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[S] Advice for first Ascension Run? [Spoilers]

2009-11-25T02:51:57Z

Hello folks - after 25 years of off and on again nethack, I've got a
lvl 30 gnome wizard who has gotten to the bottom and found the
vibrating square.
Before I wake Rodney, I wanted to see if there is any last minute
advice I can glean from the demi-gods.
Vindalo the Mage St:18/50 Dx:23 Co:24 In:24 Wi:23 Ch:18

Patching Nethack under Windows...

2009-11-24T17:25:30Z

Ok, this is killing me.
Here's what I have:
1) A fresh copy of the Nethack source code.
2) The Visual Studio 2008 patch file from nethack.org.
3) A copy of patch.exe from the DJGPP FTP site. (patch version 2.5.9
or something like that).
In excruciating detail, how do I apply the patch?
I've basically tried this: patch -pX < VisualStudio2008patch.txt

Zap self

2009-11-24T15:34:02Z

Oh hai!!
How can you zap yourself? I mean im not a n00b and ive been playing
for a while nethack (65ish games). I still dont know how to zap myself
or cast healing on myself.
I've tried 5 on the numpad "." and other things like ">" but meh
"Thats a silly thing to do" =P
Then again... maybe im n00b.
Elnono

[Spork] Latest Updates

2009-11-24T15:28:23Z

So changes aren't really going to come as frequently as before, but I've
been able to steal a little bit of time. NAO is now running 0.6.2 of
Sporkhack again, after the dgamelaunch update, and the beta server is
still chugging along nicely, with over 18,500 games played as of today
(and 155 ascensions!).

You caitiff! How dare you defend yourself

2009-11-23T21:25:59Z

so I'm playing a knight.
I was confronted by a deadly dwarf zombie. I applied my lance a
couple of times and then it moved in too close. So I switched to
Excalibur and when I attacked it this time I was told "You caitiff!"
What happened here and what am I doing wrong?

[UnNethack]YAAD/Death ray

2009-11-23T20:01:34Z

Well...
Leprechaun with a wand of death. Single shot.
At 20K turns, while playing really carefully for my second attempt on
UnNethack (first one was a YASD I'm not really proud about).
I went down till medusa, done sokoban, mines and town (this branch is...
strange). No source of reflection or anything else that would prevent it.

Visual Studio 2008 patch

2009-11-23T18:06:33Z

I'm currently blocked from nethack.org, but would like to get the
Nethack Visual Studio 2008 patch. Can someone please copy and paste
it as a reply?
Thanks!

Pet disintegrator ascension [UNNH]

2009-11-23T04:05:27Z

After all the whining I did about disintegrators, I decided to get one
on my side. Its now in the pantheon of best pets ever, and no doubt
causing quite a stir in the demigod bar.
I rolled some gnome wizards on un.nethack.nu with the goal of polytrap
dancing, so a magic whistle was paramount. Lots of shops, good

patch messing up the message window

2009-11-22T21:52:31Z

Hi,
I've been patching nethack under Windows. I've succesfully installed 4
of them, but 2 others (itemcat and trapsontop) give me some trouble.
The patch applies succesfully and compilation works fine. But when I
start nethackw.exe, the message window is blank, and every single
message pops up a message box. Also, with itemcat, activating a

YASD on the vibrating square level

2009-11-22T20:02:20Z

I am completely devastated, I just made horrible mistake.
My neutral human Archeologist after three weeks of real-time finally
reached vibrating square level fully kitted, AC -35, 219 HP, XP 21,
after many excruciating hours of mapping and digging out Gehennom.
What I did to kill myself was digging a pit on VS level crawling out

Applications for a drum of earthquake?

2009-11-22T18:41:23Z

In my current game, in Kaen's lair, there was a drum of earthquake.
I think I've posted this question some time (it feels like a decade)
ago, but don't recall that there was any useful application of the
drum of earthquake mentioned. The best I've thought of was to keep
monsters at distance, maybe to attack them ranged. Another option

YAAP - comptril - lawful-human-monk

2009-11-21T23:57:45Z

So my latest in my attempt to ascend every class and race combo (when
that's done I'll go back and do all the alignments I missed) was
comptril a human monk (lawful). I haven't reviewed the ttyrecs yet,
so my memory might be a little fuzzy on some details here.
Nothing very memorable early on. There was an encounter with a

What would a monk wish for?

2009-11-21T21:40:57Z

Playing a monk, currently XL:13, a lousy Int and Cha, other stats okay,
but HP:85 and AC:-6 not very good, especially for the Monk's quest.
The early game passed, have speed boots, gloves, helm, robe, a small
shield, and in my bag of holding a shirt. Martial arts at Expert, but
wielding the +5 Frostbrand seems more effective. Have reflection "AoR

monk getting ready to run.

2009-11-21T18:35:32Z

So this is my lawful monk:
St:18/21 Dx:22 Co:18 In:18 Wi:23 Ch:18 Lawful
Dlvl:21 $:0 HP:298(298) Pw:248(248) AC:-27 Exp:30 T:59801
Amulets
m - an uncursed amulet of life saving named Stash/temple15
B - an uncursed amulet of reflection (being worn)
Weapons
h - an uncursed knife
F - the blessed rustproof +7 Snickersnee (weapon in hand)

never trust a vampire

2009-11-21T18:04:50Z

After a few charges with a polymorph-wand on my pet, I ended up with a
vampire. Later on, i found a pair of boots, and since I already
identified all other kind of boots, i knew these were speed boots. My
vampire seems to like them as much as i do, since he kept them for
himself after i tried to make him check if they were cursed. I can't