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  • Fendell Orcbane
    Swordsman
    • Apr 2010
    • 460

    FAangband noob questions...

    SO I thought that it was time to try a variant out since I've had a few wins at Vanilla and I wanted to try something new. FA seems like it is pretty damn cool, but the problem is that I kinda don't know what to do other than roam around. I started off a Hobbit rogue and am roaming the plains of Eriador right now. I was wondering if powerdiving would work for this game like it does for V, also is there a way to talk to neutral characters? If there is any advice that anyone could think to give me I'd be thankful.

    Thanks in advance.

    P.S. Here is my dump:
    Code:
      [FAangband 1.0.3 Character Dump]
    
     Name    : Andor II        Age                    30 STR         15
     Sex     : Male            Height                 37 INT         13
     Race    : Hobbit          Weight                 67 WIS         14
     Class   : Rogue           Social Class           67 DEX      18/50
                                                         CON      18/20
                                                         CHR          9
    
     Max Hit Points       91   Level                10   Max SP (Mana)         4
     Cur Hit Points       91   Experience          415   Cur SP (Mana)         4
                               Max Exp             415
            (Fighting)         Exp to Adv.         530          (Shooting)
     Blows/Round           2   Gold                231   Shots/Round         1.3
     + to Skill            5                             + to Skill            5
     Deadliness (%)        0   Base AC/+ To AC  12/  3   Deadliness (%)        0
                               Game Turn        199026
    
     Fighting   :Fair(42)      Stealth    :Excellent(10) Disarming  :Excellent(84)
     Bows/Throw :Good(57)      Perception :Excellent(51) MagicDevice:Very Good(51)
     SavingThrow:Very Good(49) Searching  :Excellent(54) Infravision:40 feet
    
                                (Character Background)
              You are one of several children of a Hobbit Burglar.  You
              are a well liked child.  You have brown eyes, straight
              brown hair, and an average complexion.
              
    
      [Recent locations]
    
     Current Location : Eriador Level 7
     Previous Location: Eriador Level 6
    
      [Resistances, Powers and Bonuses]
    
          abcdefghijkl@            abcdefghijkl@
     Acid:.............   0% Confu:.............   0%
     Elec:.............   0% Sound:.............   0%
     Fire:.............   0% Shard:.............   0%
     Cold:.............   0% Nexus:.............   0%
     Pois:.............   0% Nethr:.............   0%
     Lite:.............   0% Chaos:.............   0%
     Dark:.............   0% Disen:.............   0%
    
          abcdefghijkl@            abcdefghijkl@
    S.Dig:.............      M-Mas:.............
    Feath:.............      Stea.:.............
    PLite:.............      Sear.:.............
    Regen:.............      Infra:.............
    Telep:.............      Tunn.:.............
    Invis:.............      Speed:.............
    FrAct:.............      Shots:.............
    HLife:.............      Might:.............
    Blind:.............
    NFear:.............
    
    
      [Specialty Abilities]
    
    Athletics 
    
    
      [Stat Breakdown]
    
    Stat Intrnl Rce Cls Oth Actual Currnt     abcdefghijkl
    Str:     15  -2   2   0     15            ............
    Int:     13  -1   1   0     13            ............
    Wis:     14   2  -2   0     14            ............
    Dex:     15   3   3   2  18/50            ............
    Con:     15   2   1   2  18/20            ............
    Chr:     13   1  -5   0      9            ............
    
      [Character Equipment]
    
    a) a Sabre (1d7) {average}
    b) a Sling (x2) (+0,+0)
    f) a Brass Lantern (with 1340 turns of light) {25% off}
    g) Hard Leather Armour [6] {average}
    h) a Cloak [1] {average}
    i) a Small Leather Shield [3] {good}
    j) a Hard Leather Cap [2] {average}
    
