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Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 5th March 2018, 20:03
by stoneychips
The +10 halberd of Yney

{ flame, MR+++ Str+3 Int -5 Dex+3 SInv }

Of course, a V:4 Oka gift on a slightly casteryly draconian with 0 polearms trained. :roll:

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 8th March 2018, 07:21
by VeryAngryFelid
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the +12 hand axe of Modesty {vamp, rF+ Int+2 Dex+2 Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)


I was really excited until I saw the brand :(
That's in unlimited ammo game as MiHu.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 8th March 2018, 17:05
by stoneychips
It seems tuna's are very squirrelly, but rather easily fried too. And getting expensive.

D:4 shop, 1006 gold

The ring "Tunalurr" {rF- MR++ Int+6 Dex+5}

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 8th March 2018, 19:47
by Stairdancer
+10 flail of the Endless March {speed, Dex+4}


Maan, if only it had a better base type...

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 9th March 2018, 04:41
by stoneychips
Oka gift in Vaults: 1

+4 pair of gloves "Vimn" { rf+++ Str-3 Int+6 }

If I wasn't all melee at the moment and already wearing +3 Gauntlets of War { Slay +5 }, and loads of rF too.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 9th March 2018, 17:48
by stoneychips
the ring of Poynugor {rCorr rElec rF++ rC- Str+8}
(You found it in an ice cave)

w - the +5 scale mail of Reycoite (worn) {rC- MP+9 Str+9}
(You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)

Used the armor all the way onward through Lair branches, Vaults 4, Depths, Slime (more difficult for a gargoyle), and Elf so far.

the amulet of Dishonour (around neck) {Faith rPois rC- MR+++ SInv}
(You found it on level 5 of the Pits of Slime)

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Sunday, 11th March 2018, 12:08
by Eyesburn
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ring of the Tortoise {rF+ MP+9 AC+6 Str+3 Dex+4}


edit:
  Code:
+0 hat of the Were-rabbit {Str+4}
:D

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Sunday, 11th March 2018, 20:01
by stoneychips
I like the tortoise.

This one might actually inspire a deep elf to train a touch of maces.

The +10 whip "Buno" { elec, Stlth+ }

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 29th March 2018, 16:05
by nago
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K - the +11 acid dragon scales of Kusoret (worn) {MR+ rCorr}.


BEST LIGHT ARMOR I EVER SEEN

And I'd no idea randart could go so up even for low base ac armor

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 6th April 2018, 16:03
by Fingolfin
In a labyrinth on an Oka melee Troll :
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i - the +7 gold dragon scales "Xiexat" (worn) {+Fly rPois rF+ rC+ Regen+ Int+3
Dex-3}

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Sunday, 15th April 2018, 12:13
by stoneychips
In shop on D:5 for 1402 gold:

The ring "Zuczarch" {+Blink AC+6 Dex+4}

Now, all I need is Acquirement for the money. :lol:

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 16th April 2018, 05:08
by Magipi
Sometimes banishment is good for you:

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 f - the ring "Huori" (left hand) {rF++ rN+ Slay+6}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Abyss)   

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 19th April 2018, 16:20
by stoneychips
Magipi wrote:Sometimes banishment is good for you:

  Code:
 f - the ring "Huori" (left hand) {rF++ rN+ Slay+6}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Abyss)   

... But when Banishment IS good, she is very, very berry punch smash zing bop good for you. 8-)

I do love finding useful stuff in Abyss too, but that about takes the cake.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 19th April 2018, 16:24
by stoneychips
Mid-game awesome for a (non-Oka) Gnoll, who can't as easily train bigger stuff near min delay right away anyway.


