CSDC S2 Week 5 - KoHe - CLOSED

[WalkerBoh]

Please use this thread for discussion of all things pertaining to Week 5 of Crawl Sudden Death Challenges Season 2.

Week 5: KoHe (Kobold Healer)

Tier I Bonus: Enter Lair before killing or pacifying a unique.
Tier II Bonus: Enter Zot before pacifying or killing a unique.

*Note: For the purpose of bonuses, "branch" means "multi-level branch, not including the main Dungeon".
Unless otherwise specified, you do not need to win the game to get points for the bonus challenges.

CSDC Season 2 Results and Standings

Week 5 Challenge Wins

Spoiler: show

None so far!

[duvessa]

I object to these bonuses. It is very common for uniques to, e.g. wander into vault clouds and die, before they even come into LOS.

[tabstorm]

i take it you changed you decided against revealing the 5th and 6th challenges at the same time?

edit: Does that credit the player with the kill of said unique?

[TeshiAlair]

Oh hey, look, my least-favorite race I'm actually willing to play.
Oh hey, look, a class that I normally refuse to play.

If I do well this game I won't even know how I'll feel.

EDIT: Crawl had mercy on me and swarmed me with enemies. Whew.

[Tedronai]

So if I go with Trog and one of my bros kills a unique that does not count, right? ... right?!

[duvessa]

edit: Does that credit the player with the kill of said unique?

A unique dying, being banished, etc. will ALWAYS generate the milestone, regardless of how it died/got banished.

[Tedronai]

A unique dying, being banished, etc. will ALWAYS generate the milestone, regardless of how it died/got banished.

That's not a problem: I'm sure WalkerBoh will gladly read through the "Vanquished Creatures" section in every morgue and ensure that all milestones before Lair/Zot are either listed in "Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)" or "Vanquished Creatures (others)" :-)

[WalkerBoh]

I object to these bonuses. It is very common for uniques to, e.g. wander into vault clouds and die, before they even come into LOS.

I wouldn't say "very common", but I am okay with this being slightly luck-based.

i take it you changed you decided against revealing the 5th and 6th challenges at the same time?

Yes, I decided against it.

[xentronium]

I have never played as a kobold. Not even once. Not sure why not...
Anyway this will be a first for me.

[Strat]

Well, that was stupid ... here I was congratulating myself on getting the tier II bonus, but the score sheet said otherwise. Sure enough, I look at my morgue and it was Boris TWICE on V:5 -- I obviously thought he was just an ancient lich both times. Argh! Oh well, I still had my best game so far, and actually added a win with a new god, race, and background to my list, which is still a big deal to a player like me. One more to go, and good luck to all.

Edit: On second thought, he must have been the invisible thing that almost killed me. That makes me feel both better (wasn't just my inattention) and worse (so close ...)

[WalkerBoh]

The good news for you is that you have such a stranglehold on Division 3 that the loss of those 2 pts won't matter too much.

[Magipi]

"You can't wield armour."

This is the message when I try to put on a shield. What is this?

[Tedronai]

Due to their small size Kobolds have some item restrictions. The shield you're trying to put on is probably too big...

[Magipi]

Due to their small size Kobolds have some item restrictions. The shield you're trying to put on is probably too big...

No, that's a buckler, sorry for not being clear.

[nago]

That's the message when you're trying to 'w'ield armour/shield, like it was a weapon, instead of 'W'earing it.

[Magipi]

That's the message when you're trying to 'w'ield armour/shield, like it was a weapon, instead of 'W'earing it.

Oh my. What a stupid mistake. Thank you!

[Lasty]

This combo was awful for me. My first one ended up kiting the first goblin I saw around D1 for about 2000 turns, picking up friends over time, before a monster with a double move and a dagger of venom killed me -- not immediately of course, but each hit poisoned me to a fatal level, then I'd drink curing or use a self-healing ability, and it'd hit me back to a fatal level.

The second game I got to XL 5, again with a lot of tedious kiting, before running into 2 goblins in a corridor. I pacified the front one, which let the back one shoot through it with a wand of cold, taking me below 50% health. I try to pacify it and get another bolt of cold in the face for my trouble, and now I'm at very low health. I heal myself, and it shoots again, sending me to -1 hp.

Whee.

[xentronium]

I had a really good start this time, but died due to orc priest bullshit and forgetting to ID the scrolls in my inventory.

Found a +5 ring of slaying and boots of running by D3.

[all before]

I was feeling confident about my character, I guess too confident. I went into Vaults 1, was successfully handling it, but then i got marked and beat a hasty retreat to the exit. You'd think after getting marked I'd bother to check my MR resistance, but no, I just healed up, invoked divine vigor, then went back in, sure that I could quickly heal away all the threats. A great orb of eyes immediately paralyzed me, and a few ogres beat my helpless healer to death over the course of several turns, during which I had time to contemplate the artefact ring of MR++ in my pocket, the protection from death I could have invoked, the tele ring I could have evoked in case things went wrong, and other options while I went from 145hp->0 in effectively one turn. :/

[MrPlanck]

I had a good shot. Until I got paralyzed by a miscast in Vaults. Total suckage.

[Guppyfry]

I wasn't expecting the orb of fire to get two fireballs off before my next turn. I forgot how fast they are. I had no way to deal with it anyway though. I could have at least gotten my divine protection up and had a few more turns to figure something out. Disappointing because I was so damn close, but it was a miracle to make it that far. I really was getting worn down by this character, I find healers to be very stressful and frustrating runs. I did get to Zot at level 20 at least for the CSDC bonus.

http://crawl.berotato.org/crawl/morgue/ ... 162057.txt

[diviton]

How did duvessa do in this one?

He had wins in the first 4 right? I wanted to see if he could keep a perfect streak. >_>

[duvessa]

didnt notice a stone giant had might

[WalkerBoh]

So far the only person to win all 5 games is Sphara.