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Turn fountains to wishing wells: toss in some amount of money and have a small probability of getting acquirement effect. The more money you sacrifice (in one go), the bigger the chance.

With invisibility, it's not just the risk of getting a bad mutation. If you're glowing, you're not invisible.

Q: When is dying in Crawl not my own fault?
A: When someone forces you to play the game.

On the other hand, you were extremely lucky to find a short sword of elec on D:3 :) Just the method of finding was unfortunate...

The abyss is done nearly last only because there's a decent chance you'll either be banished there at some point during extended, or that you'll exit pan through an exit that goes to the abyss. So you can avoid having to do the abyss twice this way. If you finish slime but don't feel ready for exte...

I never figured out how nemelex worked ... All I ever got were cards of summoning, and then I was told I had to stop saccing weapons and armor and sac other stuff, but then the game became micromanagy, and I still wasn't getting other kinds of decks because I couldn't find enough of that "othe...

Yeah, the hard decision with AKs: banish or corrupt? Choices, choices...

Right. Power 100 means that "quite resistant" (MR 60 - 89) targets are usually banished with one or two tries (which matches my experience very well). Also "very resistant" (MR 90 - 119) ones should go with a few tries. For "Extremely resistant" (MR 120 - 149) creatures...

Inspired by my latest splat with an OpAK*, I wanted to check how Invocations skill affects Lugonus Banishment power. According to the wiki, the power scales with your invocations level: min(100, 16 + 8×Invocations). EDIT: oops, min is min and not max. Removed useless table. EDIT 2: So the correct co...

For future reference, that Sphinx pack is always there. Next time, try to pick them up one by one. Have lots of MR.

Yeah, otherwise it wouldn't be a good name for a Crawl deity ;) A lot of god proposals around these days...

About stair dancing in the past: It's really a moot point whether it was ever optimal or not, it was popular because it worked. Starting with Linley's Dungeon Crawl 3.20 I always did it. I'm sure I would have changed my tactics at some point, if I would have had problems with that approach. Vault Wa...

Wheals would be a good name for a deity...

And you can still stair-dance it, as long as no wardens are visible (I did it with a GrSu). Whether it's a good strategy or not is another issue.

How did you get all those quick blades? Lots of acquirement? Dumb luck. I never use acquirement on weapons. The vampiric and the stabbing I found as "just" very well enchanted quick blades, I used a scroll of brand weapon on one, and two scrolls of brand weapon on the second, which random...

Ajonos wrote:
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a - a +5,+5 quick blade of pain b - a +6,+7 quick blade of stabbing (weapon) c - a +6,+4 quick blade of freezing d - a +5,+4 vampiric quick blade e - a +8,+2 quick blade of draining

How did you get all those quick blades? Lots of acquirement?

learndb wrote:hat of pondering

Don't wear this. +3 hat with ponderousness, 30 MR, +5 int and +10 MP. Sometimes Gastronok is wearing it!
<crate> if you have to ask if you should use ponderinghat the answer is no

stickyfingers wrote:Trowel is now in Wonders.

Great! Water and Dowsing have their uses too, but getting rid of Vitrification and Minefield makes up for them. I won't miss Dungeons now in 0.14.

So Dungeons are only randomly generated? I want my legendary Trowels!

Merfolk mesmerizer would be good.

I will surely miss branded elven ring mails (VpVM with 5 runes ascended wearing a +5 elven ring mail of fire resistance). Elven cloaks and boots too, to a lesser extent.

Yeah, without pants and all.

Magical devices b - a wand of heal wounds (7) g - a wand of teleportation (7) n - a wand of cold (8) p - a wand of heal wounds (3) r - a wand of digging (0) u - a wand of heal wounds (6) z - a wand of fire (8) K - a wand of enslavement (8) R - a wand of disintegration (12) Of course it's easy with ...

Reptisaurus wrote:And I'm glad to know you won as a DD Fighter. That seems like it would be a lot harder than summoner.

Just for the record, that DDFi was with Ely. And I second the recommendation on Fedhas, whom also my HOWz worshipped.

I would probably stop playing crawl before my first win if there was no way to remove player ghosts. That's a good point. For a new player, ghosts can be quite frustrating. I wouldn't mind if ghosts were removed (or made an option, default off). Ghosts are probably just another heritage from Nethac...