The +6 scale mail of The Game of Kings { Dex+6 }

The +11 Hand Axe of Untruth { chop rElec MR- Str+4 }

The +9 shortbow of Pinluc { venom Str+6 Dex+3 }

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 23rd April 2018, 15:20
by argonaut
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 48750 | D:6      | Bought bloodstained pearl dragon scales for 2173 gold pieces
 48770 | D:6      | Identified the +16 pearl dragon scales of the Centipede {rF++ rN+ Str+4 Int-5 SInv}


That was gold well spent.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 30th April 2018, 04:47
by stoneychips
Carried by a gnoll on D:7

Useless to a kobold, but was curious so fyi:

A +7 glaive of Bankruptcy { holy, rC+ Str-2 Int+7 SInv }

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 30th April 2018, 07:29
by Sprucery
I think this one belongs to this thread, a perfect acquirement for a MuHu who started with bows:
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 a - the +11 longbow of Voamut (weapon) {venom, rF+ Str+3}
   (You acquired it on level 12 of the Dungeon)   

(Died with 9 runes on Tomb:3.)

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st May 2018, 05:39
by stoneychips
Hey, is this a randart? I didn't find it on the Wiki list of unrands, but it seems like such a "package deal" that I wondered.

The +8 whip of Dissolution { pain, *Corrode +Inv rElec rN+ }

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st May 2018, 05:44
by stoneychips
These could be useful, in the long hybrid casterly run... (On an orc fighter now, hmm.)

The +1 pair of gloves of Oka's Regard {*Corrode rF+ Str+4 Int+8}

For now, I'm still transitioning from scale to plate (going to Lair branches) and barely casting much anyway, so I'll just stick with +2 gloves of strength. But maybe if that stashed higher Necromancy stuff ever gets going... :evil:

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st May 2018, 06:15
by stoneychips
The +10 arbalest of Okawaru {elec, MR+ Dex+4}

Kinda like an orc's version of the storm bow? 8-)

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 7th May 2018, 01:33
by Vanguardan
This is kind of a best and worst artifact simultaneously. The resistances and bonuses are nice, but MINUS 8? I've never seen a randart with that bad of an enchantment.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 8th May 2018, 09:27
by Salmacis
+10 crystal plate armour "Cuasuomu" {rC+ rCorr Str-2 Dex+5}

Won that game obviously

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 8th May 2018, 11:18
by Shtopit
Vanguardan wrote:This is kind of a best and worst artifact simultaneously. The resistances and bonuses are nice, but MINUS 8? I've never seen a randart with that bad of an enchantment.

My experience is that large shield randarts so often have such bad enchantment numbers, that they are almost always useless, or inferior to a non artifact one.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Wednesday, 9th May 2018, 05:30
by cjo
the +9 quarterstaff of Annoyance (weapon) {crush, *Noise rN++ Dex+8 Stlth+}

Love the name!

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Wednesday, 9th May 2018, 07:33
by Stairdancer
H - +5 hat of Gatyipno {Slay+6 Stlth-}

every minotaur wet dream

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 11th May 2018, 22:51
by Stairdancer
X - amulet "Opimotau" {*Corrode +Blink rF+++ Regen+ Slay+4}

aaand another one

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 21st May 2018, 19:18
by Siegurt
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the ring of Ahatuipt {rN+ MR+ Slay+6}

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 22nd May 2018, 03:41
by Fingolfin
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+9 plate armour of Integrity {+Fly rElec rC+ MR+}

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 25th May 2018, 20:08
by Malevolent
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b - the +10 giant spiked club of Responsibility {antimagic, Dex+2}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 5 of the Realm of Zot)


I was playing an Ogre of Okawaru, with the goal of doing a 15 rune run with Okawaru (I think it's very ungrateful how people play Oka for 3 runes but inevitably ditch him for TSO if they want to play extended). The character got a lot of nice GCs/GSCs, and this was one of the best. Unfortunately, I got it near the very end of Zot:5, after I had already collected all 15 runes. It would sure have been useful for the rest of extended! (Wouldn't have used it as a main weapon since it would have cut my mana pool too much, but it'd have been a great switch-in. On that note, my ogre was pretty good at spellcasting considering he was wearing GSC - something like Summon Mana Viper was no problem to cast by around mid-extended.) It still saw a bit of use against OOFs and the stuff on the orbrun, but didn't get enough time to shine, sadly.

