Weird happenings in RNG land


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Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Friday, 3rd March 2017, 18:40

Weird happenings in RNG land

D:10, found my first ring in the dungeon, also odd in this game, no gloves, boots, or helmet so far. Two amulets generated though (Magic regen and guardian spirit)
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Monday, 6th March 2017, 10:30

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

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  48 killer bees


I'm on D:8.

Halls Hopper

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Post Wednesday, 22nd March 2017, 05:49

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

I just cleared Depths 5 and finally found my first cloak. A minus -1 cursed cloak. RnG Jesus hates me sometimes

Shoals Surfer

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Post Saturday, 25th March 2017, 21:41

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

RNG has a bad habit of being similar for a few games if you die too soon.
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Barkeep

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Post Sunday, 26th March 2017, 15:04

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

There's no way RNG "carries over" to the next game, regardless of where you die. Right?

Abyss Ambulator

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Post Sunday, 26th March 2017, 20:10

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Yeah, there's a meta-rng that decides the frequency of aux armour over the next few games and another for jewelery. It's what all that bit shifting in random2() is for!

Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Tuesday, 28th March 2017, 19:13

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

archaeo wrote:There's no way RNG "carries over" to the next game, regardless of where you die. Right?

Most RNG's are based on the time you initialized them (and often other factors), so the time you loaded up crawl matters. If you lived longer, you'd have a different seed next game!

(no, you can't really manipulate this, and dying sooner is just as likely to increase your luck next game as decrease it)

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Post Tuesday, 28th March 2017, 20:14

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

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15 caustic shrikes (Depths:4)


They all spawned together, guarding the stairs down in an encompass vault.

Spider Stomper

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Post Wednesday, 29th March 2017, 02:56

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

After:
Dungeon
Orc
Lair
Snake
Swamp
Vault 1-4 (Update: 1-5)
Elf
Crypt
Depths
Abyss

I'm still without wand of digging or wand of disintegration.
(GhAE of Uska, still running)

Update:
Finally after 5 runes and 52k turns I found wand of disint. in Slime :)
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Tuesday, 6th February 2018, 18:21

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

So, I'm a SpEn (because I haven't played En for so long that I barely remember it) of Gozag.
And I get 4(!) bazaars. (can some math genius calculate the chance of this?)
And the only useful thing in those bazaars is a randart book containing blink. And a few potions and scrolls.
And because I'm with Gozag, exactly 0 of the 31 shops the game generated are food shops.

Sometimes I really love this weird little game!
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Post Tuesday, 6th February 2018, 18:35

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

I'm still really proud of this one with 3 bazaars and 38 shops.

The RNG does do weird stuff sometimes.
I am not a very good player. My mouth is a foul pit of LIES. KNOW THIS.

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Swamp Slogger

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Post Tuesday, 6th February 2018, 21:10

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woah, that's really 38 shops + bazaars? So 50+ total? That's really cool, too! I included the bazaar shops so that's actually a lot less! But still strange...

