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Re: monk getting ready to run.

janis_papanag...@hotmail.com (Janis Papanagnou) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:54 UT

Where are those extreme numbers derived from?
Your AC:-27 and HPs:~300 is certainly enough.
Janis

Re: monk getting ready to run.

keri...@gmail.com (Kerio) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:39:14 UT

a monk's only penalty for wearing a shield is the fact that you're
unable to deliver a stagging blow (4% chance with grand master skill,
but you're using a weapon anyway, so...), and the -20 to-hit penalty
for wearing body armor is balanced quite well since you're level 30
and have maxed luck (+43 to-hit)

monk getting ready to run.

jistanid...@gmail.com (Jistan Idiot) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:35:32 UT

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)

Re: never trust a vampire

nat...@gmail.com (Natso) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:09:40 UT

A) Give him a better pair of boots.
B) Kill, take, raise undead, tame.
The latter may not be possible for you to pull off. An interesting
problem you got yourself there... Try not to focus on it too much or
you'll get yourself killed eh?

never trust a vampire

dwar...@gmail.com (Dwarin) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:04:50 UT

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

Re: Wizard on Astral Plane

janis_papanag...@hotmail.com (Janis Papanagnou) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:29:27 UT

I did magic whistle, and all 5 purple worms were placed in a way
around the portal that my step into the portal would have taken
them with me... - if I had only considered that the adult worms
where *all* eating. (I've taken it into account that one or two
might stay back, but that I lose all of them surprised me a bit.)

Re: Wizard on Astral Plane

hepta...@gmail.com (heptapod@gmail.com) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:05:22 UT

On Nov 20, 11:12 pm, Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanag...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
No magic whistle by this time?

Wizard on Astral Plane

janis_papanag...@hotmail.com (Janis Papanagnou) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:12:01 UT

Thought I could leave the Wizard behind on Water level; he had
just appeared as I stood adjacent to the portal...
@ <-- the Wizard
@ <-- me
^
But, despite being one square away from the portal, he followed
me to the Astral Plane. (Thought he'd have no admittance ;-)
The only other thing to mention is that I noticed in the final

Re: Unnethack 351 - impressions - spoilers

yaroguel...@googlemail.com (Simon) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:16 UT

Early wishes are not so unbalancing in Un as you can't wish for
magical items (although oilskin is very useful!). Un rewards careful
play and squeezing every possible advantage out of every item you
find. In Vanilla you can play carelessly, get lucky and go on to
ascend - this doesn't work in Un. Un forces you to accept that

Re: [UnNethack] Bug?

7ab...@lebarducoin.fr (7aboir) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:41:16 UT

7aboir <7ab...@lebarducoin.fr> écrivait
Forget me. It's official bug. I know I should have checked before.

Re: Unnethack 351 - impressions - spoilers

bh...@bigfoot.com (Patric Mueller) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:17 UT

Less randomness? In what regard?
I hope the early and middle game is not harder for the new or casual
player.
My intention was to stop the exploiting player from taking shortcuts,
not to punish unspoiled players.
I'd say it makes you a better wishless player.
Why? Because you get less wishes?
It seems you just were unlucky. I didn't change anything in item

[UnNethack] Bug?

7ab...@lebarducoin.fr (7aboir) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:36 UT

I'm giving a try to UnNethack due to recent post (and currently boring
extinctionism game on vanila / NAO), on un.nethack.nu (Unix UnNetHack
Version 3.5.2 - last build Tue Oct 13 17:10:50 2009.)
Applying a magic whitle it happens that my cat get teleported over a bear
trap. --> The housecat suddenly falls asleep!

Re: {meta} in re Strategy Wiki's NetHack entry

grahn+n...@snipabacken.se (Jorgen Grahn) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:58:19 UT

Good that I wasn't obliged, because I didn't.
My newsreader inserts that text you quote above. I chose to retain it
because it's generally a good idea, and because I know nothing about
your habits or agendas.
It *should* be, but malicious crossposting still works -- it has
recently damaged some nice, low-traffic groups I care about.

Re: Enhance a wizard's experience level in the late game?

dfrey...@yahoo.com (Doug Freyburger) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:45 UT

Failure rate falls and damage done increases. Wizard charaters will
usually want to go all the way to XP=30 because of this.
Specific attack spells change at skilled - Fireball cone of cold go from
a ray to a blast centered on a location. Because of the wide zone of
damage you may want to enhance to skilled. Because you have to be able

Re: Enhance a wizard's experience level in the late game?

janis_papanag...@hotmail.com (Janis Papanagnou) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:52:53 UT

That's indeed a significant difference, it makes levelling up probably
the more interesting option. My problem is how to obtain XL:30, the best
to get now with my potions might be XL:25 or so.
Hmm.., quantity of spells seems not too important in my game ATM; I'm
not feeling to miss anything important. Well, cure sickness might be