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Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-06T16:00:15Z

If you can't kill something on the Planes faster than that, you're going
to die anyway to the next thing.
You mean Elbereth-respecting ants, right? Just sayin'.
Also, that early in the game, the world is different; I'm highly
unlikely to have more than one amulet, in which case the debate about
"which is better" is meaningless; I'm putting on whatever I have.

Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-06T15:56:13Z

The counterpoint is accurate. If you are playing poorly enough to lose
300HP (with the corresponding AC that normally comes with screwing
around long enough to gain 300HP), then you are going to lose the other
300HP anyway. Poor play can ruin any advantage.
Plus, a potion of full healing will also give you an extra 300HP, as

Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-06T15:17:46Z

I prefer ESP to know where ants are first. However, if I can get one of
the artifacts that grant telepathy, or a helm of telepathy with no helm
of brilliance around and a source of reflection (SDSM, usually), I will
use life saving, simply because it helps against YASD.

Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-06T10:57:07Z

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:44:00 +0200, jaytr...@googlemail.com
Except, of course, if while it takes 300HP off you you managed to take
some of its HP and the 300HP more are enough to kill it before it kills
you...
Typically, against a mob of ants (early enough), the "oLS is pretty good
because by the time they kill you, you should be able to at least kill a

YASD - Kinda stumped, Val Hum Fem Law Eydis

2008-09-06T02:22:16Z

Eydis spent her time living mostly in a vacuum; after exploring the
entire dwarven mines, sokoban, and down to DL12, first of all I didn't
find an altar other than the cross align in minetown until dl8 (below
sokoban, in other words after I already had both the BoH and the
luckstone). I also didn't find more than a single scroll of identify

Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-05T22:44:00Z

If my character has, say, 300HP, an "oLS provides an extra 300HP. (OK,
sort of).
If I ask myself which is more useful, ESP or an extra 300HP, I'll tend
to
choose the latter; I find it hard to judge exactly how much damage I
can take in the endgame.
The counterpoint is that anything which takes 300HP off me on the

Re: My first ascension

2008-09-05T22:34:53Z

You mean you can write scrolls without having seen them before? Great!
-
Oh, and here's the end game information...
Liessa, lawful female human Valkyrie
A ---
A A .
--------------- a D .@ a
|..$..........| T _@

YASD: Jstitch-Ran-Mal-Elf-Cha

2008-09-05T22:04:50Z

Hello all!
Even though I didn't get that far, the game was promising...
This game I felt I was being very lucky... found two spellbooks, one
of identify (was just wating for the Xp to increase so I can use it),
Found cloak of invisibility, which rocked a lot! So many monsters
didn't got what hit them ;), and also an oilskin cloak, which I kept

Re: YASD: Aiara-Wiz-Gno-Fem-Neu

2008-09-05T21:33:44Z

In wizmode, used 29 charges before the archon got disintegrated
by a summoned black dragon
Polypiling is a much easier route than finding a marker if you
already have the wand.

Re: My first ascension

2008-09-05T18:45:13Z

Sorry, I didn't mean to slight your ascension. Congratulations! I find
not having ID scrolls to be one of the most frustrating cruelties that
the RNG can dole out. I'm impressed, good work.
Incidentally, if you were very lucky, you'd have had about a 32%
chance of writing the ID scroll with a magic marker. [ rnl(15), rnl

Re: My first ascension

2008-09-05T18:23:31Z

This is something I have been wondering about. As a non-wizard, what
kind of chance would the Valkyrie have had at writing a scroll of
identify?

Re: on Life Saving

2008-09-05T17:59:34Z

[snip]
Are you thinking of a specific event? Something like an Archon
walking around a corner or something?
C

My first ascension

2008-09-05T17:04:54Z

I did it! I finally did it! I ascended for the first time.
I played a lawful Valkyrie. I took the easy way, but hey, first time!
Ok, the beginning was quite devoid of events of remark, bashing
monsters and all that. I #dipped the longsword for Excalibur. I
skipped the Mines and headed for Sokoban first. By level 6 I found

Re: Can any monsters destroy statues?

2008-09-05T14:14:07Z

Yes.
Sometimes. It depends on your alignment, I think.
Not at all. If you're as heavily armed and armored as I am by this
point in the game with a golf bag of wands besides, he should have no
chance.

Re: Can any monsters destroy statues?

2008-09-05T14:10:12Z

On Aug 31, 2:42 am, Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanag...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
[snip]
Yes, the stone-to-flesh will preserve the statue contents. I routinely
restore human statues on the medusa level. Sometimes they turn out
hostile and I must kill them in self-defense. More than once I've had
to fight Perseus, then looted boots of water walking or a shield of