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First try in a long time at this race/class combo. Starting a DAR to let you know how it goes. Playing with randarts on. Not particularly confident with his end game potential so hopefully we'll get some good randarts that will boost the areas that this chart is lacking in.
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Umm......... I feel like I'm e.t and its the trail of skittles on the floor. Hopefully there isn't a man in a chem suit at the end. -
So I made it to about @lvl 25 or so last night then decided to go out and have a few drinks with some friends. It turns out that it wasn't a few drinks and I ended up having more than I planned to. So when I got home I was pumped to sit down and play a little more..... huge mistake. Decided to take on Beorn with no substantial AC, normal speed, about 4 HCW, and no teleports
. So needless to say we're gonna start again without playing while in my cups.
Honestly in my mind I thought I had him.Comment
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Well known fact: don't drink and dive.Comment
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I disagree, and I believe I have said so before on this forum. I didn't find the original, but I did find a couple suggestive posts
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Ha. Reading those actually reminds me of myself playing after a few drinks. Just walking around killing everything you can find because they gave me some look (probably). I swear the one that always catches me is Lagduf. Mindlessly clearing a vault or hallway full of Snagas then I'm dangerously low on hp and really confused as to why. His character model is so hard to discern from the others (being color blind doesn't help much, which is also why I cant play with the "no graphics" option). Ah well was having a blast. Found a nice spear with a venom brand and even found an early dropped msm of resist. When I realized how bad I had misplayed I spent probably 5 minutes looking at the overall map and my inventory trying desperately to find that one way I could survive..... it wasn't there lmao.
Think I'm done playing for the day though. SPL open bracket is finally finished and I want to watch some of the key games.Comment
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I have to agree with Pete Mack (I LOL'd
); I'd play ten times more recklessly than I already do if I ever attempted Angband drunk. Hell, I wouldn't even make it out of the town alive.
I learned to respect Beorn and Azog very early in my Angband career. I remember being horrified how quickly Azog pummeled me the first time I made it passed DL20 and a similar experience with Beorn probably in the mid 30s or so. I still can't keep straight the lesser unique orcs, though.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." --FizzixComment
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I actually survived a carrion attack when without FrAct not long ago. I think I had over 200 health and probably decent AC. My numbers were in the red when I finally got to have a turn again, though. I was pleased when I gained FrAct not too long after that unpleasant encounter. It was a good experience, though. Usually in my games I have FrAct before I ever see a carrion crawler, so it was fun going around shooting arrows at them and trying to explore a level while I knew they were lurking nearby.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." --FizzixComment
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@Grotug
That's the 4.0 behavior. Paralysis was cumulative in 3.0, and thus unsurvivable.Comment
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Had an experience like that recently with an AMH dragon. TO him out of a vault and played hide and seek the rest of the level. I just happened to pick up a ring of res poison right before I stepped into a hallway and caught poison breath from out of my sight range. Seeing that green ball come down the hallway actually made me jump. 17 health left I read a teleport level and hoped I didn't get dropped into some nonsense room with some hounds in it. Turned out alright.Comment
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That's entirely the wrong attitude. Keep going down, and just be careful. The FA items start to come more commonly at DL25 and much more commonly at DL30.
Waiting around at DL20 waiting for FA is precisely the kind of advice the old "strategy guides" used to suggest, but they were 100% wrong. Just detect evil and stay far away from ghouls.Comment
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Normally that would be the route that I take but lacking any substantial damage I'm not feeling the risk of diving deeper. We'll see, if within a reasonable time I cant find either free action or some kind of real damage/armor I might risk going deeper. Still working with no ego items other than a HLA with resist acid on it and a (+3 +3) spear. Hoping that the floodgates open soon and I will get something with a brand and those boots/gloves I need will drop.Comment
) around DL 20 because its refusing to give me some.
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