Odd things sighted in dungeon.

[nicolae]

Just realized: there's another piece of evidence proving it's a fake. The monster don't fight to their full capacity. They wander straight into your guns like zombies, or robots.

They know the truth. All the orcs, the goblins, the kobolds and draconians and merfolk and ogres and nagas, they know it's all a fake. They all know it's a fake, and they seek a release. They seek an end in the only way the cruel laws of the dungeon will allow -- on the weapons and wizardry of outsiders.

[mageykun]

So the entire dungeon doesn't really exist, the monsters are aware of this, but the player isn't. Presumably winning- the ending of the game- is also the end of the illusion. Or, in reverse, the dream world that is the dungeon only exist so long as the player is kept from accomplishing his or her victory condition.

Congrats, guys. We just proved that the Orb of Zot is the Wind Fish's Egg.

[Pteriforever]

This thing is supposedly a gas trap.

[Grimm]

What's that yellow octagon?

[Confidence Interval]

What's that yellow octagon?

It's art, man.

Or possibly drugs.

[Grimm]

Or possibly drugs.

Generic Name: oxymorphone

Pill imprint 40 has been identified as Opana ER 40 mg.

Opana ER is used in the treatment of pain and belongs to the drug class narcotic analgesics.

Could be useful when playing.

[Confidence Interval]

You should have eaten it and seen what happened.

PROTIP: If you press 'e' to eat you can then press * to view the whole of your inventory and eat anything (or everything!) that you're carrying.

[Grimm]

I ate my distortion comb, now my tummy hurts.

[Confidence Interval]

I ate my distortion comb, now my tummy hurts.

If you overeat the food now gets sent to the Abyss. Excellent weight control strategy.

I was once in a hurry and ate the Glaive of Prunes. Now that was a stomach ache.

[Grimm]

I've heard the Glaive of Prunes can do wonders for the ageing warrior's digestion.

However the fact that the Abyss is a gigantic toilet is news to me. Startling news.

[Confidence Interval]

the fact that the Abyss is a gigantic toilet is news to me.

Not a toilet, merely a repository of lost things and wayward souls. Though if you find yourself there you may well conclude that you have been emmerded, to misuse a French term.

[Grimm]

Can you find harmonicas down there?

[Confidence Interval]

Do you know anything about a man going around playing a harmonica? He’s someone you’d remember. Instead of talking, he plays. And when he better play, he talks.

[Grimm]

Met someone like him in the Harmonica Band Marching Academy.

[nicolae]

What's that yellow octagon?

Digging around in the source codes, it looks like the effects tile for Sanctuary.

[Grimm]

I wasn't with Zin at that point. Could be a bug?

[mageykun]

If it is a bug, it's once that's persisted several versions.

It's just graphical abyss wackiness though. Doesn't give you sanctuary to stand in.

[Jabberwocky]

My adventurers homes use pan for their septic tank. The infinity of it means they never have any problems with it filling up.

[mageykun]

Fedhas Traps!

...I'd like to add I'd gotten halfway to the altar, looking for fruit to loot, when the oklobs popped up. >_>
Time to burn a scroll of blinking!

[Jabberwocky]

Fedhas Traps!

...I'd like to add I'd gotten halfway to the altar, looking for fruit to loot, when the oklobs popped up. >_>
Time to burn a scroll of blinking!

I like that vault, it creates a scary but survivable situation very quickly.

[Grimm]

Have you been wondering what a regular room grid level looks like after three boring beetles have had free rein for a couple thousand turns? You can stop now:

[Blade]

You can stop now

yeah, that's what I think when I hear boring beetles, too.

[mageykun]

Have you been wondering what a regular room grid level looks like after three boring beetles have had free rein for a couple thousand turns?

It looks like the lair, apparently. With a little orderly vault stuck in one corner.

[Confidence Interval]

Two ghosts, side by side, in Lair.

I've only ever encountered ghosts singly before. They were probably just hanging out having a picnic and waiting for me to come along so they could kick my ass; which they did.

[Stormfox]

Two ghosts, side by side, in Lair.

I've only ever encountered ghosts singly before. They were probably just hanging out having a picnic and waiting for me to come along so they could kick my ass; which they did.

Past a certain depth, the one-ghost-per-level restriction is lifted.

[Jabberwocky]

Two ghosts, side by side, in Lair.

I've only ever encountered ghosts singly before. They were probably just hanging out having a picnic and waiting for me to come along so they could kick my ass; which they did.

Past a certain depth, the one-ghost-per-level restriction is lifted.

What exactly is that depth?

[BlackSheep]

Two ghosts, side by side, in Lair.

I've only ever encountered ghosts singly before. They were probably just hanging out having a picnic and waiting for me to come along so they could kick my ass; which they did.

Past a certain depth, the one-ghost-per-level restriction is lifted.

What exactly is that depth?

Single ghosts only in D:2-8, Lair:1, Orc:1 and non-dungeon areas at these depths (i.e. portal vaults) I don't think ghosts are allowed on D:1. There's a limit of 10 ghosts per level below that.

[TwilightPhoenix]

Well, this is one way to encourage shopping at your bazaar...





And also, monsters have distortion unwield effects too? Or is the game mocking me?

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Yes, they do.

[XuaXua]

Monsters do not suffer from distortion unwield effects or vampiric wield effects.

Since when? Thought the rule was you could pretty much annihilate Sonja by confusing her into unwielding her dagger.

[XuaXua]

Since forever.

I'm going to have to remove that Protip then where someone witnessed this taking place.

[Pteriforever]

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Could you give us the morgue entry on that character, please?

[Jabberwocky]

Could you give us the morgue entry on that character, please?

It's a entrance vault with a whole bunch of different monsters which you find in Zot behind glass. Perfectly harmless and good xp for later if you find airstrike.

[Stormfox]

It's a entrance vault with a whole bunch of different monsters which you find in Zot behind glass. Perfectly harmless and good xp for later if you find airstrike.

Not anymore. Smite targeting no longer works through glass walls (definitely in 0.11 trunk, and maybe since 0.10).

[Pteriforever]

I didn't know he could appear outside Sewer.

[cerebovssquire]

He spawns on early dungeon levels too, like any other early unique (though he seems to be rarer).

[Pteriforever]

My game has two Lair entrances ;_;

[nago]

One stair is surely a mimic
Btw, it's very thoughtful that the dungeon overview doesn't spoiler which one is the real one

[Stormfox]

That just made me wonder how your character always knows what's at the bottom of a branch stair just by looking at the staircase. I'm picturing signs like you see at the gates to theme park rides...and then you realize that the stair mimics are taking the trouble to duplicate these.

[Blade]

Well, since stair mimics also duplicate entire vaults, one little sign shouldn't cause too much trouble.

[Grimm]

Today I learned: "a long way away" means "two squares away".

[Patashu]

That entrance might be a mimic.

[Grimm]

If mimics can turn into empty stone arches.

[BlackSheep]

That actually looks like a bug.

[Grimm]

The recluse Ummon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunmen_Wenyan