Humble bundle to give

[XuaXua]

varsovie - based on that feedback, seeing how it is identical to what I said when I posted Meat Boy (late), it might be a good idea to rename this thread to "Win a Humble Bundle".

[varsovie]

The reason why I do a little contest, it's only because I don't like the "first arrived get lucky" idea.

Anyway tanks both of contestants. The winner is... XuaXua, because both is suggestion were formidably well detailed. The humble bundle link is send by MP.

[XuaXua]

The reason why I do a little contest, it's only because I don't like the "first arrived get lucky" idea.

Anyway tanks both of contestants. The winner is... XuaXua, because both is suggestion were formidably well detailed. The humble bundle link is send by MP.

Thank you (again!). I'm thinking a rename to "Humble Bundle Crawl Design Challenges" or something might draw more attention (and additional competition!) to the thread, especially since it's in Crazy Yiuf's Corner.

I like the incentive for designing.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Guys, I have a gift code for Humble Bundle for Android 2 (without the "donate more" game)!

Draw a nice Dungeon Crawl-related picture, and you will get the code!

[XuaXua]

Guys, I have a gift code for Humble Bundle for Android 2 (without the "donate more" game)!

Draw a nice Dungeon Crawl-related picture, and you will get the code!

What's the due date, or is it the first image submitter automatically wins?

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

The time limit is three days after someone posts the first image.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Will there be any participants? =)

[XuaXua]

You've asked for art, which limits by creativity, time and technical resources.

Prior contests have requested ideas and concepts, which are text that anyone can do.

I can describe what I'd draw, but I don't have the talent to draw it properly.

[XuaXua]

Here.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

(shudders)

Okay-okay...


Here.
Execute a six-element combo attack with a successful kill in the game and attach the screenshot(s) and the savefile just after the successful combo. You can use more than six elements. Remember to name them!
The most interesting combo attack wins!


A combo attack? What is a combo attack?

Rather than a simple combination of attacks (a regular combo in a game), a combo attack is a combination of elements used to achieve the target.
Remember that the simple "FIRE STORM OOD FIRE STORM OOD FIRE STORM OOD" does not count as a combo: there must be as few direct-damage "links" as possible!

Direct-damage links are:

• Summoning spells except Summon Butterflies;
• raising-the-dead spells or spells that grant you an ally, like Tukima's Dance, and abilities/invocations that summon allies for you (except Enslavement and high-power Crusade card effect!);
• Conjurations that deal direct damage, and also melee and ranged attacks, that are directed right at the enemy or include him in the area of effect. If you deliberately attack an allied/neutral creature and the explosion caused by the attack/conjuration itself (Fireball, exploding dart, Draconian breath) does not catches the targeted enemy, it is not a direct-damage link.

Only active abilities are counted towards the combo! This means that quirks that do not require activation like support given by Vehumet or walk-through-plants abilities given by Fedhas Madash cannot be counted towards the combo attack. They simply make it easier.
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A few examples of "combo attacks":

An example of a traditional combo is Imps + Mephitic Cloud; another good combo is Petrify + Rapid Deconstruction (Shatterflesh) or Petrify + Inner Flame + Rapid Deconstruction.

Imps + Meph. Cloud == dam+dam 2-element combo attack (Meph. Cloud deals minor damage!);
Petrify + LRD == 1dam 2-element combo attack;
Petrify + Inner Flame + LRD == 1-dam 3-element combo attack
__

Polymorph an armed enemy, make him move away from his items, pick up his weapon and make it Dance.

Polymorph Other + Tukima's Dance == 1-dam 2-element combo attack;
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Passwall, Dig, Ash and stabbing make for an unbelievably awesome combination.

Scrying + Passwall/Dig + Stabbing == 1-dam 3-element combo attack
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  Code:

The purple draconian knight gestures wildly while chanting.
The purple draconian knight casts a spell and a mottled draconian corpse floats close.
The purple draconian knight picks up the mottled draconian corpse and starts butchering it.
[...]
The purple draconian knight is severely wounded.
The purple draconian knight mumbles some strange words.
The purple draconian knight holds a chunk of flesh high, and a cloud of icy vapour forms.
The vapour coalesces into ice likenesses of mottled draconians.


Apportation + Simulacrum == 1-dam 2-element combo attack


Can you execute a six-step combo attack with using as few means of dealing damage directly as possible?

[XuaXua]

Can you execute a six-step combo attack with using as few means of dealing damage directly as possible?

Probably not.

edit I've re-read your rules and have some ideas.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Hi, Xua!

I have changed the rules for obtaining the Android HIB 2 gift code. I think you will like the task.

I still don't quite get the concept; are these all done in one turn or are these 6 subsequent actions?

Subsequent actions.

It's like the famous "kill a golden dragon with Yred's ability active, get a spectral dragon, cast Raise Skeleton on the corpse, then cast Simulacrum on the chunks, and then Petrify the Lernaean Hydra and order all the golden dragons to deal with her".
In this part, the combo elements are:

• killing a golden dragon with Enslave Soul ability active (direct-damage attack, gives you an ally);
• obtaining a corpse of golden dragon (not a direct-damage attack, included here because the subsequent spells depend on it);
• Raise Skeleton (direct-damage);
• Simulacrum (direct-damage);
• Petrify (not direct-damage).

