Merfolk Armour

[graffen69]

Ok im playing a MeBe and I have a dilemma;
use +2 Mottled dragon armour (AC 19/EV 34/GDR 28%) or
+4 rP+ Splint Armour (AC24/26/GDR 34,29%) or
+2 rC+ Plate Mail (AC 26/EV 24/GDR 39,6%).
I´ve invested 12,5 points in armour and 22,5 in dodging. The GDR of the Plate is kinda tempting but i´m lacking all resistances, except 1 point of rC+ from a Cloak of Cold Resistance +1. It might also affects if I´m putting any more points into Stealth. Atm clearing D20-27 before tackling any Rune branches.
Any help appreciated.

Here´s a snippet of my morgue:

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-753-g766680d (tiles) character file.

Xevious II the Phalangite (Merfolk Berserker)      Turns: 36303, Time: 03:43:12

HP 136/136       AC 26     Str 24      XL: 18   Next: 12%
MP   5/5         EV 24     Int  6      God: Trog [*****.]
Gold 1407        SH  0     Dex 16      Spells:  0 memorised, 17 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +   a - +7,+8 bardiche (antimagic) {god gift}
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : .   X - +2 dwarf plate armour {rC+}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   Z - +0 golden helmet
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   P - +1 cloak {rC+}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   b - +1 pair of gloves
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   N - +0 pair of boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   D - amulet of Dischord {Gourm Acc-2}
Gourmand  : +       Levitation : .   w - ring of see invisible
                    Ctrl.Flight: .   A - +6 ring of evasion

@: burdened, slow, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely
unstealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, spit poison 1, Str +1, Int -1, Dex +1
a: Spit Poison, Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms,
Renounce Religion


You are on level 19 of the Dungeon.
You worship Trog.
Trog is exalted by your worship.
You are encumbered.
You are full.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 33 of its levels.
You have also visited: Bailey and Ice Cave.

You have collected 2826 gold pieces.
You have spent 1439 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +7,+8 anti-magic bardiche (weapon) {god gift}
 c - a +0 blowgun
 d - a +0,+0 orcish falchion of flaming
 Y - the -5,-3 glaive of the Orcish Mines {god gift, speed, MR}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long, but cause slightly less damage.
   
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Missiles
 e - 29 darts (quivered)
 l - 17 javelins
 n - 5 throwing nets
 o - 7 darts of frost
 y - 118 poisoned needles
 B - a poisoned dart
 J - 8 curare-tipped needles
 K - 15 darts of dispersal
Armour
 b - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 L - a +4 orcish splint mail of poison resistance
 N - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 P - a +1 cloak of cold resistance (worn)
 S - a +2 mottled dragon armour
 X - a +2 dwarven plate armour of cold resistance (worn)
 Z - a +0 golden helmet (worn)
Magical devices
 i - a wand of paralysis {zapped: 1}
 j - a wand of invisibility (2)
 u - a wand of draining {zapped: 1}
 x - a wand of fire {zapped: 1}
 C - a wand of teleportation (3)
 F - a wand of lightning
 G - a wand of draining
 Q - a wand of enslavement {zapped: 1}
 R - a wand of fireball {zapped: 1}
 U - a wand of digging {zapped: 2}
 V - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 7}
Comestibles
 q - a meat ration
 s - 5 apples
 v - 9 honeycombs
 E - 12 bread rations
 O - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 g - 6 scrolls of remove curse
 m - 3 scrolls of fear
 z - 2 scrolls of blinking
 M - 4 scrolls of teleportation
Jewellery
 r - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 t - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 w - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 A - a +6 ring of evasion (left hand)
 D - the amulet of Dischord (around neck) {Gourm Acc-2}
   (You found it on level 17 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   
   It affects your accuracy (-2).
 H - an uncursed ring of levitation
 I - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 T - an uncursed ring of fire
 W - an uncursed ring of teleportation
Potions
 f - 2 potions of heal wounds
 h - 3 potions of speed
 k - 2 potions of magic
 p - 3 potions of curing


   Skills:
 - Level 11,0 Fighting
 - Level 26,0 Polearms
 * Level 12,5 Armour
 - Level 22,5 Dodging
 - Level 5,2 Stealth


You have 17 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (20/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (4/4) D:7
    Elf (0/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:11         Shoals (0/5) Lair:5
  Snake (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (0/5) D:18 D:19

[TehDruid]

MfBe with GDA extended. My second victory ever.

[crate]

A reasonable rule of thumb for deciding which armour to wear is to look at the sum of your AC and EV and wear the armour that gives you the highest sum.

If you want to account for GDR you can add 1-2 AC to your actual AC total when wearing the plate ... it's a nice bonus, it keeps the damage you take more consistent, but on average it doesn't do as much as you might expect.

[KoboldLord]

Be sure to take note of the fact that the plate has the greatest room to improve, too. Eventually it will approach +10, depending on how many scrolls spawn for you, but the mottled only has a few more points left until you hit the cap for it.

[omegasean]

MY Mf usually use mottled dragon armour endgame. it is good vs fire orbs and still lets you have high EV.


offtopic:
your character is looking very strong i would grab a Demon trident and a buckler sometime, maybe have TSO bless it into a blessed trishula which is an amazing endgame weapon.

also training up fighting would be good.

[njvack]

MY Mf usually use mottled dragon armour endgame. it is good vs fire orbs and still lets you have high EV.

Wait, does MDA provide rF+ now? I thought it was just sticky flame.

... and OOFs didn't start sticky flaming dudes, right?

Sigh. I gotta play more.

[cerebovssquire]

MY Mf usually use mottled dragon armour endgame. it is good vs fire orbs and still lets you have high EV.

Wait, does MDA provide rF+ now? I thought it was just sticky flame.

... and OOFs didn't start sticky flaming dudes, right?

Sigh. I gotta play more.

Could be meaning fire dragon armour. At any rate MDA is completely useless against OoF so yeah.

A bardiche is definitely stronger for this character, too, if you are a merfolk the only reasons to use a demon trident are "I never fonud a bardiche", "I found an amazing shield/demon trident" and "I am putting crazy amounts of exp into (whatever skill) and can't afford the best weapon type for my character."

[graffen69]

Well wadda you know – ended up being my first win.
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5957

[jejorda2]

*Hugh Five*

[Styro]

Grats!