Moments of "whoa"

[ekolis]

QuzzlyWuzzlyWup

Aww, what a cute little quyl... AAARGH! MY ARM!

[scud]

Reader, I <s>married him</s> took the stairs.



I didn't realise such out-of-depthery was even possible outside of vaults.

[donalde]

Reader, I <s>married him</s> took the stairs.



I didn't realise such out-of-depthery was even possible outside of vaults.

That could be Disguised Checkerboard, I encountered one in dlvl 28, Ungoliath came out with +20 speed and promptly breathed darkness. Timo pointed out the discuised checkerboard to me, here is his post

[scud]

That could be Disguised Checkerboard

Ah, that'll be it then.

N:31: Disguised 2x2
X:7:15:11:25
D:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
D:%.......................%
D:%.#+#################+#.%
D:%.#,,,,,,&9@#@9&,,,,,,#.%
D:%.#,,,,,&9@8#8@9&,,,,,#.%
D:%.#####################.%
D:%.#,,,,,&9@8#8@9&,,,,,#.%
D:%.#,,,,,,&9@#@9&,,,,,,#.%
D:%.#+#################+#.%
D:%.......................%
D:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

N:32: Disguised Checkerboard
X:7:15:11:25
D:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
D:%.......................%
D:%.#####################.%
D:%.#,#9#.#,#*#9#.#*#.#@#.%
D:%.##.#*#9#.#,#*#8#.#*##.%
D:%.+.#&#.#.#.#&#.#,#.#8#.%
D:%.##.#*#9#.#,#*#8#.#*##.%
D:%.#,#9#.#,#*#9#.#*#.#@#.%
D:%.#####################.%
D:%.......................%
D:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Don't think I've encountered either of those before, although I guess I might have done at a CL/DL where it didn't seem unduly nasty.

[Derakon]

They're relatively new (like, in the last year or so). Someone was feeling creative.

[scud]

Heh, at first 'non creative' vault I encounter I...
a) teleport away Ar-P and a Great Crystal Drake
b) saunter into the now apparently highly do-able vault
c) get teleported away by something unseen to the room containing Ar-P, sustaining damage
d) teleport myself to the room containing the GCD, sustaining damage
e) teleport myself back to the room containing Ar-P, sustaining damage
f) teleport myself back to the room containing the GCD, sustaining a rather nasty dose of DEATH

Have often idly wondered, is the 'bouncing between the same points' by design?

[Derakon]

See the ongoing discussion here.

[Timo Pietilä]

Heh, at first 'non creative' vault I encounter I...

c) get teleported away by something unseen

That's usually Nexus Q. Fast enough that you usually don't get a turn before it gets at mid-game, empty-mind so no ESP-warning and IIRC invisible so no detect monster detects it and non-evil so detect evil doesn't do that either. Reveal monsters which detects invisibles too and detection detects that.

I hate those buggers, especially when one of those is in a room containing something interesting. If you can't detect its exact position before LoS it can take several tries to pinpoint where it is and kill it out of its LoS.

[edit] typo corrected

[Nick]

Have often idly wondered, is the 'bouncing between the same points' by design?

Yeah, you can go to the other thread and read all the "rational explanations" if you want - I prefer to think it's actually emergent behaviour of the RNG. Have you ever noticed how often it happens right after finding an OOD speed ring?

[Therem Harth]

Raal's Tome of Destruction at 150 feet.

In Neoband, of course, with an Assassin who can't use it. But still.