Best/Worst Artifacts


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Post Monday, 24th December 2012, 12:24

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Grimm wrote:Sweet axe. It'll cost you your amulet slot though.


With all these nice properties it would free up some rings slots though (for instance he could fight OOF with slaying rings instead of rF) - not that it matters for a transmuter.

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Post Tuesday, 25th December 2012, 00:56

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Bought this for 10gp:

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 C - the +0 robe of the Hunter {Str-3 Dex-2}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   It affects your strength (-3).
   It affects your dexterity (-2).


I'm sure with those stats this one is a favorite among serious hunters..... it makes the hunt more challenging, hence more exciting!

Gah, I almost got that deer, but my fingers slipped because of the weight of my bow!
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Post Tuesday, 25th December 2012, 01:18

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"I missed that deer because my rifle has a heavy trigger-pull and I'm not strong enough to easily pull it, so I had to jerk the trigger and mess up the sight picture."
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Post Tuesday, 25th December 2012, 01:27

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"I missed that deer because it was so kind to me. No one had ever been that kind before. I missed it like crazy."

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Post Tuesday, 25th December 2012, 15:23

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Post Tuesday, 25th December 2012, 18:40

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I had that happen to me once. I was a SpVm, and had a encounter with Agnes who had a lajatang of venom.
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Post Wednesday, 26th December 2012, 20:52

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Speaking of worst artifacts, is it just me or are unidentified artifacts sold in shops uncommonly weighted towards being cursed pieces of garbage? I get 50/50 luck with unidentified branded/ego'd weapons/armor, but if its white? I would swear im batting something like 1 for 100 with regards to it being even close to wearable.

Just got me a -3 cloak of DIE NOOB (rF -), im going to stop throwing my money at these things. Every. single. time.

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Post Wednesday, 26th December 2012, 21:06

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It's not weighted any different than any other randart as far as I know. You just notice it more because you spent money on it.
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Post Thursday, 27th December 2012, 05:12

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I really can't see why it has to be like that, because all it does is cause frustration and amplify the over-confidence effect (and stretches out the "getting past it" part of it) of getting a sweet, sweet randart.
Exactly just because it happens so damn infrequently that you actually want to have fun with it.
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Post Thursday, 27th December 2012, 07:59

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Yeah I wouldn't mind seeing fewer randarts of higher average quality.

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Post Thursday, 27th December 2012, 15:00

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Sometimes RNG is not such a bad guy.

On my kobold assassin: I cleared down to D12 and found lair, orc, and hive (on 9.0). I have yet to find a decent weapon, but ive got Poison Resistance so I cleared Hive. The vault is across the lake and I have no fire wands or magic, no levitation or flight, no digging. Hrmm.. Go back up to lair to clear the first couple levels, hoping I dont find any hydras (still no flaming brands as usual and zero good wands, ouch), figuring I will drop my stash and see if the first couple levels of orc turn up any decent weapons. Then I find this on Lair(2)

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 the +9 +9 dagger "Xekah" {slay orc +Blink +Inv +Lev rPois rN+}


Guess I can get into the hive vault now, right after I mutilate a few hundred orcs.

EDIT: A few spiny frogs down the hall from that one, I found this:

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 the -2 +11 dagger "Seliruh" {freeze +Rage rPois rN+ SInv}


Choices choices choices. At least I can switch out my rage amulet now, provided I ever find another amulet that is.

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Post Thursday, 27th December 2012, 15:31

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Best weapon randart I've ever seen:

the +1,+6 triple sword "Pnuple" (weapon) {antimagic, rF++ rC++}


Obliviously, found by my OgNE, with already 22 in M&f and a pain Gsc :roll:
Dammit, I should stop to identify potential awesome randart useless to current character, I'm almost thinking to leave all other skills untrained, and get this blade to min delay :|
screw it I hate this character I'm gonna go melee Gastronok

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Post Friday, 28th December 2012, 06:36

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The title of this one amuses me:

U - the +8,+1 halberd of Sunlight {vamp, rPois MR}
(You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)

It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder somewhat when it strikes a
living foe.

It protects you from poison.
It increases your resistance to enchantments.

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Post Friday, 28th December 2012, 07:03

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

  Code:
amulet "Mom Etway" {rMut rElec rPois Dex+2}

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Post Monday, 31st December 2012, 06:24

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

I just found this on my monstrous demonspawn:
the -7 Splint Mail of the Exiled Seas (rElec rPois rF++ rN+)
Why game, why

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Post Monday, 31st December 2012, 07:07

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the game, it loves you
but it expresses its love in terms that in other contexts look like hate

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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 21:18

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I just found this in the interdimensional bazaar:
the +7 Pearl Dragon Armour "Smeo" (+inv rC++ rN+ Str+1 Acc+6)
It costs 3385 gold.
I have 157.
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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 21:39

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Roshnak wrote:I just found this in the interdimensional bazaar:
the +7 Pearl Dragon Armour "Smeo" (+inv rC++ rN+ Str+1 Acc+6)
It costs 3385 gold.
I have 157.

To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.

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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 22:17

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Confidence Interval wrote:To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.


What.

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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 22:26

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Should this one be in appropriate randart names list or something :D. Also recently found a ring "Prat" with just -CAST and Hunger.
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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 23:04

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KoboldLord wrote:
Confidence Interval wrote:To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.

What.

CI is angling for a blue name and he thinks that's how it's done.

