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Author Topic: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.  (Read 1586827 times)

tryrar

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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11085 on: September 28, 2013, 08:19:30 pm »

Minotaur fighter of the Shining One, using a great mace.
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This fort really does sit on the event horizon of madness and catastrophe
No. I suppose there are similarities, but I'm fairly certain angry birds doesn't let me charge into a battalion of knights with a car made of circular saws.

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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11086 on: September 28, 2013, 09:14:19 pm »

Double post: Goddamnit, one of the deep elves summoned a brimstone fiend. How the hell am I supposed to take on a tier 1 demon at XL 18? (Hint, I'm not. I watched my MiFi blow up from hellfire)
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This fort really does sit on the event horizon of madness and catastrophe
No. I suppose there are similarities, but I'm fairly certain angry birds doesn't let me charge into a battalion of knights with a car made of circular saws.

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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11087 on: September 28, 2013, 09:41:57 pm »

Where you in elf?
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11088 on: September 28, 2013, 09:42:32 pm »

yup, Had finished dungeon up to floor 15, so decided to take on elf
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This fort really does sit on the event horizon of madness and catastrophe
No. I suppose there are similarities, but I'm fairly certain angry birds doesn't let me charge into a battalion of knights with a car made of circular saws.

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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11089 on: September 28, 2013, 10:15:24 pm »

yeah you jumped the gun there bro, Elf isn't for level 18 characters it's for characters that are about ready to enter Zot...
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11090 on: September 28, 2013, 10:41:12 pm »

Man, I wouldn't even think of attempting Elf as a melee fighter at XL18. 2muchmagick4me.

I still haven't cleared it yet with my XL27 minotaur berserker of TSO, and I've cleared Tomb. Elf:3 is just way too open with way too many mages to obliterate you or summon armies on you or banish you.

If I were in your position I would've summoned as many angels as I needed to assault the brimstone fiend then run like hell out of there as soon as the fighting was over and the angels despawned.
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11091 on: September 28, 2013, 11:23:10 pm »

yup, Had finished dungeon up to floor 15, so decided to take on elf

The correct statement is
"I had MR up to my eyeballs, so decided to take on Elf."

'very resistant to hostile enchantments' is about the minimum level. 'extremely resistant' is relatively safe. I did it at 'incredibly resistant' (@ XL25) and the last parts of Elf:3 were still hairy.

IMO if you've done Lair and the dungeon is getting too dangerous, it's about time to do Snake or possibly Swamp (according to what resists you've picked up)
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11092 on: September 29, 2013, 12:25:17 am »

Well, that sucked......
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-804-gfbe0e60 (tiles) character file.

58 Boris the Chopper (level 1, 6/12 HPs)
             Began as an Octopode Wanderer on Sept 29, 2013.
             Was drained of all life
             ... on Level 1 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:01:03 (35 turns).

Boris the Chopper (Octopode Wanderer)                 Turns: 35, Time: 00:01:03

HP   6/12        AC  1     Str 10      XL: 1   Next:  0%
MP   1/1         EV 11     Int 15      God:
Gold 58          SH  0     Dex 11      Spells:  0 memorised,  0 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - +2,+1 hand axe {=f}
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (no shield)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   (no amulet)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no ring)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   (no ring)
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   (no ring)
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no ring)
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   (no ring)
                    Ctrl.Flight: .   (no ring)
                                     (no ring)
                                     (no ring)

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: almost no armour, amphibious, 8 rings, constrict 8, camouflage 1, AC +1
a: no special abilities


You were on level 1 of the Dungeon.
You were not hungry.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 1 of its levels.

You collected 8 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +2,+1 hand axe (weapon) {=f}
Comestibles
 b - a meat ration
 c - a bread ration


   Skills:
 + Level 1.0 Fighting
 + Level 4.0 Axes
   Level 3.0 Crossbows
 + Level 1.0 Throwing
 + Level 1.1 Traps


You couldn't memorise any spells.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (1/27)           

Altars:


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear most types of armour.
You are amphibious.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once.
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stlth).
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1).


