Crawl 0.15: Terrifying, Ever-Gnashing Radulae

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SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Haifisch posted:

Rollcall for my tournament team, Mutaholics Anonymous.
code:
# TEAMCAPTAIN Haifisch
^This goes into team members' 0.15 RC file. Make sure it's the very first line!
code:
# TEAMMEMBERS ...
1: Tarezax
2: gunofdis
3: legoman727
4: SirSamVimes
5: Monsoon
Post ASAP to let me know you're still alive and paying attention to crawl-type things. If you don't post by Sept 4, you're booted off and some other lucky soul(s) can get in. Many will enter, few will win. See store for details.

(Tournament teams finalize mid-day Sept 6, hence the cutoff. The tournament itself starts tomorrow afternoon. )

I am still here, my internet was dead though. Up now!
EDIT: Apparently I've been replaced?

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 03:30

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:37

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Without comment.

Also, my internet died and now whenever I try to continue my run, I get this message.

"Another game is already in progress using this save!

Hit any key to exit..."

SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Aug 31, 2014

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 10:55

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

packetmantis posted:

I'm late to the Vine Stalker train, and drat my VsGl of Qazlal is pretty much untouchable even though my gear is crap.

Vinestalkers are really good and funa nd everyone should play them.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2014 11:54

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Ossuary for sure.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2014 11:23

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Why do player Merfolk have such ludicrously awful MR?

# ¿ Sep 3, 2014 11:17

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Speaking of getting past early humps. Chei is really incredibly fun once you get past that godawful stage where you have the extra delay but don't have the delicious stat boosts. I'm close to ascending a melee/blasting hybrid MfIE and the massive stats are really incredibly. I have a huge EV score because of the dex, my spells hit like a truck because of the int and I can tear things up with my bardiche because of the str. The powers are really just icing on the cake at this point.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2014 13:45

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Sage Grimm posted:

That's a bit of a stretch for it to be a swastika or the Taoist symbol or whatever.

Yeah, but what about this?

# ¿ Sep 6, 2014 00:18

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

paranoid randroid posted:

So what does the Ds message "Your mutations feel more permanent" mean? I hope it doesn't mean I'm not getting any more mutations, because dang this is the most plain vanilla set ever. Blue scales, rot immunity, and hooves.

A Demonspawn will always get a full set of mutations, and they will all get up to the third rank by the time you hit XL27. It will always be:

One body slot mutation (horns/hooves/talons/antennae/claws)
One scales mutation
Two T2 facets (nightstalker/burning blood/ice armour/demonic guardian/miasma/spiny/powered by pain/powered by death/spirit shield)
One T3 facet (robust/augment/hellfire/passive freezing/black mark)

Unless you roll monstrous in which case you get three body slots and no scales.

SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Sep 9, 2014

# ¿ Sep 9, 2014 10:44

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

kaschei posted:

You forgot four tier2 facets: spiny, Powered by Death, Powered by Pain, and Spirit shield.

Thanks, edited those in.

code:

SirSamVimes the Sorcerer (DEFE)                    Turns: 84473, Time: 07:17:09

HP 158/158       AC 19     Str 16      XL: 23   Next: 81%
MP  50/50        EV 22     Int 35      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 2091        SH  6     Dex 16      Spells: 14 memorised,  1 level left

rFire  + + .     SeeInvis +     z - staff of conjuration
rCold  + + .     Rnd*Rage +     y - +2 robe {rN+}
rNeg   + . .     rCorr    .     H - +2 buckler {rC+ rF+}
rPois  +         rRot     .     Z - +1 helmet "Onteo" {+Rage MR++}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     P - +3 cloak of Coronation {rPois Stlth+}
SustAb .         Warding  .     W - +1 pair of gloves of the Barnacle {Str+4 Int+5}
rMut   +         Stasis   .     k - +2 pair of boots {Stlth+}
Gourm  .                        G - amulet "Gijiate" {rMut +Rage rElec Dex-1 Slay+4}
MR     ++++.                    v - ring of Ruots {Str+4 Int+2 SInv}
                                i - ring of protection from cold

@: delayed fireball, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments, quite
stealthy
A: claws 1, icy blue scales 1, rugged brown scales 1, yellow scales 1,
camouflage 1, agile 1, berserk 1, fire resistance 1, high mp 1, regeneration 2,
robust 1, wild magic 1
a: Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball, Evoke Berserk Rage
}: 2/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled

quote:

A: claws 1, icy blue scales 1, rugged brown scales 1, yellow scales 1,
camouflage 1, agile 1, berserk 1, fire resistance 1, high mp 1, regeneration 2,
robust 1, wild magic 1

Always Eat The Purple.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2014 12:23

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Can kobolds even equip large shields?

# ¿ Sep 12, 2014 22:09

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Well, that was officially my dumbest death. Random blink took me into the path of my own ice fiend's bolt of cold which apparently ignored my rMsl.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2014 10:44

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Was the bugfix for the Dithmenos aura applied to 0.15 or trunk only?

# ¿ Sep 14, 2014 07:24

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Hempuli posted:

Thanks a lot for the advice! Went to a volcano and got a trident of flaming, maybe that'll do for now. Also found the Book of Tempests but I suppose that's no good for a DDNe.

I wonder if it should be cmut time...

Problems that are caused by purple are solved with additional purple.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2014 23:03

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Jeffrey posted:

You probably don't need tornado and firestorm, air magic and fire magic have a lot of overlap so you'd probably be better off branching into something more support oriented, like charms/translocation/necromancy or even just more fighting/dodging/stealth.

