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Boulder beetles are basically practice for when orbs of destruction start showing up later.

They seem to move significantly more slowly than orbs o' destruct though... Is there indeed a major difference in the speed between the two?

EDIT: [Hmmm. Why don't my quotes include the poster's name? Sorry, forum noob.]

If your tags are only [quote]text[/quote] then you won't get the name. You need [quote="postername"]text[/quote].

You throw a large rock {=f}.
The large rock {=f} hits the deep elf priest!!!!
You kill the deep elf priest!
Trog accepts your kill.
r - 72 large rocks {=f} (gained 23)
There is an open door here.
Items here: %%%%%%%%%% ( )))))))))))) [[[[[[[
The elf corpse is consumed in a column of flame. x10

Edit.

Code:: A Shadow Fiend comes into view. Throwing (i - inventory. (,) - cycle): r - 63 large rocks (quivered) {=f} Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - Shadow Fiend Aim: a Shadow Fiend You throw a large rock {=f}. The large rock {=f} hits the Shadow Fiend!!!! You kill the Shadow Fiend! Trog accepts your kill.

Code:: 32867 | Snake:3 | Identified the +5,+3 great mace "Kirke"s Doom" {protect, MR+++ MP+5} (your +6,+3 great mace of protection artefactized by Igni Ipthes) 32868 | Snake:3 | Noticed Kirke 32877 | Snake:3 | Killed Kirke

would have been cooler without the typo but w/e

milo wrote:
Boulder beetles are basically practice for when orbs of destruction start showing up later.

They seem to move significantly more slowly than orbs o' destruct though... Is there indeed a major difference in the speed between the two?

EDIT: [Hmmm. Why don't my quotes include the poster's name? Sorry, forum noob.]

Oh, I just forgot that boulder beetles don't curve while orbs of destruction do, so actually they're not very good practice.

Patashu wrote:Boulder beetles are basically practice for when orbs of destruction start showing up later.

New enemy idea: Emperor Boulder Beetle. Can curl into a boulder and home on on you Orb of Destruction style.

Another possible idea: Avalanche Boulder Beetle. Can curl into a boulder, and then while he's rolling at you he starts spawning a whole bunch of boulders around him that roll at random angles towards you in a big shower. These spawned boulders explode on impact with anything, LRD-style.

We can start putting these guys in places like Orc Mines, or Tomb, and it would make the game better.

SchwaWarrior wrote:Another possible idea: Avalanche Boulder Beetle. Can curl into a boulder, and then while he's rolling at you he starts spawning a whole bunch of boulders around him that roll at random angles towards you in a big shower. These spawned boulders explode on impact with anything, LRD-style.

I think I saw this in a bullet hell game once

Code:: Eat which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit) Your spider closely misses Maud. Your worker ant bites Maud but does no damage. Your ice beast hits Maud but does no damage. Your yellow wasp barely misses Maud. Your ice beast hits Maud but does no damage. Maud hits your worker ant with a scimitar! Your spider barely misses Maud. You continue eating. Your worker ant bites Maud but does no damage. Your yellow wasp stings Maud. Maud seems to slow down. Your ice beast barely misses Maud. Your ice beast misses Maud. Your spider barely misses Maud. Your yellow wasp stings Maud! Maud seems to slow down. Your worker ant completely misses Maud. You continue eating. You kill Maud! Okawaru appreciates your kill. Your Armour skill increases to level 1! You have reached level 13! You continue eating. You finish eating. That meat ration really hit the spot!

I love it when my allies kill something described as extremely dangerous while I'm having a snack.

I love it when absurdity happens and it's just the worst.

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You draw a card... It is Degeneration.
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a ghost moth!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a fire dragon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a great orb of eyes!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a griffon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a queen ant!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as an alligator!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a queen ant! x2
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a siren!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a ghost moth!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a fire dragon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a minotaur!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a great orb of eyes!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a griffon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a torpor snail! x2
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a great orb of eyes!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a hydra!
You hear a splash. x2
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as an ice dragon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a hydra!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a grey draconian!

