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A rough rule is that if the monster's name is bright red, that means it is liable to be very dangerous. Does that apply to the "web tiles" version? I play online and just tried your advice and all of the monster names were in bright red. Even when I got so I could kill a quokka in one sho...

I don't hit "teleport" or start running the absolute first turn I see the monster on screen, so that by the time I take two shots at them and figure out they are too strong to beat it is usually too late. A rough rule is that if the monster's name is bright red, that means it is liable to...

I'd be up for this as well; stable or trunk, I don't mind.

There are some things I like the wiki for because it gives more detail than LearnDB; principally the descriptions of god abilities and decks (as in Nemelex, not deep elf chaos knights). The Diary Of A Crawler bits can be good fun too. man, if I wanted to spend my time fixing other people's mistakes ...

Regarding weight, is one of the intended effects that it acts as a (minor) handicap on small races and some mage classes, or is that just incidental? It strikes me that removal of weight limits would be something of a power boost for spriggans in particular. I agree with the posters who suggest a da...

Aha! Your second paragraph I should probably have worked out myself, but the first is really helpful, thank you.

I still have a hard time working out working out whether or not enhancer staves are good melee options in any given situation (unlike many players I'm crap at formulae, so the Knowledge bot entry doesn't help me that much). With Fire Magic 12.6 and Evo 11.7 I'm pretty confident that the Staff of Fir...

In my current 0.13 game I've sort of stumbled into trying this after doing the first two floors of Shoals directly following Lair. Tough but fun; my HaIE has just made XL20 after doing all of Elf, Shoals and Spider bar the final floors, which are half-cleared and hard (Mara on Spider 5, Jory - a new...

Yes, I enjoyed being in the clan and having some use for my big fat 13 team points! I didn't play well but did manage two low combo high scores. I really like the 0.13 changes.

Crazy Young Underestimated Fellows are now on the clan chart, but with defenestrate as the captain and sole member. Defen, could you add me (and anyone else who wants in) to the clan please? I have seven team points to contribute!

I'd like to be in a casual team, if anyone will have me. I had lots of fun in the last tournament trying to get high scores for obscure combos, so I'm likely to do the same this time. Also still seeking my first win.

Nagas 4 Life

Nagaz 4 Life, surely? Or NagaMortis.

Back after a few months off, and I am very impressed with 0.13. The revamp to Conjuration over the last two versions has resulted in a really fun class with a playstyle markedly different from other blasters. Traps and Stabbing will not be missed, nor will nausea. I like my Gargoyle. The game just g...

I'll probably learn the remaining spells from the starting book. Not sure why I haven't yet. They just don't seem immediately useful. If you're meleeing, which I tend to as an IE, Condensation Shield is obviously handy. Rolling with Ice Beasts is great, and I've found they remain very helpful till ...

Oh, that is good to know. Assuming I don't throw this char away like I did my DsIE (XL 25, cruising through everything, forgot to renew my flight and drowned in Shoals, ultimate YASD) this will only be the second time I've reached max Kiku piety, so I wasn't sure. Cheers. I'm far, far better with IE...

Hello people. I am greatly enjoying this game, it is the first time I feel I have really got the hang of operating a DD. Vampiric Draining is an absolute godsend (or Kikusend, I suppose). Anyway, I am basically trooping around with a zombie army, combined with using Throw Icicle or meleeing from beh...

It headbutts your spiny worm zombie but does no damage.

The elephant is devoured by a tear in reality.

Such a great game.

Grimm wrote:autotravel

Seconded. To the extent that I can't play other roguelikes or 'lite' variants

Also, the constant stream of new level layouts and game updates.

Heh, I wanted to take the new Veh, but sod's law meant he wasn't in the temple. Thanks for the answers everyone.

CBoE is better than Sif channeling is it? The description in the bot makes it sound potentially lethal.

Hi everyone. I'm still a bit uncertain about how to make best use of enhancer staves. I'm currently rocking a staff of fire on my DrFE, which adds one pip to my spell power. The knowledge bot description gives this formula - "(2*evoc + magic skill)/30 chance of getting random2(1.25*(magic skill...

Died on Zot 5. I think I should probably have fled earlier, ended up panicking and teleporting around in the hope of finding somewhere safe where I could rest up. Oh well, it's still a big breakthrough for me to get that far. 582139 Moanerette the Cryomancer (level 27, 0/209 HPs) Began as a Pale Dra...

Thanks KL, that's great feedback. Looks like Snake 5 and Shoals next, then, followed by the rest of Vaults. I think I might skip Crypt; even if I levelled Necro, Dispel Undead is one of the few spells I haven't found yet, and I've already experienced chipping slowly away at Skel Warriors. I can swap...

This woman has found an unusual and engaging niche for her creativity (don't be put off by the word 'lavatory' in the URL, the page is perfectly work-safe).

http://www.sadanduseless.com/2012/04/lavatory-self-portraits/

Well, I finally changed my 'grazing' policy of playing wildly varying characters to concentrate on IEs, and have been rewarded by smashing through the wall (previous best was XL18). I've been disciplined with my skills and generally cautious with my play, as well as lucky (Sif altar on D2, randart r...

