memorable randarts

[Sky]

prevents teleportation ...

[sffp]

I was close enough to endgame that the Con was more important to Int (I was already maxed out on Int) But it was worth 100+ HP

Going into the level I was wearing a ring of CON +6 and a ring of Speed +11
Leaving I had to artifaces that added up to the same

[Estie]

Thats a sweet ring. Most fighter types want damage and couldnt care less about int; youre not supposed to find this as a necromancer.

[sffp]

Although - not anymore:

c) the Ring of Mirith <+6, +5, +2, +4, +8, +1>
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 4450 feet (level 89)

+6 intelligence.
+5 dexterity.
+2 constitution.
+4 searching skill.
+4 infravision.
+8 speed.
+1 light.
Provides immunity to Acid, Fire, Cold.
Provides resistance to Lightning, Dark.
Provides protection from fear, blindness.
Cannot be harmed by Lightning.
Sustains intelligence.
Prevents paralysis. Sustains your life force.

coupled with this:

b) the Heavy Crossbow 'Ancal' (x4) (+11,+23) <+3>
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 4250 feet (level 85)

+3 strength.
Provides immunity to Lightning.
Provides resistance to Light.
Cannot be harmed by Acid, Fire.

gives him base immunity

I've never seen more than two.

[sffp]

My Necromancer covets your arkenstone

All the artifact lights they find hurts their spell casting abilities

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%

[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%