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I think that the example in the OP of bazaar shops being replaced is particularly poignant. If it is desirable to reduce the number of shops generated wouldn't the best way to do that be to... reduce the number of shops generated?

How about just remove traps since there are already a set of challenges that actually matter known as monsters.

Because you CHOPPED HIM UP AND ATE HIM. You are the real monster.

New monster request: Hunger Fiend

Spells:
Symbol of Hunger
Summon Terrible Hunger
Hungfire
Hunger's Call
Hunger Form

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please move this out of cyc it is better than most threads out there

Who would think that a monster that leverages the most unfun system of the game would be unfun?

So you want to replace fire storm with... fire storm?

I would suggest a couple of things: First, training your throwing all the way to 27 is most likely a poor use of experience. It takes a LOT of experience to actually get there and putting that experience elsewhere will give you better returns. Second, I disagree with the poster above me. The purpose...

Just give your tab key some ibuprofen and ice it and hopefully the inflammation will go away.

I think that having the potential for clutter is much better than the alternative you are suggesting, which is losing data for little to no gain. I'm sure some players don't mind several thousand files worth of morgues, while others maybe clear most or all of them every so often. To that end, it wou...

The funny part about this quirk and the numerous others is that if vampires were first proposed today it would likely be rejected for being over-complicated and tedious. Which happens to be consistent with actually playing them.

I generally (not completely) agree with the overall sentiment of this thread. Hydra form is quite strong, but extremely dangerous to use. Add to this it's heavy dependence on power and I would have difficulty recommending this spell for many characters in its current state.

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I think that the idea behind this is great, introducing people to the source as you said in the other thread. I would disagree with using species coding to do that, however. This is because a) as you can see even in this guide, species have a lot of moving parts that might make them unsuitable for b...

I think that this proposal will fail if only because you recommended Animate Dead ever be removed before Twisted Resurrection. On a more serious note, the power of Animate Skeleton has been brought up before. If it needs any change, though, I would suggest it be some thing like a spell level change ...

Honestly it should just use arrows from your inventory without having to wield them or just be removed. This spell is super tedious.

I ordinarily prefer ASCII in roguelikes, but crawl I am just used to tiles.

It probably helps that our tiles blow most other tilesets I have seen out of the water, so major props to our tile maker people.

Yes it is functional. It's little weird in that it is based off of skill, but uses the full seven god titles, extrapolated over 27 skill levels. It may be better (also simpler) for it to just scale with piety and just check if necro/evo is highest to display the appropriate title. Some dev feedback ...

I liked this enough to get inspired.

https://crawl.develz.org/mantis/view.php?id=9144

Damage brands on (normal) launchers currently are: flaming, freezing, and velocity (not sure if speed normally generates??). If a player was to have a choice between equally enchanted launchers with each of these brands, the choice in every single circumstance ever would be velocity. This is because...

Your main problem is going to the Elven Halls at all. I will solve both of your problems by telling you not to go there. This applies to characters that aren't gargoyles as well. The loot is tempting for sure, but in the vast majority of games there is nothing there that you need to win. Though that...

They all ended up in my games. My DsNe made +9 IDA from scratch and the rest went to my DrGl (of course)

Code:: Q - 12 scrolls of enchant armour

I like to make sound effects when I cast spells

I thought a valedictorian was someone who graduated top of his or her class

I like that more games are starting to get Linux ports.

Don't ignore rod of the swarm, it's good. It's like summon butterflies that also kills things. There are plenty of dangerous things left that don't resist poison (giants, trolls, humans, killer klowns, orb guardians, draconians) and yellow wasps can paralyse those things while you beat on them. Chea...

Gozag is swamped with handling the managerial tasks of his runaway successful porridge delivery service and won't be in 0.15.

Gozag's signature porridge has been described as "Wow, that was really gluggy!" and, "Can't live without it!"

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Why doesn't tab move the player towards submerged spaces? I can only guess that there are some cases where where a submerged space isn't a target of opportunity; for example if the submerged space is an ally. What should it do when the monster doesn't unsubmerge when you are adjacent? Step onto the...

