I don't love it when...

[Hirsch I]

masks and horny demons dont go well together, this is a family game.

When Xom teleports me around, I tend to be happy that I have seen monsters, items, and the dungeon layout in multiple parts of the current floor. It makes it easier to retreat and easier to find things, just like reading magic mapping does.

Sure, I'm in a different part of the dungeon and I may have left a corpse or a half-dead enemy behind, and I may be in view of a new enemy, but multi-teleport is more advantageous than a single teleport.

Or am I missing something important about teleport trips?

randomly teleporting on Zot:5 is absolutely terrible.

[bel]

masks and horny demons dont go well together, this is a family game.

If you want horny demons, you can play nethack.

[ajon]

I don't even get level 2 on D1, and the first three things I run into on D2 are Robin, Sigmund, and Natasha.

[mopl]

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Turn   | Place    | Note
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 22750 | D:13     | Noticed Kirke
 22790 | D:13     | Noticed Josephine
 22871 | D:13     | Noticed Sonja
 23341 | D:13     | Noticed Snorg
 39404 | D:13     | Noticed Rupert

[Sandman25]

Current formula for damage is ridiculous IMHO.

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a - +7 eudemon blade (holy)
q - +6 ring of slaying
 + Level 12.4 Fighting
 - Level 13.3(14.1) Long Blades
H - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     4%          6    ####...

A curse skull comes into view.
The curse skull gives a chilling moan.
The curse skull calls on the powers of darkness!
Your body is wracked with pain!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Huge Dmg: -43%(-75hp) hp: 56%(97hp)
Casting: Flight
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Haste
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
You miscast Haste.
You are very lightly contaminated with residual magic.
Waves of light ripple over your body.
Casting: Haste
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Haste
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
You feel yourself speed up.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
You slash the curse skull!(damage 7)
The curse skull convulses!
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The curse skull rattles its jaw.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The curse skull rattles its jaw.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The curse skull rattles its jaw.
Your mottled dragon armour prevents you from hitting the curse skull.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You block the necrophage's attack.
The curse skull calls on the powers of darkness!
Your body is wracked with pain!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The phantasmal warrior barely misses you.
Huge Dmg: -25%(-43hp) hp: 32%(56hp)
You hit the curse skull.(damage 4)
The curse skull convulses.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The frost giant skeleton barely misses you.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
Unknown command.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The necrophage misses you.
The vampire gestures wildly while chanting.
The vampire flickers and vanishes!
Deactivating autopickup; reactivate with Ctrl-A.
The phantasmal warrior hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Huge Dmg: -8%(-15hp) hp: 24%(41hp)
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You block the shadow's attack.
The frost giant skeleton closely misses you.
Unknown command.
Casting: Haste
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
You blink.
Casting: Blink
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Your skin crawls.
You start resting.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
Unknown command.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Really read t - 8 scrolls of teleportation {!r}?
As you read the scroll of teleportation {!r}, it crumbles to dust.
You feel strangely unstable.
Unknown command.
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
The phantasmal warrior blinks!
Unknown command.
The phantasmal warrior blinks!
You hit the curse skull but do no damage.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You hit the curse skull.(damage 4)
The curse skull convulses.
The curse skull is moderately damaged.
You carve the curse skull like a ham!!!(damage 36)
You destroy the curse skull!
Your Armour skill increases to level 11!
The phantasmal warrior disappears in a puff of smoke!
The shadow disappears in a puff of smoke!
Put on which piece of jewellery? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You remove your +6 ring of slaying.
You feel slightly jumpy.
X - a ring of teleportation (right hand) {+/*tele, !d}
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
You feel strangely stable. You feel somewhat more hungry.
Put on which piece of jewellery? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You remove your ring of teleportation {+/*tele, !d}.
q - a +6 ring of slaying (right hand)

[Sandman25]

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The acid blob is moderately wounded.
The acid blob changes into a caustic shrike!
...
The caustic shrike is lightly wounded.
The caustic shrike changes into an acid blob!
...
The acid blob is almost dead.
The acid blob changes into a caustic shrike!
...
The caustic shrike is almost dead.
The caustic shrike changes into a golden dragon!
...
The golden dragon is heavily wounded.
The golden dragon changes into a caustic shrike!
...
The caustic shrike is moderately wounded.
The caustic shrike changes into an acid blob!
...
The acid blob is lightly wounded.
The acid blob changes into a caustic shrike!
...
The caustic shrike is lightly wounded.
Your extra speed is starting to run out.
The caustic shrike claws you!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You are splashed with acid! The acid burns! You resist.
Huge Dmg: -13%(-25hp) hp: 36%(65hp)
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Really read t - 4 scrolls of teleportation {!r}?
As you read the scroll of teleportation {!r}, it crumbles to dust.
You feel strangely unstable.
You feel sick. You block the caustic shrike's attack.
The caustic shrike changes into a golden dragon!
You feel sick.
Damage: -1%(-1hp)   hp: 32%(59hp)
Your surroundings suddenly seem different.


