Best/Worst Artifacts


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Post Saturday, 25th February 2012, 06:44

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

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Post Saturday, 25th February 2012, 13:35

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Way to kill the buzz.
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Post Saturday, 25th February 2012, 17:21

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Post Sunday, 26th February 2012, 07:07

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Post Sunday, 26th February 2012, 10:04

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Pteri is now bombarding the thread with decent if not spectacular artifacts, it seems... But I thought this was meant to be Best/Worst? :|
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Post Sunday, 26th February 2012, 10:13

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Let's just take "Best/Worst" as meaning "top and bottom quartiles"

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Post Sunday, 26th February 2012, 11:21

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So let's retitle the thread "Half of all artefacts".

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Post Sunday, 26th February 2012, 18:53

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The +1 -3 hammer Hammer (god gift) {-cast stlth- rC+}

Thanks Trog, my long blade minotaur is jumping with joy over this marvelous ancient artifact.
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Post Monday, 27th February 2012, 13:12

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eharper256 wrote:Just got this beauty from my first scroll of acquirement on this game:
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I was like: :o

Especially since I just started training Necromancy (got Regen from a Book of War Chants that was lying around). Bit of a step up from my old +1/+3 Falchion of Slicing!!

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Post Monday, 27th February 2012, 20:53

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Zicher wrote: :shock:
Screw Okawaru - I want to worship Taehiot now!

Which leads to the silly idea of Taehiot, god of Enchantments and Greed (or Treasure Hunters?).
  • Gives 3 Scrolls of Acquirement as the 6* piety gift
  • Increases the chances of Enchant Scrolls working passively, allows them to reach higher levels (+12/+12?)
  • Biases Acquirement to be slightly better
  • Allows you to use Apportation, Insulation, Identify and Resist Poison as Invocations abilities.
  • Pray over weapons to automatically use a short duration Tukima's Dance on them (longer with higher piety), after which they dissapear into your gods treasure vault for eternity and you gain piety.
  • Also gain piety by discovering new item types and brands.
  • Mimics are friendly if your piety is high enough, and join your side like Beorgh and Orcs, and follow you around on the current level. Possibly, praying over a non-weapon item turns it into a mimic instead of invoking Tukima's Dance.
  • Possibly a means to disarm and disrobe (?!) enemies with a targeted ability.

Anyway, the god is really just interested in all of the treasure that is interred in the dungeon and needs you to liberate it, and give it to him/her. In return, he/she offers their subjects fortune in wealth and the ability to get more of it as well as the means to make their shinies even shinier. Personal greed to an extent is fine, but Redistribution of Wealth is the big byword.

In fact, what else is your quest for the orb if not a means to drag the ultimate shiny to the surface and ensure its power is distributed to the surface; these underground monsters have hogged it too long and this clashes with Taehiot's agenda.

Golden, Shiny, Larger than life, an imposing figure; that is Taehiot.

Huh, that somehow ended up mildly convincing. :o Kinda mildly clashes with Ash and Nemelex, but not a huge amount.
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Post Monday, 27th February 2012, 21:59

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

the -5 buckler of the Ancient Deaths {god gift, int-2, dam-3}

I guess Okawaru really wants me to use 2-handed weapons this game.
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Post Tuesday, 28th February 2012, 07:07

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amulet of Suanoi {rMut rF++ rC+ MR Acc+6}
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Post Tuesday, 28th February 2012, 14:54

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TwilightPhoenix wrote:amulet of Suanoi {rMut rF++ rC+ MR Acc+6}



This, the blade of Taehiot, and some Ice Dragon armor and you go go naked in the rest of your slots....
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Post Tuesday, 28th February 2012, 15:16

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Jeremiah wrote:the -5 buckler of the Ancient Deaths {god gift, int-2, dam-3}

I guess Okawaru really wants me to use 2-handed weapons this game.

Yes he really wants you to use the -4 +3 scythe of the Five Planets. (rC-, noisy, mut)
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Post Tuesday, 28th February 2012, 17:22

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the +7,+4 giant club "Beothyc" (weapon) {god gift, crush, -CAST +Rage +Inv rF+ Dex+1 Int+3 SInv}


Okawaru's gifts are rarely good, but then ...