One strategy that Beoghites might find useful is a corollary to generally good Crawl strategy: You don't have to take every fight you see. Which is to say that your followers don't have to fight anything either. Leave your tough guys on other levels and train up (or get gifted) some newbies, and cal...

Raising spellcasting skills helps casting in heavy armor.

What are the goal and motivation of this proposal? Most of the demonspawn mutations are designed well enough to be beneficial to characters of various skill-sets, equipment and playstyle. Spines fail to do this by placing heavy restrictions on what armour you can wear while remaining useful. This l...

When I read the thread title I took "semi-permanent" as "gaining a passive component" which sounded cool and unique for a spell school. Like you could keep dragon breath outside of dragon form. But that also sounds like, "weird interactions in a can"

Are monster gargoyles treated like golems? Seems strange since player gargoyles are treated as living, or at least partially living.

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Currently player demonspawn spines are the worst mutation you can possibly get. They flow against the trend of other mutations, that is being useful to just about any playstyle. This is because of the embarrassing limitation placed on both its damage and its proc chance by wearing body armour. Note ...

Code:: f - 12 bread rations (in hand)

billob: harpy food destruction has been removed in trunk, and probably won't be coming back. As Leafsnail pointed out, carrying more consumables has a greater chance of getting them destroyed. Spreading out your crap over multiple tiles would be incredibly tedious. Item destruction already encourage...

TeshiAlair wrote:Guaranteeing a fight rather than being able to prevent it seems to be the point of this proposal.

and into wrote:Minions should be destroyed rather than becoming hostile upon leaving Yred.

what?

scorpionwarrior wrote:I'm still sad about "Are you sure you want to win? (y/n)" being removed. It was such a great joke..

That first time was the most favorite time I have ever pressed the 'y' on my keyboard in my life

Your test is not very good because it does not show that hydras are better than servitors, rather it shows that hydras are better than servitors (with middling spells) summoned point blank (melee) in a hallway. Pretty sure this is intended. I'm not sure of it's current behavior, but besides improvin...

It has always seemed odd to me that ctrl-c melee attacking zombies made them upset at you, especially since they don't mind you firing bolts of fire through them. Or anything else really. Shoot arrows at them, whatever, they only get mad about melee attacks. Since zombies are either 1) mindless or, ...

Note that this would destroy zombies and skeletons from necromancy spells also, but I suppose that makes sense and is fine. In any case, I heartily agree with the OP I do not agree with Sandman because other gods that use allies already do this and it is in general one of the nicer things about zomb...

If the primary complaint with racial weapons (and armours) is that they do not have a great enough effect, perhaps increasing their effect would be a better mode of action than simply removing them. This removal also nukes a swath of tiles that I found very aesthetically pleasing and flavorful, espe...

From a gameplay standpoint I can see this seems backwards, however I always imagined this as stripping the enchantments that magically protect somebody. So removing the enchantments on them makes them more vulnerable to hostile enchantments. That said, this effect still would be more clear if it wer...

The entire purpose for this thread is moot since this "alluring femininity" actually has nothing to do with mesmerization, "the mermaid chants a haunting song." That this is a powerful magical attack is made more apparent by the fact that you literally cannot move away from the m...

Code:: crate converted Batty Caufield to the worship of Fedhas Madash. That felt like a moral victory.

If it says "encumbrance rating" when you examine your armour there is no magic number for it. To answer the OP, Str decreases the penalties armour gives you. It's probably not worrying too much over, since your main concerns with body armour should be your defenses and how it affects your ...

Think of rod of the swarm as summon butterflies that kills things, or a stronger demonic horde. You can spam swarm to escape from things, to kill things (especially effective against anything vulnerable to poison), hold things still while you pelt them with smite or bolt spells. Bonus points if you ...

Rod of the Swarm is my favorite rod in the game. Do you even know what yellow wasps do?

Rod of Striking can be underwhelming, but only because by the time you find it (if you ever do) you have most likely found something better, even if you have some Evo training.

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