I think we learned an important lesson today.

[Sorcerous]

This was probably mentioned before, but *** piety under Ashenzari is much more valuable than advertised.

Also, a lack of resistances can be made up for with destructive power. A room filled with enemies that can poison your poor crawler /freeze /whatever is not impending death if you can obliterate >50% of the mobs with immolation/wands/spells.

[mollymolluskus]

I have come to the conclusion that the most important lesson for success at DCSS is: DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES! This is particularly true at low levels, and when playing an Octopode. Words to live by, which I don't...

[VeryAngryFelid]

Hepliaklqana's wrath can really help with ruthless efficiency banner.

[Sorcerous]

When making your way through the Hells, never forget the fact that cancellation exists. That way, you might avoid a humiliating failure involving petrification and spawned mobs.

[Sprucery]

Never take Zin on a spellcaster for a 3-rune game. You will get extremely frustrated about spell hunger and unless you get lucky with food shops, you'll find yourself training Spellcasting just to get your spells hungerless.

[treerex5]

Orc is scary.

[Sprucery]

If you're heavily using Ozo's Refrigeration, you should not let a green very ugly thing hit you in Swamp, as getting heavily poisoned without the possibility to quaff gets you killed.

[MrDizzy]

If you're going to dive Zot, don't magic map the levels because if you use auto-travel on the way back up it will take you through the unexplored areas. That very nearly got me killed.

[Magipi]

If you're going to dive Zot, don't magic map the levels because if you use auto-travel on the way back up it will take you through the unexplored areas. That very nearly got me killed.

This sounds suspiciously like a bug. Very weird if this is intentional.

[Shtopit]

If you're going to dive Zot, don't magic map the levels because if you use auto-travel on the way back up it will take you through the unexplored areas. That very nearly got me killed.

This sounds suspiciously like a bug. Very weird if this is intentional.

I've tried it out right now, autotravel does go thorough unexplored areas.

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