The Official Bad Advice Thread

[fph]

Don't know if someone already mentioned it in the past 15 pages, but...

Like most games, Angband is more fun if played when drunk.

[GeoffHill]

If you see a pit full of monsters, teleport into the middle so you have more room to fight them all*


*this might actually be good advice for a high enough level dispell-priest.

[artes]

The spell Rift can be used to take care of dangerous hounds like Time, Gravity or Aether hounds. If there is a row of them in a corridor, just step into the corridor and cast Rift on them. They'll be teleported all over the map and you can take them one at a time. For extra safety you can haste yourself before you step into the corridor.

[artes]

A small white or light-grey 's' is a harmless skeleton, so it's a waste of time to look at it before attacking it.

[artes]

Lol, these guys were insane in heng/entro, kind of a superfast, insane, great wyrm of chaos bird. Had one as my beastmasters mount for a while
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No, they are not dangerous at all. Especially if you have either an item with resist confusion or a staff of teleportation in your backpack or in your house. If you have both, it is sufficient if they both are in your house.

[UglySquirrell]

If you play a half-troll warrior in some odd variant with lots of weird monsters, like Chengband, and find the biggest vault you have ever seen, and inside it you meet someone you have never even heard of before, like a Lord of Change, just go ahead and attack him in melee. He'll most likely go down in a few turns just like everyone else.

Lol, these guys were insane in heng/entro, kind of a superfast, insane, great wyrm of chaos bird. Had one as my beastmasters mount for a while
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[artes]

The spell Teleport Other is very useful. E.g. if you want to go to another floor, but you can see with your detection spell that the corridor to the stairs is blocked by some dangerous monster like The Tarrasque, just go there and teleport it away and you can safely reach your destination.

[artes]

If you play a half-troll warrior in some odd variant with lots of weird monsters, like Chengband, and find the biggest vault you have ever seen, and inside it you meet someone you have never even heard of before, like a Lord of Change, just go ahead and attack him in melee. He'll most likely go down in a few turns just like everyone else.

[dos350]

if u cant see it, dw 4 it!

[UglySquirrell]

After killling Sauron, but before going down the stairs to level 100. Make sure you eat until youre gorged, its going to be a long fight against Morgoth and you'll Need the energy.

[Chud]

Hey the character I'm currently playing just survived getting down to 4 HP before killing that last troll! And once before, he was down to 1 HP before sucessfully escaping to heal! You should use this exact style of play---you have to take risks to reach for the gold, right?

[hugorune]

If you encounter a monster you haven't fought before, don't worry. The game is inherently fair and will never generate a monster on your level that you don't have the resources at hand to safely defeat.

[Tiburon Silverflame]

Summoners are great! Man, look at all the XP and nice item drops Gabriel just provided by summoning all those angels!

(with thanks to Timo for inspiring this one...)

[Adley]

Gelatinous cube are actually worth hunting down, they drop alot...

[Starhawk]

Kill everything you see especially jelly, undead and demon pits. Gelatinous cubes have one of the best drops in the game.

I just had a gelatinous cube drop a randart, and thought of this thread....