memorable randarts

[Ed_47569]

This came in handy for some extra speed for my current warrior (4.2.4). The activation has a far better success rate and duration than a Rod of Speed too...


j) the Hard Leather Cap 'Elkor' [2,+16] <+8, +1>
Found lying on the floor of a special room at 2400 feet (level 48)

+8 speed.
+1 light.
Provides immunity to Acid.
Cannot be harmed by Acid.

When activated, it hastens you for d75+75 turns.
Takes 371 to 455 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 93.3%

[malcontent]

That’s a swap item; you wear it to take the stairs, use it, then forget about it until you’re going down again. (With the option of swapping for fights against big fire breathers.)

For me, fire immunity has fallen off of my priority list as a swap item. I tried to make use of this item but never could get enough +Light to offset the -Light effect. What I really liked was the map/light/detect aspect, but you need to wield damn thing in order to get any reuse out of it. In the end I Barandil was victorious using the phial.

[Julian]

What did this thing do to piss off the RNG so badly

Hey, it sustains dexterity! Totally worth it!

[Estie]

Finding such a thing early on at least gets one some runes known when "selling" it.

[RegalStar]

t) the Zweihander of Corion (3d6) (-14,-13) <-3> {cursed}
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 2450 feet (level 49)

It makes your skin harder to damage, but conduct electricity.
It paralyses you every now and then.
It makes you hallucinate sometimes.
-3 speed.
Cannot be harmed by Acid.
Sustains dexterity.
Prevents teleportation. Aggravates creatures nearby.

When activated, it teleports you five levels down.
Takes 387 to 522 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 94.4%

Combat info:
5.0 blows/round.
Average damage/round: 67.5.

What did this thing do to piss off the RNG so badly

[Cryomaniac]

Yet another item from the Touhou mod, this time more risky to use:

X Ribbon of C('i)adan [1,+6] (+4 to speed) {+SpCnChIf;*Co;InLv[T(Cn}                                                   
      Hard                                                                                                             
Score:174285        Item Attributes:                                                                                   
               It affects your constitution.                                                                           
Moon-Rabbit    It affects your charisma.                                                                               
Udonge         It affects your infravision.                                                                            
LEVEL     13   It affects your speed.                                                                                  
EXP      438   It sustains your constitution.                                                                          
AU      4704   It provides immunity to cold.                                                                           
| ~  "~(()))   It provides resistance to otherworldly horrors.                                                         
STR :     22   It allows you to levitate.                                                                              
INT :     15   It prevents teleportation.                                                                              
WIS :     13   It cannot be harmed by the elements.

Randart names can sometimes be weird in my translation, I'll be looking into that later; anyway, +4 CON/CHR/speed, an immunity, insanity resistance... and anti-teleportation. That was one of early game quest rewards, by the way.

[Julian]

Here is a bizarre item I found - it maps and lights an entire level - but I can't read any scrolls because of the -3 light :/

There are some other nice aspects to it, and some other not so nice aspects...

l) the Arkenstone of Gelwilda <+3, +5, +2, -3> (charging) {cursed}
     Taken from a chest found at 2550 feet (level 51)
     
     It paralyses you every now and then.
     It poisons you from time to time.
     +3 wisdom.
     +5 searching skill.
     +2 infravision.
     -3 light.
     Provides immunity to Fire.
     Provides resistance to Nexus, Chaos.
     Cannot be harmed by Fire.
     Feather Falling.  Prevents teleportation.  
     Intensity -3 light.
     
     When activated, it lights and maps the entire level, sensing
     objects.
     Takes 107 to 210 turns to recharge at your current speed.
     Your chance of success is 94.7%

That’s a swap item; you wear it to take the stairs, use it, then forget about it until you’re going down again. (With the option of swapping for fights against big fire breathers.)

[malcontent]

Interesting item - presumably you could use it if you somehow got >3 light from elsewhere ?

Yeah, I would definitely consider it.

The "Prevents teleportation" aspect is also a bit unnerving - I've never intentionally played that way. I like carrying a few !PD with me, they are disposable, but I could probably live without them at this stage.

[Estie]

Interesting item - presumably you could use it if you somehow got >3 light from elsewhere ?

