Best/Worst Artifacts

[dolphin]

Teh Stoopid and his brother, Overconfidence are the deadliest monsters in the game, and spawn on D:1.

[Stormfox]

Teh Stoopid and his brother, Overconfidence are the deadliest monsters in the game, and spawn on D:1.

Overconfidence is a hidden {*RAGE, Mesm} effect. You don't want to run away from the monster and you can't think of anything else except landing one more hit.

[eharper256]

Not exactly a terrible nor amazing artefact, but... certainly nonsensical:

Ah! I get it, Dragons are Orcs in costumes celebrating chinese festivals!!

[XuaXua]

Not exactly a terrible nor amazing artefact, but... certainly nonsensical:

Ah! I get it, Dragons are Orcs in costumes celebrating chinese festivals!!

Gotta get the Accuracy/Damage bonus.

[eharper256]

Gotta get the Accuracy/Damage bonus.

Oh yeah, sorry, it was a -1, +1 staff. Not exactly inspiring, but I've seen worse.

Obviously I dropped it since this was on an Ashenzari Vampire character using Short Blades (and I already have rF+++, two things with MR, and I've cleared Orc, so that + Mutagenic as well meant drop for me). Still, amusing.

[hxy]

this might be the best artifact, but it's junk to my SpEn...

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 You kill the tentacled monstrosity!
 Okawaru accepts your kill.
 Something appears at your feet!
_Okawaru grants you a gift!
 Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel
 A steaming gold dragon armour {god gift}.
_Floor.
_You can't carry that much weight.


[fnwc]

LOL: the amulet of Fuck {+Rage rF- rN+ Str+2 SInv}

[eharper256]

Holy crap!

This is even more amazing considering I just learnt Olgreb's Toxic Radiance with this character (my first long surviving Necromancer), and was angsting about continually poisoning myself with it. Now I can use it without fear, though switching over from Crazy Yiufs hilarity staff is a shame.

Also, quick question, will Excruciating Wounds work with this?

[eharper256]

Speed is a brand, so no. (It's an awful weapon anyway.)

I know mace isn't that great a base type, but it trains me for eventual demon whip, right?

And if I'm not mistaken it'll be, what, 7 delay halved from 14, +14 to hit, 10/11-ish damage max?
It has equivalent DPS to a cold brand quick-blade with the same +11/+4, according to Weapon Lab (assuming no weakness vs hobgoblin, and going with my 0 in Short Blade / 3 in M&F of course). It'll serve until something better; and in any case, it's meant as {casting support => finishing a foe} more than anything; I don't have anything else that gives +rPois at this stage and being able to spam Toxic Radiance makes my life alot easier since this is a casting centric character (pain! Pain! Agony! PAIN! was the usual gig before... cleared out Orc 4 this way with assistance of Regen, Corpse Rot and Raise Dead for the 2-head ogre zombies) that avoids melee as much as possible.

Although something already better for melee just came along for me. Just found a Pain Brand +3/+4 Spear as well. What's with all the randarts today? Considering the high Necro skill, I believe this deals better damage.

EDIT: (checks... yep... 7.1 damage a turn instead of 5.6).

[joellercoaster]

My Octopode just found the Quarterstaff "Octopode's Bane" {Pain, MR}.

What, Crawl? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

[Denniz]

Finally, Trog gave me (MiBe) a good artefact that didn't get me killed.

a - the +3,+15 broad axe "Quggiw" (weapon) {god gift, chop, Stlth++}
(Trog gifted it to you on level 10 of the Dungeon)

Of course, that could be partially becauce of the Crystal Plate Mail I found in the Bailey on the same level. I have since enchanted it to +10...

[Grimm]

My Octopode just found the Quarterstaff "Octopode's Bane" {Pain, MR}.

What, Crawl? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

The other day I found the sabre "Hydrabane". It was not, as you might have expected, flaming.

[Stormfox]

My Octopode just found the Quarterstaff "Octopode's Bane" {Pain, MR}.

What, Crawl? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

Can you imagine a sentient octopus trying to wield a quarterstaff? It would be very difficult for it not to grab onto the proverbial sharp bits. (Whatever portion of the staff isn't insulated from the pain effect.)