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 65379 | Depths:1 | Found a one-way gate to the infinite horrors of the Abyss.
 65433 | Bazaar   | Entered a bazaar
 65433 | Bazaar   | Found Astraogosm's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 65433 | Bazaar   | Found Bakk's Distillery.
 65612 | Bazaar   | Found Kymikiry's Antique Armour Emporium.
 65612 | Bazaar   | Found Esynich's Assorted Antiques.
 65625 | Bazaar   | Bought a glowing hat for 161 gold pieces
 65641 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of resistance for 90 gold pieces
 65641 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 45 gold pieces
 65641 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of haste for 90 gold pieces
 65667 | Depths:1 | Noticed Aizul
 65985 | Depths:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
 65985 | Depths:1 | Reached XP level 21. HP: 122/122 MP: 36/36
 66209 | Depths:1 | Killed Aizul
 66940 | Depths:1 | Killed Margery
 67440 | Depths:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
 67711 | Depths:2 | Paralysed by a floating eye for 2 turns
 67971 | Depths:2 | Reached skill level 26 in Stealth
 68047 | Depths:2 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
 68441 | Depths:2 | Paralysed by a floating eye for 2 turns
 68856 | Depths:2 | Reached skill level 27 in Stealth
 69235 | Depths:2 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 69705 | Depths:2 | Got a twisted cloak
 70113 | Depths:2 | Got a dazzling arbalest
 70114 | Depths:2 | Identified the -1 cloak of the Learner {rElec Str-2 SInv} (You found it on level 2 of the Depths)
 70115 | Depths:2 | Identified the +10 arbalest "Newtslayer" {flame, Stlth+} (You took it off a yaktaur captain on level 2 of the Depths)
 70168 | Depths:3 | Noticed Sojobo
 70883 | Depths:3 | Noticed Louise
 70981 | Depths:3 | Killed Louise
 71126 | Depths:3 | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
 71198 | Depths:3 | Noticed a golden dragon
 71622 | Depths:3 | Reached XP level 22. HP: 70/126 MP: 31/37
 71964 | Depths:3 | Killed a golden dragon
 71986 | Depths:3 | Gained mutation: Your magical capacity is low. (-10% MP) [a neqoxec]
 72058 | Depths:3 | Found a one-way gate leading to the halls of Pandemonium.
 72381 | Depths:4 | Found a flickering gateway to a bazaar.
 72390 | Bazaar   | Entered a bazaar
 72390 | Bazaar   | Found Nolis's Gadget Shop.
 72400 | Bazaar   | Found Edeonga's Antique Weapon Emporium.
 72411 | Bazaar   | Found Kyatesm's Distillery.
 72419 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of might for 28 gold pieces
 72419 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 35 gold pieces
 72419 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of mutation for 56 gold pieces
 72419 | Bazaar   | Found Lylil Han's Antique Armour Boutique.
 72430 | Bazaar   | Found Bonim's General Store.
 74457 | Depths:4 | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
 74850 | Depths:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Depths
 74942 | Depths:5 | Found a gateway to a bazaar.
 75098 | Depths:4 | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
 75464 | Depths:5 | Found a gate to the Realm of Zot.
 75597 | Depths:5 | Reached XP level 23. HP: 138/138 MP: 34/34
 76474 | Depths:5 | Got a smoking golden ring
 76797 | Depths:5 | Identified the ring "Egherogh" {rF- rN+ Str+5 SInv} (You found it on level 5 of the Depths)
 76805 | Bazaar   | Entered a bazaar


(the fourth one was on D:11)

Spider Stomper

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Post Wednesday, 7th February 2018, 20:51

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

I've had all of these except the bazaar happening to me.

Especially the bees. Oh the bees. And the first uncurse scroll found at D13. And one time 17 Hydras in Lair. I only remember that one because it was a death yak that killed me.

Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Wednesday, 14th February 2018, 00:01

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

I recently lost an enchanter who wielded a -2 dagger, and then never found a single RC scroll until they died on d:8. And I identified all scrolls as soon as I found them...

I also tried enchanting it to -1 because I forgot that no longer uncurses weapons (it used to). Oops.
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Post Wednesday, 14th February 2018, 00:46

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tasonir wrote:I also tried enchanting it to -1 because I forgot that no longer uncurses weapons (it used to). Oops.


I'm glad I'm not the only person to do this

Halls Hopper

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Post Saturday, 10th March 2018, 21:58

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

Playing an OgHu in 0.17, D:3, not much protection yet.
Got lethally poisoned by an adder. Only three potions, all unid. What do?
>qf
It is a potion of mutation! You feel agile! Thin metallic scales grow over part of your body! Rough black scales grow over part of your buddy!
You're now the sexiest ogre alive, and incidentally still deadly poisoned.
>ql
It is a potion of cure mutation! You lose all your sexy!
>qk
It is a potion of curing. You feel better.

Xom should've roared with laughter

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Post Sunday, 11th March 2018, 05:12

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

I had a run a week or two back where the first amulet of any kind to appear... was on Depths 5 in a shop. No amulets, unpleasant/cursed or otherwise, of any sort until Depths 5. And yes, I'd already grabbed 2~3 runes by then. Jeez.

Also had a run where some fire dragon armor appeared on the floor in d3. That was nice.

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Post Sunday, 11th March 2018, 07:11

Re: Weird happenings in RNG land

nvm, necro'd thread.

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Post Sunday, 11th March 2018, 14:51

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Tumalu wrote:I had a run a week or two back where the first amulet of any kind to appear... was on Depths 5 in a shop. No amulets, unpleasant/cursed or otherwise, of any sort until Depths 5. And yes, I'd already grabbed 2~3 runes by then. Jeez.

Also had a run where some fire dragon armor appeared on the floor in d3. That was nice.
I got +2 gold dragon scales on D:2 on my last run. RNG is a sneaky, slippery bastard.

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