Egoless Dwarf Priest Winner

[PowerDiver]

The whole "it can be thrown for damaging effect" is on damn near everything, stupidly so. The vast majority of thrown items deal only 1d1 damage.

Any such message should state the damage or be removed.

[fph]

The whole "it can be thrown for damaging effect" is on damn near everything, stupidly so. The vast majority of thrown items deal only 1d1 damage.

Then why is this sentence displayed in chardumps only for *healing* and life potions? See e.g. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10881.

[Derakon]

Almost certainly, especially if you don't include equipment limitations. Remember that the amount of experience you get for a kill increases drastically when your level is lower than it should; thus, unique-only kills should easily get you into the upper-30s/lower-40s at least, which is more than enough to take on Morgy.

The biggest problem would be having to deal with summoned (non-unique) monsters. That, and the incredible tedium of gearing up without being able to kill things.

[buzzkill]

I wonder if you could win without killing anything except uniques. Would that provide you enough XP to level up. You would probably need some killer stealth.

[Bostock]

Beat Angband without even actually playing it! Beat Angband... with your mind!

(Does anybody else ever have those dreams where they're rogueliking and discover to their chagrin that they're dreaming when they find nice loot and are then unable to save the game?)

[AnonymousHero]

Well, it's the logical continuation of everything, isn't it? Wear absolutely no items, ironman, use only thrown items (NOT weapons, mind!), etc. etc. and win.

(Seriously, congratulations Bron and PowerDiver on your respective accomplishments. Seriously hardcore.)

[Derakon]

The whole "it can be thrown for damaging effect" is on damn near everything, stupidly so. The vast majority of thrown items deal only 1d1 damage.

[TJS]

I think lack of infravision and see invisible would make that very very hard. At least until you find amulet of magi, or use valuable ring slot for ring of see invisible.

Possible but very very difficult, maybe in area of "bored to death" -difficult.

You could use staves and scrolls of see invisible and then potions of true seeing when you need to or swap a ring of see invisible in.

Someone has got to want to try it.

[fph]

Too bad that potions of detonations do not exist any more.

How much damage does a !Life really do? I have checked the source, but I cannot find any reference to it doing more than the nominal 1d1 damage.

[Timo Pietilä]

Are Blades of Chaos and Sythes of Slicing counted as egos?

I think an egoless human warrior should be possible. Not sure about just using a shovel though.

I think lack of infravision and see invisible would make that very very hard. At least until you find amulet of magi, or use valuable ring slot for ring of see invisible.

Possible but very very difficult, maybe in area of "bored to death" -difficult.

[TJS]

Are Blades of Chaos and Sythes of Slicing counted as egos?

I think an egoless human warrior should be possible. Not sure about just using a shovel though.

[Timo Pietilä]

Have you seen this?

Boo, that was enchanted shovel

Ironman egoless unenchanted shovel human warrior would probably mean winner by devices. Plenty of teleport other, banishments and wands and staves of of big damage (Annihilation, dispel evil, others?). Too bad that potions of detonations do not exist any more.

[Nick]

Using only unenchanted shovel as weapon.

Have you seen this?

[Timo Pietilä]

With a limp.

Using only unenchanted shovel as weapon.

[Nick]

So is an ironman egoless human warrior the next challenge?

With a limp.