What was the item on your early x-9 level ?

[Pete Mack]

Bow of Nazgul used to be modestly useful before the EXP drain made it unusable. It was a useful source of SI in the early-ish game

[gglibertine]

2-9, DL5:

Mace of Disruption of *Slay Orc* (5d8) (+7, +8) <+1>
+1 dexterity.
Slays undead, orcs.
Provides resistance to Lightning.

But it was too heavy to wield until I got back to town and bought a Ring of Strength +2 from the Black Market.

But first, I found a Wand of Drain Life on my second recon of DL1. I cannot tell you what a pleasure it was to just nail Smeagol with ease instead of doing the usual dance.

Also before DL5: two Short Bows of the Nazgul (boo) and an Ethereal Cloak of Stealth [0, +17] <+2> (yay). Though I did have to wade through an insect zoo full of out-of-level monsters on a 9-7 level to get it.

And Smeagol just dropped a Leather Shield of Resistance [8, +7] on DL15.

I think the RNG likes this character!

[Estie]

Only if you are high elf, though. A half troll finding an early rod of speed is a sad scenario.

[Pete Mack]

Rod of speed is a fantastic find. They are way rarer than rings of speed.

[will_asher]

For X-Y, X is the monster (danger) level and you get that feeling immediately on entering a level. Y is the treasure level. Both range from 1 to 9. There are a lot of opinions on how to interpret these numbers, some choosing not to display them at all.

A monster pit will inflate the first number - though if you don't map/detect and stumble into the pit you will not think the number is inflated.

A number of things do not figure into the treasure number (monster drops, loot in chests, loot in rubble).

Oh, so that's what those numbers are in the status line. I was wondering about that.

[malcontent]

For X-Y, X is the monster (danger) level and you get that feeling immediately on entering a level. Y is the treasure level. Both range from 1 to 9. There are a lot of opinions on how to interpret these numbers, some choosing not to display them at all.

A monster pit will inflate the first number - though if you don't map/detect and stumble into the pit you will not think the number is inflated.

A number of things do not figure into the treasure number (monster drops, loot in chests, loot in rubble).

[will_asher]

What does x-9 level mean?

[malcontent]

I started a high-elf rogue with iron man settings and upon leaving the town DL1 turned out to be 1-9. Sweet!

Rod of speed.

A lucky start to my 2nd iron man win.

[Jay]

DL30, 5-9, with a hobbit mage:

Multi-Hued Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [45, +10]
Found lying on the floor at 1500 feet (level 30)

It was just lying there, first thing I found when I left the stairs from DL29. Usually the first resist poison item I find is a ring, but I guess this will do…

[Estie]

Dlvl 27, 5-9: Wrath of the valar. And I am a priest! But most unusual: I only saw it after searching the level and unsquelching everything temporarily. Because I had it squelched, due to:

a Holy Book of Prayers [Wrath of the Valar]

found lying on the floor at 1200 feet (level 24)

That one was found before level feeling got disclosed. I guess that makes up for about 2 years of finding wrong books.

[Neigeden]

And now on DL 24 I find Boots of Speed +4. Somebody west beyond the sea has their eye on me, it seems...

[Neigeden]

My current HE mage found a RoS + 5 on DL 6! Probably one of the best things to find early, given how long it will remain useful; it will be a boon probably until I find a better RoS or an elven ring

[Estie]

Lvl 21, 5-9: Wrath of the Valar. And I was a priest. I usually am.

[Nick]

Thanks; thats interesting. So almost 4 times as expensive.

Yes, because the biggest term in the calculation is based on squaring the bonus - so double the bonus, quadruple the value.

[Estie]

Thanks; thats interesting. So almost 4 times as expensive.