This was my main weapon for most of extended, by the way:

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a - the +8 giant club of Laceration (weapon) {elec, rC+ MR+ Str+4 Dex-2}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 1 of the Depths)


Before that, it was mostly a +12 giant club of flaming that I found (brandless) in an orc shop.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 29th May 2018, 20:39
by white_noise
I understand that this topic is mostly for lucky/unlucky rolls on randarts, but still...
I just have found the "Devastator" for centaur of Wu Jian.
The combo is completely ridiculous. Even single shatter activation can cause plenty of pain, but it can trigger multiple times per step when you whirlwinding through a bunch of enemies. Just let your imagination to draw a picture...

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Sunday, 3rd June 2018, 12:42
by Malevolent
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a - the +10 triple crossbow of Quantum Leap (weapon) {penet, rPois rF+++ Int+4 Dex-3}
   (You took it off an orc on level 2 of the Vaults)   


On a crossbow kobold. It dropped in Vaults:2, but unfortunately, got lost among the clutter. I found it only after my fifth rune, when I had some brand weapon scrolls that I wanted to use on a spare triple crossbow - so I searched for triple crossbows and realized I hadn't identified a randart yet.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 7th June 2018, 07:48
by stoneychips
I didn't know it was possible to get this much (ahem) hubris in one item! It's probably appropriately named, though.

The Ring of Xom's Recklessness { rPois Str+4 Int+4 Slay+5 Stlth+ }

Found lying around on D:10, everyone's favorite floor but still.

Also raises obnoxious choices like, do I really want to even try Ice Cave without rC now that I have this. Ugh. First world artifact problems! :lol:

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 8th June 2018, 15:34
by Shtopit
Wait, weapons can have +12 enchanting?

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 8th June 2018, 15:43
by Malevolent
Shtopit wrote:Wait, weapons can have +12 enchanting?


I thought not (or at least not outside the realm of randarts), until I found that highly enchanted giant club in a shop. Apparently, they can.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 8th June 2018, 16:29
by Skrybe
Unbranded weapons get a chance for an enchantment bonus that can push them as high as +12.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 11th June 2018, 15:37
by PseudoLoneWolf
w - the +3 short sword of Zuliticw (weapon) {pierce, *Corrode MR+++}
(You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)

It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.

It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
It may corrode you when you take damage.


y - the +5 robe of the Earth (worn) {+Inv MR+ Int+6}
(You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)

It affects your intelligence (+6).
It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
It lets you turn invisible.


Mostly notable for how early I found both of these, on a GnNe. MR++++ by D:5 feels real good. I just tabrolled Grinder without being paralyzed once.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 12th June 2018, 09:42
by crawlnoob
Malevolent wrote:
  Code:
a - the +10 triple crossbow of Quantum Leap (weapon) {penet, rPois rF+++ Int+4 Dex-3}
   (You took it off an orc on level 2 of the Vaults)   


On a crossbow kobold. It dropped in Vaults:2, but unfortunately, got lost among the clutter. I found it only after my fifth rune, when I had some brand weapon scrolls that I wanted to use on a spare triple crossbow - so I searched for triple crossbows and realized I hadn't identified a randart yet.


Always do a "Ctrl-f, . " on busy floors with good drops, once you have cleared them.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 12th June 2018, 11:18
by Zhorgal
crawlnoob wrote:
Malevolent wrote:
  Code:
a - the +10 triple crossbow of Quantum Leap (weapon) {penet, rPois rF+++ Int+4 Dex-3}
   (You took it off an orc on level 2 of the Vaults)   


On a crossbow kobold. It dropped in Vaults:2, but unfortunately, got lost among the clutter. I found it only after my fifth rune, when I had some brand weapon scrolls that I wanted to use on a spare triple crossbow - so I searched for triple crossbows and realized I hadn't identified a randart yet.


Always do a "Ctrl-f, . " on busy floors with good drops, once you have cleared them.

And sort by name instead of distance.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Thursday, 14th June 2018, 19:35
by stoneychips
Shtopit wrote:Wait, weapons can have +12 enchanting?