             [Quiver]
    n) 3 Daggers (1d4) (+6,+2)
    o) 60 Lead Shots (2d4) {average}
    
    
      [Character Inventory]
    
    a) a Book of Magic Spells [Magic for Beginners]
    b) 11 Rations of Food
    c) 17 Flasks of oil
    d) 2 Maroon Potions of Infra-vision
    e) a Tawny Potion of Slow Poison
    f) 8 Gloopy Green Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
    g) 4 Blue Speckled Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
    h) a Muddy Potion
    i) 12 Scrolls titled "alalech pludoe" of Phase Door
    j) 3 Scrolls titled "alalech pludoe" of Phase Door {50% off}
    k) 2 Scrolls titled "zundoe sefite" of Teleport Level
    l) 2 Scrolls titled "ple ti batder" of Word of Recall
    m) 2 Scrolls titled "zunsna lechbit" of Light
    n) a Scroll titled "esh doranelg" of Detect Invisible
    o) a Scroll titled "sol itetue"
    p) 2 Scrolls titled "ankhgan odblaa"
    q) a Zirconium Wand of Magic Missile (11 charges)
    r) a Runed Wand
    s) a Cypress Staff of Object Location
    t) a Silver Staff {tried}
    u) a Jet Ring {good}
    
    
    Andor II the Hobbit Rogue
    Began the quest to kill Morgoth on 10/17/2010 at 01:27 PM
    
    ============================================================
                                      CHAR.
    |   TURN  |      LOCATION        |LEVEL| EVENT
    ============================================================
    |    29832|  Gladden Fields Town |  3  | Gained the Athletics specialty.
    |    74185|      Hithaeglir   3  |  5  | Reached level 5
    |   115825|         Eriador   4  |  7  | Killed Pongo the Devious
    |   192078|         Eriador   6  | 10  | Reached level 10
    ============================================================
    |   199026|         Eriador   7  | 10  | Still alive
    ============================================================
    
      [Options]
    
    Adult: Never return to less danger before winning: no  (adult_ironman)
    Adult: Start as a thrall at the gate of Angband  : no  (adult_thrall)
    Adult: View and spell distances halved           : no  (adult_small_device)
    Score: Peek into object creation                 : no  (score_peek)
    Score: Peek into monster creation                : no  (score_hear)
    Score: Peek into dungeon creation                : no  (score_room)
    Score: Peek into something else                  : no  (score_xtra)
    Score: Know complete monster info                : no  (score_know)
    Score: Allow player to avoid death               : no  (score_live)
    Last edited by Fendell Orcbane; October 18, 2010, 05:41.
  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9634

    #2
    Originally posted by Fendell Orcbane
    I started off a Hobbit rogue and am roaming the plains of Eriador right now. I was wondering if powerdiving would work for this game like it does for V, also is there a way to talk to neutral characters? If there is any advice that anyone could think to give me I'd be thankful.
    • There is no way to talk to neutral characters - you can make them hostile by attacking or stealing from them, though.
    • Powerdiving does kind of work, although it's a bit different to in V (lots of wilderness travel, for example).
    • It's handy to look at your character's strengths ('O' gives a list of specialty abilities) and work out which types of wilderness you are most comfortable in.
    • Beyond level 10, you will start to find 'wilderness vaults', which can be a good source of gear, but can also be dangerous.
    • Sooner or later you will want to go into one of the dungeons - the map in the help (?, 5, 5) and worldmap.png in the top level directory can help you find those, and there's also a description of the dungeons (?, 5, 3).
    • Recall works differently - you have up to four 'recall points' that you can set (be recalling from one of them).
    • You can move house (usually to a bigger town).


    Happy to answer any other specific questions.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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    • Fendell Orcbane
      Swordsman
      • Apr 2010
      • 460

      #3
      Originally posted by Nick
      • There is no way to talk to neutral characters - you can make them hostile by attacking or stealing from them, though.
      • Powerdiving does kind of work, although it's a bit different to in V (lots of wilderness travel, for example).
      • It's handy to look at your character's strengths ('O' gives a list of specialty abilities) and work out which types of wilderness you are most comfortable in.
      • Beyond level 10, you will start to find 'wilderness vaults', which can be a good source of gear, but can also be dangerous.
      • Sooner or later you will want to go into one of the dungeons - the map in the help (?, 5, 5) and worldmap.png in the top level directory can help you find those, and there's also a description of the dungeons (?, 5, 3).
      • Recall works differently - you have up to four 'recall points' that you can set (be recalling from one of them).
      • You can move house (usually to a bigger town).


      Happy to answer any other specific questions.
      Thanks! I'll check the help files out. I'm playing the mac version btw ifthat makes any difference.

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