Moments of "whoa"

[Vertigo1]

just found mace taratol via scroll of aquirement at dlvl 19 :O
my first ever artifact weapon

i understand this might not be whoa for some veterans but you have no idea how many times i just backed up my save

[scud]

At DL 20 you aren't vulnerable to anything. You just need to use magic devices for until you find a better weapon

It's 'anticipation of vulnerability when I go down another couple of hundred feet' rather than current vulnerability. But...

*drum roll*

...I've just found a lightweight Holy Avenger which takes me into three figure damage territory and gives me See Invisible (always my greatest worry) and pFear.

Time to take to the stairs.

[Pete Mack]

At DL 20 you aren't vulnerable to anything. You just need to use magic devices for until you find a better weapon

[scud]

I vaguely remember when liquid refreshments were available; was water always a 'clear potion'?

Strange game, this one: a cave orc dropped Boots of Speed +9 at DL17, so I'm now sprinting around DL20ish with over 300HP but doing next to no damage and having the princely sum of two resistances: the half-troll's inherent rDark, and pFear from a Ring of the Dog. No free action and no see invisible make me nervous.

I'm over a thousand Uruks from CL31, but I'm feeling very vulnerable. Whilst at the same time feeling very invulnerable.

[ekolis]

Good thing you didn't dump that clear potion, thinking "oh, it's just water"!

[scud]

And there was me being all grateful for having just found a lantern...

[OOD Town drunk]

Just found this during competition 138 and on dlvl 30!
I doubt I will be swapping this out any time soon!

the Main Gauche of Liryarad (3d5) (+12,+14) <+1>
Dropped by a Mummified human at 1500 feet (level 30).

+1 attack speed.
Slays animals, giants.
*Slays* undead.
Branded with flames.
Provides immunity to acid.
Provides resistance to cold.
Cannot be harmed by acid, electricity, fire, cold.

When activated, it destroys all traps and doors surrounding you.
Takes 49 to 54 turns to recharge.
Your chance of success is 87.9%

Combat info:
5.1 blows/round.
With +1 STR and +0 DEX you would get 5.5 blows
With +0 STR and +2 DEX you would get 5.5 blows
Average damage/round: 185.7 vs. animals, 233.2 vs. giants, 233.2
vs. creatures not resistant to fire, 329.2 vs. undead, and 137.7
vs. others.

[scud]

That's one way of putting it...

[scud]

A startling speedgasm on DL69: BoS +6, BoS +9, and 4x RoS.

Only kept the BoS (ex Bile Demon) so I'm not sure what dropped the other stuff, although they were in the vicinity of my first two Great Wyrms of X (as opposed to Great X Wyrms).

Crisis over. Carry on.

[Derakon]

Well, yes, randarts of course are a different matter.

[scud]

...then we nerfed them back down after it was realized just how much of a difference that made to game balance. At least, I think that's how it went.

I've found a fair few +2/+3 speed but otherwise useless randarts in this (3.3.2) game. I guess the fact that I can safely wear two rings of speed shows that my retained randarts are being kind in terms of stat boosts, sustains, resists etc.

Speed is generally very easy to come by in 3.3.2, particularly with randarts. This simply appears to be one freak game: CL46/DL68 and so far just the two RoS and a single (and feeble) BoS.

[Derakon]

A bunch of artifacts got minor speed boosts for awhile (IIRC in an attempt to smooth out the speed-gain curve), and then we nerfed them back down after it was realized just how much of a difference that made to game balance. At least, I think that's how it went.

[scud]

Just out of interest - is it a pearl ring? ^^

Yes, yes it is.

Was quickly followed by another RoS+8, and I'm able to wear both of them.

Have also found two randart boots:

a) [2,+34] with +4 STR/INT/speed, frAct, Regen, a 200HP breath (mrs scud would say that some of my old shoes are similarly potent), and aggravation.

b) [7,+18] with, um, pretty much nothing. Shard, Chaos and sustain STR.

Neither made it onto my shoe rack and I'm still wearing the only pair of regular 'speeds' that I've found (+3).

Have cleaned out Huan and Ungo, had to run from Kronos for lack of healing, and am still dodging the big angels.

[Timo Pietilä]

Timo--Holcolleth certainly had +2 in V 3.0.6

It did? Maybe I'm mixing that to that other early useless cloak.

[Pete Mack]

Timo--Holcolleth certainly had +2 in V 3.0.6