New memorable randarts

[Therem Harth]

Not the first one either. Last item of Dildo IIRC was a mattock with bonuses to tunneling and constitution.

Edit: here we go!

http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?p=42288&post42288

[fph]

Just found. I didn't know it was that kind of dungeon!

This one wins the game! Let the jokes begin.

On a more serious note, it looks like the 's' verb ending is missing in "Speed regeneration." Bug?

[kandrc]

Just found. I didn't know it was that kind of dungeon!

the Zweihander of Dildo (3d6) (+14,+11) <+2>
Taken from a chest found at 2500 feet (level 50)

A sword designed for two hands.

+2 speed.
Slays undead (powerfully), demons (powerfully).
Provides resistance to fire, cold, light.
Cannot be harmed by acid.
Speed regeneration.

[Thraalbee]

My rogue suddenly got a lot stealthier! (2x iirc)

h) the Fur Cloak of Wildo [3,+16] <+3, +6, +1>
Dropped by Bill the Stone Troll at 1850 feet (level 37)

+3 intelligence.
+6 stealth.
+1 light.
Cannot be harmed by acid, fire.

[Sigh. 30seconds later dead to a pack of gravity hounds...]

[Ugramoth]

RNG gods are being nice

So mage of the Two Mighty Shovels has to wield option 1 for stun resistance and could not use 2 for telepathy. Therefore, he has to rely on puny helm of telepathy instead of artifact helm with stat bonuses...
"Oh thanks Smaug, just what I needed!":
Hard Leather Cap 'Telwin' [2, +11] <+1, +3>
Dropped by Smaug the golden at 2400 feet.

+1 strength
+3 intelligence
+3 wisdom
+1 light
Provides resistance to fire, dark.
Cannot be harmed by acid.
Feather Falling. Grants telepathy. Grants the ability to see invisible things.

Well, still lacking key resistances of sound and shards and has to wear stupid ring of resist poison...
"OK, this will do!":
Band of Haleb <+3, +5, +2, +1>
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 2450

+3 strength
+5 intelligence
+2 dexterity
+1 light
Provides immunity to lightning.
Provides resistance to poison, dark, sound, shards.
Provides protection from fear.
Cannot be harmed by lightning.
Slows your metabolism. Prevents paralysis.

When activated, it creates a large frost ball with damage 200.

[Ugramoth]

Dafug? I don't remember Tolkien mentioning any genius shovel maker, yet here I am, fretting over which shovel to use:

Shovel of Machaure (3d2) (+12,+21) [+20] <+1>
Found lying on the floor at 2100 feet

+1 light
Slays dragons (powerfully), demons (powerfully), undead, trolls, animals, evil creatures.
Branded with weak acid.
Provides resistance to acid, fire, cold, sound.
Provides protection from fear.
Sustains dexterity.
Grants telepathy. Grants the ability to see invisible things. Prevents paralysis.

[Thraalbee]

Awesome! Slays don't do much for a 3d2 weapon though, but I'd still be vary happy to find that shovel.

[Ugramoth]

Insane shovel

I've seen some post in the past that Morgoth has been killed with shovel. I think I found that shovel...

Shovel of Rilgas (3d2) (+20,+31) <+4, +2, +1>
Dropped by Rogrog the Black Troll at 2000 feet.
+4 intelligence
+2 wisdom
+1 constitution
+2 searching
+1 light
Slays undead (powerfully), dragons, demons, giants, orcs, animals, evil creatures.
Branded with poison.
Provides resistance to dark.
Provides protection from stunning.
Sustains dexterity. Grants the ability to see invisible things. Sustains your life force. Blessed by the gods.

Appropriate that a troll was carrying a weapon that literally slays everything that isn't a troll...

[Carnivean]

[i]ridiculous[/b].

When the response is so mind boggling you can't work out how to highlight and choose both ways.

[Derakon]

I should mention that this same game had a Heavy Crossbow artifact that was x7. It had +2 shooting speed and +3 shooting power or something like that. First time I had ever seen a +3.

However, it "aggravated creatures nearby" so I never picked it up.

Good lord, you should at least have kept it for the Sauron and Morgoth fights. Being able to do effectively 21x damage with bolts (or 24x with Slay Evil bolts) is [i]ridiculous[/b]. Say the bow and the bolts have +20 damage between them, and the bolts are only 1d5. That's 483 damage per turn for some pretty poorly-enchanted gear. If it was +30, 1d5 Slay Evil bolts, then it'd be 792 damage per turn.

[MattB]

I should mention that this same game had a Heavy Crossbow artifact that was x7. It had +2 shooting speed and +3 shooting power or something like that. First time I had ever seen a +3.

However, it "aggravated creatures nearby" so I never picked it up.

If you're shooting them in the face three times a second, they tend to get pretty aggravated anyway.

[Egavactip]

I should mention that this same game had a Heavy Crossbow artifact that was x7. It had +2 shooting speed and +3 shooting power or something like that. First time I had ever seen a +3.

However, it "aggravated creatures nearby" so I never picked it up.

[Egavactip]

Congrats on switching class to ranger.

Or if you already were a ranger, I guess now you're a machinegun.

I was not a Ranger, just a poor fighter who became a de facto ranger. Little did I know that this bow would be the last good artifact I would get for a long long time. Used a weapon of westernesse all the way to CL49, so that bow was the only thing I had to take out big nasties.

I think even the game felt guilty because right before the final battles it coughed up The One Ring for me.

I just posted this one to the ladder, with more details: http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=22313

[Grotug]

aka the Shortbow of Buckland.

[MattB]

Congrats on switching class to ranger.

Or if you already were a ranger, I guess now you're a machinegun.

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