Ver 3.09 to?

[Tregonsee]

Ok, now I have the following rings:

Free Action
Poison Resist
RoS +5

I have been swapping the Free Action and Poison Resist right before dealing with an Ancient Green Dragon or a pack of Air hounds, and then switching back. It seems like a recipe for disaster, but I don't know what else to do...

[AnonymousHero]

Ok, now I have the following rings:

Free Action
Poison Resist
RoS +5

I have been swapping the Free Action and Poison Resist right before dealing with an Ancient Green Dragon or a pack of Air hounds, and then switching back. It seems like a recipe for disaster, but I don't know what else to do...

I would keep the +5 RoS unequipped... until you know what you're up against. The +5 speed isn't really going to prevent any instadeaths (as FA and rPois are going to), so you can afford to keep it un-eqiupped until you have a good idea of what's on the battlefield.

[Tregonsee]

Thanks, I now have Rilia, and will use that when I am wandering around the dungeon. Using that instead of my HA flail does not really cut into my SP/chance of failure with the exception of Runes of Protection.

[Tregonsee]

BTW, is a dragon's breath dependent on its original HP or the HP it has when it breathes?
Does having a high saving throw help? It just seems that Ancient Dragons don't seem to be all that dangerous, or maybe I have been extremely lucky...

[AnonymousHero]

Current HP. Don't think save has any effect.

[Tregonsee]

Good. Hitting the Ancient Dragons from far away with OoD is a common tactic with me. They seem to want to close to engage rather than use breath weapons.

[Derakon]

Good. Hitting the Ancient Dragons from far away with OoD is a common tactic with me. They seem to want to close to engage rather than use breath weapons.

You're imagining complexity where none exists. The Angband monster AI is almost literally:

if (one in monster's spell frequency) {
  pick a spell at random and cast it
}
else if (adjacent to player) {
  attack player
}
else {
  move towards player
}

Ancient dragons only cast spells 1 time in 6, and three of their four spells are Blind, Confuse, and Scare. Thus they only have a 1 in 24 chance of using their breath attack on any given turn. They're mostly threatening because they're fast and have strong melee for when you first start encountering them; if you have speed parity and a decent ranged weapon then they aren't very dangerous.

[Timo Pietilä]

BTW, is a dragon's breath dependent on its original HP or the HP it has when it breathes?
Does having a high saving throw help? It just seems that Ancient Dragons don't seem to be all that dangerous, or maybe I have been extremely lucky...

Ancient single basic element dragons are quite harmless, but anything that resembles a basic ancient dragon and is not is anything but harmless.

[Tregonsee]

Like Wyrms and Draco-_____?

[Timo Pietilä]

Like Wyrms and Draco-_____?

Those are few of them.

[Tregonsee]

Here is my new dump:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=14858

I just got Totila, but this is 3.09b, so I cannot tell if it is better to use it over my
HA Broad Axe. I know I would love Aule, but is this a good substitute for now?

[Timo Pietilä]

Here is my new dump:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=14858

I just got Totila, but this is 3.09b, so I cannot tell if it is better to use it over my
HA Broad Axe. I know I would love Aule, but is this a good substitute for now?

Not really. You lose zero failure if you remove your HA weapon and if you switch to Thranduil instead of Dor-Lomin you lose too much from combat stats. OTOH it could free a ring slot: Belegennon instead of Rohirrim.

It does more damage, but failure rate drop is too big sacrifice for that.

Keep at home for now.

[Tregonsee]

I just got The Great Axe of Eonwe, so I think it is ok now. Swapping HA for Eonwe only drops Wisdom by 2, and the plus 2 to Con really helps. Now if I can only find a den of White Dragons...

[Tregonsee]

Dump again http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=14858



I feel like I can dive some more, or am I missing something? Of course speed would be nice.

[Timo Pietilä]

Dump again http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=14858

I feel like I can dive some more, or am I missing something? Of course speed would be nice.

Do a crash-dive to 4000' and stop for speed. 4000' is where RoS hide.

You no longer need anything giving you only FA, you have Legendary saving throw, which means it is over 100% (don't remember how much over, but over nevertheless).