As a result, we have a 3-dam 5-element combo attack that kills the Lernaean Hydra.

Try minimizing the amount of direct-damage attacks (use Enslavement, Imprison, Liquefaction, Inner Flame, throw-a-cursed-weapon-to-the-enemy-so-he-wields-it-and-becomes-weaker...) for an awesome combo attack!

[mageykun]

Passwall, Dig, Ash and stabbing make for an unbelievably awesome combination.

Scrying + Passwall/Dig + Stabbing == 1-dam 3-element combo attack

Actually, I think I can stretch that one out a little. :p



Yeah, kinda rounding up there. Aside from that, best I can come up with is a 3 chain fireball, inner flame, giant spore explosion.



No saves for any of those though. I'll post again if I pull off anything cooler.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Mageykun:
I think your first combo is only a four-element one at its best (let's say you used Scrying). The steps five and six are not counted, since you are not using them to kill Kirke. =)
A good one, nevertheless.

The three-element combo aimed at the jackal is also a nice one!
(Inner Flame somebody else + Fireball at the selfdestructor + make a giant spore explode)

[Blade]

Do we have to do this in an actual game, or can we play around with combos in wizmode?

I ask because most of my ideas would be impractical for a real dude but very fun nonetheless.

[defen]

Theoretically guaranteed suicide at full hp on any living character without rN: pain mirror + sceptre of torment.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Do we have to do this in an actual game, or can we play around with combos in wizmode?

I ask because most of my ideas would be impractical for a real dude but very fun nonetheless.

No Wizmode, please. Or I'd totally do a 17-hit combo attack involving neatly-placed Ball Lightning (with Passages of Golubria I managed to place while Hasted) on a paralyzed stoned polymorphed scared berserked sleepy slow hastened healed tormented hydra with half its heads cut off that is standing on a liquefied ground in a circle of plants it landed on after I blinked it with a dart of dispersal thrown using Portal Projectile after it Teleport Othered next to me and I used Confusing Touch on it while having Blade Hands and Berserk at the same time.

However, you can use save-scumming (I am not asking you to do this in WebTiles or SSH).

Let me just remind you that save-scumming a 10-element combo would cost you much more than I spent on the gift code!
Use small things like exploding darts or cursed weapons and begin as a Stalker, for example. Make a disposable character to the Lair, back up its file and start experimenting!
And do not use the Demonspawn or Chaos Knights: their passive abilities might interfere with your experiments.

If you cannot make a six-element combo, try to do four- or five-element one. Nice ones will still count, just like Mageykun's would have counted.

[XuaXua]

You know what, forget it.

I did this guy

  Code:

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11-a0-995-g22a6ff2 (tiles) character file.

112246 XuaXua the Brawler (level 15, -8/154 HPs)
             Began as a Troll Berserker on Apr 6, 2012.
             Was a Priest of Trog.
             Mangled by an angel
             ... wielding a +1,+3 whip of holy wrath
              (14 damage)
             ... in The Abyss.
             The game lasted 02:19:01 (31770 turns).

XuaXua the Brawler (Troll Berserker)               Turns: 31770, Time: 02:19:01

HP  -8/154       AC 11     Str 41      XL: 15   Next: 97%
MP   5/5         EV 13     Int  8 (9)  God: Trog [***...]
Gold 2355        SH 28     Dex  8      Spells:  3 memorised,  3 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .      - Unarmed
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : . .  D - +2 steam dragon armour
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : +    X - +1 shield
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    w - +2 wizard hat
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    O - +1 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: x    k - amulet "Byunal" {Gourm Str+3 Int+2}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    P - +5,+5 ring of slaying
Gourmand  : +       Ctrl.Flight: .    R - +3 ring of strength

@: regenerating, mighty, glowing, very resistant to hostile enchantments,
extremely unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, claws 3, deformed body, herbivore 1, fast metabolism 3,
gourmand, regeneration 2, saprovore 2, spit poison 1, tough skin 2, wild magic
1, AC +1, Str +1, Int -1, Dex -1
a: Spit Poison, Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Renounce Religion



                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are too large for most types of armour.
You have claws for hands.
Your metabolism is lightning-fast.
You like to eat raw meat.
You heal very quickly.
You can eat rotten meat.
You are covered in fur (AC +1).
You have very tough skin (AC +2).
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
You are dopey (Int -1).
You digest meat inefficiently.
You can spit poison.
Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful.


