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Saturday, 11th August 2012, 10:32
[YASD] HOPr of Beogh, and questions
Gentlemen,
I am proud to present you HOPr 01 the Bludgeoner. XL16, explored down to D:19 thus by far my best character from the first time I played Crawl (and that's close to ten month ago...).
He has been pretty lucky until now. The +5,0 Great Mace of Protection and heavy armours (plate, then crystal) allowed him to dive his way to Lair (explored), Orcs (explored) and D:17 without noticeable problems. During the course, he collected several artifacts (jewellery, weapons), some of them presently equipped. rF++ has proved pretty useful several times (Nessos and some other fiery guys did not have a chance to even scratch the AC30+/rF++ thing), while rN+/life protection has been underestimated by myself until my priest began to encounter packs of Vampire Mosquitos. He lost many XPs against those plagues (I's say more than a full XL15->16 level...). Invisibility also saved his ass a couple of times, so I guess i'll stick to those protections/tactics some more time.
As for the weapons, he began with Axes and leveled the skill up to 9 when he found the Executionner Axe. From then, he switches from the Great Mace of Protection to the Axe, depending of what is needed in combat : real extra heavy AC or slicing power.
Now, things are becoming more complicated. My priest almost died to Snort, then to a Titanic Slime who, for some reason, prosecuted him in D:17 without any obvious reason (btw slimes appear to be pretty irrational beings...). Then he almost died to Vault Guards, his orcish followers gave their lives for him here and somehow managed to save the situation. And now, Mara comes in view. At the first glance, I'd say he's not very friendly and has a tendency to spawn, which looks bad news for a shy guy like my priest.
If some of you, gentlemen, have some advice to give me here, I'll be very grateful to collect any piece of wisdom and behavioural creativity. So : what would you do here if you were me ? How do you fight Mara ? Also, what policy would you follow about the next levels to explore or the next skills to work on ? Of course, any comments on the build or anything else are also welcome, since I'm far from being an experienced player and I've a lot more to learn before reaching the Hall of Fame.
I am proud to present you HOPr 01 the Bludgeoner. XL16, explored down to D:19 thus by far my best character from the first time I played Crawl (and that's close to ten month ago...).
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He has been pretty lucky until now. The +5,0 Great Mace of Protection and heavy armours (plate, then crystal) allowed him to dive his way to Lair (explored), Orcs (explored) and D:17 without noticeable problems. During the course, he collected several artifacts (jewellery, weapons), some of them presently equipped. rF++ has proved pretty useful several times (Nessos and some other fiery guys did not have a chance to even scratch the AC30+/rF++ thing), while rN+/life protection has been underestimated by myself until my priest began to encounter packs of Vampire Mosquitos. He lost many XPs against those plagues (I's say more than a full XL15->16 level...). Invisibility also saved his ass a couple of times, so I guess i'll stick to those protections/tactics some more time.
As for the weapons, he began with Axes and leveled the skill up to 9 when he found the Executionner Axe. From then, he switches from the Great Mace of Protection to the Axe, depending of what is needed in combat : real extra heavy AC or slicing power.
Now, things are becoming more complicated. My priest almost died to Snort, then to a Titanic Slime who, for some reason, prosecuted him in D:17 without any obvious reason (btw slimes appear to be pretty irrational beings...). Then he almost died to Vault Guards, his orcish followers gave their lives for him here and somehow managed to save the situation. And now, Mara comes in view. At the first glance, I'd say he's not very friendly and has a tendency to spawn, which looks bad news for a shy guy like my priest.
If some of you, gentlemen, have some advice to give me here, I'll be very grateful to collect any piece of wisdom and behavioural creativity. So : what would you do here if you were me ? How do you fight Mara ? Also, what policy would you follow about the next levels to explore or the next skills to work on ? Of course, any comments on the build or anything else are also welcome, since I'm far from being an experienced player and I've a lot more to learn before reaching the Hall of Fame.
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