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Post Sunday, 4th March 2012, 23:17

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thanks for finding the thread for me, sorry about creating the new one. Anyways, there were some critics, but I honestly think this is good.

-3 ring mail {rF+ rC+ rN+ MR str+1}

Sure it would need a better base type/enchantment to be the best, but I have a hard time saying 4 resists is not a notable randart ;)

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Post Monday, 5th March 2012, 13:41

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

the +10,+11 halberd "Monuyl" (weapon) {slay drac, Str-4 Stlth++}

Probably not the best weapon of all times, but for a light armour polearm naga gladiator quite good, especially in Vaults/Zot with all that dragons around.

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Post Tuesday, 6th March 2012, 19:07

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X - the ring of Cowardice {*TELE +Tele +Blink +Inv rN+}

So many ways to run away. :lol:
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Post Thursday, 8th March 2012, 07:01

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+3, +9 demon trident of Night (venom, rF++, rC++)

I had the Singing Sword and Transfered Knowledge from Long Swords to Polearms immediately.
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Post Thursday, 8th March 2012, 07:56

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sir_laser wrote:+3, +9 demon trident of Night (venom, rF++, rC++)

I had the Singing Sword and Transfered Knowledge from Long Swords to Polearms immediately.


Seems like a good idea :)
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Post Thursday, 8th March 2012, 18:17

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Hmm, a set of Failmail:
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Guess it has a decent slaying bonus at least. :lol:
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Post Friday, 9th March 2012, 00:07

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the ring of Owekan {Hunger- +Inv rElec rPois rF++ MR}

Yeehaw, I found this in Slime after complaining to the RNG about not having a nice source of rF.
And to think I was pretty happy with it when I though it was Hunger+ instead of Hunger-. :oops:
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Post Friday, 9th March 2012, 00:18

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That's a decent damn ring.

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Post Friday, 9th March 2012, 02:23

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the +9,+5 executioner's axe "Siefid" {god gift, speed, *TELE rPois rF+ rN+}


ONE brand away from being god-awesome.

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Post Sunday, 11th March 2012, 18:07

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Found that on D4, carried it 4 levels around until i found an identify scroll. I guess Sif Muna will be displeased when i remove my amulet of faith, but...

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Post Sunday, 11th March 2012, 20:41

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Love these gloves:
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 i - the cursed +1 pair of gloves of Tiywn (worn) {+Blink +Lev rF+ rC++ Acc+5 Dam+1 Curse}
   (You found it on level 26 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+1).
   It protects you from fire.
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It lets you levitate.
   It lets you blink.
   It may recurse itself.
   It has a curse placed upon it.

Recursing was actually a very nice perk for me, since I follow Ashenzari and am short on scrolls of curse armour. Handy for when I need to swap out a ring. And this goes nicely with it:
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 a - the +6,+5 falchion of the Hells {drain, rElec rF++ Dex+4}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   A truly terrible weapon, it drains the life of those it strikes.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.

Not bad for my caster. With both artefacts and Lichform I have rC+++, rF+++ and rElec. Drain if I'm cornered and out of MP. I haven't played long enough to know if these are "top of the line," but they are the best of my randarts. :)
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Post Sunday, 11th March 2012, 21:39

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Grimm wrote:
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the +9,+5 executioner's axe "Siefid" {god gift, speed, *TELE rPois rF+ rN+}


ONE brand away from being god-awesome.

In my opinion speed is a very good brand on large weapons. Have fun with hydras.
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Post Sunday, 11th March 2012, 21:42

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Thanks, but that guy's long since dead.
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Post Sunday, 11th March 2012, 23:10

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I'd take that exec axe over any holy wrath one in a heartbeat.
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Post Monday, 12th March 2012, 23:11

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Okay so, it's not the best weapon I've ever found, but if you take into account where I found it...

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(Playing a NaWz, hoping to get my second win as a streak from my first. Found troll leather armour on D1 and a ring of magical power on D2, then this on D4. Things are going worryingly well... Edit: and then found Pikel on D4, and he dropped a +2 robe {MR}. The RNG has got to be planning something...)
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Post Thursday, 15th March 2012, 16:26

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

The -5 leather armour of the Loofah. (rPois. Dex -1)
It looks pretty but it's quite useless.
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Post Thursday, 15th March 2012, 17:49

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Jabberwocky wrote:The -5 leather armour of the Loofah. (rPois. Dex -1)
It looks pretty but it's quite useless.

