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[Moron]

IMO the nerfing of Swiftness made Abyss quite a lot harder, even for high level characters. In the old days, you could keep Swiftness active constantly, which allowed you to stay ahead of most of the monsters and evade combat. Now it includes a slowdown it can't be used in the same way.

Of course not all characters have access to Swiftness when they get banished - I'm thinking from the point of view of a character who is thinking about going to the Abyss intentionally to get the rune.

Nowadays I wouldn't even think about going there voluntarily unless I have Fire Storm or Tornado and a reusable way of regaining MP quickly.

[Mindmaker]

I'll play my generic Barbarian, Fighter and Hunter for free points then.

[Leafsnail]

My first tournament game was banished directly from auto-explore (distortion trident round a corner).

[debvon]

I want to have the ability to pull shopkeepers out of their shops, beat them to death, butcher them, butcher their chunks and finally, stomp their butchered chunks into a velvety crimson paste.

[Mindmaker]

Does the tournament have any restrictions on swapping gods?
I'm mainly asking because there was something about clearing gods if I remember correctly.

[tompliss]

There is no restriction at all, in fact ...
You can get banners (they're just pretty) for becoming a god's champion, or abandonning one.
you can get extra points if you win a game where you abandon nine non-good gods before reaching XL 14, but ... let's say that it doesn't seem the easiest way to get points

[vogonpoet]

I really dont understand how Heretic III is possible, but a few guys succeeded last tourney if I recall correctly... crazy.

Anyway: Yeeeaaargh, another MiGl bits the victory dust. Another pretty badly handled Orb run, but heh, its not like I even almost died, so no worries I would like to thank the Great Lord Okie, not just for the incredible slaying cloak he donated 15 turns before victory, but for being a general stand up Hero supplying guy, and for coming through with the vampiric lajatang pretty early on.

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1622630 vogonpoet the Conqueror (level 26, 208/208 (212) HPs)
             Began as a Minotaur Gladiator on Aug 30, 2014.
             Was the Champion of Okawaru.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes on Sept 3, 2014!
             
             The game lasted 09:45:05 (75380 turns).

vogonpoet the Conqueror (Minotaur Gladiator)       Turns: 75380, Time: 09:45:05

HP 208/208 (212) AC 43     Str 31      XL: 26   Next: 91%
MP  28/32        EV 41     Int 18      God: Okawaru [******]
Gold 5043        SH  0     Dex 18      Spells:  7 memorised, 15 levels left

rFire  + + +     SeeInvis +     I - +3 lajatang of the Chain {vamp, rF+}
rCold  + + +     Clarity  .     k - +8 ice dragon armour of the Lotus Blossom {rF- rC++ MR++ Int+2}
rNeg   + + .     rCorr    .     (no shield)
rPois  +         rRot     .     E - +1 hat "Ghukif" {rF++ Slay+5}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     N - +0 cloak of Starlight {rElec rC+ EV+4 Stlth-}
SustAb .         Warding  .     P - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3}
rMut   .         Rnd*Tele +     m - +2 pair of boots {+Jump}
Gourm  .                        Y - amulet of Ynunonw Qinu {Faith +Rage rPois rN+ Int+3}
MR     +++..                    S - ring "Iphidin" {AC+4 Slay+5}
                                T - ring of Shadows {Umbra +Inv rN+ SInv}

@: mighty, brilliant, agile, heroism, regenerating (expiring), wreathed by
umbra, repel missiles, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, very
unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, blurry vision 1, dopey 1, fire resistance 1,
frail 2, regeneration 1, teleportitis 1, weak 1, placid magic 1
a: Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage, Evoke Invisibility,
Evoke Jump Attack
0: Orb of Zot
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, silver, gossamer
That is my ... ... 7th win. Huh. I dont understand why my MiGl of Okie can win, but my HOBe cant.

Anyway, will have to try and go slow and steady with my next character, and then when it dies to jackals on D1, try and improve my non-MiGl non-FE play. 

[Dr Feelgood]

I like the abyss, because I find it easy.

Anyway, I usually try to get a 15-rune win and a streak during these tourneys. Most people don't do extended, even though it has always been worth a ton of points.

[Antioch]

I really dont understand how Heretic III is possible, but a few guys succeeded last tourney if I recall correctly... crazy.

The only way I can see it being done is grabbing the orb before lvl 14 and joining/abandoning them all on the orb run.

[Mindmaker]

I like the abyss, because I find it easy.

Anyway, I usually try to get a 15-rune win and a streak during these tourneys. Most people don't do extended, even though it has always been worth a ton of points.

It is?
I haven't actually count everything through, but there just seems to be a lot more time/points efficiency for race/class combos and doing specific challenges.
I'll do one 15 rune game so I can check off the bonus for it and the TSO bonus.

For purposes of these points we say that a player wins with a god if she reaches full (******) piety with that god without worshipping any other god first.

Lame, so I can't even do TSO properly.

[flame99]

I've found plate armour on D:1, a potion of experience on D:3, and now a +1 greatsword of freezing on D:6. I just know I'm going to turn a corner and find myself face-to-face with Rakhasha soon.

[flame99]

God fucking dammit. I lost one of my luckiest characters to Sonja with curare needles and a distortion weapon. I didn't even live long enough to get a teleport scroll off. There goes my +4 great sword of freezing, extremely high skills, and +7 storm dragon armour that gives +4 strength and +2 dex.

[Tegga21]

You see flameboy99's powerful minotaur fighter of okawaru (Orc 2)

[flame99]

You see flameboy99's powerful minotaur fighter of okawaru (Orc 2)

Well, at least my character continued murdering things in death.

[Aelig]

So after 30 or so tries I managed to take off with a melee octopode (Tegga watched some attempts, I swear it was never that hard to reach the temple, EVER). For future reference : The key is stealth early, you can't win all your fights no matter what you do, and without stealth you can't avoid getting destroyed down the stairs at some point when you end up in melee range of 3 awake killer bees (usually around D:7).

Now the guy feels strong as hell with statue form castable before entering the lair branches (3 rings of wizardry is ridiculous).