Gold aura for Gozag?

[Sandman25]

What does aura around gold do for Gozag worshipers?
I tried reading https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php? ... opose:gold which suggests to increase skills by N for N gold piles (even above 27) but skills are not increased (tested in wizmode). Also I don't see anything special in Ctrl+x, %, ^ screens.

[sgrunt]

The skill boost is no more; it was replaced by a chance to distract nearby creatures on their actions.

[Mathlc]

Well the skill boost felt really broken

[tasonir]

I think anything that let you get skills over 27 would be pretty broken. I'd love it, because I love building overpowered characters that are stronger than they need to be to win, but I doubt it'd be good from a balance perspective.

[sgrunt]

Even when it was around in game, it still capped at 27 skill.

[Confidence Interval]

Since this is the closest I can see to a Gozag thread:

Has anyone else tried playing Gozag with a fast-metabolism race? I tried an OgHu of Gozag and it looked like I was going to have trouble playing a race that is usually dependent on chunks (since you don't get any). I died quickly because this seemed so discouraging that I lost interest.

Can better players play fast-metabolism characters and using permafood only or is Gozag de facto out of bounds for the affected races?

[netkitten]

afaik you can buy porridge and potions of blood (helps ghoules etc too), i dunno how expensive it is

[Hopeless]

Since this is the closest I can see to a Gozag thread:

Has anyone else tried playing Gozag with a fast-metabolism race? I tried an OgHu of Gozag and it looked like I was going to have trouble playing a race that is usually dependent on chunks (since you don't get any). I died quickly because this seemed so discouraging that I lost interest.

Can better players play fast-metabolism characters and using permafood only or is Gozag de facto out of bounds for the affected races?

How about Sp of Gozag? Since they don't eat chunks anyway this seems a good fit, no?

[Kate]

The fourth option for Potion Petition is always porridge for non-carnivores (~6k nutrition), or 4 potions of blood (~4k nutrition) for vampires and full carnivores, costing 100 gold and increasing in price gradually as you buy more potions. It should be pretty affordable on top of regular permafood finds, although certainly slow/no metabolism races get a little more out of him.

[Sandman25]

"i desperately need money for food"
"(kobold gozag is pretty awful imo)"

Quote from a very good player whose KoEn of Gozag was spectated by me yesterday

[Kate]

Kobolds got 4 times less nutrition from Gozag yesterday compared to today, so hopefully they're more playable now. Still does end up being a bit less nutrition than porridge though.

[cerealjynx]

I grabbed Gozag because of some really awesome early shops, and am running into the hunger issue as I get to Lair 2 as a LO. There are literally zero chunks. Not all enemies turn into gold, but none turn into chunks. Is buying potions really the workaround for this? I just realized I was wearing a ring of regeneration, that's considerably impacting my current dilemma, no doubt.

[crate]

Um, yes, you're supposed to buy potions. Since you get so much gold it's not really much of a cost.

[nago]

Does amulet of faith affect gozag in some way?

[sgrunt]

Buying potions or shops from Gozag costs two thirds the price with faith.

[nago]

I see. And is there a penalty for removing it? (like other gods' piety loss) Do you have increased cost for some time or what?

[sgrunt]

Your prices are treated as though you've bought two shops and two sets of potions.