The Tavern

Another plug for Tukima's dance!

Funny, but also lucky that Donald (along with his wand of heal wounds) didn't get sent to the abyss.

...you're feeling buff enough to try ?immolation for the V5 entrance and Mennas happens to be in the welcoming party:



Block that you sullen, sanctimonious ass.

Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
It was a potion of mutation. You feel extremely strange.
You begin to heal more quickly. You feel stronger. You feel resistant to cold.

normaly I don't quaff id potions, but this was an exception. Was playing a chei naga on D:5 with 2* piety (I REALLY need option if things go bad), I had used the only ID scroll the entire game on a stack of 2 !cure mut, and I was suffering form 3 points of rot damage so quaffing !HW at full health would actually be useful.

Edit: Also When I find the scimmitar of flaming death upon entering D:4 as a HEIE

I hop down the stairs to V:5 as a KoAs^Nem and draw my legendary Pentagram.
I get a friendly pan lord.
He casts singularity.

Hehe, I wasnt sure how I was gonna fish the welcoming party. Wasn't the issue I feared. That guy wrecked the first waves.

Starting a new game, check last line.


Literally first teleport, XL: 1 Next: 8%
Too bad it is not IDA.

XL 10 GhGl. I met a TeCK ghost earlier on D:4 and skipped the level (also Eustachio was there). However, I had to come back later to look for the Temple. I thought that I could now easily dispatch the ghost.

I thought I was dead for sure. I saw a raiju almost immediately and tried to run away. Of course it didn't work and I had to fight it. Amazingly I won. Then I saw a gateway deeper and pondered for a while whether to take it. However, I decided to check around and unbelievably there was a gateway out just around a corner.

This was a while back, but... WhenbTrog gifts your MfBe a Vampiric Bardiche in lair.

14449 | IceCv | Gained mutation: Your thick and shaggy fur keeps you warm (AC +3, rC+). [bearkin transformation]

I have Wyrmbane, Shield of the gong, Cloak of Starlight, Ring of shadows, and randart +10 GDA with regen all of the same charater, and I haven't entered a zig.

My MuGl Casts Singularity in GDA and wrecks everything.

Decided for the first time ever to knowingly quaff ?mutation on my Octopode in early D.



Yup, thankyou very kindly.

Latest changes to stacks are fun.





Not bad for D4

Bad day for Grinder with 150% HP.

Grinder comes into view.
Grinder shouts!
Grinder grins, showing sharp teeth.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - Grinder
Aim: Grinder (chance 66%)
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 4)
Grinder is lightly wounded.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, p - Grinder
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 2)
Grinder is lightly wounded.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 2)
Grinder is lightly wounded.
Grinder barely misses you.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 4)
Grinder is moderately wounded.
The zap misses Grinder. Grinder hits you but does no damage.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 0)
Grinder appears unharmed.
Grinder is moderately wounded.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 1)
Grinder is moderately wounded.
Grinder gestures at you.
You resist with some effort.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 6)
Grinder is moderately wounded.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 6)
Grinder is heavily wounded.
Grinder hits you but does no damage.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 6)
Grinder is heavily wounded.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 6)
Grinder is severely wounded.
Grinder closely misses you.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 4)
Grinder is severely wounded.
The zap misses Grinder. Grinder misses you.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 6)
Grinder is severely wounded.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 4)
Grinder is almost dead.
Grinder misses you.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 4)
Grinder is almost dead.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 0)
Grinder appears unharmed.
Grinder is almost dead.
Grinder misses you.
Casting: Shock
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Shock
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 2)
Grinder is almost dead.
The zap hits Grinder.(damage 5)
You kill Grinder!
Your Spellcasting skill increases to level 3!
Your Conjurations skill gained 2 levels and is now at level 6!
Your Air Magic skill gained 2 levels and is now at level 6!
You have reached level 5!
You have gained the ability to fly.
You have reached level 6!

I find a Manual of dodging.

Bardiche stabbing (0.8 stealth, 26 Polearms).



This is why Stabbing skill was fun.

If you put the same skill you invested in Stabbing into Stealth, you'd get the same benefits as before along with the benefits of a high stealth rating.

Yes, I realize it. I am complaining that new stabbing system is OP, I wouldn't get 116 damage with bardiche there with training stabbing to 0.8.

I think you can deal that much damage with a bardiche without getting a stab.

That character couldn't. Max damage was 78 vs AC 35 monster.

A plan comes together.

That was fast...

I'm starting to get desperate and clear elf having not found a single scource of sInv all game, and I find this

Somebody obliges when I ask for a particular victory dance

I love it when ... crawl loves me.

+11 great mace {freeze, rElec rPois rF+ rC+}
+0 plate armour of the Volcano {Contam rF+ Str+3 Int+3 Slay+4}
+10 mottled dragon armour of Bysuqayn {rn+ Dex+4}
+3 helmet of the Heron {rPois Regen+ Int+4 Dex-2}
+3 pair of gloves of the Iron City of Dis {+Blink rC+ Int+3 Dex-2}

+ robe of augmentation, cloak of the thief, plutonium sword (unfortunately useless for my GrBe) ....

and I haven't explored more than d1-15, Lair1-8, orc1-4, elf1+2.

Hopefully I'm not wasting it.

When I gat Moon Troll Leather Armour from an epic showdown with a moon troll on my DEBe.

What? Does Trog have something against those articles?

No. Freaking. Way.

That has got to be a Lugonu follower.

Nope, following ru.

Anyway, it got splatted after I posted that by someone else using that comborobin...

Robe of agmentation isn't that great on a high strength high armour apt no spell charater. IDK about cloak of the thief, should still be useful. Plutonium sword is kinda useless if you trained M&F, have a better M&F apt, and have a very good great mace.

yup

the robe is good, since in got it early I considered wearing it but clearly inferior to the other armor choices I had.
The cloak was in my stash as well and might have been first choice at some point, but at that point I preferred a +2 cloak of mr+.
Plutonium sword is useless with 20 points in m&f and that great mace.

char is dead anyway.

Cloak of thief is one of the strongest (if not the strongest) item in the game, especially for a melee guy

An escape hatch generates on V:4

And more on that note:

I'm playing a VS and I would prefere the dex boost to a str boost too!

Blind drawing from legendary deck of wonders.

D1.

... I die and start to think what the next character will be, press enter and realize that I was playing a felid with an extra life.

Flawless victory.