TriCKy

[szanth]

Playing a TrCK and not expecting to win is actually a pretty freeing experience. Especially when Xom gives you mutations, and they're all good, and one of them is "You Regenerate". The TriCK is to still be happy and free when he takes them all away and sends demons after you. :p

[Stormfox]

When you just don't care, you tend to do "foolish" stuff that you wouldn't do if you're playing carefully. And that's the sort of stuff that makes Xom happy, or at least happiER.

[szanth]

Indeed. Almost dying seems to be pretty hilarious.

[tormodpwns]

Even dying isn't so bad; Xom might even revive you.

[Sojiro]

TrCK are a pretty good choice for semi-beginners who want to try plenty of stuff without having to think through things too much. If you do well, you do well, and if you don't, Xom is amused. Win win. That lets a player move through the game and try stuff at a pretty swift pace.

[TehDruid]

My last TrCK (yesterday) died to a hellion summoned by Xom on d:4. I wouldn't say that's fast progress. And I like CKs in general.

[cerebovssquire]

Hellion on D:4? I've had fun like that.

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<Sequell> 1. elynaeandxom the Skirmisher (L1 MuCK), worshipper of Xom, slain by a Pit Fiend (created by the severe capriciousness of Xom) on D:1 (matt entry spirals) on 2011-10-01, with 20 points after 601 turns and 0:00:09.

I also won a TrCK who had Robust 3 in early game and Frail 3 towards late game. It was pretty hilarious.

http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/e ... 085745.txt

No rMut *really* hurt.

[Blade]

Hellion on D:4? I've had fun like that.

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<Sequell> 1. elynaeandxom the Skirmisher (L1 MuCK), worshipper of Xom, slain by a Pit Fiend (created by the severe capriciousness of Xom) on D:1 (matt entry spirals) on 2011-10-01, with 20 points after 601 turns and 0:00:09.

I also won a TrCK who had Robust 3 in early game and Frail 3 towards late game. It was pretty hilarious.

http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/e ... 085745.txt

No rMut *really* hurt.

That is one of the very worst mutation sets I have seen on any character. O_O

[PerverseSuffering]

>Xom might even revive you.

Is that a joke?

[Jabberwocky]

He can also smite the monster attacking you.

[TehDruid]

Awesome XOM fact: Xom occasionally transforms stuff around you. Last time I happened to have a djinn with me for a while, he turned it into a rakshasha. Poor thing died a few thousand turns after that from me because it turned hostile to a scroll of immolation. *sigh*

[cerebovssquire]

Xom once gifted me a rakshasa and a +8 randart sling of frost on D:1, and a good supply of stones. The next six floors were pretty fun with 5 slinging 20 damage invisible monsters permanently surrounding me.
I also once scummed a scroll of summoning till I had a permanent friendly Pit Fiend who then got turned into an Ice Fiend and then I died to cockiness and doing crypt without my demon buddy and forgetting my rF- when next to a sun demon hqgdnwmq3897/$)(=128ß

[TehDruid]

@cerebovssquire You have a story for everything Crawl related, don't you?

[cerebovssquire]

I'm waiting for someone to make a thread about Tomb:3 so I can tell my awesome (ly stupid) Tomb:3 stories from my first win.