Message History

Found 8 gold pieces.
Found a meat ration.
There is an open door here.
You now have 58 gold pieces (gained 8).
Found a staircase leading out of the dungeon.
b - a meat ration
Found 32 stones.
Found a staircase leading out of the dungeon.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You see here 32 stones.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
As you open the door, it creaks loudly!
There is an open door here.
You swing at nothing.
A kobold comes into view. It is wielding a runed short sword.
The kobold shouts!
The kobold throws a dart. The dart hits you!
You hit the kobold but do no damage. Your grab misses the kobold.
The kobold hits you with a runed short sword.
You die...

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.#          #####
.##########.......
.'.......@K.#
+############


You could see a kobold.


Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Boris, the Octopode Wanderer, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 1/1
    35 | D:1      | Was drained of all life

A kobold with a shortsword of Draining?  On DL 1?  Come on, Crawl, stop punishing me for using Octopodes..
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So! Failed to make peace, war looms, kill the infidels... what are our plans for the weekend?
The Giant Moles in the caverns of my current fort breed like crazy, even while regularly being decimated by other beasts entering them...

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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11093 on: September 29, 2013, 04:08:19 am »

Elf isn't really for anyone.  Like, it's pretty doable for a high level character, but there isn't much reason to.
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11094 on: September 29, 2013, 04:30:33 am »

While testing a Lava Orc (never played with one before) i got a kobold with a dagger of draining on D:1 too, he hits me once with it but fortunately my Flame Tongue spell killed him before he could do it again.

So i got a dagger of draining early, probably then going to die quickly.

But i noticed the "Draining" word appeared on my character when the kobold hit me, and stayed for a really long time, something i didn't see before (i didn't played Crawl in a while so i probably missed most of the anti-player new stuff and nerfs) , i even had the time to make 1 more level before it finally disappeared.
I noticed it turned my skills in pink too when i was looking at the skill list to see their progress, hinting at that Draining affliction still doing something to them.

So what is draining doing in trunk now ?

Oh and i forgot how much i found the hungry game annoying, at least there's no more nausea, but due to chunks getting their nutrition nerfed, the hungry affliction appears even more often now :/
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« Reply #11095 on: September 29, 2013, 04:56:52 am »

While testing a Lava Orc (never played with one before) i got a kobold with a dagger of draining on D:1 too, he hits me once with it but fortunately my Flame Tongue spell killed him before he could do it again.

So i got a dagger of draining early, probably then going to die quickly.

But i noticed the "Draining" word appeared on my character when the kobold hit me, and stayed for a really long time, something i didn't see before (i didn't played Crawl in a while so i probably missed most of the anti-player new stuff and nerfs) , i even had the time to make 1 more level before it finally disappeared.
I noticed it turned my skills in pink too when i was looking at the skill list to see their progress, hinting at that Draining affliction still doing something to them.

So what is draining doing in trunk now ?

Oh and i forgot how much i found the hungry game annoying, at least there's no more nausea, but due to chunks getting their nutrition nerfed, the hungry affliction appears even more often now :/

Rather than permanently losing you xp draining now reduces your effective xp in all your skills, reducing them by a significant amount, and they stay that way until you earn a certain amount of xp
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Re: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Or: THAT DAMN SIGMUND.
« Reply #11096 on: September 29, 2013, 05:08:13 am »

Thanks, does that mean you don't lose levels anymore ?
Oh those nasty memories of going into the Hall of Blades ...
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« Reply #11097 on: September 29, 2013, 07:10:01 am »

Thanks, does that mean you don't lose levels anymore ?
Oh those nasty memories of going into the Hall of Blades ...

Basically yeah, its replacing the small but permanent loss of xp with a much greater effective loss that is only temporary
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« Reply #11098 on: September 29, 2013, 07:48:15 am »

I liked the permanent xp loss, it added fear to draining attacks. :-[


Fear is good.
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« Reply #11099 on: September 29, 2013, 07:57:55 am »

I liked the permanent xp loss, it added fear to draining attacks. :-[


Fear is good.

I thought it was just frustrating, whereas a great temporary loss increases the risk of dying short-term, thus being more frightening.
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