*Aquirement*

[will_asher]

I just found a scroll of *Aquirement* in a small vault on dL31. Should I read it now or wait till I'm deeper? Is it noticably more likely to get me better stuff if I wait a few levels?

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=7500

[Pete Mack]

I just found a scroll of *Aquirement* in a small vault on dL31. Should I read it now or wait till I'm deeper? Is it noticably more likely to get me better stuff if I wait a few levels?

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=7500

People often wait to 2000', where a lot of artifacts are native.

[Seany C]

Keep it at home until you're ready to use it (it's not fireproof) -I'd dive a deep as possible in a short period of time -say, 2000' - 2500' - read it and then ascend a bit if that depth is just too suicidal for you...

[Omnipact]

Surely acquirement requires an 'excellent' item,
so the item generated is +10lvl already....

[Tenka]

Can someone explain how aquirement scrolls work?

[Narvius]

They create a probably desireable item next to you when read.

[RogerN]

Speaking of acquirement... isn't it somewhat pointless to implement a rare item whose only use is to disappear and create a different rare item? I suppose there's limited gameplay utility in that you must protect a scroll from fire and acid before you can read it... but it still seems redundant. Why not just create the final product to begin with?

[pav]

Speaking of acquirement... isn't it somewhat pointless to implement a rare item whose only use is to disappear and create a different rare item? I suppose there's limited gameplay utility in that you must protect a scroll from fire and acid before you can read it... but it still seems redundant. Why not just create the final product to begin with?

Because it's more fun this way?

[Mondkalb]

Because it's more fun this way?

>You see a scroll of *aquirement*
>it breathes plasma
>the scroll of *aquirement* burns up

What a bunch of fun.

[Narvius]

I see it as an "artifact lottery".

[Tenka]

They create a probably desireable item next to you when read.

Do i need an item to start with? how does dungeon depth affect it? Is there some way to guide what kind of item with be created?

[Narvius]

No.
Deeper = Better item.
No.

[Tenka]

spiffy.

Better strap on my goggles, it's diving time.

[PowerDiver]

Deeper = Better item..

For the most part, deeper means after div 10. Not much diff between reading at 30 and 39, but a noticeable diff between 39 and 40.

[aeneas]

For the most part, deeper means after div 10. Not much diff between reading at 30 and 39, but a noticeable diff between 39 and 40.

And Acquirement is often a bit disappointing. The first one I ever read gave me Gondor, but I've hardly ever gotten anything worthwhile from them since. I remember an amusing thread on RGRA a long time ago where someone (maybe Win Bentham) mentioned reading Acquirement, getting trash, and then finding a great artifact under a pile of rubble a few turns later. I think it was titled something like "rubble: the new acquirement?" If it wasn't, it should have been .

Anyway, if you're close to the end of a decade of levels it might be worth waiting to read it, but I wouldn't carry it or store it too long. You might get really lucky, but you'll more likely just get some useless ego weapon.