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a +2/+4 dagger of electrocution. And i was playing a kobold using short blades, too!

My berzerker found a +3 dwarven buckler of reflection, then drank an unknown potion of poison before leaving D1.

New best find on D:1 - an altar of Vehumet.

An ogre...

on a OgWz that netted him enough EXP to go up two levels and a giant club

My second or third ever D:1 crystal plate:

It's +2.

why oh why it have old bad tile?

Later in that same game Okie gifted me an artefact crystal plate which used your tile.

Boots of running, a cloak, a buckler, and a ring of +3 int, all on D:1. Of course, I died to an orc with a whip of electrocution on D:4 when I decided "oh, he just has a whip, I can surely take him on in melee even if i'm already down to half health."

3 rings of protection of fire for my Mummy Beserker.

starless wrote:3 rings of protection of fire for my Mummy Beserker.

For his third mummy hand.

Didn't help much against a zerking Rupert with a mace of Holy Wrath ...

amic wrote:Boots of running, a cloak, a buckler, and a ring of +3 int, all on D:1. Of course, I died to an orc with a whip of electrocution on D:4 when I decided "oh, he just has a whip, I can surely take him on in melee even if i'm already down to half health."

D:1 boots of running are probably the greatest possible moment in the early game. I just had my first:

The embarrassing rapidity with which I lost this most promising character shall remain unexplicated.

starless wrote:3 rings of protection of fire for my Mummy Beserker.

Literally just walked out the door of the initial spawn.

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Of course... I died long before I could identify any one of them lol

bobross419 wrote:Of course... I died long before I could identify any one of them lol

This means they were good.

My best finds were a +0+8 ring of slaying and a +2,+3 mace of protection on the same MdFi. Contrary to how these things usually end, he didn't die early. Still my best run, he got to lv 23, and died to a pack of draconians on D:23. I had 3 runes too. First time ever. Oh, well, there's always another run!

_h - an embroidered robe
You start removing your armour.
_You continue taking off your +2 leather armour. x3
You finish taking off your +2 leather armour.
You start putting on your armour.
_You continue putting on your embroidered robe. x2
You finish putting on your +1 robe of resistance.
You feel resistant to extremes of temperature.

Four of your 5 scrolls of acquirement catch fire!

lol starless, your signature made my morning :lol:

bobross419 wrote:
starless wrote:3 rings of protection of fire for my Mummy Beserker.

Literally just walked out the door of the initial spawn.

I love that start for an EE or anyone with LRD; it's like a free level up.

+1 Dwarven Cloak of Poison Resistance ... crying shame I was just in wizmode testing vaults!

This. Just this. Pearl Dragon Armor, a randart Scythe, a triple sword and an executioner's axe, all on D1. Of course, I died before I could get digging. Something tells me they were mimics though.

As if Xom would give you all that stuff for free. Of course they're mimics

It's Xom. I've learned not to question him and just accept whatever he does, no matter how (im)probable or (il)logical it may seem.

Mace of Distortion!

...Wait, that's not really "good". And unwielding it insta-killed my MDFi.

I thought distortion brand was no longer available on non-artefact blunt weapons??

