Cblink?


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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 18:36

Cblink?

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arandomperson12 the Conqueror (Minotaur Fighter)  Turns: 138804, Time: 09:59:11

Health: 273/273    AC: 59    Str: 30    XL:     27
Magic:  34/34      EV: 23    Int:  6    God:    the Shining One [******]
Gold:   8604       SH:  2    Dex: 17    Spells: 8 memorised, 12 levels left

rFire  + + +      SeeInvis +    A - +9 executioner's axe (holy)
rCold  + . .      Gourm    .    X - +12 gold dragon armour
rNeg   + + +      Faith    .    (shield currently unavailable)
rPois  +          Spirit   .    Z - +2 hat
rElec  +          Dismiss  .    l - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr  .          Reflect  +    M - +2 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
SustAt .          Harm     .    t - +2 pair of boots {Fly}
MR     ++++.                    O - amulet "Istruoby" {Reflect MR+ Slay+2 SH+2 Stlth+}
Stlth  ..........               k - ring "Rorytte" {rElec rF++ Str+3 Int+3 Dex-3}
                                o - ring "Luddesio" {AC+6 SInv}

@: flying, glowing, repel missiles, incredibly resistant to hostile
enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, dopey 1, MP-powered wands
a: Divine Shield, Cleansing Flame, Summon Divine Warrior, Renounce Religion,
Stop Flying
}: 9/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, abyssal, demonic, fiery, dark,
gossamer


You are in Pandemonium.
You worship the Shining One.
The Shining One is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 13 branches of the dungeon, and seen 61 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 3 times, and seen 22 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 6 times.
You have also visited: Trove, Sewer, Bailey and Volcano.

You have collected 14703 gold pieces.
You have spent 6099 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 A - a +9 executioner's axe of holy wrath (weapon)
Missiles
 r - 6 javelins of returning
 x - 44 tomahawks (quivered)
 Q - 3 javelins
Armour
 l - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 t - a +2 pair of boots of flying (worn)
 M - a +2 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
 X - a +12 gold dragon armour (worn)
 Z - a +2 hat (worn)
Rods
 q - a +3 iron rod (10/10)
   (You found it in Pandemonium)
 R - a +8 lightning rod (14/14)
   (You found it in Pandemonium)
Jewellery
 k - the ring "Rorytte" (right hand) {rElec rF++ Str+3 Int+3 Dex-3}
   (You took it off a deep elf annihilator on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of strength]
   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (-3).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
 o - the ring "Luddesio" (left hand) {AC+6 SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   
   It affects your AC (+6).
   It lets you see invisible.
 v - an uncursed ring of resist corrosion
 z - an uncursed ring of sustain attributes
 D - the ring of Pakellas's Generosity {rElec rF+ rC+ MP+9 Int+3}
   (You took it off a spriggan air mage on level 5 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of intelligence]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
 O - the amulet "Istruoby" (around neck) {Reflect MR+ Slay+2 SH+2 Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [amulet of reflection]
   
   It shields you and reflects attacks.
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+2).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It affects your SH (+2).
   It makes you more stealthy.
 W - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
Wands
 c - a wand of disintegration (8/24)
 h - a wand of teleportation (3/9)
 C - a wand of hasting (2/9)
 T - a wand of digging (9/24)
 U - a wand of paralysis
 V - a wand of disintegration (11/24)
Scrolls
 e - 34 scrolls of teleportation
 g - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
 n - 5 scrolls of recharging
 s - 42 scrolls of remove curse
 u - 10 scrolls of fear
 y - 3 scrolls of amnesia
 E - 11 scrolls of fog
 H - 2 scrolls of enchant weapon
 J - a scroll of silence
 L - 12 scrolls of identify
 N - 4 scrolls of holy word
 S - 5 scrolls of blinking
Potions
 a - 6 potions of cancellation
 b - 2 potions of haste
 i - 2 potions of heal wounds
 j - 40 potions of curing
 m - 10 potions of cure mutation
 p - 20 potions of agility
 B - 12 potions of might
 F - a potion of magic
 G - 2 potions of resistance
Miscellaneous
 w - 10 boxes of beasts
 I - a fan of gales
 K - a phial of floods
 P - 12 phantom mirrors
 Y - a lamp of fire
Comestibles
 f - 32 bread rations