[slowcar]

I found this nice amulet in Orc4 with my Deep Elf Air Elementalist

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[eharper256]

WTF?!? My Kobold Artificer of Nemelex just acquired this beast:

I've never since such a long list!
The inscribe was far too long so it got changed to Derp-Blade 5000.

Having rF- is a bitch when I want use fireball wands, and it could have a better brand than vorpal, but the resistances, gods the resistances!

[slowcar]

I hope my lvl 8 char lives long enough to buy this ring:
(the amulet is also nice to have, but the ring...)

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[pratamawirya]

the Ring of Shuoxeh {SustAb rF++ rC++ Acc+2 Dam+2}

Dang, that's like, the best thing ever!

[Zuboki]

Not the best or worst, but oddly appropriate:

the +0,+3 mace of the Beginning {crush, MR Str+3 Dex+4}

It's the very first randart I found for my Ogre Conjurer. And if I may say so... It's a very good mace to start.

[slowcar]

Well, that makes my ring "Rays Eje" {rF++ rC++ MR Str-1 Acc+2 Dam+1} look like a big pile of crap.

Nah, you need something for the other hand

[Grimm]

It's a very good mace to start.

Well done sir, well done.

[christhawk]

In the same minotaur vault:
The cursed -7 Cloak of Analysis (Int-3 Dam+3)
The +2 Hat of the Alchemist (rElec rF+ rC+ MR)

My MiBe was amused. And shed the cloak quickly!

[asdu]

<G-Flex> I picture oka as this old guy going through his attic and just discarding old junk as gifts

D - the -9 crystal plate mail of Kekh {god gift, Dex-1 Dam+2}

I don't think I had ever seen an item with a -9 enchantment before. I just hope my MDFi survives long enough to be able to switch gods. May go with Lugonu just so I can desecrate an Oka altar.

[absolutego]

don't forget to take pictures.
hell, make posters, we'll buy them.

current game:

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+4 shield of Eternity {rC+ Dex+3 Dam+4}

pretty good D:4 find for a MDDK.

[Coocalark]

I just found the Dagger of "Zycaoggo". It's -1, +14 (god gift, stabbing, str +3, int +3). I like it a lot.

Edit: Also just picked up the Demon Blade "Leech" +13, +4 (vamp, rN+, EV -1, Str -1. Dex -1. Int -1, Curse)

[asdu]

Oka, that ************ *** ** * *** *** * ********** *****, after spending half the game giving me unenchanted pieces of armour for slots I had already filled with something better and weapons I had never even picked up from the floor let alone trained the skill for, finally sees fit to give me a weapon of the type I was waiting for the whole time. It was really a long time coming. You could very well say I was getting impatient.
So, what does the ************* ***** ** ****** **** give me?

The +1,+4 demon trident of Impatience {god gift, drain, *TELE rC+ Int+2}
(no, I don't yet have a way to deal with teleportitis)

Well played, you divine scumbag, well played.

[Alg]

My demigod transmuter just bought this in a shop for 1100 gold
t - the ring "Kaamolem" (left hand) {rElec rF+ rC+ EV+2 Int+3 SInv}

Would've paid much muuuuuch more for that thing.

[Grimm]

the ring "Plifuuw" {Wiz Hunger rElec rPois rF+ rC+ Acc-2 SInv}

[Zicher]

It seems quite funny to me that Warmaster Okawaru would give a wizard hat as his first gift .
But by all means a nice one:

J - the +0 wizard hat "Kuunuox" (worn) {god gift, +Rage rElec rPois Str+2}

Doubly so nice, as I'm a Minotaur any my headgear is very limited .

[eharper256]

It seems quite funny to me that Warmaster Okawaru would give a wizard hat as his first gift

Nothing saying you can't be a war-wizard.

[Zicher]

It seems quite funny to me that Warmaster Okawaru would give a wizard hat as his first gift

Nothing saying you can't be a war-wizard.

I'm probably meant to be - I received level 1 in Spellcasting about 50 turns later .

[Jeremiah]

The ring "Dull" {rPois dex -3}.

Dull.