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.9.0 character file. 76 Dongkrak Antik the Covered (level 2, -4/27 HPs) Began as a Mountain Dwarf Fighter on Sept 6, 2011. distortion unwield (31 damage) ... on Level 1 of the Dungeon. The game lasted 00:01:43 (568 turns). Dongkrak Antik the Covered (Mountain Dwarf Fighter) Turns: 568, Time: 00:01:43 HP -4/27 AC 6 Str 19 XL: 2 Next: 15% MP 1/1 EV 6 Int 6 God: Gold 66 SH 21 Dex 11 Spells: 0 memorised, 1 level left Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . (no weapon) Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . b - +0 dwarf scale mail Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . c - +0 dwarf shield Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet) Res.Poison: . Clarity : . (no cloak) Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves) Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots) Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet) Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring) Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . (no ring) @: not resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy A: no striking features a: no special abilities You were on level 1 of the Dungeon. You were not hungry. You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 1 of its levels. You collected 46 gold pieces. Inventory: Hand weapons a - a +0,+0 dwarven hand axe p - a +0,+0 mace of distortion Missiles i - 12 poisoned +1 needles n - 26 +0 stones (quivered) Armour b - a +0 dwarven scale mail (worn) c - a +0 dwarven shield (worn) Comestibles d - a bread ration l - a rotting chunk of rat flesh m - a rotting chunk of giant gecko flesh o - a rotting chunk of bat flesh Potions g - a potion of slowing h - a potion of heal wounds {unknown} j - a potion of healing k - a potion of restore abilities {unknown} Skills: + Level 4 Fighting + Level 3 Axes + Level 4 Armour - Level 4 Shields You had one spell level left. You didn't know any spells. Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (1/27) Altars: Message History You block the bat's attack. Your shield and scale mail prevent you from hitting the rat. You block the rat's attack. You block the bat's attack. The bat hits you but does no damage. Your shield prevents you from hitting the bat. The rat barely misses you. The rat bites you but does no damage. The bat hits you but does no damage. Your shield and scale mail prevent you from hitting the rat. The rat bites you but does no damage. You block the bat's attack. The bat barely misses you. You hit the bat. You kill the bat! You block the rat's attack. The rat bites you but does no damage. You hit the rat. You kill the rat! You see here a bat corpse. Really unwield p - an uncursed mace of distortion? You are caught in an extremely strong localised spatial distortion! Ouch! That really hurt! You die... #......# #......# #......# #......# ##.##.## # #.##.# .# #.##.##.##### #.##........# #.##@......?# #.##........# #.##......... #.##.####### #.##.# #.##<# #.##.# #.##.# #.##.######### There were no monsters in sight!

Nope, I got a Mace of Distortion on another early character recently too. I was starving and needed to eat, so was forced to unwield. I expected death, but was pleasantly surprised with zero ill-effects. I think that was the first time that had ever happened to me.

Then I YASDed two floors later, of course.

+1 Rod of Slaying (Ice) on D:4 for my MiBe. It served me well until an Ogre Mage two-shotted me while I was deep in the Orcish Mines.

I don't really remember which character this was on, but I found one of those glass vaults with a moth of wrath in it. Behind the small square vault was a rod. Wielded it and was pleasantly surprised to find out it was a poison rod... Two smite-targeted poison clouds later: Moth dead, got from level 3 to 8. Unfortunately I splatted. :oops:

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Well it seems that when you type in this thread, you are bound to find something good next time you run crawl. I decided to roll a human cause of fast xp and no aptitude minuses and this is what I get at D:1. Good job RNG! (In case you're wondering, that's a Swamp Dragon Armor) Oh well, let's see what tragic end this character is going to meet. :mrgreen:

P.S: Btw tell me if I'm crazy, but I think that the first time you launch crawl after downloading a newer version, you seem to get awesome items. Has happened a lot to me. I just got this build.

P.S2: My cursed cloak prevents me from wearing it.

Yeah, ok. After finding 4 mutation potions and trying out my luck I got about 6-7 bad mutations and only +1 str and res cold++. Then Grinder raped me at floor 3.

In other news;

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Let's see how this plays out gentlemen, shall we? :p

P.S: So in 0.10 I can't stuff myself silly wearing this... Damn you food reform!

Yet another piece of news:

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Well this is on D2 yet it's crazy enough. So, after a bunch of more Typical Swordsman Slaughtering, i said well let's begin with short blades then work with long blades later on. And this is what I get. Shitty brand though. Or should I train throwing?

...Splatted on lvl 11 by a hill giant.

Naturally.

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Thread resurrection and all that, but dang it, if this isn't worth it, I don't know what is:

Dagger of pain.
On a necromancer.