Basically my exact reaction when I drew that Degeneration Card from a Legendary deck.

I have no words.

SchwaWarrior wrote:I love it when absurdity happens and it's just the worst.
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a great orb of eyes!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a griffon!
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a torpor snail! x2
The vault guard evaporates and reforms as a great orb of eyes!

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* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Rupert is no longer berserk. Rupert looks more healthy.
Rupert is engulfed in roaring flames.
Rupert roars wildly at you.
You suddenly lose the ability to move!
You have got your breath back.
Rupert is engulfed in roaring flames.
You kill Rupert!
Vehumet accepts your kill.

You feel robust.
You feel fantastic! It was a potion of beneficial mutation.

...I find a second set of stairs into the Lair.

Code:: You hit the staircase mimic. The staircase mimic is lightly damaged. _You block the staircase mimic's attack. The staircase mimic barely misses you. You catch the helpless staircase mimic completely off-guard! You spit the staircase mimic like a pig!!! _You destroy the staircase mimic!

Similar to OP...

Used a Gale fan then the Air elementals decided... F*** PLANTS.

...Xom animates Edmund's flail of "protection" and beats him to death with it.

Code:: "This might be better!" Erolcha evaporates and reforms as a sky beast!

As you read the scroll of identify, it crumbles to dust.
w - 3 potions of beneficial mutation
Identify which item? (\ to view known items) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
S - a potion of experience

Code:: u - the +7 giant club of the Orcish Mines (weapon) {crush, *Tele +Inv Str-4 Dex+3 Int+4}. ... Trog gifted it to you on level 2 of the Orcish Mines.

I've been taking screenshots of my HECj and came up with this... someone tell me the odds of this happening

First scroll read, no consumables used

Awesome, finally got a HESk off the ground! Getting pretty good Oka piety here in Lair, whoops, looks like Rupert is on this level, I'll escape and explore cautiously. Oh, there he is again and the dumb bastard hasn't even noticed me yet! I'll just slip around this corner, throw on my buffs, and destroy him! (LOL, throwing net)

Ouch. So how was the Abyss trip?

When i'm in early game and playing without much care until I die and instantly regret it

So this was today the first time I encountered Lom Lobon...

124890 | Pan | Noticed Lom Lobon
124892 | Pan | Killed Lom Lobon

I must admit that I really start liking my "incredibly stealthy" GrBe stabbing boss monsters with his great mace :lol:

Still hoping for a 15 rune game, but most probably I'm still to inexperienced and lazy... he is my third char in the extended endgame, the first two died to cerebov

EugeneJudo wrote:When i'm in early game and playing without much care until I die and instantly regret it

This is why I very rarely look at unided items after death

ichbins wrote:
124890 | Pan | Noticed Lom Lobon
124892 | Pan | Killed Lom Lobon

I must admit that I really start liking my "incredibly stealthy" GrBe stabbing boss monsters with his great mace

You flatten Lom Lobon like a pancake!!!!!!

sgrunt wrote:You flatten Lom Lobon like a pancake!!!!!!

I can't tell you how many times those phrases have made me LOL. It's one of the reasons I love the game.

Code:: An orc comes into view. It is wielding a short sword. The orc shouts! There is a glowing silver altar of Zin here. You kneel at the altar of Zin. Zin welcomes you! You pay a tithe of 10 gold. You can now recite Zin's Axioms of Law. You clear your throat and prepare to recite. "What of the agents of filth? Condemned for their..." The orc is smitten by the wrath of Zin! You kill the orc!

...hey man let me finish

...I wield-ID distortion on D:5...and the Temple spawns corrupted on D:7. I bow before Lucy!

_Something hits you.
_Something barely misses you.
The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you but does no damage.
_Something barely misses you.
The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you but does no damage.
_Something barely misses you.
_The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you. Something hits you.
A black bear appears out of thin air!
Reactivating autopickup.
The black bear completely misses you.

xentronium wrote:_Something hits you.
_Something barely misses you.
The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you but does no damage.
_Something barely misses you.
The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you but does no damage.
_Something barely misses you.
_The bolt of fire hits something. Something hits you. Something hits you.
A black bear appears out of thin air!
Reactivating autopickup.
The black bear completely misses you.

