Playing a rogue

[Mondkalb]

But a ring of reckless attacks is a bad idea because of the lower accuracy, right?

It doesn't lower accurracy, it lowers armor.

You will probably have good DEX. Nimbleness could lower something you don't want to. But it might be worth storing - you may lower your DEX unwanted by drinking a potion of contemplation or such.

[Petoften]

That was a waste, hard fight with Ibun to get a Helm of Gorlim that prevents fear and paralysis, but a -3 wis/int, -5 searching and aggravates monsters.

The basic stats look nice, but hard to consider it with the aggravate.

It's (+8,+8) [7,+10] <-3,-5>

[Petoften]

It doesn't lower accurracy, it lowers armor.

Hm, maybe a ring of reckless attacks is a good idea then...

Armor seems marginal.

Already had to ditch heavy armor for leather.

A darned named disenchanted Narthanc and a lot more.

[Mondkalb]

Don't melee Mim, and his sons Ibun and Khim. They are early disenchanters and will ruin your gear if you don't have resistance.

The helm aggravates monsters and cancels your stealth. You don't want that.

[Petoften]

Looks like I found a vault with 16 big dragons. Why the level said "terribly dangerous". Hm.

Use up my potions and wands and see if I can kill them, or skip it and the loot.

[Petoften]

Don't melee Mim, and his sons Ibun and Khim. They are early disenchanters and will ruin your gear if you don't have resistance.

You're right, it was Khim that disenchanted it - found him and Ibun.

[Petoften]

If I had kept the ring of the mouse maybe I could have pulled the vault 1 at a time.

[Mondkalb]

Vaults with high level monsters are dangerous. They might also contain shriekers or hounds and vortices which are always awake and could wake other monsters.
Without a means of teleport other (or banishment) and speed vaults are very risky.

[Petoften]

Vaults with high level monsters are dangerous. They might also contain shriekers or hounds and vortices which are always awake and could wake other monsters.
Without a means of teleport other (or banishment) and speed vaults are very risky.

A 'detect monsters' shows 16 big dragons 4x4 and nothing else, so unless the shriekers can stack, it looks like there aren't any.

I don't have any of that right now - I even used my speed on a previous unique. I do have a hold monster wand to get some arrows in.

[Mondkalb]

I am not aware of a 4 by 4 pit. It sounds like a monster pit with dragons, probably some really dangerous in the middle.
It might not be worth the effort.

[Derakon]

A big cluster of dragons sounds like Glaurung or Ancalagon, unique dragons who show up with other dragons as escorts, and who are absolutely not easy pickings. Remember to use the 'l' command to examine what you can "see" in detail!

[Petoften]

A big cluster of dragons sounds like Glaurung or Ancalagon, unique dragons who show up with other dragons as escorts, and who are absolutely not easy pickings. Remember to use the 'l' command to examine what you can "see" in detail!

I'm not sure if the look command will work before I can see them linf of sight - this is just from a spell that shows them one turn.

[Petoften]

A big cluster of dragons sounds like Glaurung or Ancalagon, unique dragons who show up with other dragons as escorts, and who are absolutely not easy pickings. Remember to use the 'l' command to examine what you can "see" in detail!

Ya, I'd have to guess the only way to do this might be if steal was so high as to get one at a time, and even then it sounds dangerous.

I'm not at all sure I could kill a named big dragon. Even a normal big dragon, who knows.

[Petoften]

Uh oh, hearing multiple 'door bursting' messages as I head that direction, in a fight with mobs in the hall like a 'killer iridescent beetle'.

[Derakon]

I'm not sure if the look command will work before I can see them linf of sight - this is just from a spell that shows them one turn.

If you were to try the look command, you would find that it is perfectly capable of looking at things that are not in line-of-sight.