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Post Thursday, 3rd January 2013, 23:43

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

On a promising Minotaur berserker, I found a nice vampiric halberd before the Lair. A halberd wasn't my preferred type of weapon, but it worked very nicely. I just found myself wishing "if only it was a glaive." So, while clearing Orc, I ran across this:

"the +2, +8 glaive of Fortitude {vamp, rElec Str +1}"

I was ecstatic, and started using it as soon as I had the proper skill. It served me very well. I found myself thinking, "I think only some amazing bardiche could get me to give this up." So, Trog decided to send me this:

"the +8, +7 bardiche of Trog's Displeasure {god gift, flame, rF++, Int+3}"
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Post Friday, 4th January 2013, 20:10

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Grimm wrote:
KoboldLord wrote:
Confidence Interval wrote:To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.

What.

CI is angling for a blue name and he thinks that's how it's done.

Did I get it wrong?

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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 01:42

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Yes. I posted a full analysis of your shortcomings in the secret forum.
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 12:56

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Grimm wrote:Yes. I posted a full analysis of your shortcomings in the secret forum.

This is probably preferable to the Maoist-style ritual showtrial with self-denunciations that I anticipated to result from the secret forum.

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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 15:49

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Nothing beats this baby for a mummy~~~
+11,+13 trident of Dissolution{ vamp, Hunger +Inc rC++}

SWEET! Welding it ALL THE TIME!!!!!
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 17:17

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Maybe they're a Troggy.
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 18:11

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Everything written here is a lie.
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 19:04

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Only Scots could do that. We Canadians never tell a lie or exaggerate details.
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 20:33

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QED.

But in any case, I thought many Canadians were Scottish.
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Post Saturday, 5th January 2013, 21:23

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Only in Nova Scotia.
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Post Sunday, 6th January 2013, 03:25

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Surely there are some in Qwebeck, aka Nova Frogia.
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Post Friday, 11th January 2013, 19:23

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Not really best or worst artifacts but I was impressed to deal with Crazy Yiuf (may his name live forever) and find in his grotto not just a bunch of junk hammers but:

the +11, +11 morningstar "Eos" [elec, -Tele rElec SInv}

AND

the +6, +4 hammer of Oneloir [flame, +Inv rN+ Dex+4]

Usually he seems to hoard mostly a lot of crap - I don't remember coming across him with even one artifact before, never mind two.
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Post Friday, 11th January 2013, 20:37

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The mourningstar "Eos" is an unrandart.
How long will it be before Grimm and CI take the bait?
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Post Friday, 11th January 2013, 21:00

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Indeed.

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Post Saturday, 12th January 2013, 03:13

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

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f - the cursed -3 leather armour of Fortification {Str-5}

Pretty bad but, of course, for about 3 seconds I thought I'd found: f - the cursed -3 leather armour of Fornication {Str-5}
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Post Sunday, 13th January 2013, 13:57

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the +14 crystal plate armour of Conscience {god gift, rF+ Int+4 Acc+5}
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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 16:53

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To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.
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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 17:01

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Confidence Interval wrote:To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.


I have to disagree:

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    hackum the Slayer (Mummy Gladiator) Turns: 97614, Time: 06:57:29
    HP 241/241 (249) AC 53 Str 25 XL: 27
    MP 12/12 EV 12 Int 15 God: Okawaru [****..]
    Gold 4323 SH 19 Dex 14 Spells: 0 memorised, 26 levels left
    Res.Fire : + + + See Invis. : + N - +9 demon trident (antimagic)
    Res.Cold : + . . Warding : . P - +14 crystal plate armour of Conscience {go
    Life Prot.: + + + Conserve : . Q - +3 buckler {AC+3}
    Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : . c - -1 helmet {SInv} {god gift}
    Res.Elec. : + Clarity : + p - +1 cloak {rPois}
    Sust.Abil.: . . Spirit.Shd : . o - +2 pair of gloves "Tueqoydo" {god gift, De
    Res.Mut. : . Stasis : . y - +2 pair of orc boots {run}
    Res.Rott. : + Ctrl.Telep.: . m - cursed amulet "Plog" {Clar rPois rF+ rN+}
    Saprovore : . . . Levitation : . G - ring "Inuidgh" {Regen -Cast rElec Str-2}
    Ctrl.Flight: . Z - ring "Semas" {rF++ EV+4}
    @: quick, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
    A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, strongly in touch with death, restore
    body, cold resistance 1, life protection 3, poison resistance, torment
    resistance, unbreathing
    a: Self-Restoration, Heroism, Renounce Religion
    }: 4/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, silver, abyssal


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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 17:12

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Yes, the same way you do one in console: '#'

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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 17:24

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starless wrote:
Confidence Interval wrote:To be honest, that's rubbish and would have resulted in an early death.


I have to disagree:

I was speaking of the most likely outcome, of course. Exceptions do not, contrary to what is sometimes espoused, prove the rule.

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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 18:12

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Confidence Interval wrote:I was speaking of the most likely outcome, of course. Exceptions do not, contrary to what is sometimes espoused, prove the rule.


Ah, but they can.

Rule: There are exceptions to every rule

Or even:

Rule: There is an exception to this rule.

Of course, in that case it disproves the rule too, so *shrugs*. There's no limit to the conditions you can make hold with sufficient metacity.
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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 20:46

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I call clustering illusion.
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Post Monday, 14th January 2013, 20:56

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Confidence Interval wrote: Exceptions do not, contrary to what is sometimes espoused, prove the rule.

Indeed. Rather, exceptions proof the rule. That is to say that exceptions test the rule.
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Post Tuesday, 15th January 2013, 14:32

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From the same game:
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Post Tuesday, 15th January 2013, 17:14

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Does that make you an Onion Knight?

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Post Tuesday, 15th January 2013, 17:21

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I was expecting something about losing the first knuckle from each finger of your left hand.
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Post Tuesday, 15th January 2013, 17:38

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What's the reference in that?
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