Best/Worst Artifacts

[cerebovssquire]

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.

[Fungus]

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!

[Jabberwocky]

"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."

[Grimm]

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

[cerebovssquire]

??love

You miss Sonja. You feel sick. You die...
!lg Elynae sprint ktyp=stupidity 2 -tv

[Jabberwocky]

I had that happen to me once. I was a SpVm, and had a encounter with Agnes who had a lajatang of venom.

[daggaz]

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.

[rebthor]

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.

[Bloax]

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.

[Grimm]

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

[daggaz]

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.

[nago]

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
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

[Fungus]

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.

[pikkle]

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

[Roshnak]

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

[Grimm]

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

[Roshnak]

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.

[Confidence Interval]

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.

[KoboldLord]

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

What.

[Mankeli]

Should this one be in appropriate randart names list or something . Also recently found a ring "Prat" with just -CAST and Hunger.

[Grimm]

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.

[Lafaros]

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}"

[Confidence Interval]

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?

[Grimm]

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

[Confidence Interval]

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.

[yandayixia]

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

SWEET! Welding it ALL THE TIME!!!!!

[Jabberwocky]

Maybe they're a Troggy.

[Confidence Interval]

Everything written here is a lie.

[Jabberwocky]

Only Scots could do that. We Canadians never tell a lie or exaggerate details.

[Confidence Interval]

QED.

But in any case, I thought many Canadians were Scottish.

[Jabberwocky]

Only in Nova Scotia.

[Grimm]

Surely there are some in Qwebeck, aka Nova Frogia.

[Confidence Interval]

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.

[Jabberwocky]

The mourningstar "Eos" is an unrandart.
How long will it be before Grimm and CI take the bait?

[Confidence Interval]

Indeed.

[dassem]

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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}

[starless]

the +14 crystal plate armour of Conscience {god gift, rF+ Int+4 Acc+5}

[Confidence Interval]

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

[starless]

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

(can you do a char dump in Tiles?)

[BlackSheep]

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

[Confidence Interval]

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.

[byrel]

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.

[Grimm]

I call clustering illusion.

[Jabberwocky]

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.

[starless]

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[rebthor]

Does that make you an Onion Knight?

[BlackSheep]

I was expecting something about losing the first knuckle from each finger of your left hand.

[Jabberwocky]

What's the reference in that?