Frot (HT Paladin) DAR

[chknflyrice]

Up until the final fights, Mod of Gondolin is hard to beat. Used one as a HE mage, as a way to get EXP fast. Even a Mage can take down Wyrms and giant uniques (as well as undead) with one.

Yes and my "quick visit" was not quick at all. I didn't realize how many high level uniques that were still left on the field. Took quite a lot of PD and TO to get it done but its still done. Going to troll around the level now to clean up the uniques and try to find a better weapon. I had a acid branded weapon for Sauron, but I think I need something with a little more kick for Morgoth (only going to be doing 400 a round against him).

[chknflyrice]

Morgoth falls. Was a bit of a cheek clencher because I lost all my TS charges very early so instead of TS then healing I had to TO then heal up a bit kill the adds before he got back and heal up again. Took quite a lot of consumables but I still had a bit left after the fight. Oh look! the second artifact cloak I have seen all game. And oh look again! the FIRST artifact head piece I have seen all game.

I think I'm going to use the debug command to take a look at those 2 in particular. Either I just got unlucky and never got the drops or they have to have some insane power level.

Oh. Boots too. Only found one artifact boot and it was really early in the game.

And apparently gloves... wtf. Lol looking through my character knowledge I only found 11 artifacts most being weapons.

So. I this set of randarts only 4 artifact headpieces one of which has to be the best one I have ever seen ([9,+17] res base/dark/chaos, pro blind, see invis, telepathy, (+11+9), and <+4> int, con, dex, str, and tunneling so that explains the lack of helmets. The cloks were meh but with some cool activation but the boots... the boots were ridiculous. 6 total artifact boots 5 of them had +10 speed with some very nice activations like TO, TS, haste self, and *healing*. To compliment the weird amount of helmets, There were only 5 hard armors but 9 DSM (a green DSM of resist and protect literally almost everything and with an activation that was Starlight but with lightening balls).

I think I want to play with this set again to see if I can get some of those crazy drops.

[chknflyrice]

Decided to do a standarts game instead. Cruising around DL19 and wtf... thanc, boots of Radagast, Elvagil, Til-i-arc, WH of west. On a 2-6.

And Phial.

[Pete Mack]

Were any of those monster drops? That would not affect the level feeling.

[chknflyrice]

The boots were but that was the only one. They were all in the same room too except phial.

[chknflyrice]

Clearing a greater(?) vault on DL47 8-9 feeling.
Starting out I can see there is no real way that I can do this. I'm lvl31 doing 130ish a round with slays on Til, +3 speed from the weapon, and that's about it. Got a few CCW and healings but a lot of PD and TS but no TO. There are a few unidentified rods and wands around the level so I hope that at least one is a TO. None are but I did manage to get more healing. So I think "screw it" the vault is separated into 6 different sections by walls and the entrance is not guarded by anything too dangerous. Maybe I get lucky and there are some good items in 2 particular cavities I can get into. Kite a dreadmaster around for a bit he comes through the wall bringing a ton of goodies with him but nothing that is useful. The next cavern is guarded by some random mobs and a master lich which is going to be a big problem. Tunnel in and, ha, he blinks. Perfect. And oh look, 2 wands of TO. Clear the mobs and boots of Thror. This is going way better than expected (honestly I thought I was suicide but w/e) and now I can open the other sections and TO the dangerous stuff out. There is a BOC that the dread wouldn't pick up and I really want it but its guarded by a GWOB which I have no chance against. Tunnel through he steps up. Failed. Failed. Ok so this isn't a problem yet I'll just TS out heal and go back. Failed. Failed. Failed. Dead.

I was so pissed that I almost said f that and loaded my last save. AGHHHHHH

[chknflyrice]

I've seen him 3 times since my last post in this thread and he still is dropping things I leave on the ground; even when I fight him before entering the dungeon for the first time.

He just dropped me a rapier of venom (+6+9) at level one.

[chknflyrice]

New @ and I'm paying my fav HT warrior and I just picked up a special whip at DL4 with a cool 2d3 (+8+28) <+1> str and attack speed. WOW.

I can literally kill almost anything for the next 15 levels with one turn. Down periscope because we are diving hard.

[chknflyrice]

Down in the 40s now and I was just getting ready to say something about how I cant get any armor (was still sitting a 46 AC!) and RNG comes through. LSM of res, mith gaunt of power +4, and an elven cotm. Feeling pretty good about the @ atm. Doing 300 pt with the whip and I have found a lot of dex and str potions.

Finally found a rod of TD and..... its gone. Damn hounds took it from me not even 2 squares from where I picked it up.

[chknflyrice]

I really don't know whats happening in this game atm. I have fallen through 3 trap doors from a 8-9, down to a 9-9, to a 7-9, to another 9-9. Angband really really wants me to take something from it.

[chknflyrice]

Just hit a pretty decent power spike. I had all res except (somehow) lite, dark, and nexus but at the expense of a fairly low AC (136). Problem is that my res con, des, hold str dex and con, and my hold life are in my g and i slots with an artifact LSM and a SMS of Preservation. Thanks to RNG I just picked up a really great artifact SMS that covers both pieces and now I'm free to get some heavy armor in my g slot but I am going to lose my HL so i don't know if its worth it to equip it and carry the other shield as a stat swap or not. I have a rod of restoration so the exp loss is not a problem but I am in the 70s DL and those undead hurt. The light artifact weapons I found early are starting to hit their damage fall off so a heavy weapon would be appreciated but I have natural +30 speed and a bow with haste on it that kinda makes up for it. Back at the town now sorting and restocking then I'm going to read this DD and see if i cant get a checkerboard vault (haven't been in a single GV yet this game).

And there's the answer. Artifact ammy that gives me HL and chaos (I was missing it but I didn't mention it before) that I can switch with my WM for a loss of only 20 damage pt.

[Derakon]

rChaos is waaaay more important than Hold Life. Just saying.

[chknflyrice]

rChaos is waaaay more important than Hold Life. Just saying.

Yes it is and I'm not really sure how I didn't notice that I didn't have it until now. I have killed a couple of CW and I don't think I have ever hallucinated.

[Derakon]

I guess my point was more that you should be perfectly happy to go without Hold Life. I'd say 50 AC is better than HL, for example. Experience is cheap and most monsters that drain experience are either fragile or not worth fighting at all.

[chknflyrice]

I guess my point was more that you should be perfectly happy to go without Hold Life. I'd say 50 AC is better than HL, for example. Experience is cheap and most monsters that drain experience are either fragile or not worth fighting at all.

Its funny that you mention it. I was so worried about getting those resists and hold life that I didn't even notice I didn't have chaos..... and then realize that I didn't have any free action.... while I was fighting Ungolint. Need to slow down. Making some rookie mistakes on a great @.