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« Reply #135 on: May 30, 2017, 08:42:15 pm »

Well, after some frustrating games yesterday, I grabbed myself a front page leaderboard spot for the time being (Spider rune at 13 xl).  Let's see if I can get over my MiAK obsession with a win this time.

Edit: Yeah, jinxed that.
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« Reply #136 on: May 30, 2017, 08:56:04 pm »

Does anyone have advice for the new Tomb? I haven't stepped in there yet but I have 14 runes so far and I don't want to accidentally do something dumb and die this far into the game.

Edit: I downloaded the offline version and messed around a bit. Here's what I've found:

...yeah, I might be going with a 14-rune game this time. Next time I might try for the golden rune, but I just don't have enough potions of curing/healing (I currently have none) or scrolls of holy word (I have 1) or AC (43, which is lower than I want it to be - a fully-enchanted set of GDA or crystal plate armor would give me 50-60 AC) and I still haven't had my first win.

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Does anyone have advice for the new Tomb? I haven't stepped in there yet but I have 14 runes so far and I don't want to accidentally do something dumb and die this far into the game.
Potions of curing. 20 food. Remove curse scroll. Kill it with fire! Don't fight the malign gateway. Fire and earth eles do well... What class are you? It's not too rough for fire eles. Do you have any scattershot wands, fire wands or fire rods? Did rods get removed? I found Vestibule harder than tomb, but it's the same kinds of monsters plus ancient lich, greater mummy, and malmutate. Consider bringing rN+++. You'll need it if you find yourself in a pinch.

The mutation's not as bad as slime/depths, but the rot probably wrecks melee fighters. I'm not that experienced. I've gotten golden rune but never a hell rune or orb. On the bright side, I have my XL 27 and my XL 21.

I'm running a MiFi. If I had the resources to consistently heal myself, I'd probably attempt Tomb again, but I almost died just clearing the center of Tomb:2 and then again when I did Tomb:1 part 2. I have full resistances for everything (except MR - I only have 4 +s of it, but that's still a lot), which helps, but I don't think my character can quite survive Tomb.
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« Reply #137 on: May 30, 2017, 09:44:55 pm »

Does anyone have advice for the new Tomb? I haven't stepped in there yet but I have 14 runes so far and I don't want to accidentally do something dumb and die this far into the game.
Potions of curing. 20 food. Remove curse scroll. Kill it with fire! Don't fight the malign gateway. Fire and earth eles do well... What class are you? It's not too rough for fire eles. Do you have any scattershot wands, fire wands or fire rods? Did rods get removed? I found Vestibule harder than tomb, but it's the same kinds of monsters plus ancient lich, greater mummy, and malmutate. Consider bringing rN+++. You'll need it if you find yourself in a pinch.

The mutation's not as bad as slime/depths, but the rot probably wrecks melee fighters. I'm not that experienced. I've gotten golden rune but never a hell rune or orb. On the bright side, I have my XL 27 and my XL 21.
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« Reply #138 on: May 30, 2017, 10:25:49 pm »

Hoooo wow. Horribad internet meant 'I thought I updated the settings at the start (or at least my last post in here) of the tourney but it didn't. etcfrog and another player in the Intermediates are in my team \o/

frankhovis - signing up for intermediates
Thanks for the PM. :) I'll cross-post here for data.
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« Reply #139 on: May 30, 2017, 11:00:12 pm »


Yess! Potion of brilliance + lehudib's crystal spear ftw  :D

My clone kept using fire magic on me but I have rF+++ 8)
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« Reply #140 on: May 30, 2017, 11:04:57 pm »

...and I got my first win this tournament. I ended up skipping Tomb because of a combination of 0 potions of healing/curing and inexperience with dealing with the new Tomb. I'm reasonably satisfied - it ranked 50th on the leaderboards and I felt like I accomplished what I could. I could have finished a little faster if I hadn't tried peeking into Tomb, but it's not a terrible time/turncount for an extended game. I'll try to win with more esoteric choices after this - MiFi of Oka/TSO is just about the easiest race/background/god combo there is and I want to try something a bit more interesting.
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« Reply #141 on: May 30, 2017, 11:34:47 pm »

...and I got my first win this tournament. I ended up skipping Tomb because of a combination of 0 potions of healing/curing
Yeah. Right choice.

I'm reasonably satisfied - it ranked 50th on the leaderboards and I felt like I accomplished what I could.
Dayum.

Well the latest Nemelex is Mummy Arcane Marksman. Actually that, sounds impossible. Better to choose another Nemelex or try out a new class. I personally suggest hunter centaur. They are fast! Gargoyle earth elementalist is really strong lategame too.

Vine stalkers transmuters are supposed to have a great lategame too, but I find them hard. If you play vine stalker I recommend long blades (for riposte) or unarmed. Maximum auxiliary bites.

Demon spawn is an interesting race. Try out a hybrid build where you start with long blades or unarmed and then add transmutations and charms. Make it your goal to learn infuse/beastly appendage/blade hands/swiftness/shroud of golubria and then cast them before combat. Obviously not blade hands if you're going weapons.

Deep elf conjurer worshipping sif muna is a nice intro to elemental spells without having to worry about encountering a monster midgame who is immune.


