Friday, 11th May 2012, 15:38 by danr
Short blades are actually working out pretty nicely for me. I ended up with a +5,+6 antimagic quick blade, which made the Elven Halls a bit of a cakewalk. I did get banished once by one of the last surviving Elves in Elf:5.
On that trip through the Abyss I managed to lift a holy scourge off an Angel, which is now also +5,+6.
Those enchantments though are just icing on the cake. I've also ended up with an artefact ring with +4,+5 slaying, and a regular ring of slaying that is +6,+7! With those kinds of bonuses, by QB is doing GSC-type damage at QB speeds. It's only with undead/demonic (against some of whom antimagic is ineffective anyway) that the holy scourge does more damage.
Oh yeah, I also have so many stealth items that I'm "extremely stealthy", giving me lots of stabbing opportunities. Never had that with a minotaur before.
I think this might be my most epic character ever. I agree, it would have made more sense to start as a fighter. But then, I didn't know I'd find an epic artefact weapon on D:4
By now I've also picked up wands of healing, hasting, and invisibility, but I haven't needed them yet. I don't really need Trog anymore either, and considering switching but I don't know who would be better.