Slime Squisher
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Joined: Thursday, 16th June 2011, 18:36
Maybe I just can't play non OP characters
I let an "extremely dangerous" ghost follow me down a dead end hallway to get to a Sewer. Cleared Sewer easily, dawdled as long as my hunger clock would allow, went back to dungeon, and of course the ghost was still right there and killed me.
I'd used my one teleport scroll getting away from it on a prior, failed approach to the Sewers (due to getting stuck between the ghost and popcorn). Hadn't found an altar to Okawaru yet, who probably could have powered me through.
It's not a matter of knowing what to do instead. ("Let the Sewers go, it's not worth it.") It's just that I don't do it, like when I'm in the headspace of playing DCSS the part of me that's making decisions isn't willing to play the threat assessment part of the game. However it doesn't feel interesting to re-win with the powerful gods/combos I've won with before. So it seems to me I have to come to grips with either that DCSS is played out for me now, or that to carry on winning with novel gods/combos I'll somehow need to get the rest of me on board with contextually appropriate cowardice.
In Progress:
Long-term goal: complete the pantheon.