Mutation build


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Lair Larrikin

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Post Thursday, 9th February 2012, 19:10

Mutation build

Suggestions will be much appreciated.

Any race, any class, any god, any strategy.
The only requirement is that the character should have as many mutations as possible and it should make the most of them.
It should be focused in a 3 rune game.

Think of it as a challenge.
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Eringya's Employee

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Post Thursday, 9th February 2012, 19:27

Re: Mutation build

Xom whatever. Spriggan is good to avoid early monsters he throws at you by running away if they're not of the smiting/hellfire variety. Trolls are also pretty awesome, because... Uh well, they're Trolls.

Here's a comment I've made about 2 months ago. https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?p=41924#p41924

A single Yaktaur armed with silver bolts took half my health at some point in Vaults. :P
I can't remember why I died though.
MuCK;
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Slime Squisher

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Post Thursday, 9th February 2012, 19:34

Re: Mutation build

Demonspawn whatever of Jiyva - quaff every mut pot/eat every mut corpse you see. You'd have to get lucky with a pre-lair Jiyva altar though.

Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Friday, 10th February 2012, 01:56

Re: Mutation build

Should play either troll, kobold, or stalker so you can eat/distill mutagenic corpses for sure.

Abyss Ambulator

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Post Monday, 13th February 2012, 14:16

Re: Mutation build

Or Felid. Mutation Cat...iz muuuuuuuutaaaaaaaated.
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Slime Squisher

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Post Monday, 20th February 2012, 01:43

Re: Mutation build

Right, and Felids don't care about items so Jiyva is great.
TrCK:
Xom grants you an implement of some kind.
_Something appears at your feet!
4790 gold pieces {god gift}.

DsAr:
You blink. You feel slightly more hungry. Prince Ribbit hits you. You die...
"Hey, that's my toy!"
Xom revives you!

Temple Termagant

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Post Tuesday, 21st February 2012, 17:32

Re: Mutation build

Troll monk of jiyva, get elyvilon to start then pray a jivya altar is approachable in lair. The only problem you've got to work around are hydras
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Post Tuesday, 21st February 2012, 17:43

Re: Mutation build

pleasedpig wrote:Troll monk of jiyva, get elyvilon to start then pray a jivya altar is approachable in lair. The only problem you've got to work around are hydras


Slimify! Or pick the first cutting weapon of flaming you can get and raise its level a bit.
MuCK;
  Code:
612 | D:1      | Xom revived you
614 | D:1      | Xom revived you
614 | D:1      | Slain by a gnoll

Slime Squisher

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Post Wednesday, 22nd February 2012, 07:23

Re: Mutation build

Greater healing = easy pacification.
TrCK:
Xom grants you an implement of some kind.
_Something appears at your feet!
4790 gold pieces {god gift}.

DsAr:
You blink. You feel slightly more hungry. Prince Ribbit hits you. You die...
"Hey, that's my toy!"
Xom revives you!

Slime Squisher

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Post Wednesday, 7th March 2012, 16:58

Re: Mutation build

Contrarian approach: Spriggan something of Nemelex to start with. Sacrifice the permafood and other consumables you don't need, spam decks of wonders for Helix/Experience. Sacrifice some corpses too if you need decks of summoning to keep you alive until you can switch to Jivya.

Level drains from Nemelex wrath could cancel out the experience cards you earned while worshiping him, but the rest is survivable with reasonable preparation + Spriggan speed. Some of it is even mutagenic! (miscasts, running through the abyss, Xom actions.)

Not saying it's easier/better, but it is a way of playing a "mutate me!" character until an altar to Jivya is found.
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