   Skills:
 * Level 13.3 Fighting
 + Level 8.4 Throwing
 + Level 11.3 Dodging
 + Level 10.8 Shields
 * Level 18.2 Unarmed Combat


You had 3 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Corpse Rot            Necr           N/A          86%         2    Choko
b - Agony                 Necr           #........    100%        5    Honeycomb
c - Olgreb's Toxic Radia  Pois           #........    100%        4    Honeycomb


Inventory:

Hand weapons
 h - a -1,+1 orcish hand axe
 j - a +0,+1 orcish hand axe
 l - a +0,+0 orcish dagger
 n - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 o - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 p - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 r - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 t - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 u - a +1,+2 orcish hand axe
 B - a +1,+4 sabre of electrocution
 K - a +6,+4 dwarven hand axe of flaming {=f}
 L - a +0 blowgun
 S - the +9,+1 falchion of Starshine {slice, +Inv rF+ rC+ Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Swamp)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 Z - the +5,+0 hand axe of Conflict {unknown, chop, rElec rF+ Dex-1}
   (You found it in the Abyss)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It affects your dexterity (-1).
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
Missiles
 f - 6 +0 javelins of penetration (quivered) {god gift}
 y - 18 steel +0 darts
 A - 31 +4 darts
 C - 6 +2 darts
 F - 3 +4 needles of sleeping {god gift}
 G - 30 +3 stones
 T - 3 +0 javelins
 Y - 8 poisoned +0 darts
Armour
 b - a +1 cloak
 w - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
 D - a +2 steam dragon armour (worn)
 O - a +1 cloak of preservation (worn)
 X - a +1 shield (worn)
Magical devices
 e - a wand of fireball (4)
 g - a wand of fire (0)
 i - a wand of fire (2)
 m - a wand of confusion (5)
 s - a wand of enslavement (8)
 x - a wand of lightning (7)
 z - a wand of flame (9)
 H - a wand of digging (11)
 U - a wand of polymorph other (13) {unknown}
 V - a wand of paralysis (5)
 W - a wand of enslavement (5)
Comestibles
 a - 14 meat rations
 c - 2 chokos
 N - a lemon
 Q - 2 bread rations
Scrolls
 v - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
 k - the amulet "Byunal" (around neck) {Gourm Str+3 Int+2}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (+2).
 M - an uncursed ring of life protection
 P - a +5,+5 ring of slaying (right claw)
 R - a +3 ring of strength (left claw)
Potions
 d - 2 potions of might
 E - a potion of restore abilities
 J - a potion of agility
Miscellaneous
 I - a disc of storms



Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |   114 |   165 |   397 |   626 |  1739 ||  3041
       Hand axe          |    10 |       |       |   172 |    26 ||   208
Throw: Javelin           |       |       |    19 |    29 |    28 ||    76
       Dart              |       |       |       |    23 |    11 ||    34
       Large rock        |       |       |       |       |    90 ||    90
       Stone             |       |       |       |       |    24 ||    24
Invok: Berserk           |     1 |     5 |    21 |    27 |    40 ||    94
       Brothers in Arms  |       |       |       |    14 |    23 ||    37
       Burn Spellbooks   |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Trog's Hand       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Evoke: Deck              |     9 |       |       |     2 |       ||    11
       Wand              |       |       |     9 |    15 |    38 ||    62
  Use: Scroll            |     6 |     6 |     8 |    24 |    36 ||    80
       Potion            |       |       |       |    11 |    23 ||    34

Table legend:
 A = Turns spent in this place as a percentage of turns spent in the
     entire game.
 B = Non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place as a percentage of
     non-inter-level travel turns spent in the entire game.
 C = Inter-level travel turns spent in this place as a percentage of
     turns spent in this place.
 D = Turns resting spent in this place as a percentage of non-inter-level
     travel turns spent in this place.
 E = Turns spent auto-exploring this place as a percentage of
     non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place.
 F = Non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place divided by the
     number of levels of this place that you've seen.

                   A       B       C       D       E               F
               +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
         Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |   7.5 |   0.7 |   5.3 |         367.1
       Dungeon |  40.5 |  41.2 |   5.8 |   0.3 |   6.3 |         416.1
        Temple |   0.2 |   0.2 |   9.7 |   0.0 |   0.0 |          28.0
  Orcish Mines |   9.9 |   9.8 |   8.9 |   0.0 |   4.1 |         296.0
          Lair |  30.8 |  30.9 |   7.3 |   1.4 |   4.6 |         467.8
         Swamp |   3.5 |   3.6 |   5.2 |   1.1 |   4.1 |         435.0
   Spider Nest |  11.5 |  10.5 |  15.6 |   1.1 |   5.2 |         319.0
     Labyrinth |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.0 |   0.0 |   0.0 |          69.0
         Abyss |   1.4 |   1.5 |   0.0 |   0.0 |   0.0 |         186.0
Portal Chamber |   1.5 |   1.7 |   0.0 |   0.0 |   8.4 |         202.0
               +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------

Table legend:
 A = Kills in this place as a percentage of kills in entire the game.
 B = Kills by you in this place as a percentage of kills by you in
     the entire game.
 C = Kills by friends in this place as a percentage of kills by
     friends in the entire game.
 D = Other kills in this place as a percentage of other kills in the
     entire game.
 E = Experience gained in this place as a percentage of experience
     gained in the entire game.
 F = Experience gained in this place divided by the number of levels of
     this place that you have seen.