Yes, albeit rarely.

Found in an Ice Cave (around D:12-13):

the +12 demon whip "Bomem" {elec, rElec rF+ rC+}

Along with +1 boots of running earlier in the map
and a +1 crystal plate armor of cold resistance in the same final treasure area

(Not too much more loot in the place that time, hehe.)

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 15th June 2018, 12:58
by nago
holy shit

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 18th June 2018, 04:29
by Fingolfin
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the amulet of Niomay (around neck) {Faith rElec MR+ Str+7 Stlth-}

Found this ridiculous amulet in the Desolation of Salt on a FoFi^Okawaru.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 18th June 2018, 04:33
by Fingolfin
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the ring "Wag Aza" (left hand) {+Blink MR++ Slay+6}

Same place, same character. Now I am feeling the terrible pressure not to succumb to pulsions of recklessness !!

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 18th June 2018, 04:52
by Fingolfin
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the +1 cloak of the Game of Life {rF- rC++ MR+++}

Thanks Oka (and John Conway), but I already had MR+++++ BEFORE you gifted me this !!! This game is really getting ridiculous...

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Friday, 22nd June 2018, 04:10
by CyrusL
Couldn't really get much better than that.

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 X - the amulet "Uliuner" (around neck) {Acrobat rElec rF+++ rC+++ MR-}
   (You took it off a deep elf demonologist on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [amulet of the acrobat]
   
   It helps you evade while moving and waiting.
   It renders you almost immune to fire.
   It renders you almost immune to cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 25th June 2018, 21:18
by stoneychips
nago wrote:holy shit
Yeah, but Murphy's Law strikes again. At that time I was also competing with wanting to watch whole World Cup games, way too early in the morning... So fell asleep on the keyboard and splatted that character prematurely. Oops! :lol:

Hey more hubris alert though!

This one is a bit of a hit for any might-be-casting. Still great stabbing. Even skewering Lair komodo dragons and slugs with it on my octopode (some damage soaking occasionally applies).

The +7 dagger "Oneff" {elec, rF++ rC+ Int-5 SInv}

And it only took 175 gold (unidentified) in a D:5 shop. :D :D :D

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 25th June 2018, 22:04
by RoGGa
+12 arbalest of Leimmar {venom, rC+}
(You took it off an orc priest on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)

for a OpVM^Kiku already wearing a +4 shield {AC+3} with Shield skill of 8.1 and rising

...sigh!

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 25th June 2018, 22:16
by stoneychips
RoGGa wrote:+12 arbalest of Leimmar {venom, rC+}
(You took it off an orc priest on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)

for a OpVM^Kiku already wearing a +4 shield {AC+3} with Shield skill of 8.1 and rising

...sigh!

Look on the bright side. You already have venom, so at least the brand is redundant. It'd be worse if it was like, penetration! :lol:

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Tuesday, 26th June 2018, 03:44
by RoGGa
stoneychips wrote:
RoGGa wrote:+12 arbalest of Leimmar {venom, rC+}
(You took it off an orc priest on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)
for a OpVM^Kiku already wearing a +4 shield {AC+3} with Shield skill of 8.1 and rising...sigh!

Look on the bright side. You already have venom, so at least the brand is redundant. It'd be worse if it was like, penetration! :lol:

Are you psychic? I saw your reply just when I was about to edit my post in order to add:
the +7 longbow "Piercer" {penet, EV-2} (You found it on level 3 of the Vaults)
At least I now have Ozocubu's Armour! :D

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Saturday, 30th June 2018, 14:00
by dplusplus
I found the uncursed helmet of the Pleiades {rElec rPois rF++ Stlth-} at D:7 and I'm playing Minotaur. :(

Re: Best/Worst Artifacts

PostPosted: Monday, 2nd July 2018, 23:35
by RoGGa
the -6 hat "Lefeb" {+Blink MP+9 Str-3 Int+3} ...another Acquirement scroll wasted :roll: