I love it when...

[Turukano]

My OpFi of Ash, starting in the 0.20 tourney, already has 3 runes, still looking for statue form (-> "I don't love it when...").

However, he does his job in dragon form at the moment - and stabbing in dragon form is funny.

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28667 | Depths:4 | //The helpless golden dragon fails to defend itself.  You maul the golden dragon!!!!! _You kill the golden dragon!


Or this one:

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31174 | Zot:4    | //You catch the helpless shadow dragon completely off-guard!  You maul the shadow dragon!!!!!  You kill the shadow dragon!


[Queen Cassie]

Lol:

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Search for what [Enter for "plate", or ? for help]? okawaru
Can't find anything matching that.
Found an iron altar of Okawaru.

[Fingolfin]

  Code:

As you read the scroll of teleportation, it crumbles to dust.
 You feel strangely unstable.
 The blink frog hits you but does no damage.
_The water moccasin barely misses you. The blink frog barely misses you.
 You conjure a prism of explosive energy!
 The water moccasin misses you. The blink frog hits you!
 * * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
_The water moccasin closely misses you.
 Your surroundings suddenly seem different.
_You hear a loud crackle.
 Sif Muna accepts your kill.
 You feel a bit more experienced.
 Sif Muna accepts your kill.
 You feel a bit more experienced.

Leaving a little explosive present before teleporting out !!

[Turukano]

  Code:

 t - Shout!
 [...]
_Attack! Psyche hits herself but does no damage.


That's fun as well. How did she do this?

[stickyfingers]

  Code:

 You miscast Blink.
 You are very lightly contaminated with residual magic.
 Space bends around you! You blink.

Blink was actually 95% fail, I just forgot it's *almost* pointless to cast.

[VeryAngryFelid]

Blink was actually 95% fail, I just forgot it's *almost* pointless to cast.

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fail_severity_to_confirm = 3
        Ask for confirmation when attempting to cast a spell where a miscast
        would cause severe penalties. Prompt if the miscast severity of the
        spell (the colour shown in the spellcasting menu) is greater than
        or equal to the number specified:

          3: dark red
          2: light red or higher
          1: yellow or higher

        If the value 0 or -1 is given, never prompt about miscasts.

Change it to at least 2 if you don't want to cast light red spells.

[Shtopit]

You are an abyssal knight.
Erolcha banishes you to the abyss.
You depart the abyss.
You banish Erolcha.

[Sprucery]

You are an abyssal knight.
Erolcha banishes you to the abyss.
You depart the abyss.
You banish Erolcha.

Next:

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Erolcha, an initiate of Lugonu, comes into view.

[VeryAngryFelid]

Lots of different feelings in just 5 minutes:
1) Fell down a shaft from V:2 to V:4 - bad
2) But it didn't take much to find stairs and get to V:3 - good
3) But V:3 announced a wizlab portal - bad
4) But the portal was really close to those stairs - good
5) But I entered a teleportation trap while walking - bad
6) But the teleport landed me on the other side of the portal - good

[Siegurt]

Lots of different feelings in just 5 minutes:
1) Fell down a shaft from V:2 to V:4 - bad
2) But it didn't take much to find stairs and get to V:3 - good
3) But V:3 announced a wizlab portal - bad
4) But the portal was really close to those stairs - good
5) But I entered a teleportation trap while walking - bad
6) But the teleport landed me on the other side of the portal - good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krbl911ZPBA

[Odds]

My TrCK finds this on D:7:

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K - +5 cloak of the Other Side {-Cast rC++ Dex+7}

A combined +8 to EV and AC, and rC++, isn't bad for a cloak.

[Turukano]

Lesson: How to kill things in the dungeon.

Today: sky beasts

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Turgon the Cleaver (Octopode Ice Elementalist)      Turns: 3818, Time: 00:56:59

Health: 33/51      AC:  6    Str:  8    XL:     9   Next: 20%
Magic:  0/12       EV: 14    Int: 18    God:    Ashenzari [*.....]
Gold:   153        SH:  0    Dex: 16    Spells: 4/12 levels left

[...]

I - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       ##......     43%         4    #####..


You miscast Summon Ice Beast.
You are caught in an explosion of ice and frost!
The explosion engulfs you! The explosion engulfs the sky beast.
The sky beast dies!


Note: this method also has drawbacks. For details, look here (#14).

[stoneychips]

... Properly armed, kobold rushing Grinder on D:3 comes together without getting paralyzed/pained too much.

Btw, how does one get a copy of the recent text combat log from Tiles??

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[Sprucery]

Btw, how does one get a copy of the recent text combat log from Tiles??

Your character dump should contain the last messages. The number of lines is controlled by the rcfile option

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dump_message_count = 20
        The number of last messages to be displayed in character dump
        files.

[stoneychips]

Btw, how does one get a copy of the recent text combat log from Tiles??

Your character dump should contain the last messages. The number of lines is controlled by the rcfile option

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dump_message_count = 20
        The number of last messages to be displayed in character dump
        files.

I see... For some reason, it's just taking forever to transfer from the online tiles to morgue so by the time I get a dump, I'd have to either pause the game for an hour etc. or there's no telling what else I might have caused to update the morgue.

I mean, I hit dump but I searched the morgue and there was nothing there with the current date yet. The running .txt file was just not it.

[Siegurt]

Kirke gestures at you while chanting.
_Your neqoxec evaporates and reforms as a hell hog!

  Code:

neqoxec (3) | Spd: 10 | HD: 6 | HP: 23-42 | AC/EV: 4/12 | Dam: 15 | demonic, doors, evil, lev | Res: magic(40), poison, rot, neg+++, torm | Vul: holy++, silver | XP: 181 | Sp: malmutate [!sil], brain feed [!sil], sum.minor demon [!sil] | Sz: Medium | Int: normal.


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hell hog (h) | Spd: 14 | HD: 11 | HP: 46-76 | AC/EV: 2/9 | Dam: 20 | demonic | Res: magic(40), rot, neg+++, torm | Vul: holy++ | Chunks: poison | XP: 830 | Sp: sticky flame (3d5) [!AM, !sil] | Sz: Medium | Int: animal.


[4Hooves2Appendages]

I see... For some reason, it's just taking forever to transfer from the online tiles to morgue so by the time I get a dump, I'd have to either pause the game for an hour etc. or there's no telling what else I might have caused to update the morgue.

I mean, I hit dump but I searched the morgue and there was nothing there with the current date yet. The running .txt file was just not it.

Hmm, when you hit '#', do you not get an immediate link to an up-to-date dump in the chat box?

[Blomdor]

When Okawaru smiles upon your mace-wielding naga and decides to gift you the +12 dire flail of Magnificence {drain, +Fly rElec Dex-4 Stlth+} on D:8.

Oh, no! Not Dex-4! Totally unusable.

EDIT: On D:11, feeling as if the dire flail is thoroughly inadequate, Oka then decides that you need the +11 great mace of the Final Decision (weapon) {freeze, MP+9 Int+4 Stlth+} in your life. That -4 dexterity just will not do.

[Fingolfin]

On D:1, you try-id a +6 ring of slaying

[Blomdor]

When Xom drops 2384 gold pieces total on your head by D:3.

He's probably going to kill me horribly eventually, but at least I'll die rich!

[Blomdor]

I love getting claws as a demonspawn. You're not as strong or unkillable as a troll, but you still get a fantastic bonus to your unarmed damage and I find it to be a bit more fun to play because you have significantly wider equipment options, plus whatever other mutations you end up getting.

I wish monstrous wasn't so rare and unpredictable. I've always wanted to roll an unarmed start and get it, but you just can't plan for it.

[VeryAngryFelid]

You know UC doesn't affect aux attacks, dont you?

[Blomdor]

Yeah. I just like the idea, assuming claws are part of the package. I always wanted to win a halfling death knight before DK was removed for the same reason. Coolness factor.

[WingedEspeon]

UC does have a fast attack rate at high skill and takes advantage of the monstrous claws though.

[Monsterracer]

I love it when i have this gear before lair:

  Code:

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20.1-1-g8b1a95d (webtiles) character file.