Confidence Interval wrote:New skill proposal: sex

Octopodes: +5 apt (or maybe special case +8)

I like your method. I also never play winner combos again. What I'm doing is pick a race, then play different backgrounds until I get one to at least clearing the Lair. Then I proceed to the next race. If I've already played all backgrounds of a race I select the one I have the lowest score with. So...

Having a long history with roguelikes I think there's no need for an easy mode. The whole point of roguelikes is that they're hard and you will die a lot. Gradually you get better and not die as much anymore. But what's important is that the game is fun. If someone does not find the process of dying...

Abyss and Slime were way easier than Vaults:5 for example. At least for my FeBe. So 5 runes should be quite ok. More than that is surely a challenge. If only I had managed to find the rune and pick it up while I still had extra lives, I'm pretty sure I would have managed to escape.

Is there a general consensus on with what gods amulets of faith are typically worth using? The inability to switch to rMut when needed is surely a concern (conservation and clarity are lesser issues IMHO). Even if you're just going for 3 runes, you'd possibly want to wear rMut against OoFs. Taking a...

In retrospect, yes, Tomb would have been a safer choice. But I just didn't feel like grinding through mummies and their death curses. I think I still would have had to kill most mummies myself, as BiA costs quite a lot of piety.

Of course I could've just gone and win the game (cleared half of Zot:5 too). But my target was from the beginning to try to get exactly 6 runes. I knew I would probably get blown to pieces. But it was fun to try. I mapped most of Dis:7 anyway. Besides, I had over 150 HP at level 26 :) Strange fact: ...

Curiosity killed the cat. Well, it was fun while it lasted. Abyss and Slime were easy for a stealthy cat. It took a bit too long to find the Abyssal rune (4500 turns in the Abyss), but then again it was lying on the ground and I didn't have to fight for it. But I still have no clue where a FeBe shou...

Code:: You pounce on the unaware helpless shadow dragon! You eviscerate the shadow dragon!!!!! You kill the shadow dragon! Trog accepts your kill.

Thanks for the advice. The thing is that I've got a personal conduct of getting 6 runes now (going from 3 to 15 one rune at a time, last one was a 5-runer). I don't mind if I die in the attempt. As for extended, I've only done Tomb, Slime and Abyss in 0.13. The rest of the extended I've done last in...

Why play Felids: Those yellow draconians can blast you all day long, but they won't corrode a single piece of armour!

Leafsnail wrote:I guess the problem with replacing elven with an ego is that it wouldn't allow for armour to be both unobstructive and branded, but that doesn't seem like a huge issue to me.

Well, my spellcasters are happy if they come by a branded elven ring mail in the early game.

Qoalurnace

All the time when I've seen people mention Robe of the Archmagi, I've thought "well, it's not that great..."

learndb wrote:Acts as one enhancer for all spells. In ancient times, divided incoming XP by 4 and also had a wizardry effect.

Oh, that has been changed since ancient times.

Please don't remove elven armour.

Orb of Dot: can be evoked to rest for one turn.

and into wrote:Unlike that Lindwurm deathtrap that is surrounded by water, you could potentially o your way into the ice dragon's LOS.

That's one mean vault. On the other hand, it may teach the value of stealth...

Almost nothing in Shoals sees invisible...

I'm starting to feel that I don't totally suck at this game. Doing Vaults:5 with a FeBe was one of the most intense experiences for me in Crawl. Next I'm going to do Zot:1-4. If I don't die, I'm going to try and get 3 more runes. I guess I'd try Abyss, Slime and then probably one from Pan. That'll b...

If I've understood correctly, 1 level of mutation resistance is 66% and rMut amulet gives 90% protection. Do these stack to give 96.6% protection (=1-0.34*0.1)?

I guess it depends on whether you want ranged weaponry or not. Personally I would probably just stick with decks of destruction for ranged damage.

I also have Piercer for sale in my current game. My choice was easier - I'm playing a FeBe.

Not without cooking them (which reminds me of ADOM...)

Arkhan wrote:It's much more fun in the real world, imo.

Especially corpses, mmm...

My first FeBe is still going strong. Descending on D:18: 41179 | D:18 | Noticed Wiglaf 41187 | D:18 | Noticed Agnes 41191 | D:18 | Noticed Snorg OK, back up and another staircase down. Near Agnes: 41203 | D:18 | Killed Agnes Exploring more: 41405 | D:18 | Noticed Nikola OK, I get the message. Let's ...

Wow. So the lesson is that deal four from legendary destruction is a no-no. Then again, it's quite tempting to use it against OoFs and stuff... Well, it's a gamble.

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