VeryAngryFelid wrote:These unrandarts can change your game in a significant way
Ok, here is what I had in mind:
1) +2 cursed robe of mummy
You cannot quaff potions, you cannot berserk, you don't need to eat (always satiated). Automatically curses itself on equip.
1) Spam high level spells surprisingly early (Shatter as Gr, Tornado as HE etc.). You can do it after Lair with Sif Muna or Vehumet
2) Spam all those rods you found (Sp has great Evo aptitude but still cannot spam them, for example. Other species cannot evoke more than 3-4 rods before going to almost starving. Yes, I had 6+ rods on some characters)
3) Spam any spells you want as Sp, join Gozag as Troll, Fedhas as Sp, Zin as caster, spam those Bolts of Fire in Spider Nest.
2) -2 ring mail of mana
You get XL/9 (rounded up) mana points for every monster killed.
1) Now you can play pure caster. Even pure caster of Chei if you like. Put some points into Str as DEWz, train magic skills in unusual way (level 6 spells will need more XP due to amrour penalty and you are unlikely to get level 9 spells in 3 rune game even with Vehumet)
2) Or you can be a really great hybrid (especially with Makhleb), almost unstoppable.
3) -2 plate armour of death
You get temporary +1 slaying effect for every monster killed. Somewhat similar to Song of Slaying but does not generate any noise. +9 max, duration depends on your Armour skill.
Players often ignore defense (c.f. shield) for offense. This armour brings it to extreme level. Now you can play
1) Makhleb. You will kill everything really fast and you don't care about low defense because you heal on kills
2) Fun glass cannon characters with ranged attack. Similar to how some people play glass cannon pure casters.
3) In extended you may want to switch to that armour because you have more than enough AC and extra slaying is more useful than extra AC due to torment and damnation
4) +2 robe of life
You get XL/9 (rounded up) hit points for every monster killed
1) Oka, invoke Finesse and kill everything you see pretending you are Makhleb
2) Become EV-based character as Mi/Tr/Gh/HO/etc. Maybe you even will learn some spells
3) Qazlal, wield any axe and pretend it is vampiric one
Or maybe even use a shield, you have clouds heal you by killing all those monsters in view.
4) Great hybrid. Similar to -2 ring mail of mana but now you can get level 9 spells with Vehumet in 3 rune game if you want.
5) +0 ring mail of shield
You can wear buckler along with 2h weapon (including launchers)
Maybe it should be changed to MDA, this seems to be most useful to Sp and Tr/Og (yes, Tr/Og can wear buckler (warlock's one would be awesome) with this and still use 2h Unarmed/GSC)
Also a nice reason to go with TSO or Qazlal who buff shield
6) -10 plate armour of lightness
Any unbranded weapon has temporary speed brand while wearing this armour (including launchers)
Who needs Trog/Oka after that? You can have great weapons all game, you even can be a character who uses melee and ranged all the time. Just select weapon category you have the best aptitudes in. Makhleb is obvious choice again.