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[milo]

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So what's the least resource-heavy way of dealing with these bands of miasma across the entrance to the rune-vault? Not so keen on using all my !curing and !HW before the fighting has even started.
Not worried about the slowing, just the HP-rot. (Is it even that bad? Think I can time it to only be in the cloud for 1 turn/band, but there are 2 bands of cloud that I can see, so I imagine I'll be using a few !'s regardless...)

Ideally I'd like to fight as many dudes as possible outside the vault, and limit the number of turns spent walking through the miasma. Suggestions?

[Thought about quaffing !haste, running through the clouds, 'tt' to wake everyone up, and running back to fight outside the vault. Also thought about using a charge of fireball to make some noise at edge of LOS, but I don't know how far away the first dudes are (and no ?magic map), so that might not work. No spells, and I don't think I have any other way of making noise at a distance, though I do have ?noise at my stash.]

[Octopode-monk-of-XOM]

i am a noob and play tiles version so dunno if this is any helpful

my hints would be a ring of sustain abilities to counter stat loss

or maybe u are able to use another cloud spell (like mephitic cloud - then use clarity amulet or be poison immune) to block the miasma clouds ? i dont know if they are permanent since game keeps giving me shoals all the time

if u dont have stuff like that id go somewhere else first and try to get helpful stuff, it sounds like a spot where its easy to die when unprepared. theres usually many swamp dragons and sometimes that mega hydra in the swamp rune room. ive only done it twice so dunno

[tompliss]

Scroll of noise ?
Loud spells/wands (lightning and fireball are some of the loudest and could also be useful if you attract soem monsters first) ?

[crate]

just walk through....

[milo]

Yup, I'd assumed as much. But wondered nonetheless.

Lost 1HP for 1 turn in 1 cloud. Does miasma just cause direct HP-loss, or does it stick you with rotting as an ongoing status (ever)?

[stickyfingers]

Rotting is direct without the status. Curable with HW and curing, but this has lower priority, don't do that if you don't have excess supplies.

[milo]

Well that was underwhelming. Got the rune with a total of 2HP lost, without using haste or clouds or noise (other than 'tt') or fancy tricks of any kind.

Think I was just sensitised to rotting after facing a ghoulish vault earlier in S. You live and you learn... Thanks guys.

[Lasty]

It's moot now, but FWIW, setting up clouds blocks other clouds from generating in the same tile, so a scroll of fog could be useful if you were forced to stand in the miasma-generating area.

[Patashu]

It's moot now, but FWIW, setting up clouds blocks other clouds from generating in the same tile, so a scroll of fog could be useful if you were forced to stand in the miasma-generating area.

Wow, the memories of using this secret tech are flooding back so fast (I think I was using meph or poison cloud with rPois lol)

[Hurkyl]

It's moot now, but FWIW, setting up clouds blocks other clouds from generating in the same tile, so a scroll of fog could be useful if you were forced to stand in the miasma-generating area.

Wow, the memories of using this secret tech are flooding back so fast (I think I was using meph or poison cloud with rPois lol)

Reminds me of the time I did a volcano with a Mummy that still had rF-: I simply spammed poison cloud everywhere I walked, so the erupting volcano wouldn't hurt me!