It'll keep your skin clean and exfoliated.

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Post Thursday, 15th March 2012, 20:08

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Just found this little diddy on dungeon level 8 on my new spriggan enchanter, also, first time i have tried spriggan enchanter, why have I not tried this sooner?!

+4, +4 sabre "fihutaf" (weapon) {holy, +blink, +Inv, rElec}

Oh and I found as I was running away from about 5 rotting devils, what luck. Shame I had just learned invisibility though.

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gruber wrote:Just found this little diddy on dungeon level 8 on my new spriggan enchanter, also, first time i have tried spriggan enchanter, why have I not tried this sooner?!

+4, +4 sabre "fihutaf" (weapon) {holy, +blink, +Inv, rElec}

Oh and I found as I was running away from about 5 rotting devils, what luck. Shame I had just learned invisibility though.


I just found a book of transmutations too... what to do what to do... This is my first spriggan enchanter, is transmutations a viable route to get to the end game? Only going for a 3 rune run if I ever get that far.
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Post Saturday, 17th March 2012, 23:24

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Probably the strongest non-artifact I've ever found.

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Yeah, only one god would benefit from it and only a few species wouldn't go below high run speed, but it's still a pretty nice suit of armor considering it came like that. If I didn't need my spells on that character, I might have used it (was a Centaur, so ponderous wouldn't have been that big of a deal).
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Post Saturday, 17th March 2012, 23:51

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Ponderousness is horrible.
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Post Sunday, 18th March 2012, 08:36

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minmay wrote:That is worse than a +0 plate mail of not-ponderous.

This is my reason for existing. :lol:
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Post Sunday, 18th March 2012, 12:46

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Continuing the theme of redefining best/worst, here is my best artifact so far this game:
B - the ring "Jiyk" (left hand) {rC+ Str+5 Int+3 Acc+5}
Which gives me my first useful source of rC, on a draconian with a longbow and then dragon form, so I think the Str and Acc are more useful than usual.

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Post Sunday, 18th March 2012, 21:05

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Just found this:

+3/+12 spear of Optimality {holy, rF++, SInv}

Thinking it's time to switch weapon types
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Post Sunday, 18th March 2012, 21:46

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Southpaw wrote:Just found this:

+3/+12 spear of Optimality {holy, rF++, SInv}

Thinking it's time to switch weapon types

Not bad. It would be better if it wasn't a spear though. What is your skill investment in your main weapon type and were are you?
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Post Monday, 19th March 2012, 02:18

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

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L - the ring of Interdependent Arising (left hand) {rElec MR SInv}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)

u - the ring "Ufoh" (right hand) {Regen +Blink rN+ MR}
   (You acquired it on level 7 of the Dungeon)

Not the most awesome randarts I've ever seen, but just look at the depth!
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Post Monday, 19th March 2012, 11:27

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Mix ice, swamp and storm dragons, and you get this:
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T - the +2 ice dragon armour "Twuntom" (worn) {+Rage rElec rPois rF- rC++}
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Post Tuesday, 20th March 2012, 07:54

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WANT.

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Post Wednesday, 21st March 2012, 09:40

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

the -6,+1 hand axe "Nakan" {venom, +Inv SInv}
(You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)

Of course i hadn't identified its bonuses and got hacked to death first combat with it...I was like "wtf?? RNG hates me 5 miss in a row!!!"
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Post Wednesday, 21st March 2012, 09:41

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Baine wrote:the -6,+1 hand axe "Nakan" {venom, +Inv SInv}
(You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)

Of course i hadn't identified its bonuses and got hacked to death first combat with it...I was like "wtf?? RNG hates me 5 miss in a row!!!"

That's pretty seriously terrible.

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Post Wednesday, 21st March 2012, 13:26

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

Okawaru just gave me this:

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 g - the +0 plate armour of Khuejial (worn) {god gift, Str-5 Int-2}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 5 of the Vaults)   
   
   It affects your strength (-5).
   It affects your intelligence (-2).


Considering that I also have +6 artifact fire dragon armor and +4 artifact troll leather armor, I think I'll pass.
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