CIP->YAAD: OpEn^Dith, noisy weapon considered harmful?

Tuesday, 15th September 2015, 23:46 by ThreeInvisibleDucks

After a considerable amount of tanks I went for an octopode enchanter. Been awhile since I've played enchanters, and they've been mostly SpEns. Disabling hexes really help a squishy dude survive early on. One of my luckier octopode runs so far: earlyish elec dagger, book of Frost for Ozocubu's Armour and Condensation Shield, full set of helpful rings pre-Lair, AC+6 from rings after Lair.

Just cleared Orc, and there's the following weapon for sale:

Code:: the +9 long sword "Murmur" {slice, Noisy rF+ rC++ MR- Int+6} (1212 gold)

It's by far the best long blade in the game so far, but not without its faults: Noisy and MR-. Using a noisy weapon as a capable stabber seems a bit counter-intuitive, but how noisy is noisy really? How often does it kick in? Also there's the book of Battle for sale and it'd pair nicely with a good long blade. I don't *really* need it at this point, hexes and flinging Icicles and tomahawks coupled with Dith's help and an electric dagger works well enough for now.

I could also go the ice caster route, as there's a book of Ice for sale as well. Edit: Also have a book of Annihilations with Poison Arrow. Combined with +2 aptitude, I guess it'd be one reason to go conjurations heavy?

Or I could go full hexes and go for Invisibility, but it wouldn't help much in Snake, a bit more so in Swamp.

I'm a bit undecided which would be the best route to take. Opinions?

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Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16.2 (tiles) character file. Opendux the Carver (Octopode Enchanter) Turns: 25671, Time: 02:19:14 Health: 99/99 AC: 10 Str: 10 XL: 14 Next: 89% Magic: 40/40 EV: 20 Int: 21 God: Dithmenos [******] Gold: 2723 SH: 0 Dex: 21 Spells: 12 memorised, 3 levels left rFire . . . SeeInvis + d - +3 dagger (elec) rCold . . . Clarity + (no shield) rNeg . . . SustAb . E - +2 hat {Spirit} rPois + Gourm . V - amulet of clarity rElec . Spirit + v - ring of poison resistance rCorr . Warding . C - +3 ring of protection rMut . Stasis . N - +3 ring of strength MR ++... J - +4 ring of dexterity Stlth ++++++++++ m - ring of see invisible j - +3 ring of protection q - +3 ring of intelligence n - ring of magical power @: wreathed by umbra, very resistant to hostile enchantments, uncannily stealthy A: almost no armour, amphibious, 8 rings, constrict 8, icy blue scales 1, camouflage 1, magic resistance 1, gelatinous body 1 a: Shadow Step, Shadow Form, Renounce Religion You are on level 4 of the Orcish Mines. You worship Dithmenos. Dithmenos is exalted by your worship. You are not hungry. You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 24 of its levels. You have collected 2723 gold pieces. Inventory: Hand weapons d - a +3 dagger of electrocution (weapon) (You took it off a goblin on level 4 of the Dungeon) g - an uncursed blowgun (You took it off a kobold on level 4 of the Dungeon) y - a long sword (You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts) Missiles b - 35 sling bullets c - 5 curare-tipped needles s - 453 stones u - 3 throwing nets {!f} K - 35 tomahawks (quivered) O - 15 poisoned needles Armour E - a +2 hat of spirit shield (worn) (You acquired it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts) Jewellery j - a +3 ring of protection (on tentacle) (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts) m - a ring of see invisible (on tentacle) (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon) n - a ring of magical power (on tentacle) (You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon) o - an uncursed amulet of warding (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts) q - a +3 ring of intelligence (on tentacle) (You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts) r - an uncursed ring of stealth (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts) v - a ring of poison resistance (left tentacle) (You found it on level 2 of the Dungeon) C - a +3 ring of protection (right tentacle) (You found it on level 3 of the Dungeon) J - a +4 ring of dexterity (on tentacle) (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts) N - a +3 ring of strength (on tentacle) (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon) V - an amulet of clarity (around mantle) (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon) W - an uncursed ring of protection from fire (You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon) Magical devices h - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 2} (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts) S - a wand of digging (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon) Scrolls e - 3 scrolls of remove curse i - 3 scrolls of identify p - 2 scrolls of teleportation w - 3 scrolls of fog M - 5 scrolls of magic mapping Potions f - 3 potions of heal wounds l - 3 potions of resistance t - 2 potions of berserk rage z - 4 potions of might G - 6 potions of curing T - a potion of haste Z - 4 potions of agility Miscellaneous A - a legendary deck of defence {the Elixir} (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts) Y - a fan of gales (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts) Comestibles k - 11 meat rations x - 4 beef jerkies Skills: - Level 10.3 Fighting - Level 3.4(8.0) Short Blades - Level 11.2(11.4) Long Blades - Level 8.0 Throwing - Level 8.6 Dodging - Level 9.2 Stealth + Level 9.4 Spellcasting - Level 6.9 Conjurations - Level 7.4 Hexes - Level 4.2 Charms - Level 8.0 Ice Magic You have 3 spell levels left. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Apportation Tloc #......... 10% 1 None b - Blink Tloc N/A 12% 2 None c - Confuse Hex #####... 1% 3 None d - Dazzling Spray Conj/Hex #####... 1% 3 None f - Freeze Ice #### 1% 1 None h - Ensorcelled Hibernat Hex/Ice #####. 1% 2 None i - Throw Icicle Conj/Ice #####... 3% 4 ##..... o - Corona Hex #####.. 1% 1 None p - Portal Projectile Tloc #..... 24% 3 None x - Condensation Shield Ice #####..... 2% 4 ##..... z - Ozocubu's Armour Chrm/Ice #####... 1% 3 None P - Summon Butterflies Summ #....... 10% 1 None Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (11/15) Temple (1/1) D:5 Lair (8/8) D:10 Swamp (0/5) Lair:5 Snake (0/5) Lair:3 Slime (0/6) Lair:6 Orc (4/4) D:9 Elf (0/3) Orc:3 Altars: Ashenzari Cheibriados Dithmenos Elyvilon Fedhas Gozag Kikubaaqudgha Makhleb Nemelex Xobeh Okawaru Qazlal Ru Sif Muna Trog Vehumet Xom Yredelemnul Zin The Shining One Jiyva Shops: D:3 * D:7 * D:8 : Orc:1 ( Orc:4 ?:([ Annotations: D:6 exclusion: oklob plant D:10 exclusion: downstairs D:11 hydra Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations You cannot wear most types of armour. You are amphibious. You can wear up to eight rings at the same time. You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once. Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stealth). Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1). You are partially covered in icy blue scales (AC +1). You are resistant to hostile enchantments.

Based on the source code, a noisy weapon has 1/20 chance of generating 20 noise. IIRC, shouting is 15, but I don't actually know how far noise travels in this game to really understand its effect. Seems like a bad match for a stealthy stabber though, so I reckon I'll pass and wait for something better to show up.

Well, got abyssed and lasted 2k turns running around and going through the entired stack of healing and teleportation. It all started from a stab that didn't finish the monster. Shame, this char felt like a winner. Fark I hate abyss.

CIP->YAAD: OpEn^Dith, noisy weapon considered harmful?

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