Exploitative strategies

[TeshiAlair]

I just found a strategy that I've never thought of before that feels almost like cheating:

Using polymorph wands on worms to get OOD monsters worth a ton of exp. Because I'm a Gargoyle Wizard, I've been able to meph cloud to death a big kobold, raven, brain worm, and fire drake on D2 and am already level 7.

Has anyone else had that "ah ha!" moment?

[brendan]

Until it was patched, telling summons to move to the map border would cause a crash. Crashing crawl rewinds time to the last save/level change. The presence of one sentient ally was sufficient for god mode.

[Greyr]

I just found a strategy that I've never thought of before that feels almost like cheating:

Using polymorph wands on worms to get OOD monsters worth a ton of exp. Because I'm a Gargoyle Wizard, I've been able to meph cloud to death a big kobold, raven, brain worm, and fire drake on D2 and am already level 7.

Has anyone else had that "ah ha!" moment?

I've tried this before. I usually end up just making things worse and having to dive a floor.

I don't know if this counts as 'exploitative' but (only) learning OoD + Spellforged Servitor + Haste makes for some absolute insanity.