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I've got an MDFI in v0.9.0 that's diving toward zot. I originally planned to go TSO the whole game, but a round of 5 bad mutations and serious drought of cmut potions caused me to abandon TSO and take up zin. 10 D levels later I am mutation free, but I've got a god I know nothing about. Recite doesn...

I had many of the same issues weaning myself off of Trog, I did eventually win a MDFI of TSO. The thing I had to learn is that each problem has a gear based solution. Take your hydra problem for example. I go searching for Erica and her flaming scimitar right off the bat. If I don't find her by the ...

Seems like with hell hogs, helliphants, hell hounds, hell knights, and the serpent of hell, the one hell animal we are missing is the most common and feared creature theme in the game the hell yak. I wish to see a hell yak and tremble in it's presence. May they come as fiery flaming hell yaks or icy...

One more follow up question. for a spell like ice storm that has a conj/Ice spell school, is the enhancer multiplier cut in half? I'm trying to avoid going too far over the cap.

Also, does the bonus spell power from ring of ice and staff of ice stack? Is it diminishing returns like wizardry?

I've got boots of running and a hat of pondering on. Is my speed neutral?

New Unique: Rasputin, a human monk that is immune to poison and who resurrects later in the dungeon.

I've been abyssed on D:3 by a distortion dagger wielding kobold. I even survived, but I was an Air Elementalist with levitation and swiftness. Even when I'm vastly underleveled I survive it about 20% of the time just by following the advice of kobold lord. Don't fight, just run. You will find plenty...

Well, if you have abjuration, 1 or 2 casts of that will be the most efficient way to rid yourself of the executioner. Mystic blast should kill a regular lich in ~3-4 shots. I don't believe storm dragons have Sinv so you should be able to just back up a couple steps without pulling it. If you pull th...

Why do I have the feeling that I"ll be getting a DWoElec from Trog in the very, very near future? Your view of the cruel ironies of this game is less pessimistic than mine. In this situation I would have the feeling that I would meet with YASD in the very, very near future... Crueler still is ...

If you have Controlled Blink, you could use that and decks to steal all the runes. I'd advise against actually fighting much, especially the lords, though. Get Haste if possible. If you don't have it (or cBlink) in any books, maybe search for it in some of the big lootpiles (Crypt, Slime:6 which wi...

webtiles yesterday, so 8.x.

I recently played a merfolk gladiator and entered a spiders nest. there were many areas of deep water where I could swim out and let the spiders cling to try and get to me. I'm not sure if this is intended behavior from the AI, but I could hit them to run and they would flee in a straight line right...

Well, if you want a poison immune caster that isn't undead you should look to Naga. They make good casters, and have high HP, Poison immunity, See Invisibility, and the poison spit will take a serious chunk out of even an ogre. You are slower than even an ooze though, so be careful not to charge int...

I love kenku monk and even assasin as a melee EV build. The claw damage bonus is noticeable even as an aux attack while wielding a shortblade. They are FRAGILE tho, they have similar hp to a kobold, so you have to play careful. Transmuter would definately see the same benefits.

Player ghosts are my #1 cause of death currently. There's no escaping them, once they are within the range of Mephitic Cloud. And they are obviously always around the corner. Is playing as a necromancer for a while likely to help me clear them out? Ghosts cannot use stairs. You can always skip the ...

Trolls attack three times at once - one bite, two claws. So probably the 12hp attack was simply the last one that killed you. I only got one attack message. Shouldn't there be one for each? Plus it's not the first time I noticed the death blow not adding up. Is there a morgue file for webtiles? How...

Mennas can be rough. I've had him tank a raging lvl 18 berzerker in melee thru the entire rage so it's understandable that your paper thin FE would have some trouble. Not only that, but he's faster than a hasted char, so running can be difficult. Next time you'll know to just hit the tele scroll the...

so I step into Vaults 1 and Rupert is 3 squares from the door, so I summon a brother in arms and rage. Rupert goes pretty easy, but 2 turns before my rage wears off Mara shows up and copies my raging self. My brother ogre is still around and makes short work of Mara while I carefully use some mosqui...

speciesxx wrote:Odd, i couldn't select anything but the visible small room i was in (along with 2 black draconians and a storm dragon ><)

Did you try to put yourself into a wall? Doesn't it random you if it tries to place and the square is occupied?

My dungeon progression depends a bit on what I've found. Lair > Orc, then If I have Rpois I'll do snake or swamp, Lev I'll do shoals, but I've found if I don't have Sinv I usually regret trying to go for vaults. Big open areas will make you unseen horror lunch. What do you do when you clear Lair>Or...

My dungeon progression depends a bit on what I've found. Lair > Orc, then If I have Rpois I'll do snake or swamp, Lev I'll do shoals, but I've found if I don't have Sinv I usually regret trying to go for vaults. Big open areas will make you unseen horror lunch.

one of the best ways to deal with Nikola (or any humanoid unique) is with curare needles. Surely by D15 you've run across a couple of them and a kobold with a blowgun to steal. They use the same throwing skill as the javelins too.

I use a couple things depending on background or what I've found in the dungeon. Meph cloud, swiftness, curare and run, shoot it with the wand of polymorph grinder was carrying, etc. Worse case scenario it's a completely open room that you got shafted into as a lvl 3 DEFE? well, it's usually still w...

Coolio, these are excellent. Thank you very much. I feel that we shouldn't accept the quotes for the eyeball, scimitar, necronomicon, or reaper, for reasons laid out in the Guidelines document. I'm not sure what exactly you are referring to, but in sourcing the quotes I tried to follow the example ...

yeah, looking good. I'd be very careful of anything that can chunk you into the abyss, as you will get swarmed quickly there. I lost a very similar naga at about that level to the horrors of the abyss. That means stay out of elf until you can effortlessly kill everything the abyss will throw at you....

Well, HEAE of Oka seems like the way to go for me. I died to mara at lvl 17 due to me not knowing several things about him. Learned that he can still mislead and blink while silenced and the image he creates is not a player ghost so it will follow you up stairs, also that I cant heroism while silenc...

I hadn't considered Oka for a caster, but it makes sense the way you describe it. I've always like the MP for kills and miscast protection of Vehumet, but it makes sense to start as an Ae and play like a reaver of Oka to get your survivability then funnel every last skill point into air like you say...

Looking for advice for getting over the midgame hump with XxWz (usually Na or He) of Vehumet. I have about a half dozen chars in the morgue that hit the same wall so I figured I'd ask the community. I can reliable get to ~lvl 14 clearing lair, and orc using magic dart until mystic blast and IOOD get...

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MDFI zin for zot?

Re: Melee without Trog

Where are the hell yaks?

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Drowning spiders

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Re: YASD: Mennas hits you with a glowing blessed scimitar X

Most unique floor floor ever?

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Hit the midgame wall