Monsterracer the Zephyrmancer (TeAE)               Turns: 11164, Time: 00:36:27

Health: 61/64      AC: 13    Str: 14    XL:     11   Next: 35%
Magic:  20/21      EV: 14    Int: 26    God:    Vehumet [***...]
Gold:   401        SH:  0    Dex: 23    Spells: 4/22 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis +   a - staff of conjuration
rCold    . . .     Gourm    .   (no shield)
rNeg     + . .     Faith    .   B - +4 scale mail "Qyxaonue" {rElec}
rPois    +         Spirit   .   (helmet restricted)
rElec    +         Reflect  .   y - +2 cloak
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (no gloves)
MR       ++...                  (boots unavailable)
Stlth    +.........             r - amulet "Xilu Add" {RegenMP rF+ rN+ MR++ SInv}
Regen    0.2/turn               t - ring "Otiluemp" {rPois Str+4 Int+4 Dex+5}
MPRegen  0.3/turn               e - ring "Bur Ofuj" {+Fly Int+4 Dex+4}

@: no status effects
A: beak, talons 3, able to fly 1
a: Fly, Renounce Religion, Evoke Flight


You are on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is most pleased with you.
You are very hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 9 of its levels.
You have also visited: Bailey.

You have collected 401 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 b - a +4 quarterstaff of chaos
Armour
 u - a +2 leather armour of fire resistance
 y - a +2 cloak (worn)
 B - the +4 scale mail "Qyxaonue" (worn) {rElec}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
Magical Staves
 a - an uncursed staff of conjuration (weapon)
Jewellery
 e - the ring "Bur Ofuj" (right hand) {+Fly Int+4 Dex+4}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of intelligence]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It lets you fly.
 j - the ring of Goyh {rC+ rN+}
   (You took it off an orc wizard on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of positive energy]
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 r - the amulet "Xilu Add" (around neck) {RegenMP rF+ rN+ MR++ SInv}
   (You took it off an orc on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of magic regeneration]
   
   It increases your magic regeneration.
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you see invisible.
 t - the ring "Otiluemp" (left hand) {rPois Str+4 Int+4 Dex+5}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of poison resistance]
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+5).
   It protects you from poison.
 D - the ring "Tuciy" {*Tele rElec Int+7 Dex-2}
   (You took it off an orc on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of teleportation]
   
   It may teleport you next to monsters.
   It affects your intelligence (+7).
   It affects your dexterity (-2).
   It insulates you from electricity.
Wands
 n - a wand of acid (10/15)
Scrolls
 g - 3 scrolls of blinking
 h - 3 scrolls of enchant weapon
 k - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 C - 3 scrolls of recharging
Potions
 f - 2 potions of lignification
 i - 3 potions of agility
 l - 2 potions of curing
 m - 2 potions of berserk rage
 o - 4 potions of heal wounds
 q - a potion of mutation
 s - a purple potion
 x - 2 smoky black potions
 A - an emerald potion
Comestibles
 c - 11 bread rations
 d - 3 royal jellies
 v - 2 meat rations


   Skills:
 + Level 5.3 Fighting
 + Level 4.1 Staves
 + Level 1.3 Armour
 + Level 6.4 Dodging
 - Level 2.0 Stealth
 + Level 6.3 Spellcasting
 * Level 12.1 Conjurations
 * Level 12.6 Air Magic


You have 4 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Shock                 Conj/Air       ####         1%          1    None
b - Lightning Bolt        Conj/Air       #######...   1%          5    #####..
c - Static Discharge      Conj/Air       #######.     1%          3    None
d - Airstrike             Air            ######....   1%          4    ###....
e - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #####...     3%          2    None
f - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None

[Fingolfin]

When the evolution mutation gives me the following :

  Code:

stinger 1, cold resistance 1, fire resistance 1, magic resistance 1, robust 1

and rids me of deterioration !

Edit : actually make that stinger 2
Edit : and int+2 and sturdy frame 1

[Nobuharu]

  Code:

The big kobold seems to speed up.
Evoking this partially-identified wand wasted a few charges.
 The big kobold resists with some effort.
 Evoking this partially-identified wand wasted a few charges.
The big kobold completely misses you. The big kobold misses you.
 Xom roars with laughter!
 The mass of ice explodes! The iceblast engulfs the big kobold.
 You kill the big kobold!
 You have reached level 7!
 Extra life!
 The iceblast engulfs you!
 Xom roars with laughter!
 You die...
 Xom guffaws!
_Evoking this partially-identified wand wasted a few charges.
 You are now level 6!
 You rejoin the land of the living...

[Shtopit]

Finding a +0 club of holy wrath for sale

[stoneychips]

Sonja shouts, "Too slow!" at me...

