Liking half-troll warrior

[Petoften]

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.

I've left him. He chased me so a teleport other, look at the loot around his lair - junk - and next level.

[Petoften]

Hm, helm of seeing. Might as well replace the helm of gorlim with it.

Both have see invisible.

Gorlim has protect fear, but don't I have that already as warrior over level 30?

So get rid of Gorlim's aggravate.

[Petoften]

Found Caestus of Free Action (0,3) [5, +9] but no idea what the (0,3) is.

[Petoften]

Armor with Elvenkind with much higher armor and protection from Chaos.

Or this leather armor of Himring which also has Chaos but also poison and nether, and an activation of protection from evil.

I'm not sure what benefit protection from evil actually gives. I read that protection from nether is useless, but the poison is nice.

[Petoften]

I think I lost a level - so I should drink restore level. First time for that.

[PowerWyrm]

Found Caestus of Free Action (0,3) [5, +9] but no idea what the (0,3) is.

That's +3 to damage.

[fph]

Armor with Elvenkind with much higher armor and protection from Chaos.

Or this leather armor of Himring which also has Chaos but also poison and nether, and an activation of protection from evil.

I'm not sure what benefit protection from evil actually gives. I read that protection from nether is useless, but the poison is nice.

protEvil makes evil monsters less likely to hit you in melee for several turns. It's not that bad.

Do you have the four base resists already covered (fire, cold, elec, acid)? If no, I would keep Himring it only as a swap item. Otherwise, go for it. I'm not sure at which depth you are now, but rPois is nice to have when basilisks and drolems starts showing up (~dlvl 40). The difference in AC is not likely to matter, at this point. The major risks in the mid-game come from being one-shotted to death by fast, unresisted breathers, not from melee.

[Petoften]

That's +3 to damage.

Ah darn, maybe I should have considered them more but they're gone now.

[Petoften]

Hm I have rods of treasure location AND detection...

[Petoften]

Boots of radagast, but they don't look useful - wis/stealth/infravision.

The boots of stability at least have pNexus.

[Petoften]

There's a ring of bodykeeping but that's not worth the loss in damage is it?

[Pete Mack]

Rod of detection is what you want--that and Teleport Other are the two critical magic devices for warriors, with mapping a distant third. You want around 5 or 6 of them by the end of the game. Rod of treasure detection might still be worth carrying until you get a second Detection.

[Petoften]

Rod of detection is what you want--that and Teleport Other are the two critical magic devices for warriors, with mapping a distant third. You want around 5 or 6 of them by the end of the game. Rod of treasure detection might still be worth carrying until you get a second Detection.

Thanks - can you clarify the differences between them?

I can see why I'd want multiple rods of teleport other (don't have any yet, but have a wand), but why 5 or 6 detection?

Not sure what treasure location has that detection doesn't if anything.

[Petoften]

How good are scrolls of blessing - worth the inv slot?

[Petoften]

How useful is detect evil, versus detection? One more inv slot...