Favorite Inscriptions

[buzzkill]

I'd like to start using more inscriptions. I currently use only one {!!} and I find it incredibly helpful.
I did a little looking around but was unable to find a comprehensive list of useful inscriptions.

If you could just post some of your favorite inscriptions here, with a brief description of how and why it works, I'll compile them here in this first post, for future reference.

{!!} Notifies you when a rod or activatable item has recharged.

{@m1} Cast from spell book 1 via m1 (increment the number for other books)
{@b1} Browse spell book 1 via b1
{@w1} Wield primary weapon via w1
{@w2} Wield digger/secondary weapon via w2
{@0@1} and {@0@2} Swaps your primary and secondary weapon/digger via x

{@f0} Fire this ammunition via f0

{!x} Confirm before taking action x
{!k} Confirm before destroying this item.
{!d} Confirm before dropping this item.
{!v} Confirm before throwing this item.
{!*} Confirm before doing anything with this item.

{=g} Automatically pick up items identical to this one.

{^;} Do not walk while wielding this item. (useful for your digger)
{^.} Do not run while wielding this item.

[Donald Jonker]

Here's a link at the thangorodrim site for the more basic ones. I remember seeing a guide in one of the variants' online help as well... not current Vanilla - maybe 3.0.6, or NPP or something.

[CJNyfalt]

Main weapon:
@0@1
Digger:
@0@2
This allows fast swapping with x.

Spell books:
@m1@b1!k!d!v
@m2@b2!k!d!v
....

Scrolls of recall (sometimes):
!*

[PowerDiver]

Autoinscribe "!d!k" on things that should be excellent but are not, such as elven cloaks or chaos blades, until you don't care any more. That was also needed for dragonscale in some version.

[Mondkalb]

...
Scrolls of recall (sometimes):
!*

I use that on scrolls of *identify* also, because it happens too easy that I want to read an id scroll and accidentally read the *id* one.

[takkaria]

I'd like to start using more inscriptions. I currently use only one {!!} and I find it incredibly helpful.
I did a little looking around but was unable to find a comprehensive list of useful inscriptions.

If you could just post some of your favorite inscriptions here, with a brief description, I'll compile them here in this first post, for future reference.

{!!} Notifies you when a rod or activatable item has recharged.

I like to inscribe food items what I imagine them to be, e.g. {tofu fried rice}.

[Nick]

I like to inscribe food items what I imagine them to be, e.g. {tofu fried rice}.

You should not have started this.

[ekolis]

Heh, for some reason all I can think of now is "THE SLIME DRAWS NEAR"

edit: oh, right, inscriptions... well I'm not well versed in them either, but for vanilla and variants lacking quiver and ammo-autopickup I inscribe my ammo with this:

@f0=g

The @f0 means I can fire it by typing f0, while the =g means I automatically pick it up when I step over it

[Donald Jonker]

The @f0 means I can fire it by typing f0, while the =g means I automatically pick it up when I step over it

I combine this with a macro that has ` set to "\e\e\ef0*t" so that it automatically fires at the nearest monster. That little trick has probably cut down my keypresses down by the hundreds of thousands.

[Elsairon]

I combine this with a macro that has ` set to "\e\e\ef0*t" so that it automatically fires at the nearest monster. That little trick has probably cut down my keypresses down by the hundreds of thousands.

Same here . I also tack on a few escape sequences on the end to clear messages about damage and such (probably not needed with the leading sequences, but avoids having to clear more prompts after shooting the last visible monster).

I usually also inscribe similar macro's for some of the Function keys for my most used attack spells when playing a mage. (For those cloud type spells that can be targeted in the middle of a group, I leave off the final firing key).

I also like to inscribe my first weapon if/when I enchant it up significantly, with some psuedo artifact name like {Throck's Slasher}

[Big Al]

Inscriptions really need updating in the documentation - the !! command isn't anywhere and several of the others from that thangordrim page would be nice too.

[buzzkill]

Now look what you've started (Nick).

I've been thinking of a new mimic. The "Brain Slug", OK, so I stole it from Futurama.
It looks like an ordinary slime mold, as a matter of fact it description could read "It looks like an ordinary slime mold.". When a player (INT>13) tries to pick it up it clings to their head replacing (and possibly destroying) anything they were wearing and lowering their INT by 1, let's say every 1000 turns. If INT<13 the Brain Slug teleports away in search of more fertile prey. It remains on the players head until poisoning, stupidity, or remove curse kills it, at which point most of the INT is restored.

[Adqam]

@f0=g

The @f0 means I can fire it by typing f0, while the =g means I automatically pick it up when I step over it

I've actually had some issues with =g. Pre 0.9, it worked fine, but I found it clashed with the "auto pickup items I already have" setting in 3.09 so removed it and found the setting had the same effect.

Thing is, with 3.1.0 (beta), I find the pickup behaviour of missile ammo buggy in general, sometimes not picking up despite the setting being on, sometimes wanting =g etc. Anyone else having similar problems?

[Faust]

Thing is, with 3.1.0 (beta), I find the pickup behaviour of missile ammo buggy in general, sometimes not picking up despite the setting being on, sometimes wanting =g etc. Anyone else having similar problems?

It delibratly doesn't pick-up when your HP's are low, see this post http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=1279 this and when running (also delibrate) are the only times I've noticed autopickup not working.

[Adqam]

It delibratly doesn't pick-up when your HP's are low, see this post http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=1279 this and when running (also delibrate) are the only times I've noticed autopickup not working.

Ah, thank you - that explains it!