[christhawk]

Great: The +3 buckler "Shryiss" (Str+4 Dex+3 Int+2 Acc+4)
Even better: I am playing a HaHu of Trog.

[Confidence Interval]

It seems quite funny to me that Warmaster Okawaru would give a wizard hat as his first gift .

I worshipped Oka for ages and he gave me the Robe of Misfortune. The gods move in mysterious ways.

[Un67]

x - the ring of the Moon {cTele, +Inv, Str+3, Int+3, SInv, Stlth--}

In comparison to some of what you guys have this is awful but I think this might be one of the best randarts I've ever gotten (I usually have crummy luck with randarts). Stealth doesn't matter to me since I'm a heavy armor Trog worshipper.

[asdu]

O - the ring of Reimbursment {-TELE rElec rF+ rC+ MR Dam+7}

So close to being the best ring ever

[Happy Corner]

z - amulet "Statav" {rMut Str+3 Int+2 Stlth++}

Maybe not the best amulet ever, and certainly it would have been even better if I were a spellcaster, but my Spriggan Berserker still received it with great joy.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Grildrak found a +2 robe of Hide-and-Seek {rF++ SInv}.
I guess it is the best artefact one can have for such game.

[dassem]

I haven't had much that would make it into this thread (apart perhaps from the robe of misfortune ), so here is the best I've had for a while:
the +1 pair of boots "Phorrumu" (worn) {rF++ Str+1 Dex+4 Dam+1}
Which was certainly a lot more fun than the boots of fun:
the +1 pair of boots of Fun {rF+}
Although in the shoals, boots of levitation were certainly fun.

But my dilemma is, is Phorrumu more fun than a pair of boots of running?
I think so. As only a level 20 mage with 159 HP, inbuilt repel missiles, an evasion of 28, and shields up to 21 so far, I have not actually needed to run away for a while.
The YASD is just waiting to happen.

[dassem]

And so, to follow up my own post, we have:
b - the cursed +2 cloak of Wrong Decisions (worn) {rF+ MR Acc+3 Curse}
Where, as far as I can see, the only wrong decision would be not wearing it to arrive at a total of rF++, rc+++ and extremely resistant to hostile enchantments... (My ring of ice cancels the pip of rF.)

[Grimm]

One of the devs is a learned Buddhist:

the +7, +1 broad axe of Interdependent Arising {freeze, rC+}

[TwilightPhoenix]

The -4 scale mail of Satisfaction {Dex-2, MR}

I didn't feel any when finding this.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

The -4 scale mail of Satisfaction {Dex-2, MR}

I didn't feel any when finding this.

Satisfaction has a price.
Perhaps the maker of this thing thought that in order to receive some satisfaction, you need to stop blocking everything and running away from anyone, but still keep your mind shielded from charms.

[Stormfox]

The -4 scale mail of Satisfaction {Dex-2, MR}

I didn't feel any when finding this.

But you try, and you try, and you try, and you try...but you can't get no...

[bobross419]

The -4 scale mail of Satisfaction {Dex-2, MR}

I didn't feel any when finding this.

But you try, and you try, and you try, and you try...but you can't get no...

I should have known someone would beat me to the Stones reference!

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

One of us Russian DCSS geeks called Low_Pressure bought the +8,+1 great sword of Duty (weapon) {venom, Hunger +Blink +Inv rC+ MR}.
Looks like duties like to be invisible and to appear and disappear all of a sudden, and they are resistant to various enchantments, burning rage resistant, poisonous and always hungry.

[TwilightPhoenix]

These two weren't from my game, but...


the +1 cloak of Divine Compulsion {Str+1 Dam+2 Stlth++}

Not sure what it is supposed to compel the wearer to do.



the ring of Music {Fire rElec}

I thought the companion item to the Singing Sword would have been a bit more... noisy.

[Grimm]

the ring of Music {Fire rElec}

I thought the companion item to the Singing Sword would have been a bit more... noisy.

That one has a little mp3 player built in. You have to activate it with a special command.

[galehar]

the ring of Music {Fire rElec}

I thought the companion item to the Singing Sword would have been a bit more... noisy.

That one has a little mp3 player built in. You have to activate it with a special command.

So it's an iRing?