                   A       B       C       D       E               F
               +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
         Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |        4573.1
       Dungeon |  38.8 |  41.3 |   0.0 |  33.3 |  19.9 |        2500.6
  Orcish Mines |  15.3 |  13.5 |  42.3 |   0.0 |   7.2 |        2721.0
          Lair |  26.8 |  27.2 |  21.1 |  33.3 |  38.3 |        7218.6
         Swamp |   3.6 |   3.0 |  11.3 |  33.3 |   8.6 |       12950.0
   Spider Nest |  12.1 |  11.5 |  21.1 |   0.0 |  21.4 |        8057.5
     Labyrinth |   0.1 |   0.1 |   0.0 |   0.0 |   0.9 |        1427.0
         Abyss |   1.6 |   1.5 |   4.2 |   0.0 |   3.7 |        5534.0
Portal Chamber |   1.8 |   1.9 |   0.0 |   0.0 |   0.1 |         132.0
               +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------

You were in the Abyss.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was greatly pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and saw 30 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 1 Labyrinth.
You visited 1 portal chamber: ossuary.

You collected 2542 gold pieces.
You spent 207 gold pieces at shops.

You could see an angel, a skeletal warrior and a ynoxinul.

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     #.#......#5..##..
     #.@A.....#...## §
     #.˜.3)...˜.#..# #
     #.˜.z..˜.#.˜˜ ˜.
    ##.˜.˜˜˜##.#.  ˜.
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Message History

You block the crimson imp's attack.
You hit the crimson imp.
The crimson imp is heavily wounded.
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
Your skin crawls.
You feel resistant to hostile enchantments.
You feel slightly more hungry.
You feel very mighty all of a sudden.
You block the ynoxinul's attack.
The crimson imp hits you but does no damage.
You claw the crimson imp!
You kill the crimson imp!
You block the ynoxinul's attack.
You enter the shallow water.
Moving in this stuff is going to be slow.
The angel hits you with a whip of holy wrath!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You block the angel's attack.
The angel hits you with a whip of holy wrath!
You die...

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (12/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:6
    Elf (0/5) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8           Swamp (1/5) Lair:5
  Slime (0/6) Lair:7       Spider (4/5) Lair:4     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
the Shining One
Beogh

