I hate ghouls

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  • spara
    Adept
    • Nov 2014
    • 235

    I hate ghouls

    HT warrior was developing nicely, except he had not found a single object of free action. Somewhere below dlevel 25, a single ghoul manages to surprise and paralyze him. Then it's time for a lot of more prompts until the final "You die" message. One was not a problem, but in the end there were 7 of them taking turns in paralyzing the poor sod.

    Being turn based really rubs it in your face how utterly stupid your last action was when you clear -more- prompt after another and watch your hit points slowly crawl down from 300+ to 0-.

    Lesson learned, I hate ghouls.
  • Sky
    Veteran
    • Oct 2016
    • 2321

    #2
    nothing compares to a pack of plasma hounds. nothing.
    "i can take this dracolich"

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    • Pete Mack
      Prophet
      • Apr 2007
      • 6883

      #3
      This reminds me of one of my top three rgra posts

      So I there I was, rapidly approaching 1500' without Free Action, as is
      often the case.
      And I ran into a group of orcs, coming around the corner.
      First a bunch of black orcs...
      You hit the Black orc<4x>
      The black orc dies.
      ...
      Then a bunch of light blue orcs.
      You hit the Uruk<4x>.
      The Uruk dies.
      Then their boss, the orange orc:
      You hit the Carrion Crawler<4x>
      The Carrion Crawler hits you.

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      • Estie
        Veteran
        • Apr 2008
        • 2347

        #4
        Tiles users are so missing out.

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        • Grotug
          Veteran
          • Nov 2013
          • 1637

          #5
          LOL@Pete Mack. Yeah, that's just not even fair. You must be diving super quick if you are not finding FrAct by 1500'. It's the one thing I almost always find by 1000'.
          Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM

          Detailed account of my Ironman win here.

          "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix

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          • Pete Mack
            Prophet
            • Apr 2007
            • 6883

            #6
            It was so worth it though--immediate outrage followed by much laughter.

            Originally posted by Grotug
            LOL@Pete Mack. Yeah, that's just not even fair. You must be diving super quick if you are not finding FrAct by 1500'. It's the one thing I almost always find by 1000'.

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            • Azuria
              Rookie
              • Apr 2016
              • 23

              #7
              Originally posted by Grotug
              LOL@Pete Mack. Yeah, that's just not even fair. You must be diving super quick if you are not finding FrAct by 1500'. It's the one thing I almost always find by 1000'.
              Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I often don't have Free Act until around DL30, and tend to take about 1.5 to 2x as long as you to win... Then again, I tend to spend about half of my turns scumming 97 and 98.
              Cloning Nightwalkers for XP
              Originally posted by Pete Mack
              Better to be down a point in INT than be suffering under 300HP at dl 70.
              I should probably take note of this.

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              • PowerWyrm
                Prophet
                • Apr 2008
                • 2987

                #8
                Once I remember doing an equipment shuffle to take on the last uniques, won and then posted the dump on the ladder. Looking at it afterwards, that character didn't have FA. Oh well, that's what Saving Throw is for, right?

                Last edited by PowerWyrm; December 31, 2016, 15:45.
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