Those "appears out of thin air" monsters can be very annoying. Yesterday I got 3 Ancient Liches in Zot5 this way, fortunately not simultaneously.
What I loved in that Zot5 was my Spellbinder weapon paralyzing 2 Orbs of Fire and 2 Ancient Liches

In this case it looks like a shapeshifter. Probably invisible horror (multiple attacks) - those are counted as natural, right?

Aliches in your case were just stepping on tele traps.

Sar wrote:In this case it looks like a shapeshifter.

I assumed the black bear got teleported too and autopickup turned on because the black bear prevented it anyway.

I should've elaborated

I was having trouble with an unseen horror and polymorphed it into that bear.

The deep elf conjurer points at you and mumbles some strange words.
The bolt of lightning misses you. x2
The bolt of lightning hits the deep elf conjurer.
The deep elf conjurer dies!

Code:: a - a +6 broad axe of flaming (weapon) Which direction? Really passwall into a travel-excluded area? You finish merging with the rock. ***EMERGENCY*** This monster can banish: Louise (sleeping) The helpless Louise fails to defend herself. You chop Louise into pieces!!!! You burn Louise!!! You kill Louise! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace.

I don't have high stabbing so I suspect it wouldn't happen without Chei.

+ Level 15.6(17.5) Axes
- Level 9.1 Stealth

Code:: You can feel time thicken for a moment. You kill Gloorx Vloq! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. Your life force feels restored. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the Executioner! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace.

I love the sight of seven exclamation marks in the morning...

Code:: A tentacled monstrosity comes into view. The helpless tentacled monstrosity fails to defend itself. You skewer the tentacled monstrosity like a kebab!!!!!!! You kill the tentacled monstrosity! Trog accepts your kill.

Although six is usually quite enough:

Code:: The helpless orb of fire fails to defend itself. You stick the orb of fire like a pincushion!!!!!! You destroy the orb of fire! Your Stealth skill increases to level 22!

Orc level in Zig, a single invocation of Slouch.

Code:: Use which ability? (? or * to list) You can feel time thicken for a moment. You kill the orc warrior! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the ogre! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the hobgoblin! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the warg! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the warg! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc warrior! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the goblin! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the ogre! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the sixfirhy! You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc sorcerer! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the ogre! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the red devil! You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the goblin! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the goblin! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados thoroughly appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace. You kill the orc! Cheibriados appreciates the change of pace.

Arguably it should go into "I don't love it when..." thread because it was immediately followed by

Code:: The orc sorcerer throws its arms wide while chanting. The dead are walking! 23 zombies come into view.

and I didn't have a chance to cast Animate Dead

Code:: Welcome, hackum the Halfling Fighter. The bosom of this dungeon contains the most powerful artefact, the Orb of Zot. Press ? for a list of commands and other information. Found a dented platinum amulet. Found a staircase leading out of the dungeon. _f - a dented platinum amulet Oops, that amulet feels deathly cold. _f - a cursed amulet of inaccuracy (around neck)

I blast The Royal Jelly with chain lightning... and take off around 80-90% of its health in one go. (Remember, insulate yourself when working with high voltage!)