[nago]

Grinder gestures at you.
_You suddenly lose the ability to move!
_You can move again.
Grinder evaporates and reforms as a hellion!

[Hirsch I]

holy crap, that's terrible. did you worship Xom?

[Sandman25]

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You are on level 7 of the Dungeon.

Identify which item? (\ to view known items) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
As you read the scroll of identify {!r}, it crumbles to dust.
e - a potion of cancellation
As you read the scroll labeled YCSUESTROUSY {!r}, it crumbles to dust.
This is a scroll of acquirement!
Something appears at your feet!
o - a twisted robe
You finish putting on the -5 robe of Misfortune {-Cast Contam *Tele EV-4 Str-2 Int-2 Dex-2 Stlth-- Curse}.
Your -5 robe of Misfortune {-Cast Contam *Tele EV-4 Str-2 Int-2 Dex-2 Stlth-- Curse} glows black for a moment.
Oops, that feels deathly cold.


If I wasn't lucky to find a ring of rPois, I would probably stay with the armour just for fun (FoMo).

[Sandman25]

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the amulet of Pane {rCorr rF+ rC+ rN+}
the amulet of Neurosis {+Fly rPois Regen+ MP+9 Slay+3}
the amulet of the Duke {Clar rElec Str+4}
the amulet of Pythegik {Inacc rF+ rC+ MP+9 Str+4 Int-4}
the brooch of Shielding {Ward rN+ AC+4 EV+4}
an amulet of resist mutation (around neck) {rMut, !d}

Crawl, are you trying to tell me we need a "superoctopode" race who can wear 6 amulets?
I've just got 3rd rune, even Vaults 5 have not been visited.

[xentronium]

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The orb of fire appears out of thin air!

[dornbeast]

Crawl, are you trying to tell me we need a "superoctopode" race who can wear 6 amulets?
I've just got 3rd rune, even Vaults 5 have not been visited.

Six heads, permanent confusion.

[Pteriforever]

This is D:3.

[Curio]

This is D:3.

Had Unseen horror on d:5 recently.

[celem]

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9541 | D:10     | Noticed a salamander stormcaller

Ewww. Nothing like still lacking rF when you meet the first guy with Firestorm. He had a bunch of Hill Giant buddies who seemed positively tame by comparison (and not particularly unusual for D10)

[ajon]

quicksilver dragon hide on D1 while playing a DrCj. Prior to this I was playing DE and HE Cj or FE.

[tasonir]

The ancient lich gestures at you while chanting.
You shatter!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
_You block the lich's attack.
You take 27 damage, and have 28/153 hp.

Wasn't expecting an ancient lich to target my weakness...Nice randomized spells.

[celem]

...the very first time I draw a card as a disciple of Nemelex.

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 7636 | D:7      | Noticed a thrashing horror

Sigh, Lugonu Wrath card in my ornate escape deck. I also got slapped with glow.

[Aean]

The antennae on your head grow some more.
The -2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr} falls away!

...and just HAD to happen when I was in Abyss 3, without another source of rMut.

[WingedEspeon]

I find a +2 pair of boots of running in and armour shop as a Formicid... and I'm worshipping Chei!

[wheals]

as a Formicid... I'm worshipping Chei!

FTFY

[Hirsch I]

am worshipping Chei!

FTFY

FTFTFYFY

[WingedEspeon]

am worshipping Chei!

FTFY

FTFTFYFY

https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16226
This is the charater. I will yet have the last laugh.

[Sandman25]

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A deep elf master archer comes into view.
The deep elf master archer wields a longbow.
The deep elf master archer shoots an arrow of frost.
The arrow of frost hits you!!!(damage 42)
The arrow of frost freezes you!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You see here an arrow of frost.
Huge Dmg: -40%(-63hp) hp: 60%(94hp)

[Sprucery]

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Magical devices
 m - a wand of teleportation (4)
   (You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
 t - a wand of teleportation (4)
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)
 z - a wand of invisibility (4)
   (You acquired it on level 2 of the Vaults)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (9)
   (You took it off Wiglaf on level 2 of the Depths)
 N - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
   (You took it off Boris on level 5 of the Vaults)
 V - a wand of teleportation (8)
   (You found it on level 1 of the Depths)
 Z - a wand of teleportation (5)
   (You found it on level 2 of the Snake Pit)

I wish I could trade 4 wands of teleportation for one wand of hasting... No Haste spell found either and this is a MuVM so no potions. Only hasting and invis were unidentified and of course I got invis from acquirement.

