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  • Bogatyr
    Knight
    • Feb 2014
    • 525

    Unexpected drop!

    So I've been killing a bunch of Kobold rogue characters (almost always because I try to take on a vault too hard for me) in a row today. I started with an awesomely lucky character that found everything early (artifact dagger on dlev 1, etc., that kind of luck), tons of artifact armor. You know the type of game: everything goes your way and you think "I got this!" then you do something stupid and die. Well then it was followed by the other kind of character: finds *nothing*, barely a "good" weapon at all, no damage output capacity at all, etc. Then while on my 4th or 5th try, I come across a sling of power and finally I can do some decent damage. Then while plowing through some popcorn on my way to some detected objects, I step on a ring a solder dropped and I get this huge long line, saying: "Ring of adamant, Nenya"!!! Holy crap, I can go many games without ever finding a single ring of power, not to mention finding it this early (dlev 10). Now the pressure's on!
  • Mondkalb
    Knight
    • Apr 2007
    • 982

    #2
    That must be extremely rare.
    Be careful, the RNG is playing with you.
    My Angband winners so far

    My FAangband efforts so far

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    • Bogatyr
      Knight
      • Feb 2014
      • 525

      #3
      This game is finally coming together. After Nenya, Haradekket came along and now I can finally deal out some decent melee damage. But yeah, gotta stay on my toes this game, I don't want to throw this one away.

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      • MattB
        Veteran
        • Mar 2013
        • 1214

        #4
        utterly doomed...

        (I predict you'll get instakilled by a room full of novice priests).

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        • Bogatyr
          Knight
          • Feb 2014
          • 525

          #5
          Haha. Yeah, I've gotten the game pretty much to "totally won" now which means I'm just about to die.

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          • Therem Harth
            Knight
            • Jan 2008
            • 926

            #6
            ... Am I the only one who looked at the thread title and thought it was about poll numbers, before remembering that this is an Angband board?

            Anyway, cool find. Elven rings are awesome in V.

            (Now just try to avoid getting overconfident. :P )

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            • Pete Mack
              Prophet
              • Apr 2007
              • 6883

              #7
              Wow. Amazing luck. Time to kill Smaug. How about a character dump?

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              • Bogatyr
                Knight
                • Feb 2014
                • 525

                #8
                Originally posted by Pete Mack
                Wow. Amazing luck. Time to kill Smaug. How about a character dump?
                KoRogue is still alive & diving:

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                • xorzac
                  Adept
                  • Sep 2016
                  • 137

                  #9
                  Wrong thread

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                  • Pete Mack
                    Prophet
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 6883

                    #10
                    Wow. That is a very strong character

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                    • robbiodobbio
                      Adept
                      • Feb 2013
                      • 152

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Bogatyr
                      This game is finally coming together. After Nenya, Haradekket came along and now I can finally deal out some decent melee damage. But yeah, gotta stay on my toes this game, I don't want to throw this one away.
                      Haradekket is the bomb, loving it.

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                      • Bogatyr
                        Knight
                        • Feb 2014
                        • 525

                        #12
                        Originally posted by robbiodobbio
                        Haradekket is the bomb, loving it.
                        I'm heading into the endgame and wishing for a bigger damage dealer. I hope to come across DeathWreaker or the Trident or at least a HA MoD. I have a Scythe of Slicing of *Slay Evil* that I'm holding in reserve as well.

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                        • Pete Mack
                          Prophet
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 6883

                          #13
                          Sos of *Slay Evil* IS an endgame weapon. What it isn't is something to mow down lots of monsters to scum for loot. I got that in current game for killing Sauron:

                          Mace of Disruption (5d8) (+14,+26) <+1>
                          ... Sustains your life force
                          Slays everything 498 per turn; 518 fully buffed.

                          Yeah it's not "endgame". But it was a *perfect* melee weapon for a mage. I managed to melee Titans, no problem.

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                          • Bogatyr
                            Knight
                            • Feb 2014
                            • 525

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pete Mack
                            Sos of *Slay Evil* IS an endgame weapon. What it isn't is something to mow down lots of monsters to scum for loot. I got that in current game for killing Sauron:

                            Mace of Disruption (5d8) (+14,+26) <+1>
                            ... Sustains your life force
                            Slays everything 498 per turn; 518 fully buffed.

                            Yeah it's not "endgame". But it was a *perfect* melee weapon for a mage. I managed to melee Titans, no problem.
                            The SoS *SE* is still sort of "meh" because it has a relatively low +dam. I don't seem to have any configuration that goes above 450 average for anything in melee, and I'm playing a rogue clev 47. If I wear every conceivable strength and +todam I have I end up with a lot of critical holes, like loosing pConf. A downside to the ring of power is that I've come to depend on it for so many things, that my second ring must be a speed ring instead of a =Damage, which limits my damage output

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                            • Derakon
                              Prophet
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 9022

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Bogatyr
                              The SoS *SE* is still sort of "meh" because it has a relatively low +dam. I don't seem to have any configuration that goes above 450 average for anything in melee, and I'm playing a rogue clev 47. If I wear every conceivable strength and +todam I have I end up with a lot of critical holes, like loosing pConf. A downside to the ring of power is that I've come to depend on it for so many things, that my second ring must be a speed ring instead of a =Damage, which limits my damage output
                              pConf isn't vital. I've won games where I had none of pConf/Blind/Stun due to randart screwery. You just need to make sure you're never in a situation where you can't afford to take a turn to drink Healing or *Healing*.

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