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[Xgamer4]

"Well, I'm playing a (Yellow)  Draconian Conjurer, but I've had a dagger equipt for melee cases, and this 145 gold randart dagger in this shop really isn't that expensive, might as well..."

*identify*

"The +4, +11 dagger of Bigaitog {vamp, rc+, Str+4, Int+2, Stlth++}

O_O

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

I finally managed to get to the Lair! But instead of entering I decided to do the Orcish Mines, because apparently invisibility makes Priests way less scary. Unfortunately I got a wee bit too cocky, and died on the last level from some smiting somehow (guess I became visible again or something?). I had a Spriggan Enchanter going with Nemelex, and a pretty large collection of decks. It was a bunch of fun, and probably the furthest I've ever gotten. It wouldn't have been possible without the +2,+3 Dagger of Holy Wrath I found early on though, since it took care of everything I couldn't put to sleep before I got Xemelex's cool stuff (Imps, Phantoms, Skeletons), I shall miss it.

   The last level has Orc High Priests who can see invisible:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

orc high priest (o)

An exalted servant of the orc god Beogh and a master of many black rites, to whose aid Beogh will even send beings from the netherworld.
Speed: 10 | HD: 11 | HP: 41-68 | AC/EV: 1/12 | Damage: 7 | weapons, items, doors, priest, evil, see invisible | Resistances: magic(58) | Vulnerabilities: holy | Chunks: contam | XP: 842 | Spells: pain (d13), demon, smiting (7-17), heal other (2d5), esc:minor healing (2d5) | Size: Medium | Intelligence: high.

[quinnr]

I finally managed to get to the Lair! But instead of entering I decided to do the Orcish Mines, because apparently invisibility makes Priests way less scary. Unfortunately I got a wee bit too cocky, and died on the last level from some smiting somehow (guess I became visible again or something?). I had a Spriggan Enchanter going with Nemelex, and a pretty large collection of decks. It was a bunch of fun, and probably the furthest I've ever gotten. It wouldn't have been possible without the +2,+3 Dagger of Holy Wrath I found early on though, since it took care of everything I couldn't put to sleep before I got Xemelex's cool stuff (Imps, Phantoms, Skeletons), I shall miss it.

   The last level has Orc High Priests who can see invisible:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

orc high priest (o)

An exalted servant of the orc god Beogh and a master of many black rites, to whose aid Beogh will even send beings from the netherworld.
Speed: 10 | HD: 11 | HP: 41-68 | AC/EV: 1/12 | Damage: 7 | weapons, items, doors, priest, evil, see invisible | Resistances: magic(58) | Vulnerabilities: holy | Chunks: contam | XP: 842 | Spells: pain (d13), demon, smiting (7-17), heal other (2d5), esc:minor healing (2d5) | Size: Medium | Intelligence: high.

Ouch D: I guess there is always next time!
I can't get over how fun Nemelex is. It's like Xom but not as "You Die Now"-ish. The card decks are just...great.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   Well looks like I am done for tonight and I must admit to being surprised that I still have the most high scores basically halfway through the tournament. Though it is nice that except for quitrobin I have stayed at the top for so long.

[Moron]

Don't think I've ever played a game where I found so few spell books. Other than Vehumet gifts, I've found a Book of Fire, a Book of Party Tricks and two copies of the Book of Death by the time I entered Vaults from D:18.

Finally, a bookshop, but I had to spend all my gold just to get a book with one useful spell (Swiftness) - which I now keep forgetting to cast.

Edit: The good thing about this is that it forces you to use spells you wouldn't normally bother with. Bolt of Draining is actually pretty good if you are using conjurations and necromancy, though I still don't like Ozocubu's Refrigeration much (too much damage to potions.)

[Graven]

Wow, summoners are pathetic. I don't need to take this bullshit, Crawl. How about I take my 15-rune win and go home, huh? Would you like that!?!?

God damn.

No defenses, no reliable early-game single-target damage, orc warriors wreck your herds of imps and I sure hope you don't run into killer bees like I just did, because haha.

[Leafsnail]

Yeah summoners were nerfed into oblivion recently.  Which is weird because nobody even liked them before that.

[Antur]

Just had most bullshit death ever, bit of my fault but still. TeCj of Vehumet cleaned Lair and went to clean orc to check bookshops. Temple like last level. Nergalle in the middle. Oh joy, and i have no teleports left. Lots of firebolts,fireballs later. All cleaned up. Turn corner to check shop, Urug. That's just beefed orc right ? Firebolt in the face. He doesn't move and : Zap .Disintegration. Went in. Zap. Disintegration. Went in. Zap. Disintegration. You died...

I think i never get any caster near any rune.

[Moron]

Summoners were previously thought to be overpowered but boring, so as far as I can tell they made them weak but boring instead. 

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   I enjoyed playing summoner and am sad that they nerfed it. I wouldn't mind if they had placed just one of the nerfs on it but both that they did? That kills the class. If you where limited on how many of any one type but they followed you at least then you could go down floors with a decent defense. On the other hand if they didn't follow you but at least you could have as many of any one type as you wanted then you could deal with early game groups likes gnolls and such.

[quinnr]

So, what are some of the easiest classes to play? I've been doing pretty well with Spriggan Enchanter, but not able to get even to the Temple as anything else so far...

[Leafsnail]

Deep Dwarf Berserker.

If you're low on HP, heal yourself with the wand.  If you run out of wand charges, recharge it with either your ability or the scroll.  Do not be afraid to use your ability, you don't need the MP for anything.  If you run low on MP then train Evocations to raise it up.

In exchange for the slight annoyance of having to heal yourself manually you get high HP, good apts, the best damage resistance in the game and virtually unlimited Heal Wounds.  DD are very overpowered.

[TripJack]

So, what are some of the easiest classes to play?

MiBe

[Leafsnail]

Oh right, and Trog will probably eventually give you an Anti-Magic Executioner's Axe, which is a great weapon.

[vogonpoet]

Fuck the relatively new Abyss. I don't understand how to survive there at all.

Old Abyss survival potential, dunno, maybe 33-50%.
New Abyss survival so far - exactly 0%. Maybe 7 or 8 characters abyssed at different times, number of escapes since new monster set, 0. Zero. Nada.

I still run from most monsters, I still move in one vague direction, but now instead of sometimes escaping, I die die die.