Liking half-troll warrior

[Petoften]

Killed one named, but now 'Vargo, tyrant of fire' just cast fire and took me to 140/315...

[Petoften]

Wow, Vargo was hard - and dropped nothing at all.

[Petoften]

Another item gave protection from dark making it an easy choice to use the high armor armor instead.

Now I just found 'leather armor of himring' with only 20,15 but interesting protections, chaos, nether, and poison. Guessing I should use it.

[Pete Mack]

E(lemental) uniques are *never* worth fighting at their native depths, and are not really worth fighting at all. They have no drops, they are tough, and they destroy items on the floor (like other E monsters.)

[Derakon]

They're worth fighting to get rid of them, so you stop running into them all the time. Similar reasoning applies to Saruman.

[Petoften]

A trap summoned an undead beholder and nether wraith - the beholder seems strong. Probably won't kill it.

[Pete Mack]

OK, I can see that. But they are certainly not worth fighting when they are still a real challenge.

[Petoften]

Next level, 'terribly dangerous'. I see it has Kavlax the many-headed...

He killed 13 things in one breath as I got around the room.

[Pete Mack]

You are lucky to live. If he had breathed gravity, you would be dead.

[Petoften]

You are lucky to live. If he had breathed gravity, you would be dead.

In other words, don't bother trying to kill him? I've already gone from 30 CCW to 4 or 5 from the last vault.

[Pete Mack]

He doesnt have a lot of HP, but if he gets the jump on you (with a gravity breath) he can do huge damage before you get a turn. If you have plenty of speed and good damage output, he's a pretty easy target. 5 CCW means you cant afford risks in any case. Play conservatively until you get your healing stash back to normal.

[wobbly]

He's better taken down in his sleep. Preferably with a bit of speed

[Petoften]

OK, all out of speed potions and he's about 5 squares from the door.

[Mondkalb]

Kavlax is one of the most dangerous mid game uniques. Don't dare until you have very good health (>600) and speed at least >10 and plenty of healing.

[Petoften]

More choices.

A cloak of Aman with protection from dark, 3 stealth, 25 armor.

Cloak of thorongil with resistance to acid, see invisible, 11 armor.

I have the helm that also does see invisible, but hope to replace it.

I have the shield that also provides resistance to dark.