Shops:
D:8: (  Orc:1: !  Orc:3: %  Orc:4: %=/[

Annotations
D:11 exclusion: door
Swamp:1 Louise


Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | XuaXua, the Troll Berserker, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 23/23 MP: 0/0
   149 | D:1      | Killed monsters: 0 trivial, 8 easy, 0 tough, 0 nasty; 4 corpses
   149 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 31/31 MP: 0/0
   895 | D:2      | Noticed Ijyb
   912 | D:2      | Killed Ijyb
   912 | D:2      | Killed monsters: 6 trivial, 6 easy, 1 tough, 0 nasty; 9 corpses
   912 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 39/39 MP: 1/1
   949 | D:2      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
   960 | D:2      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
   964 | D:2      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
   997 | D:2      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in yellow scales (AC +1). [helix card]
  1070 | D:2      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  1106 | D:2      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  1193 | D:2      | Acquired Trog's second power
  1348 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Unarmed Combat
  1630 | D:2      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2382 | D:3      | Killed monsters: 24 trivial, 3 easy, 0 tough, 0 nasty; 13 corpses
  2382 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 44/46 MP: 1/1
  3141 | D:4      | Killed monsters: 9 trivial, 6 easy, 2 tough, 0 nasty; 5 corpses
  3141 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 53/53 MP: 1/1
  3305 | D:4      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  3329 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
  3340 | D:4      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  3594 | D:4      | Killed monsters: 10 trivial, 7 easy, 3 tough, 0 nasty; 10 corpses
  3594 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 62/62 MP: 2/2
  3892 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  3995 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  3998 | D:5      | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat
  3998 | D:5      | Killed monsters: 9 trivial, 6 easy, 4 tough, 0 nasty; 9 corpses
  3998 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 70/70 MP: 2/2
  4168 | D:5      | Acquired Trog's third power
  4172 | D:5      | Noticed Edmund
  4182 | D:5      | Killed Edmund
  4511 | D:6      | Killed monsters: 23 trivial, 8 easy, 5 tough, 0 nasty; 16 corpses
  4511 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 79/79 MP: 2/2
  4610 | D:6      | Reached skill level 7 in Unarmed Combat
  4706 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4712 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  5037 | D:6      | Noticed Pikel
  5054 | D:6      | Killed Pikel
  5054 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
  5054 | D:6      | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat
  5054 | D:6      | Killed monsters: 14 trivial, 5 easy, 7 tough, 1 nasty; 9 corpses
  5054 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 87/87 MP: 3/3
  5059 | D:6      | Noticed a troll zombie
  5063 | D:6      | Your ally freed slave died
  5070 | D:6      | Your ally freed slave died
  5085 | D:6      | Noticed a hill giant zombie
  5103 | D:6      | Killed a troll zombie
  5111 | D:6      | Killed a hill giant zombie
  5111 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
  5151 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  5151 | D:6      | Noticed an ogre zombie
  5151 | D:6      | Noticed an ogre zombie
  5152 | D:6      | Noticed an ogre zombie
  5163 | D:6      | Killed an ogre zombie
  5176 | D:6      | Killed an ogre zombie
  5182 | D:6      | Killed an ogre zombie
  5193 | D:6      | Noticed a hill giant zombie
  5227 | D:6      | Killed a hill giant zombie
  5274 | D:6      | Noticed a troll zombie
  5276 | D:6      | Noticed an ogre zombie
  5284 | D:6      | Killed a troll zombie
  5288 | D:6      | Killed an ogre zombie
  5460 | D:6      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  5497 | D:6      | Reached skill level 9 in Unarmed Combat
  6186 | D:8      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  6206 | ossuary  | Entered a tomb
  6437 | D:8      | Killed monsters: 47 trivial, 29 easy, 11 tough, 2 nasty; 14 corpses
  6437 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 71/97 MP: 3/3
  6530 | D:8      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
  7059 | D:8      | Found Diguonyf's Weapon Shoppe.
  7087 | D:8      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  7420 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  7420 | D:8      | Noticed an agate snail
  7504 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat
  7525 | D:8      | Killed an agate snail
  7574 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
  8431 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
  8635 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 14 in Unarmed Combat
  8635 | Lair:1   | Killed monsters: 20 trivial, 11 easy, 12 tough, 0 nasty; 21 corpses
  8635 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 90/105 MP: 3/3
  8636 | Lair:1   | Got a scintillating crystal amulet
  8684 | Lair:1   | Identified the amulet "Byunal" (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
  9065 | Lair:1   | Received a gift from Trog
  9949 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
 10308 | Lair:3   | Killed monsters: 13 trivial, 26 easy, 11 tough, 1 nasty; 25 corpses
 10308 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 115/115 MP: 4/4
 11678 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 11710 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 15 in Unarmed Combat
 12255 | Lair:4   | Received a gift from Trog
 12472 | Lair:5   | Noticed Gastronok
 12490 | Lair:5   | Killed Gastronok
 12618 | Lair:5   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 12657 | Lair:5   | Noticed Harold
 12684 | Lair:5   | Killed Harold
 14075 | Lair:6   | Noticed Rupert
 14077 | Lair:6   | Paralysed by Rupert for 3 turns
 14093 | Lair:6   | Killed Rupert
 14093 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
 14270 | Lair:6   | Noticed Maud
 14275 | Lair:6   | Killed Maud
 14275 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 16 in Unarmed Combat
 15383 | Lair:7   | Killed monsters: 60 trivial, 58 easy, 43 tough, 4 nasty; 89 corpses
 15383 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 120/126 MP: 4/4
 15819 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 16315 | Lair:7   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 16773 | Lair:8   | Noticed a spiny worm
