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Quote from: quinnr on November 11, 2009, 03:09:03 pm

Alright, registered, everyone invite "quinnr". Maybe we should all put a game together?

nice to meet you and group games are a trap for new players, instead of just waiting for one person you have to wait for everybody in the game to make a turn.

Astute observation. I registered more than a week ago and got into 2 big melees that same day. Those melees still aren't finished.

Hmm... today it is even slower than yesterdsay.
There are no open challenges you can accept. You could make one.
If only I could... but I can accept challenges.

You watch out, I'm on a roll, I just won (well tied) my last game.  I may continue this glorious pattern.

Good game... that double counter spell was very efficient)
So, how about another challenge?

Sorry if this was already asked...

With all the military improvements, will dwarves stop running after goblins that fly away from the killing blow? It annoys me to look how my dwarves run away from squads of goblin archers, giving them opporyunity to shoot.

The funniest death I ever heard of)

13 Nikinyo the Charm-Maker (level 1, 8/8 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Enchanter on May 21, 2009.
             Collapsed under their own weight
             ... caused by wearing the ring of strength
             ... on Level 1 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:00:05 (4 turns).


The first (and last) thing I saw after entering the dungeon was a nice encrusted marble ring...

I'm curious now, how did you get out?

I had one blink scroll so I blinked around the corner to get out of giant's line of fire. Then I drank a heal wounds potion, then berserk potion (that gave me ~90 current HP). Then, a little luck and I managed to kill them both while berserking.

Also, how's Mahkleb working out for a Spriggan? I always figured the food cost would be too steep to maintain for long.

If you're planning a long game then Makhleb is not the best choice, but there is more then enough for a speedrun... Anyway, even greater demon summoning is not that costly.

Btw

188779 Nikinyo the Swashbuckler (level 18, -12/95 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Enchanter on May 16, 2009.
             Was an Elder of Makhleb.
             Mangled by an electric golem (24 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Realm of Zot on May 17, 2009.
             The game lasted 06:24:33 (19030 turns).

Nikinyo the Swashbuckler (SpEn)             Turns: 19030, Time: 06:24:33

HP -12/95        AC 12     Str 20      Exp: 18/278921 (0), need: 27878
MP  36/36        EV 28     Int 14      God: Makhleb ****
Gold 2211        SH  0     Dex 18      Spells:  7 memorised,  8 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   a - +5,+4 short sword (speed)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : +   V - +2 robe of the Meadowlark
Life Prot.: + + .   Conserve   : .   (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   (helmet restricted)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   Z - +1 cloak {rPois}
                                     (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   w - amulet of Namuteth
Res.Slow  : .       Levitation : .   M - +5 ring of strength
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   C - ring of protection from magic

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Nikinyo/morgue-Nikinyo-20090517-172811.txt

Damn, at some point I even thought that I had a chance to beat CAO speedrun record

I never tried that class in Stone soup, but played it a lot in original Linley's Dungeon Crawl. But I think it doesn't matter much, anyway. I wanted to write an answer myself, but then I remembered that CrawlWiki has a nice article about Dragon Form spell (which is the only transformation that is worth learning, IMO):
Dragon Form
From CrawlWiki

This spell temporarily transforms the caster into a great, fire-breathing dragon.

When in dragon form the player is resistant to fire (rF++), vulnerable to cold (rC-), immune to poison, has hp increased by 50% and is flying.

Those may seem like good protections, but this spell actually makes the caster more vulnerable - all items other than rings are either removed (version 4.5) or meld with caster's form (0.5). This means that you can only rely on mutations, spells, 2 rings and possibly divine intervention to resist anything other than fire or poison. AC and EV are both reduced too - AC to about 10, EV to about 8 (depending on dodging skill). The good part is that this spell grants tremendous offensive power - base bite damage in dragon form is equal to 20 + strength attribute. This is then increased by amount equal to Unarmed Combat skill level. A Strong transmuter, with a high level in unarmed combat can kill a Golden Dragon with one bite. As a side weapon you are granted the breath of fire ability - similar to Bolt of fire spell.

Unlike some other forms, Dragon Form doesn't impair spellcasting (except by negating items which boost it). This spell lasts quite a long time when cast at a high enough power to cast it reliably. Draconians have 50 bonus points of spell power when casting this spell.

Book of Transfigurations Book of Beasts