And she's currently 7-9 spaces away and, trying to chase me while already in the process of being petrified.

(I also have Lee's Rapid Deconstruction.)

[MainiacJoe]

TrFi^Ru

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You redirect Louise's attack!
Louise casts a spell.
Louise is devoured by a tear in reality.

[Shtopit]

Getting the poisonous fumes mutation for the first time. Cool mut!

[Fingolfin]

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Sigmund the Dreaded comes into view. He is wielding a scythe.
 Sigmund shouts!
 You fade into invisibility!

****** snip ******

 You kill Sigmund!

Now how do you like a taste of your own medicine ?????!!??!?!!??

[Fingolfin]

My GrEE finds a Vehumet altar on D:1 ??!?!!!!?!!??
I thought it wasn't even possible !

[Turukano]

Probably the first time I play with the Warlocks's Mirror which was introduced in 0.18.


18920 | Slime:3 | //The shining eye gazes at you. Your +3 warlock's mirror {reflect, !d} reflects the Malmutate! The shining eye twists and deforms.

[stoneychips]

Enslaving Bai Suzhen to go attack the Lernaean hydra, getting past the 11% success rate (10 Evocations) and the storm dragon unique takes the behemoth down to severely wounded while mostly out of sight.

[VeryAngryFelid]

  Code:

 R - the +7 longbow "Piercer" {god gift, penet, EV-2}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 12 of the Dungeon) 

I am CeBe with 20 levels in Bows
Now I can return to Orc 2 where all stairs are blocked by Orc Sorcerers...

Edit. Died in Orc 2 after getting down and being surrounded by 6 monsters. The only scroll of blinking was unknown Probably I should have read one of two unknown scrolls anyway (or just id some scrolls earlier instead of more potions) so still my mistake of course... It's quite funny how my streak is over by literally the best combo in the game
And I should have died earlier, I am too lazy for crawl now.

[bel]

When Xom drops 2384 gold pieces total on your head by D:3.

He's probably going to kill me horribly eventually, but at least I'll die rich!

You can't take it with you.

[Thalfon]

  Code:

 53447 | Vaults:2 | Cast into level 3 of the Abyss (a deep elf sorcerer)
 53471 | Abyss:3  | Got an abyssal rune of Zot
 53574 | Vaults:2 | Escaped the Abyss

Thanks? Guess I can skip V:5 now.

[Magipi]

  Code:

 As you read the scroll labeled IMPO LOTETO, it crumbles to dust.
 This is a scroll of acquirement!
 [a] Weapon [b] Armour   [c] Jewellery [d] Book
 [e] Staff  [f] Evocable [g] Food      [h] Gold
_Something appears at your feet!
 You see here a runed demon blade.
_y - a runed demon blade
 You hear the crackle of electricity.
_y - a +5 demon blade of electrocution (weapon)


Same level, about 20 turns later...

  Code:

 Found 3 scrolls of acquirement.

[Malevolent]

...I decide to request a shop from Gozag on my MuMo before going for my first rune, and manage to buy this:

  Code:

C - +14 fire dragon scales of Caimn {rF++ rC- rCorr}

This is a hexer-stabber-ice mage hybrid of sorts BTW, who also found this early on:

  Code:

a - +9 dagger {protect, *Rage Str+3 Dex+3}

[Malevolent]

"Your Serpent of Hell grins greedily, jangling a coin purse."

[...]

"Here: your Serpent of Hell (friendly)"

[VeryAngryFelid]

  Code:

8386 | Lair:1   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
  8422 | Lair:1   | a 14-headed hydra changed into something unseen


Barely survived and had to leave the level. Time of revenge:

  Code:

14858 | Lair:6   | Found the +9 scales of the Dragon King {rPois rF+ rC+ MR+}

 i - a ring of see invisible (right hand) {sInv, !d}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)

You kill the ghost moth!
The 14-headed hydra returns to its original shape as it dies.


[stoneychips]

Okay, I rarely know when it's "safe" enough to use a wand of polymorph. But sometimes, in desperation things work out. (Oh yes, I also have no clue how to win with a felid yet... But I am trying!)