This is a lie, you actually need all four level 9 spells or you are a failure as a wizard.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 02:48

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

I think Spriggan can't. Kobolds are small, but Spriggan are tiny.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 03:50

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

LogicNinja posted:

True story, one time Dowan zapped me with a Wand of Fire that reflected off of the buckler of reflection of the goblin or whatever behind me and hit me again and killed me.

Piercing bolt wands can't get reflected because they can't get blocked.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2014 22:27

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Wait, I thought static discharge damaged you too. That's why I never pick it up.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2014 01:40

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Discs of Storms are the best.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2014 02:40

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

You lose a ring slot too, don't you?

# ¿ Oct 3, 2014 02:53

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

PleasingFungus posted:

now, try doing tomb... with teleportitis

(tomb:3 becomes especially fun!)

I have done this. Twice.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2014 00:36

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Cast more Sticks to Snakes then.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2014 09:20

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

I thought this was worth sharing.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 03:31

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

PleasingFungus posted:

Ooh, blurry vision? Looks like it's time to start curing those mutations, friend.

Xom will take care of it for me. Xom loves me.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 03:39

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Zanziabar posted:

So I finally did it, after splatting like a hundred different formicid/gargoyle/minotaur fighters I finally got my first victory. Sweet, sweet victory.

That IDA

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 13:13

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Jeffrey posted:

New corrosion is scary too. Instead of put on artifacts, it's "oh god my gargoyle wall of stone now has 0 AC" even if it goes away on resting. It's now an effect that matters within the scope of a single fight, not a permanent tax on your character. I escaped slime by the skin of my teeth in one game where I didn't have rCorr, and decided doing vaults:5 wasn't so bad after all.

Komodo dragons lost sickness and got more damage to compensate, they feel scarier to me as well but I always kind of ignored sickness.

The new version of corrosion is better because it's far more threatening in terms of a single fight and far less liable to gently caress a character forever if you survive it.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2014 06:32

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

+8 ring mail of Resist Everything

Jaegerlank has blessed you.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 00:36

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

paranoid randroid posted:

Throw Icicle seems really fuckin good for a level 4 spell.

It really does do more damage than a level 4 spell has any right to. Now shut up before they nerf it.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 12:50

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

PleasingFungus posted:

that's pretty much all uniques right now, though. like, even without that change.

there's been on-and-off discussion of 'uniques reform', giving them rewards proportionate to their threat - modeled loosely on Grinder's XP, or Yiuf's loot. I wouldn't mind it at all.

also, everyone talking about Hypothetical Transmutations Monsters (HTM) should probably chill. I think that conversation has gone to bad places and should go on hold for a little while. obv I'm not a mod; just giving a suggestion.

I've always thought uniques should have their own special loot. Blork's suspenders, Wiglaf's hat, etc.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 03:23

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

FRINGE posted:

Whats the easy re-cap for deep elf spell success with leather armor and a buckler?

Is it 1 shield skill and 7 armor to remove all penalties now?

(Also bring back elven armor!)

One skill in bucklers to remove all penalties is only if you're wearing armour with zero encumbrance like robes and steam dragon armour. Leather has an encumbrance value so you need the full five shields skill to remove the buckler penalty.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 11:07

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Orb Crab: breathes a set of OoDs.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 23:05

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Beehive Bailey has such good loot.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 21:59

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

The Orange Mage posted:

Today is experienced for the first time that Xom altar room that is probably a reference to the Worms series. I have never laughed so hard at this game before and I've been playing since before they removed Paladins.

No screeenshots? For shame.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2014 03:49

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

The Orange Mage posted:

Yeah, this one. My only regret is that it didn't happen in a crowded room!

Okay yeah that is the best xom vault.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2014 05:29

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Amplicon posted:

Baby's first rune!
After having tried and failed ,a probably more than fair amount. I finally snatched my first rune from the clutches of Spiders nest.
I hope this MiFi is going places. With all the MR, those Orb Spiders I feared so much were mere ticklish.

code:

Amplicon the Bludgeoner (Minotaur Fighter)         Turns: 35046, Time: 05:08:55

HP 144/144       AC 21     Str 24      XL: 16   Next:  3%
MP  27/27        EV 11     Int  7      God: Makhleb [******]
Gold 1431        SH 18     Dex 16      Spells:  2 memorised,  6 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     o - +4 flail (venom)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     i - +1 plate armour {MR+}
rNeg   + . .     rCorr    .     q - +5 shield of Resourcefulness {rF+ rN+ Str+1 Slay+2 SInv Stlth+}
rPois  +         rRot     .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     G - +0 cloak {MR+}
SustAb .         Warding  .     K - +1 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (no boots)
Gourm  .                        (no amulet)
MR     +++..                    H - ring of stealth
                                g - ring of poison resistance

@: extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, repulsion field 1
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion
}: 1/15 runes: gossamer

MR doesn't affect OoDs

# ¿ Oct 31, 2014 22:31

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Mr. Lobe posted:

A secret about statues is that they could be incredibly swift if they wanted to, they just choose to be still.

Until you blink.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2014 01:02

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Felid can't use weapons.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2014 14:32

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Under the dungeon? Iunno.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2014 05:28

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Who's responsible for the okawaru arena vault with a haiku on the door? Because that's a cool vault.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2014 01:21

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

I don't find gargoyles very fun because picking up an artifact and finding it has rPois, rElec +Fly is very demoralising on a character who has all those innately.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2014 00:09

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:37

SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Small size, innate flight at a certain point and much like Draconians they can get a colour at somewhere around XL5.

Red: Blink mutation, rF+, rC-
White: Ice magic aptitude boost, rC+, rF-
Shadow: Necromancy aptitude boost, rN+ stealth+
Iron: iunno. AC and HP boost? Maybe rElec?

# ¿ Dec 14, 2014 01:48

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