Hello! Can I have my competition please? Thank you.
November-December competition
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What I'm good at: Angband (variant) playing. Well, not really, but at least I'm good at playing over the first 20 levels and it's a lot more fun in good company. Of course, I have my favorite variants, too, and even some I've tweaked with my own hand to increase my chances. ;DComment
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Thank you very much, indeed.
The November-December competition is here:
The winner is determined by the deepest unique killed; no turn-count.Comment
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Several questions about rules, with my proposed answers. Please discuss, if you disagree.
1. Can I play the same character after death using the quickstart feature, instead of overwriting the savefile with the initial compo savefile?
I think, yes. The submitted savefile has no determined initial shops (just walk differently to the first shop), so the only difference would be bigger monster memory and different social status. I guess you could refrain from using social class 100 savefile (just quit and quickstart again), but otherwise there is really no big difference and the monster memory provides a lot of comfort in the long run, because you don't have to use spoilers or code-dive.
2. Can I use spells from any other set of initial basic 4 mage books (e.g. the Book of Cantrips or the Book of Curses)?
No. There seems to be an exploit that allows you to learn those spells, after telling you that you cannot learn them, but it's just a bug (I think). However, Song Books are very valuable for Druids and perfectly legal, especially the first song book...
3. Can I play the SVN version instead of wip7b?
I think, yes, because there are no really big changes so far. When/if wip7c is released everybody will be able to switch (but I'd propose the switch to be voluntary).
4. Can I change options?
Yes, all except Birth and Cheat (auto-scum is under Birth).
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5. Can I scum the siege of Hornburg?
I think, yes, this is just gaming the system.Last edited by Bandobras; November 11, 2007, 22:59.Comment
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Several questions about rules, with my proposed answers. Please discuss, if you disagree.
1. Can I play the same character after death using the quickstart feature, instead of overwriting the savefile with the initial compo savefile?
I think, yes. The submitted savefile has no determined initial shops (just walk differently to the first shop), so the only difference would be bigger monster memory and different social status.
I guess you could refrain from using social class 100 savefile (just quit and quickstart again), but otherwise there is really no big difference and the monster memory provides a lot of comfort in the long run, because you don't have to use spoilers or code-dive.
2. Can I use spells from any other set of initial basic 4 mage books (e.g. the Book of Cantrips or the Book of Curses)?
No. There seems to be an exploit that allows you to learn those spells, after telling you that you cannot learn them, but it's just a bug (I think).
However, Song Books are very valuable for Druids and perfectly legal, especially the first song book...
3. Can I play the SVN version instead of wip7b?
I think, yes, because there are no really big changes so far. When/if wip7c is released everybody will be able to switch (but I'd propose the switch to be voluntary).
4. Can I change options?
Yes, all except Birth and Cheat (auto-scum is under Birth).
Edit:
5. Can I scum the siege of Hornburg?
I think, yes, this is just gaming the system.
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I like the fact that there's a battlefield open to the starting player. I'm just not sure that it should be the siege of Hornburg...
Edit: or perhaps block Paths of the Dead if you fail the Siege? BTW, Currently Paths are anyway blocked forever if you visit Darkened Isengard. Just ading Q:29:249 to the Siege right now would make it too easy to get to Minas Tirith, OTOH.
Edit: or perhaps reopen Edoras with its great shops after winning the Siege? Similarly to Lake Town. I can try to do this for the next version, if you don't come up with something more original.
Edit: OTOH the trade-offs right now are OK: if you visit Dol Guldur you can scum the Siege, but you lose the Paths' treasure and the easiest way to Minas Tirith. The more reason to make Dol Duldur harder to trigger by newbies...Last edited by Bandobras; November 15, 2007, 15:01.Comment
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