[malcontent]

Here is a bizarre item I found - it maps and lights an entire level - but I can't read any scrolls because of the -3 light :/

There are some other nice aspects to it, and some other not so nice aspects...

l) the Arkenstone of Gelwilda <+3, +5, +2, -3> (charging) {cursed}
     Taken from a chest found at 2550 feet (level 51)
     
     It paralyses you every now and then.
     It poisons you from time to time.
     +3 wisdom.
     +5 searching skill.
     +2 infravision.
     -3 light.
     Provides immunity to Fire.
     Provides resistance to Nexus, Chaos.
     Cannot be harmed by Fire.
     Feather Falling.  Prevents teleportation.  
     Intensity -3 light.
     
     When activated, it lights and maps the entire level, sensing
     objects.
     Takes 107 to 210 turns to recharge at your current speed.
     Your chance of success is 94.7%

[Cryomaniac]

Not that amazing as some other posts in this thread, but here's what I found in the Touhou mod:

The Green Dragon Scale Mail of Heart's Desire (-2) [30,+21] (+3 to speed) {SpWiChSl;PoLiHoNt;SiLv~Good~DtYk(Ch}        
      Hard                                                                                                             
Score:273155        Item Attributes:                                                                                   
               It can be activated for...                                                                              
Great-Youkai   lightning bolt (4d8) every 5 turns                                                                      
Yuuka          ...if it is being worn.                                                                                 
LEVEL     27   It affects your wisdom.                                                                                 
EXP    11519   It affects your charisma.                                                                               
AU    120674   It affects your stealth.                                                                                
/ ~== ![(]])   It affects your speed.                                                                                  
STR :     23   It sustains your charisma.                                                                              
INT :     22   It provides resistance to poison.                                                                       
WIS :     21   It provides resistance to light.                                                                        
DEX :     26   It provides resistance to holy energy.                                                                  
CON :     27   It provides resistance to nether and energy draining.                                                   
CHR :     26   It allows you to levitate.                                                                              
Cur AC   136   It allows you to see invisible monsters.                                                                
HP  410/ 410   It senses deities.                                                                                      
MP  113/ 113   It senses youkai.                                                                                       
               It senses lawfully aligned creatures.                                                                   
               It cannot be harmed by the elements.                                                                    
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[Estie]

a) the Lance 'Ularu' (7d8) (+9,+27) <+4>
Found lying on the floor at 1650 feet (level 33)

+4 intelligence.
Slays dragons (powerfully).
Provides resistance to Light.
Cannot be harmed by Acid, Fire.
Sustains your life force. Blessed by the gods (combat bonuses for
holy casters).

Combat info:
2.8 blows/round.
With +3 STR and +0 DEX you would get 3.1 blows
With +0 STR and +2 DEX you would get 3.3 blows
Average damage/round: 744.1 vs dragons and 295.2 vs. others.

And yes, I am a paladin. Love it when the game gets cliche.

[Estie]

The reason I didnt post damage numbers is that the bow was originally found by a rogue. However, I proceeded to play a ranger with the same randart set and here is the dump:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=24840

The highest damage vs evil I had was shy of 1200, you can see the damage of my last quiver in the dump, basically everything does 1k vs evil.

Edit: power is 289

[Grotug]

I would have posted damage infos for various arrows in my quiver as part of my braggart post had I found said launcher. As such, my Hobbit ranger throws pebbles in your direction in jealousy. And the launcher has +4 stealth, +3 Wisdom, two important sustains, and confusion protection. To have so much useful utility and ridiculous damage; I mean that is seriously bonkers. Well, I guess it makes up for the ring of Leren you found earlier (though as I scroll further down the thread I see you also got the 14d8 uber mace, which should honestly have a power rating of 1000). At least my ho-hum heavy crossbow I recently acquired on DL34 has +8 speed and slays dragons. What's the power rating of your launcher?

[Estie]

I dont know what the chances for "slay evil" on a bow are. I have seen the occasional branding bow, maybe 2 or 3 in dozens of games. This is the first time I have encontered a slay evil bow. Thankfully it also has good values for multiplier and damage, so a post on the braggart thread was in order.