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I'd pick Okawaru, but I might be too late to prevent the vote from ending in the (mostly) horrible fate of worshipping Xom.

AC is all but irrelevant to Spriggans (who have the best EV in the game)... getting rid of those mutations will help you more than having +4 AC. And yes, I would lose the hat now that you've got another source of poison resistance.

Spriggans are actually very good with slings.

Cool, and welcome.

Your next goal will be to get as far as the Ecumenical Temple in the main game! Remember, you don't have to kill everything. If you don't know how you're going to kill something, there's no shame in running away until you do.

Congratulations!

The Orb guardians are especially deadly when a moth of wrath berserks them. That's happened and my characters have gone from "Hahahaha, Orb guardians are wussies..." to "No... NO! It's hitting me harder than that ancient lich did! AUGH!"

From a scroll of acquirement:

Code:: e - the +3 large shield "Ugeota" {+Blink, Str+3, Stealth++}

That is a mighty fine shield for my Naga Berserker.

I owe a special debt of thanks to Happy Corner, slowcar, and Yet Another Stupid Noob. Others helped, but the three of you were instrumental in ensuring I didn't do incredibly stupid things. Also, High Elf would be fun, but I was thinking about giving someone other than a Wizard a try. It's still in...

Ouch. Condolences.

If it makes you feel better, yours would be very far from the first character Mennas has brutally slaughtered. It hurts, too, as you never meet him until you're already well into the mid-game (or beyond).

Congratulations! It was a lot of fun watching your game progress on the forum like that, and I'm glad it all paid off in the end. Other combos that might work with a good god, huh? A High Elf Wizard isn't a bad pick, and not so far removed from the strategy you're already used to. You could pick TSO...

If a treasure trove wants a +X,+Y weapon, will it accept a randart version of the weapon if the bonuses are at least as high?

I don't know if you could possibly ever upgrade strength enough to melee as a bat. Their bite attack is pretty pathetic (as natural weapons go), and you don't get any bonuses from any gear but amulets to help with it. And no, you won't have any magic in bat form, either. Gods and invocations, though...

Thankfully it's not a Hive boss. Spriggan Berserkers face enough challenges without that monster guarding one of the best food sources in the game! Level 10 Traps and Doors is what you should shoot for, ideally. More than that won't hurt, of course, and you can get by on 5-6 for a while, but around ...

Spriggans can cultivate ranged attacks rather easily - they get more mileage out of slings than most races. That's actually very good, as they don't have enough weight allowance to carry around a huge pile of wands (or at least not as huge as other Berserkers). Keep working on your stealth/stabbing,...

I'm not too worried about it I'm trying to focus on getting a rune and learning the layout of the midgame ;) I'll think about Zot later. Hopefully I can just sneak past shit and grab it and go? Or maybe it doesn't work like that lol Sometimes it actually will work in this game, if you've built your...

Do you have a source of resist poison stashed away? Your character could probably handle the Snake Pit. (The Snake Pit isn't totally impossible without rPois, but it helps a lot.) If not, I'd go deeper in the main Dungeon, or further into the Vault. Finishing up the Hive is a good idea, too - there'...

Not worth it at this stage. Clear Zot, get that Orb to the surface, and dance a victory dance!

Bah, take it as a compliment. The whole episode sounds like an entry from the Vin Diesel/Chuck Norris/Mr. T Fact List ("Vin Diesel's wrath is so awesome, even he can't figure out how he wasted the Royal Jelly...").

I once lost a high-level Vampire caster in the Abyss, because I was resting in bat form over a lava tile in one of those little corners that was closed off, and a smoke demon came in to occupy the only other visible title. I couldn't escape, I couldn't bite it hard enough, I couldn't Makhleb-blast i...

It's possible one of your demonic guardians killed him. The greater demons in particular are infamous for summoning whole armies of other demons, and Executioners (while not summoners) can fit in several actions to the average character's one. Killing the Royal Jelly isn't as hard as you might expec...

Wizlabs can take several different forms, but are generally not all that bad (at least at your level). They can have decent treasure, too. Most importantly, I have yet to see a Wizlab that didn't have its exit right next to its entrance. Go for it.

You won't need Fire Storm to clear Crypt, Dispel Undead should serve fine. Mephitic Cloud and Conjure Flame can safely go, at the very least. Do you have a source of Haste yet? That would be another spell you should absolutely learn. As for Mennas... any time you find yourself thinking "Is the ...

Hmmm. 1. The polearm you found. Maybe you should, you're still early in the game and switching to another weapon skill won't cost you too much. Polearms are probably better than Axes anyway, as Trog might give you a demon trident down the line (sadly there are no demon axes). You might try out that ...

I don't know much about current netbooks or tablets, but I sometimes play Crawl on my old laptop when I'm away from home. It doesn't have a keypad, either, so I use a cheap external keypad that plugs into one of its USB ports. (I assume netbooks have those too.) So you aren't necessarily doomed to r...

you know i really don't use those thats probably a good idea LOL. Blink is great too. It seems like when I play wizard tho I never find any books w/ better damage spells and sif/veh do not treat me well :/ but the RNG hates me anyway If you're not adverse to branching into Necromancy, you could go ...