 16782 | Lair:8   | Killed a spiny worm
 17441 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 17501 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Trog
 18021 | Lair:2   | Identified a +8 rod of destruction [fire] (13/13) (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
 18044 | Lair:2   | Was placed under penance by Trog
 18047 | Lair:2   | Learned a level 2 spell: Corpse Rot
 18085 | Lair:2   | Learned a level 5 spell: Agony
 18091 | Lair:2   | Learned a level 4 spell: Olgreb's Toxic Radiance
 18166 | D:9      | You fall through a shaft!
 18416 | D:12     | Killed monsters: 13 trivial, 56 easy, 33 tough, 1 nasty; 51 corpses
 18416 | D:12     | Reached XP level 14. HP: 117/140 MP: 4/4
 18543 | D:12     | Reached skill level 17 in Unarmed Combat
 18863 | D:11     | Noticed a guardian serpent
 18868 | D:11     | Killed a guardian serpent
 18939 | D:11     | Got an engraved book
 18941 | D:11     | Got an antique book
 18974 | D:11     | Identified the Guide on Execration (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)
 18974 | D:11     | Identified Sif Muna's Tome of Earth and Combat Magic (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)
 18992 | D:11     | Noticed Sonja
 19004 | D:11     | Killed Sonja
 19168 | D:11     | Noticed Erolcha
 19190 | D:11     | Killed Erolcha
 19340 | D:11     | Was forgiven by Trog
 19398 | D:11     | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
 19637 | D:11     | Noticed Grum
 19646 | D:11     | Killed Grum
 19754 | D:11     | Noticed Joseph
 19759 | D:11     | Killed Joseph
 20143 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 20194 | D:10     | Found a labyrinth entrance.
 20202 | Lab      | Entered a Labyrinth
 20342 | Lab      | Got a graven book
 20380 | Lab      | Identified the Collected Works on Conjuration and the Volcanoes (You found it in a Labyrinth)
 20478 | D:10     | Noticed Josephine
 20479 | D:10     | Noticed a manticore skeleton
 20487 | D:10     | Killed Josephine
 20494 | D:10     | Killed a manticore skeleton
 20662 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 20668 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 20735 | D:10     | Received a gift from Trog
 21420 | D:9      | Gained mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [potion of mutation]
 21420 | D:9      | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [potion of mutation]
 21420 | D:9      | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -2). [potion of mutation]
 21888 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are weak (Str -2). [potion of cure mutation]
 21888 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 21888 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are partially covered in yellow scales (AC +1). [potion of cure mutation]
 21888 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 22255 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 22550 | Spider:1 | Received a gift from Trog
 23397 | Spider:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Shields
 24028 | Spider:2 | Noticed Arachne
 24039 | Spider:2 | Killed Arachne
 24313 | Spider:2 | Noticed Roxanne
 24333 | Spider:2 | Killed Roxanne
 24342 | Spider:2 | Got a black book
 24363 | Spider:2 | Killed monsters: 93 trivial, 108 easy, 30 tough, 2 nasty; 97 corpses
 24363 | Spider:2 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 152/152 MP: 5/5
 24879 | Lair:2   | Identified Roxanne's Compendium of the Mountains (You took it off Roxanne on level 2 of the Spider Nest)
 25100 | Spider:3 | Got an encrusted helmet
 26111 | Spider:4 | Got a bone battleaxe
 26312 | Spider:4 | Received a gift from Trog
 26404 | Spider:4 | Identified the battleaxe of Pny Mean {drain, +Rage rElec rC- Int-4} (You found it on level 4 of the Spider Nest)
 26991 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 26991 | Orc:1    | Found Ghicziamp's Distillery.
 27016 | Orc:1    | Bought a potion of levitation for 42 gold pieces
 27321 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1). [potion of mutation]
 27321 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You digest meat inefficiently. [potion of mutation]
 27321 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body. [potion of mutation]
 27322 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You can spit poison. [potion of mutation]
 27322 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful. [potion of mutation]
 27322 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [potion of mutation]
 28281 | Orc:3    | Received a gift from Trog
 28401 | Orc:3    | Found Uhona's Food Emporium.
 28513 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 28746 | Orc:4    | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
 29272 | Orc:3    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 29327 | Orc:3    | Received a gift from Trog
 29739 | Orc:4    | Found Ulaonaec's Magical Wand Shoppe.
 29739 | Orc:4    | Found Wautunia's Antique Armour Boutique.
 29760 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of lightning (7) for 165 gold pieces
 29812 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 29903 | Orc:4    | Found Naybb's Food Shoppe.
 29903 | Orc:4    | Found Uteduac's Jewellery Boutique.
 30682 | Swamp:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp
 30692 | Swamp:1  | Received a gift from Trog
 30744 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Donald
 30755 | Swamp:1  | Killed Donald
 30755 | Swamp:1  | Reached skill level 18 in Unarmed Combat
 31120 | Swamp:1  | Received a gift from Trog
 31188 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Snorg
 31194 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Nikola
 31201 | Swamp:1  | Killed Snorg
 31207 | Swamp:1  | Killed Nikola
 31236 | Swamp:1  | Identified a +1 cloak of preservation (You took it off Nikola on level 1 of the Swamp)
 31343 | Swamp:1  | Got an ebony falchion
 31561 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Louise
 31569 | Swamp:1  | You are cast into the Abyss!
 31569 | Swamp:1  | Cast into the Abyss (Louise)
 31569 | Abyss    | Entered The Abyss
 31631 | Abyss    | Found a corrupted altar of Lugonu.
 31644 | Abyss    | Found a corrupted altar of Lugonu.
 31648 | Abyss    | Identified the +9,+1 falchion of Starshine (You found it on level 1 of the Swamp)
 31688 | Abyss    | Got an iridescent hand axe
 31718 | Abyss    | HP: 5/154 [skeletal warrior/elven short sword (6)]
 31722 | Abyss    | Found a corrupted altar of Lugonu.
 31731 | Abyss    | Noticed an angel
 31770 | Abyss    | HP: 6/154 [angel/whip of holy wrath (12)]
 31770 | Abyss    | Mangled by an angel
 31770 | Abyss    | Killed monsters: 157 trivial, 119 easy, 34 tough, 2 nasty; 138 corpses

