Hounds

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There's one issue atm... with impact hounds. Basically when you meet one in a corridor, it goes like this:

Z-------------------@

Z---@

"the impact hound breathes force"

Z--------------------@

The only way to deal with it is with spells or magic devices.

Or better speed. Or teleport other. Or banish Z. Or wand of immolate puppy.

What we do need are arrows of slay hound....

{edit} With the one mage I pushed down to deep levels, I developed a landing routine
(Detect monsters)
(Map)
(Banish Z)
(Detect treasure)

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We could always rewrite teleporting so it always landed you next to a monster.

Given that one is, should one teleport self, likely to land in the same room as the four "I can't handle this critter, except, maybe alone, and even then ..." uniques/wryms/whatever that you TOed out of a vault earlier in the level, it's kinda like that already.

[luneya]

Or better speed. Or teleport other. Or banish Z. Or wand of immolate puppy.

What we do need are arrows of slay hound....

Don't hounds count as animals? I know the weak basic-element hounds all do, but haven't fought the really dangerous ones often enough for the question to arise. If the dangerous hounds aren't animals, maybe making it so that they are would be a good change. It would give players a slay that works against them, and it would also make slay animal not completely useless beyond the early game.

[Pete Mack]

Yes, hounds are animals. But only a very small number--two, to be precise--aren't affected by most elemental brands.

[dos350]

once ur strong enough hounds get pretty decent xp for u tbh, i think hounds are nice the way they are,,

ofc u run from stronger hounds but once ur in the endgame u run from alot of things tbh anyway,,,,

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once ur strong enough hounds get pretty decent xp for u tbh

tbh? Top Bar Hive?

[EpicMan]

tbh? Top Bar Hive?

tbh = "To be honest".

[Pete Mack]

I disagree only in part: low level hounds are fantastic targets for way-out-of-depth divers. Kill a single group and go from cl 12 to 18. Kill another group and reach cl 20. Then hit diminishing returns. You just have to figure out how to kill that first group.

once ur strong enough hounds get pretty decent xp for u tbh, i think hounds are nice the way they are