Overpowered Monster Equipment


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Slime Squisher

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Post Saturday, 22nd January 2011, 04:01

Overpowered Monster Equipment

Lately I've noticed that monsters are being generated with very good equipment, especially in the early game. For example, I've taken +4 orcish robes off of orc wizards in more than one game. Once, Sigmund spawned with a +5,+4 scythe of speed and a +4 robe of positive energy (unfortunately I was playing a MuIE at the time so I couldn't use it). Jessica has killed me before with a +8,+4 club. Edmund has used a +4,+6 spiked flail of protection. And once on a DGFi I looted a +6,+5 hand axe of venom and a +1 ring mail of fire resistance off Terence, but I died to the poison before I could wreak havoc with my godly early game equipment.

Anyone else have similar stories?
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!
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Saturday, 22nd January 2011, 22:02

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

The one that just about caused me to throw my laptop across the room was the death of a really promising High Elf Ice Caster. It may have been in a .6 or .5 release. I was in Orc (not super early in the game) and I was trying to train my long blades and shields. I was nuking any 'dangerous' orcs, and dispatching lowly and isolated common orcs in melee. I think my caster was level 10ish, and was at about 85% health. Orc with a whip. All alone. No prob. (Famous last words.) I got one shotted with a whip of electrocution. ARRRGH! No idea of what the plusses were, or what that orc rolled, but I was dead.

gb

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Halls Hopper

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Post Sunday, 23rd January 2011, 01:35

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

i actually appreciate the chance to score great equipment early...just pulled a +4 robe of magic resistance off of sigmund the other day!
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Sunday, 23rd January 2011, 17:45

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

gb wrote:i actually appreciate the chance to score great equipment early...just pulled a +4 robe of magic resistance off of sigmund the other day!


The early game could really use a few MC / Evaporate resistant uniques... I like good early game loot, but it tends to kill me as it makes me sloppy.
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Sunday, 23rd January 2011, 23:54

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

minmay wrote:Sigmund got a +6, +2 scythe of pain last time I fought him.


Ouch. But I bet it proved a very quick way of learning the great crawl lesson of 'if you're not sure you can take it, go around it, and then come back and show it who's the boss'.
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Mines Malingerer

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Post Friday, 28th January 2011, 03:25

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

i once got a +5 +6 elven sabre of draining by killing duvessa......
i thought my +2 +4 elven sabre of venom would be better since i did not identify the sabre
and found about the sabre after i died
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Mines Malingerer

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Post Friday, 28th January 2011, 06:08

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

snmjk20 wrote:i once got a +5 +6 elven sabre of draining by killing duvessa......
i thought my +2 +4 elven sabre of venom would be better since i did not identify the sabre
and found about the sabre after i died


All you have to do is wield it to determine the brand (which may be dangerous).

Also you'd probably want to have used with the venom sword regardless. I find that the lowered xp gains from draining really adds up after a while.

Blades Runner

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Post Monday, 7th February 2011, 09:06

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

At this moment, I'm playing an SpBe going long blades, when I meet Blork the orc. After beating the living crap out of him, his weapon is IDed as a +4,+5 long sword of slicing. My damage output jumped up quite a lot :).
Thanks a lot, Blork. Especially for not hitting me with this one :).
... and forgive us our YASDs,
As we forgive our developers,
And lead us not into the Abyss,
But deliver us from Sigmund,
For Thine is the Roguelike,
the Orb and the Victory,
now and forever.

Dungeon Dilettante

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Post Wednesday, 9th February 2011, 21:30

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

My favorite find was a demon blade of speed off of Duane. That one changed my game in a hurry.

(CAO morgue file for anyone who wants to say speed brands can't be on long blades.)

Spider Stomper

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Post Saturday, 12th February 2011, 14:11

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

This is just absurd. My level 3 Kobold just got decimated by Ijyb and his +5, +12 club. Seriously, what the fuck?!
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Vestibule Violator

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Post Saturday, 12th February 2011, 17:33

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

Jenx wrote:This is just absurd. My level 3 Kobold just got decimated by Ijyb and his +5, +12 club. Seriously, what the fuck?!


...I didn't even know artifact clubs were possible. Condolences.
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Blades Runner

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Post Saturday, 12th February 2011, 17:46

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

mageykun wrote:
Jenx wrote:This is just absurd. My level 3 Kobold just got decimated by Ijyb and his +5, +12 club. Seriously, what the fuck?!


...I didn't even know artifact clubs were possible. Condolences.


There's artifact knives as far as I know. :roll:

Halls Hopper

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Post Saturday, 12th February 2011, 18:14

Re: Overpowered Monster Equipment

Curio wrote:
mageykun wrote:
Jenx wrote:This is just absurd. My level 3 Kobold just got decimated by Ijyb and his +5, +12 club. Seriously, what the fuck?!


...I didn't even know artifact clubs were possible. Condolences.


There's artifact knives as far as I know. :roll:

Yes, there are, I found one the other day. Sitting on an altar of Trog, IIRC. Of course, I was playing a troll at the time. :roll:

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