Vanquished Creatures
  Donald (Swamp:1)
  A minotaur (Lab)
  Harold (Lair:5)
  Josephine (D:10)
  4 hydras
  11 death yaks
  2 alligators (Swamp:1)
  A large abomination (Abyss)
  Erolcha (D:11)
  3 catoblepae (Lair:8)
  A skeletal warrior (Abyss)
  A yellow draconian zombie (Abyss)
  A giant amoeba (Lair:7)
  An unseen horror (D:11)
  Pikel (D:6)
  6 orc knights
  Joseph (D:11)
  A hill giant (D:12)
  A guardian serpent (D:11)
  Urug (D:10)
  A cyclops (D:12)
  17 wolf spiders
  2 griffons
  A red wasp (Spider:1)
  A spiny worm (Lair:8)
  3 black mambas
  2 elephant slugs
  8 elephants
  8 spiny frogs
  3 hill giant zombies
  11 demonic crawlers
  5 komodo dragons
  2 smoke demons (Abyss)
  Sonja (D:11)
  4 trolls
  A queen bee (Lair:7)
  A two-headed ogre (D:11)
  11 jumping spiders
  5 polar bears (D:11)
  3 baby alligators (Swamp:1)
  3 brown oozes (Lair:7)
  2 grizzly bears (D:11)
  12 blink frogs
  3 basilisks
  7 tarantellas
  A wraith (Abyss)
  37 yaks
  2 wyverns
  7 hippogriffs
  A ynoxinul (Abyss)
  10 orb spiders
  2 neqoxecs (Abyss)
  2 steam dragons
  Grum (D:11)
  A hog (D:11)
  11 trapdoor spiders
  19 redbacks
  A fire drake (Lair:7)
  2 war dogs (D:11)
  4 hungry ghosts
  Edmund (D:5)
  2 vampire mosquitoes (Swamp:1)
  A soldier ant (D:12)
  10 swamp worms
  2 small abominations (Abyss)
  18 orc warriors
  2 insubstantial wisps (Swamp:1)
  A manticore skeleton (D:10)
  A sky beast (D:5)
  A swamp drake (Swamp:1)
  13 ogres
  A slave (D:6)
  2 yellow wasps
  2 black bears (D:11)
  18 giant goldfish
  4 troll zombies
  6 ice beasts
  2 phantoms
  7 centaurs
  3 boring beetles
  10 crocodiles
  7 wolves (D:11)
  9 wargs
  A yellow wasp zombie (D:8)
  10 electric eels
  A water moccasin zombie (D:9)
  4 giant slugs
  11 giant frogs
  5 agate snails
  A giant leech (Swamp:1)
  13 water moccasins
  An eye of draining (D:8)
  3 jellyfish (D:12)
  A rock worm simulacrum (D:11)
  2 boulder beetles
  36 killer bees
  4 ogre zombies (D:6)
  5 goliath beetles
  4 crimson imps
  A giant frog simulacrum (D:11)
  A crocodile zombie (D:10)
  16 big fish
  2 gnoll shamans
  2 scorpions
  14 orc priests
  2 shadows
  8 hounds
  18 spiders
  10 worker ants
  8 iguanas
  22 orc wizards
  4 orange rats (Lair:4)
  6 porcupines
  A worm zombie (D:6)
  Ijyb (D:2)
  9 jellies
  3 mummies (Port)
  30 green rats
  A midge (Abyss)
  17 adders
  5 adder zombies (Port)
  A giant centipede (Lair:6)
  22 gnolls
  2 lemures (Abyss)
  8 white imps
  2 giant mites
  An iguana skeleton (D:10)
  16 worms
  13 ufetubi
  A bat skeleton (D:6)
  A gnoll zombie (D:6)
  7 giant geckos
  An ooze (D:4)
  129 orcs
  2 ball pythons
  27 bats
  15 hobgoblins
  19 jackals
  12 kobolds
  10 quokkas
  25 sheep
  9 giant cockroaches
  A giant gecko skeleton (D:5)
  8 giant newts
  20 goblins
  3 goblin skeletons (D:6)
  8 goblin zombies
  2 hobgoblin skeletons (D:6)
  6 hobgoblin zombies
  4 kobold zombies (Port)
  11 orc zombies (D:6)
  2 quokka zombies
  34 rats
  4 rat zombies
  A bush (Lair:7)
  7 fungi
  6 plants
  4 toadstools
1109 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  Arachne (Spider:2)
  Nikola (Swamp:1)
  Rupert (Lair:6)
  Roxanne (Spider:2)
  Maud (Lair:6)
  Gastronok (Lair:5)
  Snorg (Swamp:1)
  A deep troll (Spider:1)
  2 catoblepae
  3 skeletal warriors (Abyss)
  3 orc knights (Orc:4)
  An oklob plant (Lair:6)
  4 elephants (Lair:4)
  6 demonic crawlers (Spider:1)
  A rock troll (Spider:1)
  A blink frog (Lair:4)
  A jumping spider (Spider:4)
  3 tarantellas (Spider:1)
  A redback (Spider:1)
  A swamp worm (Swamp:1)
  4 insubstantial wisps (Swamp:1)
  A giant goldfish (Lair:4)
  An ogre (Orc:4)
  15 orc warriors (Orc:4)
  A giant leech (Swamp:1)
  A boulder beetle (Spider:4)
  An electric eel (Lair:4)
  A spider (Spider:1)
  2 green rats (Lair:6)
  11 orcs (Orc:4)
  A bat (Lair:5)
74 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hydra (Swamp:1)
  A troll (Spider:4)
  A two-headed ogre (Swamp:1)
  A jumping spider (Spider:4)
  6 ogres
  A small abomination (Lair:4)
  2 black bears
  2 slaves (D:6)
  An electric eel (Lair:4)
  An ufetubus (Abyss)
  A goblin (D:2)
  A jackal (Lair:5)
  An orc zombie (D:6)
  2 rats
  A fungus (Lair:6)
  4 plants
  A toadstool (Orc:1)
28 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1211 creatures vanquished



