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  • Pete Mack
    Prophet
    • Apr 2007
    • 6883

    #46
    Best store purchase in a while. (It cost nearly my entire stash of gold at the time) I guessed it had ESP because of the 100000 price tag.
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    h) an Elven Cloak of the Magi [6,+11] <+2,+4,+1>
    You bought it in a store
    
    +2 intelligence
    +4 stealth
    +1 speed
    cannot be harmed by acid or fire.
    sustains intelligence.
    grants telepathy.

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    • Estie
      Veteran
      • Apr 2008
      • 2343

      #47
      So my lvl 16 hobbit rogue was bumbling about on dlvl 23 when a purple \ showed up on item detection. I cant wield it - merely lifting it. After heaving it towards a wolf this is what shows:

      a) a Mace of Disruption (5d8) (+4,+9) {??}
      Found lying on the floor of a special room at 1150 feet (level 23)

      You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
      Branded with lightning.

      Combat info:
      You are too weak to use this weapon.
      1.0 blow/round.
      With +1 STR and +0 DEX you would get 1.6 blows
      Average damage/round: 91.9 vs. creatures not resistant to
      lightning, and 39.2 vs. others.


      The "special room" was X-shaped with 2 staircases on top and bottom respectively. Good thing I found a stack of 2 str potions earlier, so I only need 1 more point.

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      • Thraalbee
        Knight
        • Sep 2010
        • 707

        #48
        Wow. Nice find!

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        • Pete Mack
          Prophet
          • Apr 2007
          • 6883

          #49
          It's amazing how much difference a find like this makes in the early game, or even midgame, unless you are playing full-caster. ESP or big damage or both makes a huge difference in survival. In the late game, no one item is likely to make such a difference in player power.

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          • gglibertine
            Adept
            • Dec 2007
            • 234

            #50
            My dwarf priest just found Healing and Sanctuary on DL6. Immediately afterward Wormtongue showed up and dropped Full Plate Armor of Resistance +8. (Sadly, I'm too weak to wear it yet.) Pretty sweet for that early in the game, though.

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            • Ugramoth
              Adept
              • Mar 2017
              • 121

              #51
              I challenge anyone to show me an artifact armor that's better than this:

              Power Dragon Scale Mail (Dwarven) (-3) [60+46] <+2, +4>:
              Found lying on the floor in a vault at 4900 feet (level 98)

              +2 strength
              +2 constitution
              +4 infravision

              Provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, cold, poison, light, dark, sound, shards, chaos, disenchantment.
              Provides protection from confusion.
              Prevents paralysis.

              When aimed, it breathes a cone of magical energy with width 20 degrees, dealing 300 damage at the source.
              Takes 120 turns to recharge at your current speed.
              Your chance of success is 80.2%

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              • Sky
                Veteran
                • Oct 2016
                • 2321

                #52
                ^ had the same except that it was +2 STR, with +2 Blows instead of +2 CON
                Randarts are a thing. You should try them.



                .. heck, i've had PDSMs artifacts with +5 to all stats, +14 Spd, A: MBan. Go look up the "this week i didn't find" thread.
                Last edited by Sky; May 23, 2020, 08:54.
                "i can take this dracolich"

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                • Pete Mack
                  Prophet
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 6883

                  #53
                  @Ugramoth--
                  Yep, PDSM (Dwarven) is the one most powerful ego item in the game. The best ego shooters may have an edge in the margins, but they are not so obviously the best in their class-- even better than top artifacts.

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                  • Ugramoth
                    Adept
                    • Mar 2017
                    • 121

                    #54
                    @Sky
                    I always play with randarts, and had a few nice pieces of armor with speed bonuses etc. even in this game but this combo of more than 100 AC and nearly all resistances from one piece of equipment allowed me to choose everything else rather freely. I haven't actually found PDSM in years and never an artifact.

                    Anyway, thanks partially to that armor, managed to kill Morgoth with dunadan paladin. Second 4.2 win after HE mage.

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                    • Ugramoth
                      Adept
                      • Mar 2017
                      • 121

                      #55
                      Strong start

                      So, after the win, off again with HT priest. First entry to dungeon, 2-6 on level 1 turned out to be this:

                      Dagger (1d4) (+4, +8) <+2> {??}
                      Found lying on the floor at 50 feet (level 1)

                      You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
                      +2 dexterity
                      Grants telepathy

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                      • LordRotharoth
                        Apprentice
                        • Dec 2019
                        • 58

                        #56
                        c) a Ring of Speed <+7>
                        Found lying on the floor at 150 feet (level 3)

                        +7 speed.

                        On my mage that I'll most likely die with in 2 levels lol. 2-9 LF absolutely insane

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                        • Sky
                          Veteran
                          • Oct 2016
                          • 2321

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Ugramoth
                          So, after the win, off again with HT priest. First entry to dungeon, 2-6 on level 1 turned out to be this:

                          Dagger (1d4) (+4, +8) <+2> {??}
                          Found lying on the floor at 50 feet (level 1)

                          You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
                          +2 dexterity
                          Grants telepathy
                          dagger of *slay orc*
                          "i can take this dracolich"

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                          • Pete Mack
                            Prophet
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 6883

                            #58
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                            i) a Large Metal Shield of Preservation [12,+25] {rPois}
                            Dropped by a black ooze at 2600 feet. (level 56)
                            Not unusual per se, but easily the best ooze drop I have ever seen; and rDis+rPois is a particularly valuable combo for warrior. (And no I wasn't farming.) Havent removed it all the way to DL 98.

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                            • Pete Mack
                              Prophet
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 6883

                              #59
                              And one more:
                              Balance dragon scale mail of speed <+5>

                              Normally I'd give it no chance, but I have found almost no speed items this game, except many, many boots. Best ring is only +8.

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                              • Estie
                                Veteran
                                • Apr 2008
                                • 2343

                                #60
                                Priests favourite:

                                j) a Jewel Encrusted Crown of Lordliness [0,+13] <+3>
                                Found lying on the floor in a pit at 1550 feet (level 31)

                                +3 wisdom.
                                Provides protection from fear.
                                Cannot be harmed by Acid.
                                Sustains wisdom.
                                Grants telepathy.

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