Step it up! We're gonna pass you :D

Found the vestibule and crypt portals. As a fire ele, maybe I shoulda done vaults before depths.
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Oops! Misréad that.
WELL!
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« Reply #142 on: May 31, 2017, 03:33:14 am »

OH GAWD
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« Reply #143 on: May 31, 2017, 04:36:34 am »

Got another 15 rune win

Gargoyle with 77ac really feels invincible in extended


http://dobrazupa.org/tournament/0.20/players/tegga21.html

Tried to boost to get high AC+EV for scoreboard but got too lazy at last second to up my boots 1 more ac
Ended up 79ac 48ev
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« Reply #144 on: May 31, 2017, 05:33:06 am »

Burnt that midnight oil and pulled off a 5 rune Beogh win.  It took a whole lot longer than my first, but I'm glad I'll at least finish this tournament with more than a single win.

I suppose the fun facts here are I went with amulet of faith the entire game and did a whole lot a smiting (340 times!).  Nearly died smiting the Royal Jelly to death, but I had to show those slimes who's god is boss. 

Also, very nice that the Champions are on a 3 game winning streak.

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« Reply #145 on: May 31, 2017, 07:46:10 am »

Hoooo wow. Horribad internet meant 'I thought I updated the settings at the start (or at least my last post in here) of the tourney but it didn't. etcfrog and another player in the Intermediates are in my team \o/

Do you mind if I join the Miners as well? Nickname is 2d6.

Also if you excuse me for peeking at your rc file, as a captain you don't need to have the line
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# TEAMCAPTAIN Tiruin yourself.
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« Reply #146 on: May 31, 2017, 02:03:48 pm »

Decided I was ready to head for Zot.

A spriggan defender was waiting at the stairs. I had swiftness and shroud precasted so I ran up, blinked away, and tried to kill it.

The spriggan berserker and spriggan defender followed me and they both dodged my magma bolts, and my crystal spear got blocked, so I blinked away again and spammed my strongest evocables. A berserked death yaks & elephant appeared so I blinked a third time, the summons were six tiles away fighting my summons. I knew I'd need my last haste potion for later, and I was more than half health; so I channeled my mana, knocked back the spriggan defender with a fan of gales, and decided I was safe to cast a max range crystal spear instead of reading a teleport and spamming heal potions. What I should've done was read two scrolls of summoning. But I figured if my crystal spear got blocked I could just blink again without risking my health. A scroll of fear would place my targets too far away, so I used my best single-target damage spell.
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You feel a surge of power! You miscast Lehudib's Crystal Spear.
Sif Muna protects you from the effects of your miscast!
The death yak is engulfed in blazing flames.
The death yak rages.
The spriggan defender blocks your larval batweird beast's attack. x2
The spriggan defender barely misses your larval batweird beast.
The elephant is engulfed in blazing flames.
The death yak gores you!!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The spriggan berserker hits you with a flail.
You die...
-1/184 Health
https://crawl.jorgrun.rocks/morgue/fakerfangirl/morgue-fakerfangirl-20170531-173037.txt

Is dexterity the only thing that raises bolt accuracy?
I'm tilted. Spent all of depths:1 and vaults:1-4 training earth magic just so I could cast lehudib's spear. Oh and of course spriggan defender also gets high magic resist and base speed.
Wait. Berserk cuts action time by one third. Gore does 30 damage. I had 93 hp and several tiles between me and the death yak. Seriously?

Should I have spammed scroll of summoning? Like, I already used lamp of fire, box of beasts, and fan of gales. Is scroll of summoning better? I feel like phantom mirror or potion of brilliance + firestorm would've been overkill (that's how I killed royal jelly).

Anyways. -1hp
Heh. Just like the last run: -1hp

Everytime I die it's some ridiculous set of dicerolls. So death yaks can twoshot an 184hp 15 AC XL 24 now.

I would've used a throwing net but the EV was too high.
Literally lost eight dicerolls in a row.

2708533 PeteStorm the Apostle (level 27, 256/256 HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Monk on May 31, 2017.
             Was a High Priest of Beogh.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 5 runes!
Grats.

Burning out. At least I killed Mara.
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« Reply #147 on: May 31, 2017, 03:40:14 pm »

I'll train shields next run.
Thought my magical staff was 2H but it's not. (edit: Ah. Only for halflings/kobolds/spriggan.)

I blinked three times in the last fight.

Vampire Skald is new Nemelex! It's a good class/species combo!

@Covenant: It was two random blinks and one blink scroll. I was planning to blink scroll again next turn.
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« Reply #148 on: May 31, 2017, 03:51:34 pm »

Obviously it depends on the spell books you're getting, but I find when I run into spriggans the best practice is always throw a cloud (freezing, fire, poison, even meph) over them.  That High EV is such a pain.

(Of course, last game I simply threw down 8 mighty orc warlords and watched them clean up, but that's obviously not a choice everyone can rely on)
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« Reply #149 on: May 31, 2017, 04:51:58 pm »

Bleh. I splatted a GrFi in Gehenna after I'd gotten 6 runes (including Tomb). It was going OK until I got smited to death. Of course, I'm used to having TSO for Gehenna which makes it a lot easier.
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