New memorable randarts

[Nomad]

Not bad for the first randart my warrior found this game:

a) the Main Gauche of Earada (1d5) (+18,+15)
     Dropped by a young black dragon at 1550 feet (level 31)
     
     Slays undead (powerfully), demons (powerfully), giants, animals.
     Branded with fire.
     Provides protection from blindness.
     Cannot be harmed by acid.
     Grants telepathy.  
     
     When activated, it grants temporary resistance to poison for
     1d10+10 turns.
     Takes 33 to 36 turns to recharge.
     Your chance of success is 94.2%

[Grotug]

And Grotug wins the thread.

[Grotug]

The levels beyond 100 were quite interesting. One I started in a very large lava cavern filled with dozens of greater demons. Later I found the Arkenstone of Gatang (+8, +7) which provides immunity to cold and rPoison. Between this, and the Cloak of Tiriand I found (+4, +7) my Long Sword 'Naenya' of extra attacks <+2> (+12, +21) (4d5) I'm doing 900 to not rPois, almost 800 to others, 1200+ to Undead and that's before I self haste and put on a RoD.

[PowerWyrm]

Today I have found the Robe of Helen. No wonder why she goes outside so lightly clothed: it gives her immunity to cold!

[Estie]

Are you kidding? Glaive of Pain + Ring of Acid was a very standard combination back in the days when elemental rings gave elemental brands in melee. Those 9d6 damage dice get an impressive boost, making the brand an effective Ring of Damage (+62) on average. ...in retrospect, that makes it pretty obvious why off-weapon brands got made vastly more rare.

Of course, the Glaive of Pain isn't available in a randarts game, but even a puny 2d5 Longsword gets an extra 12 damage/blow on average, which is quite respectable from the amulet slot.

Acid brand is also pretty reliable; there's many dangerous enemies that aren't resistant to acid. Sauron is of course the most notable of these. I mean, yes, many brands are not as helpful. The only really useful ones in the endgame are acid, evil, undead, demon, and maybe dragon -- which leaves poison, frost, fire, electricity, animal, orc, troll, giant...what am I forgetting? Anyway, there's plenty of non-useful brands. But that doesn't mean that all off-weapon brands are useless.

No, not all off weapon brands are always useless. But why do you state that in such a way as to make it look like it contradicts my post ?
All I am saying is that I often find off-weapon brands in my randart games, but that I rarely end up using them because most of the time, other items are better in that slot. Rare != never.

[Derakon]

Its rare that an off weapon brand is useful. The majority are not very helpful (slay animal or poison brand), or already coverd by the same brand present on the weapon, or simply worse than standard options for the slot, like your case.

Are you kidding? Glaive of Pain + Ring of Acid was a very standard combination back in the days when elemental rings gave elemental brands in melee. Those 9d6 damage dice get an impressive boost, making the brand an effective Ring of Damage (+62) on average. ...in retrospect, that makes it pretty obvious why off-weapon brands got made vastly more rare.

Of course, the Glaive of Pain isn't available in a randarts game, but even a puny 2d5 Longsword gets an extra 12 damage/blow on average, which is quite respectable from the amulet slot.

Acid brand is also pretty reliable; there's many dangerous enemies that aren't resistant to acid. Sauron is of course the most notable of these. I mean, yes, many brands are not as helpful. The only really useful ones in the endgame are acid, evil, undead, demon, and maybe dragon -- which leaves poison, frost, fire, electricity, animal, orc, troll, giant...what am I forgetting? Anyway, there's plenty of non-useful brands. But that doesn't mean that all off-weapon brands are useless.

[Estie]

Its rare that an off weapon brand is useful. The majority are not very helpful (slay animal or poison brand), or already coverd by the same brand present on the weapon, or simply worse than standard options for the slot, like your case.

[Azuria]

Tried using this in Radh's first bout against Sauron, and got teleported off the level when he was at 50%. Came back later with Trickery for the ResNexus. It's memorable because it provides an off weapon brand but still manages to not be helpful in the kit.

the Jewel of Romelen <+1>
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 4900 feet (level 98)

+1 light.
It brands your melee attacks with acid.
Provides resistance to acid.
Radius 1 light.

[Estie]

Just bad luck. Chance of getting aggravation is fixed and simply depends on the number of aggro artifacts vs the number of total artifacts. An artifact gets aggro if it's base power is high enough (300 -- BT has 775) and passes a check of %chance= 100 * number of aggro artifacts / number of total artifacts for its type (weapon or not).

Ah, thanks. So I havee seen a nonexistant pattern in too small a sample.

[PowerWyrm]

It is very rare that Bladeturner turns (npi) into something other than a melee weapon or armour. When it does though, it always seems to pick up aggravation. It looks like aggravation is somehow required to make it pass some check.

At first I thought that maybe aggravation reduces the power value, but the values of aggravating BTs dont seem consistently lower. Maybe its just a bug ? If anyone code-wise has a clue or idea of what is going on, I´d be very interested.

Just bad luck. Chance of getting aggravation is fixed and simply depends on the number of aggro artifacts vs the number of total artifacts. An artifact gets aggro if it's base power is high enough (300 -- BT has 775) and passes a check of %chance= 100 * number of aggro artifacts / number of total artifacts for its type (weapon or not).

[Estie]

It is very rare that Bladeturner turns (npi) into something other than a melee weapon or armour. When it does though, it always seems to pick up aggravation. It looks like aggravation is somehow required to make it pass some check.

At first I thought that maybe aggravation reduces the power value, but the values of aggravating BTs dont seem consistently lower. Maybe its just a bug ? If anyone code-wise has a clue or idea of what is going on, I´d be very interested.

[Thraalbee]

An über cloak from the recent vanilla nightlies game (didn't find it though):

the Elven Cloak of Cirie (+9,+7) [6,+50] <+6, +7, +4, +2, +1>
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A mantle made of curious silken material by the Galadrim that wondrously takes
on the hues and shapes of its surroundings.

+6 strength.
+7 intelligence.
+4 dexterity.
+2 constitution.
+4 speed.
+1 light.
Provides resistance to acid, fire, light, dark, chaos, disenchantment.
Provides protection from fear, confusion.
Cannot be harmed by acid, fire.
Speeds regeneration.  Prevents paralysis.  Sustains your life force. 
Aggravates creatures nearby.  
Radius 1 light.


Min Level 100, Max Level 127, Generation chance 1, Power 775, 0.2 lbs
Based on Bladeturner.

[Patashu]

how do i copy-paste text from angband?

If you make an html screenshot or a character dump you can copy-paste from that. Not sure if there's a simpler way.

[Sky]

how do i copy-paste text from angband?

[Pete Mack]

Those slippers are pretty powerful, just a bad impedance match with the usual need for speed in the boots slot.