Orc armor adivce

[Nod2003]

Have a promising orc wanderer going and need some armor advice.
Should I go with a +6 scale mail w/ cold res or my +3 leather with +4 strength?
I also have a +4 ring of protection and a +5 ring of slay.
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[RBrandon]

+6 scale mail for sure

[Nod2003]

Armor was great. Made it to shoals 2, got banished by someone as a lvl 16. Survived quite a while in abyss but never found exit.

[VeryAngryFelid]

Try to kill easy monsters while in Abyss, an exit is guaranteed to be generated after getting some XP.

[Nod2003]

Found 2 scrolls of acquirenenr down there. Wish I could have made it out alive.

[stoneychips]

It doesn't usually lead to a big score, but you might enjoy starting some Orc Abyssal Knights and roaming the Abyss for a couple turns. (Book out the moment you see a monster anywhere near attack range!) Every so often, you can pick up a nice bonus item or couple this way before you even start D:1.

I haven't gotten anything overwhelming yet from this, but it amuses me. So far it's been minor gold, rations, pots, occasional blue weapons or armor.

And Orc Abyssal Knights (with a bit of training) can be strong stuff back in the Dungeon, too.

[VeryAngryFelid]

As far as I know AK starts in a special Abyss which has the same loot as D:1.