Tartarus Sorceror
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Joined: Thursday, 31st May 2012, 15:45
Have Xom Explicitly Gift Ammo
Meanwhile Xom is similar to scythes, in that it's a god that exists but one few would actively choose, and fewer among those with more game experience. Xom is the only mechanism I know of in the game for accumulating a long list of benemuts and can gift insane gear, but those possibilities (and being Xom they are only possibilities) is the only in-game reason I see to choose to worship Xom.
If Xom is guaranteed to gift ammo on a separate gift timer, in addition to his other gifts that come randomly from Xom actions and are only sometimes ammo, then there is a second incentive to actively choose Xom. Of course Xom isn't going to care about your skills when he gifts ammo (Oh, 26 Crossbows? Have some sling bullets). But if Crawl is attempting to remove no-brainers, this would mitigate 0.25's no-brainer of "worship Oka if you want to focus on ranged combat, particularly if you also want a shield."