...playing Webtiles I acquire a friendly and helpful spectator. Crawl has a fine online community

That's good alright, but Third is amazing. I'm listening to the wonderfully scary Carter Tutti Void. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlAfcgEgef4 ClawlessVictory, I think you may like Meat Beat Manifesto, a big influence on Prodigy et al. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQN7fYLcNw4

Sublimation Of Blood is a really, really useful spell. And only level 2!

Coil - 'Windowpane'

You gain piety with Cybele - http://www.britannia.com/tours/bmrbgal/cybele.html

The most satisfying moments I get from the game are escaping those apparently hopeless situations where you are on 5hp or less, with something about to hit you. If I could just take the hit, then reincarnate, this would be nothing like as much fun. I don't like playing felids for similar reasons.

...I finally decide to take Fedhas Madash as my god, having previously been put off by mistakenly believing it to be complicated and of limited use, and find that it is most excellent fun (playing a SpWr).

Is there any information on the changes in this version? It's available (as is .11) to tiles players on the new server; I tried it but can't say what's different as .11 is equally new to me.

I really like most of the new tiles that I've seen; thanks a lot to whoever has been working on those.

Been playing for about a year and 300+ characters without even seeing a rune (reached Vaults once). As for spoilers, I'm quite happy to ransack the forum for hints and check the knowledge bots when I'm not sure about something. I think I'm just a bad player.

My housemates went on holiday to Crete and brought me back a fab pair of slippers. They have labyrinth patterns on both sides. This means that when I wear them I am in the middle of the labyrinth - I am the Minotaur!

James Kelman is my favourite modern Scottish author. Try Bus Conductor Hines or A Disaffection. He writes in Glaswegian vernacular, which can be a bit impenetrable, but his powerful humanism shines through.

Gray's short stories are ace btw.

Welcome Celestirr 8-)

I'm no RL expert but DCSS is by far the most addictive one I've played.

Welcome to the forum. I'm neither a veteran nor very good, but here are a couple of tips. When fleeing, try to get out of line of sight of priests/wizards, then they can't affect you with their spells. Try and head through territory you've already explored to minimise the risk of coming across new t...

Just managed to get my XL11 MfEn killed, despite having found the autumn katana. I found the enchanter hexes utterly unreliable, even with a staff of enchantment, and was run down by Grum and his war dogs on D11. My whole top 25 now consists of XL 10-11 characters who died on D 10-11 or on floors 1-...

Thanks both - as so often, I died not long after posting the query ;) At the same time as the battleaxe I picked up a war axe of freezing and was intrigued to find that, according to the spreadsheet, this would still have been inferior to the hand axe even at min delay and with the same bonuses. Ind...

Currently using a +6, +3 hand axe of electrocution; just found a +3, +1 battleaxe of freezing. With 10 skill in Axes I figure the hand axe is best for now, but at minimum delay might the battleaxe beat it? I tried using the spreadsheet but it seems to be broken for battleaxes and executioner's axes.

Thank you Deimos, I was beginning to think I was the only mouse user!

An issue comes up when you click something a square off and it gets you in a bad position, though.

Very occasionally drinking the wrong potion or casting the wrong spell as well :oops:

This was on D8, two of them saw me. Even with Swiftness I couldn't outrun them - I might have had a better chance if I'd just spammed Lightning at them from the off rather than trying to escape. Tsk. It absolutely boggles me when people talk about streaks and challenge runs. I've been playing for ov...

It's moot - got chased down and killed by bees within minutes of resuming the game...

Cheers everyone. One of the staves turns out to be Conjuration, so I assume I want to keep and wield that! (The other is Fire). Would putting XP in staves be an idea, or does that just affect their whacking prowess? The wands are Slowing, Paralysis, Confusion and Magic Darts. I get the impression no...

Right, I thought I'd seek specific character advice for the first time. I've reached the point where I usually die, but I think this chap is quite promising. Lightning Bolt at 8% failure thanks to Vehumet's bonus, a blowgun with loads of poison needles plus some curare and confusion, what looks like...

Ah OK, I've not been using Heroism enough by the sound of it. My big problems tend to be with monsters faster than me or with hefty ranged attacks - orc priests/wizards and centaurs can be very troublesome at low levels, especially on open maps. The query did indeed relate to low-level non-casters, ...

This is awesome! What I especially like is that it gives useful info without really spoilering the game (if you did a monsters one, I doubt I'd read it for that reason). Ta muchly.

Once past the first few floors ogres seem extremely squishy (low EV, can't wear armour). How best to keep them alive?

Also, if an ogre takes Okawaru as its god, is there a chance he'll gift armour that fits?

What I loved about the TV show was that the actors looked to be having a really good time; it was splendidly fruity and over-the-top, done with flair and elan. And Tamzin Merchant is magnificent. What I really, really love about the books (well, the first two at least, which is as far as I've got) a...

runequester wrote:What on earth does "kiting" mean?

I think it means to attack a monster with missiles and/or ranged spells while keeping it at a distance by moving in between attacks. So you need to be faster than the monster. Think of a spriggan armed with a sling taking down an ogre.

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