Secret tech? (Or, "Did you know?")

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You can "use" torches to fill other torches (like oil with lamp) never recognized this until this week. You could even consolidate your torches to 2999 turn torches to save weight. (If you ever try negative strength chars, this is the way to go.)

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What are some subtle things you've come across that maybe not everybody knows?

2) Confusion trap effect, which is a globe of radius 2 or 3 (not sure), will affect monsters. So that confusion trap can be a potent and inexhaustible defensive bunker if you have a helm of clarity.

So that is how you survive with 0 dexterity dwarves? This is gold!

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When using song of elbereth & horns of terror you can save on voice by leading intelligent monsters to the stairs 1st & simply chasing them off the level.

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I can't believe I never noticed that Doriath weapons glow for webs. I spent a heap of turns running around looking for the stray wolf/spider because I needed 5 more xp for an artifact, turns out there was a web right next to the forge.

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Bit of a gamey trick for shadow molds & brown molds: If you throw a dagger at it first the dagger lands underneath it, meaning any spears/arrows will land beside it where you can pick them back up when you run out.

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Bit of a gamey trick for shadow molds & brown molds: If you throw a dagger at it first the dagger lands underneath it, meaning any spears/arrows will land beside it where you can pick them back up when you run out.

This is really good.

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Bit of a gamey trick for shadow molds & brown molds: If you throw a dagger at it first the dagger lands underneath it, meaning any spears/arrows will land beside it where you can pick them back up when you run out.

That's clever.

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You can trow slowness potion to enemies and... slow them!

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A trolling build that i found really funny (but don't think you can rely on this in order to win the game...):

Charge + Flanking = you can perform charges every turn if you keep moving every time in the direction of a opponent (works with multiple opponents)

Flanking + Sprinting = if you have space for a "circle run" you are always "fast" and flanking allows you multiple attacks

Charge + Flanking + Sprinting + Dodge = you feel like a ninja... and you probably die in a hidden spider web XD

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Noticed today that the dagger trick with shadow molds is even more effective with gondolin throwing weapons.

I have a question about throwing and lesser jewels. Do they break? I'm yet to see it though haven't tried much. How does there accuracy change with distance? I'm having trouble pinpointing a square. I'd be tempted to grab throwing mastery on an archer if I could more accurately light up areas.

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don't think you can rely on this in order to win the game...):

You can. But in the end it isn't really easier to win overall that way, just more fun.

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Ok, played with throwing lights a little more. Seems like if I throw and give the direction it'll miss everything and end up at the end of the corridor, but if I target the dark square of a shadow mold from 2 squares away it'll land beside him & light him up. Unsure how this will work for a shadow spider, but drop & step back lures him on to the square anyways.

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A few fiddly detection tricks with slays. Boldog's spear and Doriath separates wolfs from spiders or both. Similar for other artifacts. A few turns moving at the edge of detection can sometimes pick direction, stationary or moving, moving towards or away. Handy if you prefer song of silence to listen.

Edit so not to tripple post: Amazing what new tricks you pick up playing at 1 con. My latest in my head I'm calling a 3 ring circus. Sprinting, keen senses, a bow and 3 circles joined like the Olympic symbol. Run round 1 shooting. If it looks like your being cut off exit to another. Note you actually have 3!=6 loops to play with.

[Patashu]

This secret tech from Sil 1.3.0 seems worth including:

http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showpost.php?p=107995&postcount=32

If you use a staff from the floor and it's warding, it doesn't waste a charge. So it could make sense to use-id staves from the floor if warding is unidentified, to save a warding charge.

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This secret tech from Sil 1.3.0 seems worth including:

http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showpost.php?p=107995&postcount=32

If you use a staff from the floor and it's warding, it doesn't waste a charge. So it could make sense to use-id staves from the floor if warding is unidentified, to save a warding charge.

Any item on floor works for that purpose, afaik. Or a doorway (of this I am sure).