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 O Level 27 Axes
 + Level 19.5 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 O Level 27 Dodging
   Level 3.6 Shields
 - Level 4.3 Spellcasting
 - Level 13.0 Charms
 - Level 8.0 Summonings
 - Level 18.0 Translocations
 - Level 10.0 Air Magic
 - Level 16.0 Invocations
 - Level 14.0 Evocations


You have 12 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    ###....
b - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###...       1%          2    ###....
c - Apportation           Tloc           ###.......   1%          1    ##.....
d - Shroud of Golubria    Chrm/Tloc      ###.......   1%          2    ###....
e - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ##......     8%          1    ##.....
f - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ###.....     1%          2    ###....
g - Passage of Golubria   Tloc           N/A          1%          4    #####..
h - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          100%        8    #######

Could this character hope to get cblink online?

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 18:45

Re: Cblink?

I would think so, although it'll be expensive. Just focus exclusively on translocations for a while longer, maybe a bit more spellcasting as well (if spellcasting costs less than 25% of what translocations costs, train that). You could make things easier on yourself if you can find a source or two for wizardry, or some +int, or even some +str. I assume you don't want to take that armor off(I wouldn't), but that's another obvious way to help. Brilliance potions can be used to allow you to cast it a little early, and being able to use a potion of brilliance as a scroll of blinking is a good deal.

Of course, you don't need to get it castable to get your runes and win, but I suspect you already realize that having gotten so far without it. I think using all your XP to learn controlled blink is a bad investment, but then, you're a minotaur with a holy exec axe and 59 ac, you could win without spending any more XP.
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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 18:54

Re: Cblink?

I wouldn't try to get a level 8 spell castable in GDA with 6 int.

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 19:02

Re: Cblink?

My recent KoHu hat Cblink at 3% with Int 8, IDA, subdued magic 1, tloc 27 and spellcasting 14. So I don't think you can get it to a reasonable failure rate and even if you do so, you won't until very, very late in the game... given Minotaurs apts, I'd rather focus on something like haste or abjuration, if you don't know where to spend all your xp...

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 19:04

Re: Cblink?

I have lots of wand of hasteing charges, and aura of abjuration has not yet been created in my game.

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 19:43

Re: Cblink?

Not before you find the last six runes.
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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 20:16

Re: Cblink?

basically just train whatever and win the game, you don't need to bother with spells on this sort of character

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 21:34

Re: Cblink?

Found Aura of Abjuration in Mnoleg's realm, training for that now. At 28% fail.

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Post Monday, 25th July 2016, 23:58

Re: Cblink?

Shard1697 wrote:I wouldn't try to get a level 8 spell castable in GDA with 6 int.


Those fantastic Minotaur spellcasting aptitudes don't sway you at all, huh?

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 01:22

Re: Cblink?

I'm not convinced even learning anything beyond lv2 is worthwhile on mino in most situations. maybe regeneration because regeneration is so broadly useful

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 02:12

Re: Cblink?

I already have axes/fighting/dodging/armour all at 27, and all god abilities at 1%. What else am I going to train?
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 02:52

Re: Cblink?

Spell schools for lower level utility spells? It doesn't really matter. You could let all trainable skills hit max and just chill, honestly.

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 12:32

Re: Cblink?

I forgot cblink was level 8 now.

Yeah, aura of abjuration is a way better use for you XP. Almost anything else would be. But the question wasn't "is it a good idea", it was "can it be done". Also he can't learn regen because he's with TSO. But for a minotaur in extended, there's generally no problem learning level 6 spells. A level 7 spell would have been a stretch, but doable. Seeing that it's level 8, maybe it can't be done without some significant equipment changes.
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 13:16

Re: Cblink?

dowan wrote:But for a minotaur in extended, there's generally no problem learning level 6 spells.