Code:: a - 260 gold an uncursed ring of poison resistance (unknown) b - 325 gold an uncursed ring of ice (unknown) c - 522 gold the amulet of Cekugob {Ward -Tele rElec rPois rN++ AC+1 EV+1} d - 443 gold the ring of Meuduuso {MR+ Str+3 Dex-2} e - 390 gold an uncursed ring of wizardry (unknown) f - 260 gold an uncursed ring of magical power (unknown) g - 520 gold an uncursed amulet of resist mutation (unknown) h - 689 gold the ring "Joakupoma" {Fire Str+4 Dex+3 Int+3} i - 28 gold a +1 ring of strength (unknown) j - 260 gold an uncursed ring of poison resistance (unknown) k - 260 gold an uncursed ring of poison resistance (unknown) l - 260 gold an uncursed ring of positive energy (unknown) m - 520 gold an uncursed amulet of faith (unknown) n - 260 gold an uncursed ring of magical power (unknown) You have 219 gold pieces. Welcome to Eha Leah's Jewellery Boutique! What would you like to do? [Esc/R-Click] exit [!] examine|buy items [a-n] select item for purchase [Enter] make purchase [A-N] put item on shopping list

You can go an entire game without seeing anything like this collection. And this is on D:6, at XL8. It's like a department store's holiday catalog.

Sandman25 wrote:I don't have high stabbing so I suspect it wouldn't happen without Chei.

+ Level 15.6(17.5) Axes
- Level 9.1 Stealth

After your passwall ends, sleeping monsters are not given a chance to wake up, unlike shadow step, so 'passwall-stabbing' is 100% safe as long as you kill in one hit.

Patashu wrote:
Sandman25 wrote:I don't have high stabbing so I suspect it wouldn't happen without Chei.

+ Level 15.6(17.5) Axes
- Level 9.1 Stealth

After your passwall ends, sleeping monsters are not given a chance to wake up, unlike shadow step, so 'passwall-stabbing' is 100% safe as long as you kill in one hit.

My point was that without stat boost to damage which is given by Chei the monster would survive since stabbing damage for axes is not that large.

BTW I had one occasion when I "passwalled" to a sleeping monster and got immediately attacked. I guess I was unlucky and the monster waked up while I was "wallpassing" (I didn't have scry active so I am not sure what happened).

Code:: _Your ball python bites Grinder. Your ball python constricts Grinder. You scratch Grinder. Grinder hits you. * * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * * You writhe in agony. You die... _Your ball python bites Grinder. Your ball python constricts Grinder. You are now level 4! You rejoin the land of the living... Health restored: 19; MP restored: 10 _You start waiting. Your Dodging skill gained 2 levels and is now at level 5! Your Unarmed Combat skill increases to level 6! Welcome back to level 5! _You feel a bit more experienced.

My felid was killed by grinder only to have the ball python finish him off and regain the level I had lost

This is the first time I've got an AK to a rune level. Playing a KoAK, in Snake:5 I sneaked into the rune chamber, used Corruption and blinked away. I killed a few naga mages who had teleported away from the mayhem and went back in. Everyone was dead. Picked the rune from the empty chamber. Just amazing. Maybe even a bit too easy :)

lugonu has the coolest abilities. the early game is hellish tho, and I always feel like I'm messing up.

GrFi:

Code:: 2778 | D:2 | Cast into the Abyss (Crazy Yiuf) 2828 | Abyss:1 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 36/38 MP: 6/6 3008 | Abyss:1 | Gained mutation: Your wings are large and strong. [a neqoxec] 3050 | Abyss:1 | HP: 1/39 [wretched star/orb of energy (13)] 3052 | D:2 | Escaped the Abyss 3262 | D:2 | Killed Crazy Yiuf

Code:: You are on level 7 of the Dungeon. Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit) As you read the scroll labeled JEUTOH SEMOTE, it crumbles to dust. This is a scroll of acquirement! [a] Weapon [b] Armour [c] Jewellery [d] Book [e] Staff [f] Wand [g] Miscellaneous [h] Food [i] Gold [j] Ammunition What kind of item would you like to acquire? (\ to view known items) Something appears at your feet! N - a runed eveningstar Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit) Space warps around you for a moment! N - a +5 eveningstar of distortion (weapon)

It's nice to have end-game weapon before Lair

+7 great mace Firestarter on a Minotaur that already had some M&F training. I switched gods to worship Qazlal, because why not.

This is hilarious.

Xom reasons

Code:: "Fight to survive, mortal." _The hill giant's giant club dances into the air!

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