Spider Stomper
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Thursday, 12th September 2013, 12:53
My pet fire crab
This might be better in Crazy Yiuf's Corner, but it seems like it might actually be useful, so I'm posting here instead.
I'm currently playing a DjEn on CAO, got an early vault with a gold dragon and promptly enchanted its skin. Now on Vault 2 and ran into a fire crab. Rather than kill it, the idea occurred to me that I could use it as a pet, and name it George.
I mentioned the GDA because it gives me enough AC/GDR that the physical portion of George's hits only do 1-2 damage, and even without a regen ring on, that's pretty much the same as 0.
And on the bright side, I now have a semi-permanent gigantic cloud of flame belching forth from George everywhere I go. The downside is, I need to drop my scrolls and I suspect George might start to steal my XP. But on the upside...gigantic cloud of flaming death constantly around me.
Has anyone else tried this out?
I'll edit with any updates as I clear this level.
Update: sadly I had to make an uncontrolled teleport when Trog sent his forces in, and I haven't seen George since. I suspect he's still alive, since there were no ranged attackers nearby at the time, but he's not the brightest little fellow, and could have wandered into a Zot trap without adult supervision.
On the bright side, I can report that indeed he was quite an effective little pet. Being mindless, he didn't mind coughing up massive clouds of flame into Yaktaurs, Vault Wardens, Ettins, etc. And indeed yes he did take a good chunk of XP away, but that might be bearable for something like the Vault 5 entrance, or Elf 3 or someplace else where getting the treasure safely is more important than XP.
Update update: Yay, George is alive and well! I've sealed him in a little room where he can keep warm and toasty until I need him. Maybe I'll take him to Vault:5 later just for fun.
I'm currently playing a DjEn on CAO, got an early vault with a gold dragon and promptly enchanted its skin. Now on Vault 2 and ran into a fire crab. Rather than kill it, the idea occurred to me that I could use it as a pet, and name it George.
I mentioned the GDA because it gives me enough AC/GDR that the physical portion of George's hits only do 1-2 damage, and even without a regen ring on, that's pretty much the same as 0.
And on the bright side, I now have a semi-permanent gigantic cloud of flame belching forth from George everywhere I go. The downside is, I need to drop my scrolls and I suspect George might start to steal my XP. But on the upside...gigantic cloud of flaming death constantly around me.
Has anyone else tried this out?
I'll edit with any updates as I clear this level.
Update: sadly I had to make an uncontrolled teleport when Trog sent his forces in, and I haven't seen George since. I suspect he's still alive, since there were no ranged attackers nearby at the time, but he's not the brightest little fellow, and could have wandered into a Zot trap without adult supervision.
On the bright side, I can report that indeed he was quite an effective little pet. Being mindless, he didn't mind coughing up massive clouds of flame into Yaktaurs, Vault Wardens, Ettins, etc. And indeed yes he did take a good chunk of XP away, but that might be bearable for something like the Vault 5 entrance, or Elf 3 or someplace else where getting the treasure safely is more important than XP.
Update update: Yay, George is alive and well! I've sealed him in a little room where he can keep warm and toasty until I need him. Maybe I'll take him to Vault:5 later just for fun.
Last edited by minstrel on Thursday, 12th September 2013, 13:20, edited 2 times in total.
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