Even in GDA? I can see doing it in plate or a medium dragon armour...
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 13:20

Re: Cblink?

I think it's possible to cast lvl 9 spells in CPA.
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 13:54

Re: Cblink?

OK, wizmoded. With these stats in GDA and 27 armour, Haste is yellow at 16 charms/15 spellcasting and grey at 19 charms/15 spellcasting.

Even at 27 spellcasting and 27 air with two rings of wizardry and max vehumet piety, Tornado is still at 12% fail.
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 15:25

Re: Cblink?

Super simple, just get transloc to 20 and take off your armor when you want to use cblink
take it easy

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 16:31

Re: Cblink?

Heh, I guess the lesson is if you want to do extended with a minotaur, and want to cast high level spells in heavy armor, it's probably a decent idea to put a few stat ups into int.

19 charms/15 spellcasting is doable for extended, but it's a LOT of xp you could be spending elsewhere. Meanwhile swapping a couple points from dex into int would probably make quite a difference in XP required.

Out of curiousity, how much tloc and spellcasting would he need to cast cblink? It sounds like it's just on the edge of possible if tornado is still 12% with 27 skills and all that wizardry...

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 17:47

Re: Cblink?

dowan wrote:Heh, I guess the lesson is if you want to do extended with a minotaur, and want to cast high level spells in heavy armor, it's probably a decent idea to put a few stat ups into int.

19 charms/15 spellcasting is doable for extended, but it's a LOT of xp you could be spending elsewhere. Meanwhile swapping a couple points from dex into int would probably make quite a difference in XP required.

Out of curiousity, how much tloc and spellcasting would he need to cast cblink? It sounds like it's just on the edge of possible if tornado is still 12% with 27 skills and all that wizardry...


Pretty sure if you're wearing GDA strength will have a bigger effect on spell success than int will. Low int means your spellpower will be awful, but that doesn't affect cblink at all.

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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 19:02

Re: Cblink?

True, str helps to a point with heavy armors, although I'm not sure at 30 str and 6 int whether he'd get better returns out of int or str.
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Post Tuesday, 26th July 2016, 22:42

Re: Cblink?

Cheibrodos wrote:Super simple, just get transloc to 20 and take off your armor when you want to use cblink


The removal of flight hurt us all in different ways...
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Post Wednesday, 27th July 2016, 17:06

Re: Cblink?

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dowan wrote:Heh, I guess the lesson is if you want to do extended with a minotaur, and want to cast high level spells in heavy armor, it's probably a decent idea to put a few stat ups into int.

19 charms/15 spellcasting is doable for extended, but it's a LOT of xp you could be spending elsewhere. Meanwhile swapping a couple points from dex into int would probably make quite a difference in XP required.

Out of curiousity, how much tloc and spellcasting would he need to cast cblink? It sounds like it's just on the edge of possible if tornado is still 12% with 27 skills and all that wizardry...


Pretty sure if you're wearing GDA strength will have a bigger effect on spell success than int will. Low int means your spellpower will be awful, but that doesn't affect cblink at all.


Having just finished a max skills run (courtesy of zig scumming) with a DD wearing GDA, I can safely say that increases to INT matters more than those to STR when you already have 30 STR and 30 INT and are trying to cast level 8 and 9 spells. Working off the fact that the OP has 30 STR but no where near as much INT, it's an obvious conclusion that increases to Int would help more.

That being said how often is a minotaur wearing GDA really gonna need cblink? It's a spell primarily used for running away. Just chug brilliance when you need it. There are other conveniences of the spell (such as crossing water, and quickly at that), but I'm sure you can manage without that. If you can get Haste online that's more important anyway since that will help you in literally every fight.

Edit: NVM about Haste. You said you had lots of Haste wand charges. My bad.

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