Little Kitty (Felid Wanderer level 7-ish, 6-8 points each in Dodging and Unarmed combat, 22 EV but low on consumables) spots Pikel and retinue on D:6. Little Kitty leads Pikel over a shaft, but the slaves remain. Gradually scratches through them over time. Eventually kitty has to go down to the next level (running away from Duvessa, as it happens). Kitty is having a rather good time of D:7, but spends most of the remaining consumables to pull through a couple other more dangerous beasties. Finally finds Pikel again, now blocking off the corridor which leads to the part with most of the stairwells.

Takes a shot at Pikel and slam, whip of electrocution. One life gone. Runs around a while looking for other things to do but ends up back there again. Just slightly more Unarmed combat. "Oh well?" Tries again and gets shocked in no time. Doh. Retreat. Now Pikel starts using a wand, which happens to be acid! Kitty at 5 HP. Reads tele scroll. Desperate measures. Zaps Pikel with wand of polymorph! (All of 1 Evocations.) Expects to get something horrible... Actually Pikel turns into a golden eye and immediately blinks away behind a big corner.

Speedy little kitty teleports, rests, has good luck with a couple more encounters, and comes back to find Pikel still has not yet returned. Picks up all of Pikel's gear which is now lying on the floor, as an eye apparently cannot carry it. Both the handy acid wand and that nasty whip. Not that a cat can use the whip, but neither can Pikel now. "Not this time you won't."

... Kitty also happens to have been blessed with Clarity and extra MR by a potion of mutation earlier. Which makes clawing one golden eye relatively easy, it turns out.

[Sprucery]

Other good polymorph targets: Maurice, Sonja, Nessos.

Note that picking up the whip was not necessary, as polymorphing a monster is permanent.

[stoneychips]

Other good polymorph targets: Maurice, Sonja, Nessos.

Note that picking up the whip was not necessary, as polymorphing a monster is permanent.

Thanks. (But it was still somehow gratifying. )

Permanent strikes me as somehow OP, but anyway...

[Sprucery]

Permanent strikes me as somehow OP, but anyway...

Well, it is a gamble... If you worship Xom you'll see the other side of the coin ("You see here Gastronok the shard shrike").

[Shtopit]

I've read that once it was very easy to poly Grinder into a hellion, but I never could replicate that.

[Sprucery]

Grinder has HD 6 and hellion has HD 7 so it is quite possible, yes (monster polymorph tends to slightly increase HD, IIRC).

[stoneychips]

Yeah, I guess just I disagree with that.

A game can be hard, but skill should matter. Any aspect of the game that cannot be solved with skill--such as unavoidable deaths or portals that cannot be reached--is, in my opinion, flawed and should be fixed.

It is good to hear that the dev team does try to eliminate such situations.

The maps are procedurally generated with quite a random component, so I'm not sure the game is ever going to be "smart enough" to encourage both some challenges and "no" nigh-impossible situations. Just imagine what it would have to do. It would have to take into account your species, background, current equipment, and the movement rates and equipment of all the roving mobs on each level after they're generated.

And how recursive or progressive do you want such a rule to be? "Any aspect of the game"?? If there are 25 remove curse scrolls in the 3-rune game but 40 cursed items generate, is that a design flaw or does it mean you really shouldn't have randomly tested quite so many different items -- particularly if you did so after you knew you didn't have any more of those scrolls? If you don't train Fighting or ranged abilities for the whole first 15 dungeon levels, has the game made things "impossible" by still placing a komodo dragon or an 8-headed hydra somewhere on Lair:1-2? Is the idea that if you make all of 4 or 12 different choices right along the way within oh 4 turns of sighting each choice, there should be a way to solve the situation... Or how hard is "too hard"? It only takes so many of those before one lands in a "nigh impossible" situation not by map layout alone, but as a result of many different things and player choices all interacting for several levels.

It's one thing to say static parts normally shouldn't be "too difficult," but even with those I think many of us can imagine situations where it's a lot more interesting to occasionally break through to the ones that actually are (at least seemingly) awfully tricky that particular iteration of the game. Putting in a lot of fixes to make sure that "none are impossible" in spite of all the things players can do early on to make that even more likely as a matter of course -- or less likely as a matter of strategy, might not be a winnable effort. Things are either going to get at least very strange or silly easy if you chased after that too hard, I suspect.

[Alphaeus]

I love it when an enemy's chaos weapon hastes you and makes you invisible.

I also love it when I find a +6 ring of slaying long before I even reach the Temple.