Request for advices for a Dwarf Priest

[Nolendil]

I'm dead

It breathes gas. You die -more

From an undetected Drolem. I was at full HP but still no source of rPoison.
I took 800 points of damage from one breath, ouch.

At least, I can now update to the latest nightly.

[buzzkill]

As for feeling over-powered, I didn't when I met Kavlax who wiped my HP down to 1/3 in one turn (he breathed Sound I think) but I believe I should have avoided him in the first place. So, yeah, I already have bad habits

You can avoid that invincible feeling by diving faster. Try keeping yourself at a point where you are challenged by in-depth monsters. Usually CL*2=challenging DL. You'll from better habits and IMO the game is more fun.

[Nolendil]

I'm trying that.
The problem is I'm afraid that if I dive fast, I'm less likely to be correctly equipped for my current depth.

[Pete Mack]

I'm trying that.
The problem is I'm afraid that if I dive fast, I'm less likely to be correctly equipped for my current depth.

There's no such thing as "correctly equipped". The only thing that matters is staying alive.

That said, going much below 2000' without RBase, SI, and FA is extremely risky. (You can do without RAcid for a very long time, so long as you have useful armor in every slot. Leather boots [2,-2] won't work.)

[PaulBlay]

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Whoa, Pete. Nice post score there.

[Pete Mack]

Whoa, Pete. Nice post score there.

You will pass me soon enough...


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[buzzkill]

The problem is I'm afraid that if I dive fast, I'm less likely to be correctly equipped for my current depth.

Yep. That means you're doing it right (or wrong, or at least the way I do it). That always happens to me. I play without auto scum, so finding good equipment is a bitch. Usually I'm CL18, DL40, with a weak ego weapon, an enchanted bow, and my only artifact is my light source. Stairs down, detect, proceed, detect, run away, detect, run away, detect, fight, kill unique, get boots, wield {cursed} boots, detect, teleport, detect, run away, recall, run away, teleport, die.

[Nolendil]

The only thing that matters is staying alive.

That's the difficult part

Stairs down, detect, proceed, detect, run away, detect, run away, detect, fight, kill unique, get boots, wield {cursed} boots, detect, teleport, detect, run away, recall, run away, teleport, die.

I think I can manage that

[Pete Mack]

I see your most recent character dump is a dwarf priest. That's a fairly tough class to try diving with IMO--bad stealth and late detection is nicely balanced by the lousy damage output.

Try a half-caster. Good stealth and detection help more than almost anything else.

[Nolendil]

Yes, I like this race/class combination.
I definitively don't want a class relying mostly on missiles (even though they are overpowered).
So I'm probably left with Paladin if I had to choose a half-caster but I don't think you had that in mind as it would probably have the same disadvantages as a Priest except maybe for damage output.
I don't think I would have fun with a Ranger or Rogue...
My favorite race/class combinations are Dwarf Priests and High-Elf Mage.

[EDIT]
Looking at my oldest dump on the ladder, it looks like I had fun with a hobbit rogue even if I just said I don't like rogues.
It was in ToME and I was save scumming but I might try a legit one on V after all