It's also useful to know that a specific ghost is only ever generated once. No other character will see it again. So just running away from a ghost is just as good as killing it, as far as your future characters are concerned.

Another tactic is to use Berserkers. Berserk > early player ghost, most of the time. And ghosts can't berserk themselves, so if your Berserker dies, he won't compound the problem. As mentioned already, continuing to learn the game with undead races (Mummies, Vampires, Ghouls) is another good idea, a...

Exclusive. Condensation Shield automatically fails if you have a shield already equipped.

Stealth is great for Nagas, and helps make up for their slow speed if you can cultivate it. Heavy armor hurts it, though, so you might have to choose between AC and stealth. Stabbing is another story. If you're going to use Long Blades or particularly Short Blades, they get bonuses to Stabbing damag...

Early game, you might go with a really sweet branded weapon if you see one (venom works well in the early game), but later on you'll do best to commit to one weapon type. And yeah, demon whips (Maces/Flails skill) are among the best weapons and what I usually go for myself (when I'm playing a melee ...

Nagas should use shields, instead of a two-handed weapon - their armor and dodging penalty is such that you need the extra line of defense, especially if you're going to melee like that. Important skills for your game plan will include Fighting, Armor, Shields, whatever spell schools you want to lea...

If it helps, Slime isn't worth exploring fully - only the Royal Jelly's vault has any treasure, so just dive for that bottom level as soon as you can find the downstairs (any downstairs). That'll minimize your contact with the walls. Be warned that the Royal Jelly's level is wide open, and the monst...

Yeah, the vault guards are like doormen. They may be there to keep low-level punks out, but the things behind them are the real high rollers of the Vault.

I know some people here love mutation roulette, but you should avoid deliberately mutating any character you care about. An XL19 demon-whipping wizard with your spell list shouldn't be having much trouble with Ugly Things (even Very Ugly Things).

Or just remember for your next character - going into the Elf Halls with no conservation is a bad idea. Actually, conservation is nice to have almost anywhere.

It's possible it has. I've had low-level monsters follow me across open levels even while I'm invisible (and not attacking or doing anything else to reveal myself). Non-see/sense invisible monsters, like common orcs. It seems they can tell what general direction an invisible player is, even if they ...

Huh.

But it's nice to see that your DSWz is still going, MADDOGmjb. After I gave you advice in that other thread, I thought "Cool, he took my advice... uh oh, I hope it doesn't get him killed, or he might think I'm an ass or something."

Hmmmm. 1. I'd vote for Airstrike. Your Poison Cloud has smite-targeting, too... but it's nice to have something like that for poison-resistant monsters also. And you can use it on top of Poison Cloud to keep doing damage, even when your target's meatshields are still in the way. You'll find that ver...

The monsters are going to make far more noise than your shouting ever will, and far quicker, too. Shouting is not going to be relevant. Really? I've had all kinds of massive battles in the vault chambers before, and still found monsters with their little "?" icon closer to the Orb chamber...

The thing about Kiku is that you use undead instead of summons, and then you can use (most) clouds indiscriminately!

...upon realizing that he might be named after a main character in one of the most godawful series of books in the history of mankind, he promptly began searching for a pack of gnolls to help him commit suicide...

Trog could work, although his rain of weapon gifts will be useless if you insist on staying barehanded. Okawaru might be another choice, as he gives armor, too, and his early combat boost would help you survive. Then there's Nemelex Xobeh, if your character concept will allow for magical decks. That...

I would also rid myself of that shoutitis mutation if at all possible. That could easily get you into trouble on Zot:5. Luring the ancient liches and orbs of fire away isn't going to work if they ALL wake up and dogpile you. The Zot:5 vault is a bad, bad place, while we're on the subject, but it oft...

Jeremiah wrote:The druids aren't just dangerous because of animating trees; their ray of light ability does 3d19 unresistable damage - Lair hellfire?

Unlike hellfire (AFAIK), it can miss, but can't be deflected by deflect/repel missiles.

Ray of light can be defeated by invisibility.

congratulations, despite numerous tries i have never made it this far with a melee character. i guess having strong spells somehow influences your melee tactics in a bad way sometimes. Don't feel too bad. All MY wins have been melee, and it's influenced my spellcasting tactics in a bad way. That as...

The Shining One might get his panties in a wad if you kill your enemies while you're invisible, but he's cool with it if you use invisibility to sneak away like a wussy.

Congratulations, Thasero!

Yeah, finding a good hat can be tough sometimes. And Gastonok's hat is often ponderous, too!

I think the first message (the one announcing you're on a level with a Labyrinth portal) always says "distant" by default. It's only the messages AFTER that where it starts indicating how close the portal is.

I could be wrong, though.

Watch out for Spriggan Druids, too. If you see one, kill it or get out of the forest as fast as you can. Because it will cast Animate Trees, causing you to be completely ass-raped if you are still surrounded by tree tiles.

Yes, you can. That character's AC is currently -3, and apparently it does increase damage from every attack. The bats sure were taking a lot more HP off me than they normally do... Luckily, I've managed to get him to level 2 for Throw Frost, so I'm no longer forced to blast enemies at point-blank an...

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