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First, in response to the original question, I have brought http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Majang's_Caster_Walk-Through up to version 20, in one fell swoop jumping three versions. Second, as the writer of a walkthrough, I want to spill some ink on the question as to why I would spend time and effort on...

I give my casters bucklers when I find good ones with extra resistances, or even well enchanted artefacts. Why well enchanted? A +0 buckler with rF+ and rPois is a no go? Basically I don't care about enchantment of artifact bucklers because it still gives quite low SH (comparing to typical EV of ca...

I appreciate Mikee's point that to a novice (and for a long time, to me) having a shield was giving a false sense of security. Probably it came from visualizing some kind of Roman soldier behind his impenetrable shield. They won their battles with their shields, and boy, in Crawl I definitely wanted...

Doesnt wrote:free cloak

Not that free. He killed me at least a couple of times.

I did have malmutations from contamination. I like playing casters with a high emphasis on level 9 spells, and having two miscasts in a row, even with 10% fail rate, happens at least once per game. I think one of the hells also kept contaminating you (Tartarus?), and it may have been a mummy curse o...

I'm playing a DsEE, clearing out the Labyrinth on a Lair level. And then Minotaur drops this beauty: the ring "Ojytites" rPois MP+9 Int+4 Slay+2 SInv. I just can't think of any reason to ever get this thing off my finger. I can't believe such a thing exists!

In the old days, changing to TSO from whatever you worshipped before to make it through the post-end-game branches was a good idea, as TSO was somewhat difficult to worship in the early game. But nowadays you can build up piety with him really early, so you could pick him right away. As a caster, Ve...

You should consider going into earth magic. You have the night-stalker mutation, which plays well with the short-ranged, but powerful one-shot solutions Earth Magic gives you. No swapping is needed before you shoot. But you need to train three skills (SC, conjurations and earth), which is much steep...

Believe it or not, my first ever victory was with a Demigod FE. I don't think I played it ever again.

I think I'm really getting hammered here, in a giant way...

Sounds good to me, but if found early, they might unbalance the game a bit...

When I'm playing a caster, I'm spreading my skill training thin enough already without going for stealth. I think it's a waste of good experience. When your spells are more powerful, they are also more likely to hit. Training the relevant spell kills seems therefore a better investment.

bcadren wrote:Statue Troll in Extended and no LRD or Shatter?

Well, with 16 INT Shatter would not be much fun.

Usually, from the beginning of the game, I decide on two damage-dealing spell schools for my blaster. Especially when starting as an FE, which seems to be a good school to get going in the game, I want another school for the inevitable crimson imps and much worse stuff later on. Just relying on fire...

It also helps to analyse your deaths. Whenever you get to some place for the first time, you'll see new monsters, and they might kill you in entirely new ways. Don't be frustrated, but see these as learning experiences. Try to read what happens when you die, look up the monsters that kill you on the...

Instead of turning it into a bolt, one might also consider making it unmissable, like a high-powered magic dart, reducing its damage to compensate for that. That would probably justify its level 8 status.

Even when you are terrible at melee, these silence spectres are not too difficult to bring down, as long as you survive the crowd long enough that surrounds them. You need to prioritize the silence-sources aggressively, and try to lure them away from most of their support. And it helps to have a few...

...especially in situations where enemies' EV is high. Fire Storm is much better than LCS to knock out orbs of fire. Granted, at low power LCS has issues with hitting some targets. That becomes different when you get your spell power up. I don't mess around with Firestorms to attack orbs, except if...

I disagree strongly - it is the only earth-related bolt spell, and a very necessary weapon for FE's engaging fire-resistant monsters. I use it all the time, even in the extended game. I certainly use it much more frequently than Bolt of Fire, even as a fire elementalist, because it is cheaper and hi...

That would get it too similar to Iron Shot, and in the end one of them would have to be removed. But LCS is significantly stronger, and definitely worth the extra effort as a one-shot killer for even really nasty stuff. It is a high-end spell, and it should show in its cost.

I definitely want to throw in the GrEE as a fairly winnable combination. Good aptitudes for the needed skills, and excellent defences.

That's not bad at all. It means that I should show my face more often. Thanks!

Ooooh, I'm way too young to play console...
Any idea about the increase of data traffic needed for tiles?

Hi all, I need some advice on playing online. I have not been seen much on any of the online servers, because I live in a place where internet comes at a premium. I pay my children's inheritance every month for the privilege of using up 4 GB of traffic (together with the rest of my long-suffering fa...

Are you aware that the effect of the spell school(s) is 4 times more than the effect of spellcasting? No, I did not know that - thanks to you and the other responders who set me straight on that. I seriously believed that SC has the same effect on spell success as any of the spell-schools involved.

If I find staff of power and ring of magic power before Temple, last things I want is more MP and less hunger I think you'd still be well advised to train SC, which helps with the failure rate of all your spells in the same way as the relevant spell schools do. And before reaching Temple, the retur...

Just your spellcasting skill will be enough after some time to get most things to you from LOS in just one go. And don't ever listen to anyone who tells you to only train spellcasting to unlock new spell-levels. If you play a caster, SC is the only skill you should never switch off, as each new ski...

Another application: You are hungry, go downstairs, get swarmed by lots of monsters, but you manage to explode a beefy guy with a wand. His chunks are all over the place, and you can't stay long enough to pick one up. Apportation allows you to go upstairs to have a well-earned snack. One more: There...

In the Abyss, you see the rune and need to grab it before you get randomly teleported away.

Gargoyles are obscenely strong in so many respects - taking away their ability to rage wouldn't even come close to balance all their great perks. I would not be opposed.

Mara certainly is a good reason for me to leave his habitat alone for as long as possible. But towards the end of the game, depending on your background, you may be strong enough to tackle him. The key to success is the ability to hit several targets at once. As a melee fighter, a strong axe comes t...

I guess this amount of tedium you have to go through each time is one of the punishments for getting yourself killed...

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