for a few hours in a desperate attempt to find ANYTHING with f'n LEVITATION so I could quaff a bunch of deadly potions then remove the item of lev over some lava, causing death, but f'n LOUISE banished me to the Abyss before I could find any levitation beyond a potion, which would be unreliable to use because it has to be 6 actions in succession.

Scroll of torment, poison, degen, miscasts of a spell, scroll of immolation, wand of cold on self, wand of slow on self, wand of drain on self, wand of disintegration on self, then unwield levitation. Maybe throw in a spell miscast or two.

You never said suicide wasn't an option.

Good luck to others.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Erm... Xua, please, do not get berserked over it.

I openly told you, friends: you can save-scum if repeated attempts make you too angry to continue.
The idea of the contest is to make people try "low-tier" spells like Liquefaction and rarely-chosen items and tricks like darts of exploding and Fedhas' abilities.
Not to ruin their character I Wanna Be The Guy way while trying to punch that pixel on Mike Tyson's right ear.

And: please, no combo-suicides.

[XuaXua]

And: please, no combo-suicides.

I never even thought to save-scum.

I was going to reserve a copy of the file right before the last action, but save scum up to the point of doing it, or even scumming to the point of being able to do any of the above actions, simply never came to mind.

Now I kind of want to go find an old .cs file of a level 27 character with all spells memorized.

Heck, I'm sure I can just pull one off of a bug from Mantis.

Then-again, are the games in this bundle worth it?

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

That would be my first question after seeing that Wizmode is not allowed. =)

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

If you have doubts about this bundle, I can send you (or anyone else who wins the contest) a gift code for the next one.

One of the games from this bundle, "Zen Bound 2", is a commercial remix of "Zen Bondage", a fairly interesting game in which your target is to bind a wooden figure with paint-covered rope so that the whole figure is covered with paint.
It is more interesting than I have described. =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmMYXGT3ri8

"Snuggle Truck" is not too interesting, but it might be a nice game to play with kids.

"Cogs" is a nice game indeed! But it was in one of the previous Bundles.

"Avadon" seems to be one of the RPG-s I liked. Something like "Evil Islands" or "Allods"/"Rage of Mages", in my opinion -- though I have not touched the game yet because I am writing my B.Sc. graduation thesis now.

[Blade]

I'm just wondering what the practical differnces between wizmode and savescumming are, besides that wizmode is less tedious.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Well, I think that the best choice would be waiting for the opportunity to come (and gathering the resources for it), then getting to the opportunity closer, saving the file, and tryng the opportunity until you succeed.
I think it would be the best to experiment in the Lair of Beasts.

You should make combos in naturally occuring situations.
In Wizmode, you can simulate the conditions, and it is not quite like it.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Well then!

XuaXua gets the gift code. =)

[Grimm]

I've got an arrogant bundle to give.

None of you are good enough though.

[pratamawirya]

I've got an arrogant bundle to give.

None of you are good enough though.

Just give it to me.

[PerverseSuffering]

Ha! As if your arrogant bundle stands a chance of my pretentious asking! Try and offer it to me! See if I accept!

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Do you want a pony?

[PerverseSuffering]

Do you want a pony?

Depends.

[Jabberwocky]

I have a copy of Frozen Synapse to give to the winner of my competition for the best idea of how crawl should be done as a tactical shooter. Deadline is the 30 of this month. Post ideas in this thread please.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Robo Battle Pigs style: you plan a few actions in a row (each takes a few pips of arbitrary units of time akin to Fallout system), and then see how it acts out -- and all the actions are taken simultaneously.

Sudeki style: fighters get third-person view, ranged fighters / wizards / artificers get first-point view.

[PerverseSuffering]

A mode where you program your character's possible actions (e.g. if Sigmund then ctrl+Q), Snake Battle-style.
Basically, an exercise in bot-making.

[Grimm]

Skin Half Life.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

A mode where you program your character's possible actions (e.g. if Sigmund then ctrl+Q), Snake Battle-style.
Basically, an exercise in bot-making.

Robocode!

[XuaXua]

Robo Battle Pigs style

You mean Robo Rally?

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

No, Robo Battle Pigs! Click the link.

And, if you played Monty Python And The Quest For The Holy Grail: a bit like Knights (In) Kombat from the Black Knight's point of view. Whenever they do damage to you or whenever you get good equipment, you get panic and hubris points that degrade over time. The more panic or hubris points you have, the less action slots or choices you get.

[varsovie]

So I have one more humble bundle to give.

I'm gonna give it to the first cheap bastard or broke chap that post a nice Crawl related acrostic with my pseudonym (VARSOVIE).

Game in the bundle, available for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows:

- Splice
- Eufloria
- Waking Mars
- Crayon Physics Deluxe
- Sword & Sworcery
(Bonus)
- Avadon: The Black Fortress
- Canabalt
- Cogs
- Swords & Soldiers
- Zen Bound 2
Nearly all with soundtrack and separate Steam key.

[Jabberwocky]

Very tired,
After countless deaths,
Redemption.
Saving the world, by grabbing the
Orb, the mystical artifact,
Vengeful of being left
In the Caverns of Zot, which are
Entered by many, left by few.

Does that count?

[varsovie]

Very tired,
After countless deaths,
Redemption.
Saving the world, by grabbing the
Orb, the mystical artifact,
Vengeful of being left
In the Caverns of Zot, which are
Entered by many, left by few.

Does that count?

Yes it does, I send the link by private message.