or a single tile silence. The pie taste = effe...

A n00b no more! Happy to know you enjoyed DCSS, and taking a win like this is phenomenal!

Of the three games you wanted to try next, I'd recommend Brogue. And of course, come back to Crawl anytime.

With the current equipment, you could take on the slimes for the third rune. You have the relevant resistances, and between Arga/wands/lamp you can destroy the slimes easily. If there's a torment scroll somewhere, the final fight against TRJ is laughably easy. +haste, torment, immolation, focus blas...

When making your way through the Hells, never forget the fact that cancellation exists. That way, you might avoid a humiliating failure involving petrification and spawned mobs. :oops:

The fact you didn't splat-post is honestly amazing, given the encounters. Sojobo+retinue is about the worst you can fight in an open space, to say nothing of Mara. I tend to drop items with *Slow if not a follower of Chei, so that's fine. Strategy-wise, I'd buy the lamp: 1) the elven halls have many...

delarado wrote:I mostly play this game to "Win it or bin it" Anyway... become as powerful as I can or die trying.

Good attitude, looking forward to a YAVP from you

"... damned to rot eternally"
The moth isn't causing rot, playing a ghoul means rot by default. Moar chunks and you're good.

I remember killing Frederick a few times, too. Boris is less of a threat to your run because his spells can be blocked, so that's an advantage. Like in the posts above, a steady approach is best . Keep in mind that you have 7 immolation scrolls, if there's a horde of problems you can't quite cut dow...

Temporary summons have a purple orb in the upper right corner (tiles), durable summons have a red one(aura can't affect those). Regulars have nothing. Speaking of regulars, if you plan on taking the hell runes, destroy Tartarus hounds with extreme prejudice. I hate those fucking things. In terms of ...

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