[Sandman25]

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 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Cure Poison           Pois           #.........   2%          2    ###....
b - Apportation           Tloc           #.........   0%          1    ##.....
c - Passage of Golubria   Tloc           N/A          1%          4    #####..
d - Control Undead        Necr           #.........   0%          4    #####..
e - Phase Shift           Tloc           #.........   1%          5    ######.
f - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           #.........   0%          2    ###....
g - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      #.........   0%          3    ####...
r - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #.........   3%          6    #######
s - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #.......     1%          3    ####...
u - Animate Skeleton      Necr           N/A          0%          1    ##.....
B - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    ###....
H - Haste                 Chrm           #.......     2%          6    #######
K - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           #.........   8%          8    #######
M - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #.......     1%          2    ###....
S - Silence               Hex/Air        #.........   1%          5    ######.
U - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          0%          4    #####..
V - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          7    #######

Int 1 and potions of restore abilities have been removed.

[Pollen_Golem]

At least you can still blink wherever you want.

[bcadren]

At least you can still blink wherever you want.

Until you run out of rations.

[Sandman25]

Yes, I spammed Haste with 11 Int (Qazlal made me cast it on almost every Pan/Hell floor) and I suspect it is my sad record for food consumption, at least for melee character.

[celem]

I dip into Elf 1, planning to check for a shop. Shafted into Hall of Blades, start ?tele spam, bail down to 3 as I'm gathering a crowd and cant find a stair up. Land in sight of vault, attempt to withdraw, hit by LCS, ?tele spam. First one lands in the middle of the vault, second one lands in the actual loot chamber. Banished. And probably saved by it to be honest.

All while worshipping Chei with no blink in scroll/spell. Only silver lining was the death of an annihilator and 2 master archers to my shield of reflection.

[starhawk]

I don't love it when Mara summons a clone of my MiBe and he's berserking, too...

[WingedEspeon]

I get a weapon trove as an unarmed troll.

[bel]

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You draw a card... It is Degeneration.
The death yak evaporates and reforms as a storm dragon!

The storm dragon breathes lightning at you.
The bolt of lightning hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The bolt of lightning hits you!
You die...


[Sprucery]

Yes, clearly a storm dragon is a degenerated version of a death yak.

[Fungus]

On my MuCj of Gozag:

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p - the amulet "Torrauma" {*Confuse Regen+ Str+4 Int+4}.

It is an ancient artefact.

It affects your strength (+4).
It affects your intelligence (+4).
It increases your rate of regeneration.
It may confuse you when you take damage.

You found it in a labyrinth.


Maybe it's time to defect to Ash?

[Rast]

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Aim: an orc knight, wielding a halberd and wearing a gold dragon armour
 The orc knight appears confused.
 Evoking this partially-identified wand wasted a few charges.
 The orc knight falls into the lava!
 The orc knight is incinerated.
 You hear a sizzling splash. x3

I'm actually horrible at crawl.

[Sandman25]

You are better than me. I wouldn't even notice that GDA.

[WingedEspeon]

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Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You feel clever.
You feel fantastic!


And I'm playing a DEBe. I totally need more int to avoid stat death.

[Pollen_Golem]

the starting dungeon room looks like this:

[treerex5]

Yes, clearly a storm dragon is a degenerated version of a death yak.

Are you telling me that you didn't know all yaks evolved from dragons?

[dowan]

the starting dungeon room looks like this:

There are no unavoidable deaths in crawl.

[Sandman25]

You find a trove on D13 which requires 5 potions of haste and the potion is still unknown after Lair/Orc.

[Sandman25]

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You are on level 4 of the Spider Nest.

x - a plain deck of wonders {the Helix, drawn: 2}
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You draw a card... It is the Helix.
You feel less resistant to poisons.
You feel stupid.

Evo 9.7
Crawl does not require spoilers to play, you are saying?

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The Helix card manipulates the player's mutations in the following way:
Power level 0: If there are no mutations, gain one. Otherwise, with equal probability: Gain one random mutation.
Lose one random mutation then gain one random mutation.
Lose one random mutation.


http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Helix_card

[Sandman25]

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You are on level 7 of the Dungeon.

Aim: a hobgoblin, wielding the +8 lance "Wyrmbane" {slay drac, +Rage rPois rF+ AC+5} (severely wounded)

 l - a +1 flail of distortion (weapon) {!w}
   (You took it off an orc on level 3 of the Dungeon)

[rockygargoyle]

Throw/cast/zap something to kill it?

[Sar]

He can't swap to it because of distortion. Gotta hope for the lucky scroll of branding, I guess.

[rockygargoyle]

Ah, I thought he was afraid of sending it to the Abyss.

[Sandman25]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I was FE.

[Sandman25]

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You are on level 5 of the Dungeon.

You enter a teleport trap! The teleport trap disappears.
Your surroundings suddenly seem different.
A hill giant comes into view. It is wielding a giant spiked club.


Scroll of teleportation check is not fun...

[mopl]

I play a Dg

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     a - [D:2] an iron altar of Okawaru
     b - [D:2] a sacrificial altar of Ru
     c - [D:2] a radiant altar of Vehumet
     d - [D:2] a bloodstained altar of Trog