Armors "of speed"?

[SSK]

You are right. I looked it up in my current savegame and it's indeed lightning (for 100 damage).

See, I think some aspects of DSM are really not that great. I hardly ever find DSM shallow enough for me to even remember about the activation--by the time I get it nothing dies from the activation anyway.

I will again opine that basic 4 DSM should be shallower, and that really nice flags on basic 4 really aren't a big deal. Honestly, is an occasional free 150 point elemental ball that big a deal at Dlevel 50? But it *Would* be a very big deal at Dlevel 15. Maybe non-ego basic 4 DSMs could be made native to a much shallower level, while EGO DSM could be native to Dlevel 45 or 50 for basic 4 and deeper for the better ones.

The true big deal is that with things like permanence and speed you can get a really nice combo of multiple HIGH resists and either sustains/hold life or speed, both of which are in short supply.

[Zababa]

... by the time I get it nothing dies from the activation anyway. I will again opine that basic 4 DSM should be shallower ...

I completely agree. I found my Blue DSM at dlevel 40. Activating it there is a waste of time. That's why I have used it only once and that's why I did not remember it's magic.

But maybe this is some kind of a general rule in Angband. First you encounter a challenge, and 10 levels deeper you will slowly start finding the gear to resist it.

My character is level 25, I have been diving as deep as level 42, and I still haven't found the basic 4 resistances. Or any useful artifacts. I guess that's just bad luck.

[Zikke]

I have almost never found a DSM and ever thought it was good enough to wear by the time I found it. One shot activations aren't super useful past about 500', imo