It's so weird to have my endgame weapon on D:1.

Un67 wrote:

Nice font. =)

A gold dragon hide or armour. It was strange to see it sitting on the floor.

I found a -glowing- gold dragon armor AND a naga barding in a mini-vault on D:3, one tile away from each other. Sure, not quite D:1, but the barding too? I was in fact playing a naga. The funny part is since I had 18 str and I wanted to ID the armor, I wore both and ended up with -12 EV. The GDA turned out to be -1 cursed, but I had remove curse, took it off, and wore a +2 plate I found also on D:3.

As expected, this character died quickly.

I found a crystal plate and glowing plate armour on D1 the other day. In the same room. 5 squares apart, I think.

My DrSu just got amulet of gourmand at D:1.

joellercoaster wrote:I just found the Singing Sword in a bat vault (?) on D:3...

That happened to my NaWz in 0.9. It's also the game where that character steamrolled Tomb:3 'cause all of its enemies (Greater Mummies) would die in ~30 turns without me doing a thing.
Pretty sure that this unrand should be nerfed.

sir_laser wrote:
joellercoaster wrote:I just found the Singing Sword in a bat vault (?) on D:3...

That happened to my NaWz in 0.9. It's also the game where that character steamrolled Tomb:3 'cause all of its enemies (Greater Mummies) would die in ~30 turns without me doing a thing.
Pretty sure that this unrand should be nerfed.

The Singing Sword isn't really very powerful.

it was nerfed around that time, iirc.
i played a game with it recently and yeah, it's not too bad for an early find but that's about it. it hardly ever triggers.

absolutego wrote:it was nerfed around that time, iirc.
i played a game with it recently and yeah, it's not too bad for an early find but that's about it. it hardly ever triggers.

What triggers? The singing?

Jabberwocky wrote:
absolutego wrote:it was nerfed around that time, iirc.
i played a game with it recently and yeah, it's not too bad for an early find but that's about it. it hardly ever triggers.

What triggers? The singing?

The screaming in high-tension situations that damages every non-you monster in LoS. Obviously useful on Tomb:3-style enviroments.

cerebovssquire wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:
absolutego wrote:it was nerfed around that time, iirc.
i played a game with it recently and yeah, it's not too bad for an early find but that's about it. it hardly ever triggers.

What triggers? The singing?

The screaming in high-tension situations that damages every non-you monster in LoS. Obviously useful on Tomb:3-style enviroments.

I didn't know about that. It seems like it could be quite useful in some circumstances.

Jabberwocky wrote:I didn't know about that. It seems like it could be quite useful in some circumstances.

You should try zigsprint with it.

Jabberwocky wrote:The screaming in high-tension situations that damages every non-you monster in LoS. Obviously useful on Tomb:3-style enviroments.

Do all Noisy-branded randarts do this or just the singing sword?

Just the Singing Sword.

Jabberwocky wrote:
cerebovssquire wrote:
The screaming in high-tension situations that damages every non-you monster in LoS. Obviously useful on Tomb:3-style enviroments.

I didn't know about that. It seems like it could be quite useful in some circumstances.

Yeah, Okawaru loves it.

XuaXua wrote:Yeah, Okawaru loves it.

Why does Okawaru love it?

cerebovssquire wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:I didn't know about that. It seems like it could be quite useful in some circumstances.

You should try zigsprint with it.

Did a zig with that character too. Didn't rely on it too much 'cause Fire Storm, but it did get a good share of kills.

Jabberwocky wrote:
XuaXua wrote:Yeah, Okawaru loves it.

Why does Okawaru love it?

Only if you didn't use summons at all. The Singing Sword dealt damage to anyone in LOS that's not you; this included allies and neutrals.

Found golden dragon armor. fuck yeah.

hmm,

I once got ring of slaying +6 +5 as the first item.

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